Grieg Seafood ASA reaches important milestone: commences harvesting of first generation of salmon in Newfoundland
October 30 2023 - 7:16AM
Grieg Seafood ASA reaches important milestone: commences harvesting
of first generation of salmon in Newfoundland
The first generation of fish in Placentia Bay in
Newfoundland has been farmed with good fish health and welfare.
Grieg Seafood will continue to develop its farming region in
Newfoundland gradually and responsibly.
Last week, the first fish were harvested and then packed at
Quinlan Brothers Ltd.’s processing plant in Bay de Verde in
Newfoundland before they were transported to customers in the North
American market.
“Harvesting the first generation of fish in Newfoundland marks
an important milestone for Grieg Seafood. I am pleased to see that
the fish has good welfare and that biological control has been
strong,” says Andreas Kvame, CEO of Grieg Seafood ASA.
“This first, successful generation shows what enormous potential
Placentia Bay in Newfoundland holds for sustainable salmon farming.
This is especially true in light of the booming North American
market just next door, where consumers are increasingly asking for
local, healthy and climate friendly food. We will continue to
develop our production in Newfoundland gradually and responsibly
during the years to come. I want to congratulate all of my
hard-working colleagues in Newfoundland with this achievement,”
Kvame continues.
In the Spring and Summer of 2023, Grieg Seafood transferred the
next generation of fish into three new ocean farms. The second
generation will be harvested in 2024.
Fish from the farm Red Island are currently being harvested. The
first generation spent about a year in Grieg Seafood’s freshwater
and smolt facility in Marystown and was transferred to two ocean
farms in Placentia Bay in 2022.
The first generation of fish has grown well throughout the year.
Deep pens, no need for treatments of any form as well as transfer
of best practices from similar conditions in other Grieg Seafood
regions have contributed to good fish health and welfare throughout
the production cycle. The first generation has a survival rate of
92 percent. The annual survival rate of all of the fish in the
ocean farms is currently 96 percent.
The fish has been farmed with no sea lice issues.
The fish farmed in Newfoundland will be transported to the
growing North American market without the need of air freight,
making it a local alternative with low carbon emissions.
“Since 2014, we have been working towards this day, when we are
finally able to send salmon grown in Placentia Bay to our customers
and consumers. I am pleased with the biological performance of the
first generation, including the survival rate as well as strong sea
lice control,” says Knut Skeidsvoll, Managing Director of Grieg
Seafood Newfoundland.
“I want to thank all of my colleagues in Newfoundland for their
hard work during these years, as well as the local communities of
Placentia Bay and the Province of Newfoundland & Labrador for
their support. We will keep developing our Newfoundland region step
by step, and create jobs and value for the communities where we
operate for years to come,” Skeidsvoll says.
About Grieg Seafood Newfoundland
- Grieg Seafood Newfoundland currently has an on-land RAS
facility consisting of a hatchery, a nursery and a smolt unit in
Marystown, as well as five marine farms in Placentia Bay. 14
licenses are currently approved.
- Grieg Seafood aims to harvest 5000 tonnes of salmon in
Newfoundland in 2023.
- Grieg Seafood is developing the project based on existing
best-practice farming technologies.
- The company is still in an early phase and will expand the
project gradually and responsibly, in line with biological
developments.
- The aquaculture project in Placentia Bay started in 2014.
Contact information
Kristina FurnesChief Communications OfficerGrieg Seafood
ASAPhone: 0047 48185505Email: kristina.furnes@griegseafood.com
- Harvested salmon
- Salmon farm Placentia Bay
- Salmon farm Placentia Bay
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