Grieg and FishGlobe to develop grow-out module

Grieg Seafood Rogaland and FishGlobe are currently collaborating on producing post-smolts in two smaller globes in Southern Norway. This allows Grieg Seafood Rogaland to keep their salmon for a shorter time in traditional net pens, which has resulted in better sea lice control and less disease.

The two companies have now established the joint venture Next Seafood to develop the technology further and adapt it to the grow-out salmon phase. While the globes for post-smolt have a volume of 3,500 cubic meters, the capacity of the globe for grow-out salmon will be almost ten times as large - 30,000m³.

Growing sustainably

Two development licences giving the developer a total of 1,560 tonnes maximum allowed biomass have been granted to the project by the Norwegian Government.

“Grieg Seafood Rogaland aim to reduce our impact, improve fish welfare and grow sustainably. We work a lot to achieve this goal, both by improving the traditional farming methods but also by utilising new technologies,” said Nina Willumsen Grieg, regional director of Grieg Seafood Rogaland.

“With the partnership Next Seafood, our goal is the develop technology and expertise in the area of closed containment ocean farming. We look forward to this journey.”

Detailed planning

Tor Hellestøl, managing director of FishGlobe, said: “Our aim is to contribute to sustainable growth in the aquaculture industry by delivering closed farming technology for post-smolt and now also full-size salmon.

“Grieg Seafood’s competence and experience matches our profile very well and we will take further steps in our journey with the partnership in Next Seafood. We really looking forward to the cooperation and the realisation of the 30K project.”

The first step for Next Seafood is to carry out the detailed planning for the large FishGlobe. The final decision on constructing it will be taken during 2022.

Watch a two-minute video about the FishGlobe here.