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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...
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...
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,...
LAXEY and Baader Sign Agreement for Processing Equipment for a Land-Based Aquaculture Facility in Vestmannaeyjar
LAXEY and Baader in Iceland have signed an agreement for the delivery of processing equipment for LAXEY’s upcoming...
Arion Bank and Laxey Sign Financing Agreement
Arion Bank and Laxey have signed a financing agreement. The cooperation between the two parties will support Laxey's...
First Vaccination Successfully Completed
This past week has been incredibly exciting, but also busy, as we successfully completed our first vaccination on our...
New CFO of LAXEY
Hörður Orri Grettisson has been appointed as the CFO of LAXEY. Hörður Orri was born and raised in Vestmannaeyjar, he...
The Smolt station fully operational
The smolt station is now fully operational. This significant milestone was reached 22nd of August when the first batch...
Third batch has arrived
Our third batch has arrived. This time the batch was 900.000 salmon ova ¾ of the hatchery´s capacity, has before the...
Press Release
LAXEY Successfully Completes € ~6 Million Equity Private Placement to accelerate its growth plan LAXEY (the...
First Grow out Tank
The first Grow out Tank has been successfully erected. It was last week the work began to build the Tank, although...
Batch two has been moved from the hatchery to RAS 1.
A few days ago, batch 2 was transferred from the hatchery to RAS 1. This was the second time that our staff performed...
First transfer between RAS 1 to RAS 2 a success.
All smiles as our Smolt-station team, led by Chris Malanka and Anne Katrine Bruun Olesen, successfully complete the...
First trainees to come to LAXEY for an internship.
Róbert Aron and Helga Stella are both from Vestmannaeyjar and are studying aquaculture at the University of Hólar, in...
On the power grid!
We are thrilled to announce that our grow-out facilities in Viðlagafjara are now connected to the national power grid....
Director of Aquaculture has been appointed
LAXEY is bringing Rustan Lindquist on board as Director of Aquaculture. Formally joining us on September 1st, Rustan...
Work on the boreholes continues
Work on the boreholes in Viðlagafjara continues. The purpose of the boreholes is to provide seawater from the ground...
Press Release
LAXEY Successfully Completes €40 Million Equity Private Placement, Adding a Strong Group of Strategic and Financial...
The LAXEY and AKVA group Saga continues
We are happy to announce a new contract has been made with AKVA group; the agreement will focus on the implementation...
Batch 2 is here!
Our second batch has arrived, LAXEY took now 600.000 salmon ova. Which is half of the hatchery's capacity. The salmon...
Landsvirkjun and Laxey Sign Green PPA
Landsvirkjun and Laxey Sign Green PPA Landsvirkjun and Laxey ehf. have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for...
Post-smolt/Harvest tanks
Our Post-smolt / Harvest tanks are looking good at our Grow-out site in Viðlagafjara. Work started last week and it...
One year of progress
Alot can happen in a year. It's been a year since we embarked on our grow-out site project, and we're thrilled with...
Training day: Salmon health and well-being.
Bernhard Laxdal and Dan Roger Lid from VETAQ came to us in Laxey and gave a course on health, well-being and infection...
LAXEY, formerly Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon, completes an EUR 42 million capital increase
Land based salmon farming with 32 thousand tons capacity Westman Island based seafood family with 75 years heritage -...
These days we are building Biofilters for RAS2 and RAS3.
Fish live in direct and constant contact with their environment, the water. Since everything that goes into the fish...
Installation of tanks
Installation of tanks is going well and a team from Akva Group is in charge of the installation.These tanks are in the...
Precast slabs for the hatchery
Last week we lifted up precast slabs from Einingarverksmiðja in Hafnarfjörður. For the project, we received the...
Visit of the minister of infrastructure, members of the constituency and municipal representatives
Yesterday, representatives of LAXEY presented the project to the Minister of Infrastructure, members of parliament and...
Agreement made between Árni ehf. and LAXEY
Agreement made between Árni ehf. and LAXEY. May 4th Daði Pálsson and Oliver Daðason signed a contract with Árna ehf....
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
Vestmannaeyjabær's Environment and Planning Council agreed at its 377th meeting to award LAXEY construction permit for...
Bore hole research conducted at full grow out site
Holes have been drilled over the past month to research how much sea watercan be sustainably processed from the ground...
Environmental assessment report approved
Review of the environmental assessment of the implementation of LAXEY in Viðlagafjara has been completed.The company...
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT PRESENTED BY LAXEY
LAXEY has presented an environmental assessment report which assesses the environmental impact the construction and...
LAXEY SIGNS CONTRACT FOR SMOLT FACILITY WITH AKVA GROUP LAND BASED
LAXEY has signed a contract with AKVA Group Land Based for a smolt facility for 3.5 million 100 g smolt per year. The...
FURTHER RESEARCH ON FULL GROW OUT SITE IN VIDLAGAFJARA
The last few weeks outside consultants have done research regarding the ground water source and effluent reciever....
MAR ADVISORS JOIN LAXEY FOR FINANCING
LAXEY has entered into a co-operation on the financing for the project with Mar Advisors. Mar Advisors are financing...
LAXEY MAKES AGREEMENT REGARDING USE OF FISH MANURE
LAXEY has made an agreement regarding the use of fish manure to improve soil conditions and coverage of vegetation in...
GROUND SEA WATER RESEARCH IN VIDLAGAFJARA
Research has been done on the ground sea water resource under Vidlagafjara, a new 100 meter deep hole has been drilled...
A NEW WEB SITE – AQUANOR
This web site has been launched for interested parties to follow its progress, the founders will be attending Aquanor...
A REVIEW GROUP REGARDING TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOUNDED
The company has started a review group of experts in salmon farming to evaluate the best technical solutions suited...
AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF VESTMANNAEYJAR REGARDING SITE
An agreement regarding use of the site in Vidlagafjara on Heimaey. The mayor of Vestmannaeyjar, Íris Róbertsdóttir...
A BOREHOLE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH
A borehole has been made in Vidlagafjara to check availability, chemical qualities and temperature at the site, the...
AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROJECT
An environmental assessment for 10.000 tons of salmon has been started in Vidlagafjara. EFLA consulting engineers are...