Making sustainability profitable

Salmon Evolution aims to be a game changer in the aquaculture industry, targeting a global production capacity of 100 000 tonnes of head-on-gutted (HOG) salmon on land.

Our company is extending the ocean’s potential by transferring the best preconditions offered by the sea to farm fish on land through our chosen hybrid flow-through technology. This provides a truly sustainable production process with controlled and optimal growth conditions, while limiting operational and biological risk.

Optimal risk/cost balance 

Salmon Evolution’s choice of technology offers what we find is the best combination of risk, Capex and cost profile for salmon farming on land. A controlled production environment, combined with minimal handling of the fish, improves the growth rate as well as salmon health.

Reusing water eliminates the need for cost-driving biofilters and thereby reduces the space required, which cuts capital costs compared with other land-based aquaculture solutions. 

The energy system, which is designed to maintain a water temperature of 14°C in the first production phase and 12°C in the last, has a very high performance in relation to the energy consumed. It ensures high and stable temperatures, which contribute to increased growth. 

In Salmon Evolution we find that our choice of HFS technology provides substantially lower operational risk than other land-based technology alternatives. A steady supply of large quantities of fresh seawater ensures an optimal cost/risk balance and optimal water quality, which contributes to superior salmon quality.