January 22, 2025

Finnish aquaculture tech firm Finnforel signs rainbow trout RAS deal with UAE investment company

Shem Oirere

News » Aquaculture

The Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates — The proposed farm is located adjacent to the Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates for easy shipping access | Photo courtesy of Abu Dhabi Ports

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United Arab Emirates-based investment and holding company ADQ has announced a new partnership with Finland-based aquaculture technology company Finnforel, aimed at eventually developing a 3,000-metric-ton (MT) recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farming rainbow trout. The partnership is part of the emirate’s ongoing goal to increase aquaculture output and ease pressure on wild fish stocks, and the farm, if determined to be practicable, would be located in one of 12 zones designated for…

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About the Author

Shem Oirere

Contributing Editor reporting from Nairobi, Kenya

Shem Oirere is a Kenyan journalist who previously worked for daily newspapers as a general news correspondent, business reporter and sub-editor before turning to full-time freelancing. For the more than 20 years, he has covered various sectors of Africa’s economy including agriculture, food processing, and maritime industries. A graduate of the University of South Africa, he has traveled within and outside Africa covering various industry events that have a bearing on the continent’s economy on behalf of different international consumer and trade publications. He currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya.

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