LAXEY
Sustainable aquaculture on land
LAXEY
Our aim is to establish a fish farm on land in the Westman Islands for 32,000 tonnes / year of atlantic salmon. Aquaculture has for a long time been the fastest growing food industry worldwide. Global population growth and improved quality of life have meant that demand for salmon has been growing faster than supply.
Atlantic salmon is an ideal fish to farm. It produces high quality protein and is a popular food in many parts of the world. Our salmon farm on Heimaey will produce salmon of the highest quality with clean, environmentally friendly energy in clean seawater under favorable conditions. The sea temperature in the Westman Islands is the highest in the waters around Iceland. Waste will be removed from the effluent using flow-through system with about 70% water reuse. Juveniles are vaccinated but no drugs will be used in the salmon farming. This will create natural, high-quality food in a sustainable way.
environmental friendly – sustainable – no drugs used
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At the beginning of December, batch two was transferred from RAS 2 to RAS 3 and vaccinated in recent days. As with the previous round, the vaccination process was handled by NORVACC. Even in land-based aquaculture, vaccination remains an important preventive tool to...
The First Transfer from the Smolt Station to Grow-Out
Last Friday, we successfully completed the transfer of our first batch to the post-smolt tanks at our Grow-Out site in Viðlagafjara—a truly significant milestone. The past weeks have been filled with preparations for this event, and the atmosphere has been electric...
The fourth and largest batch has arrived!
The fourth and largest batch has arrived! Last week, we received the fourth batch of salmon ova, our largest to date, supplied by Benchmark Genetics Iceland . We were pleased to have Sverre Vormedal from their team accompany us for the delivery. When the ova arrive,...