Great Northern Salmon (GNS) has entered a strategic partnership with Eyvi to develop a land-based fish-farming facility in in Millinocket, Maine, U.S.A.
GNS, formerly known as Katahdin Salmon, is planning a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility capable of farming 7,500 metric tons (MT) of salmon a year. The company was formed by Xcelerate Aqua and is building its salmon farm on the site of the now-defunct Great Northern Paper Co. paper mill.
Eyvi, a Norway-based supplier of aquaculture systems, has already successfully developed the 8,000 MT trout farm operated by Hima in Rjukan, Norway – currently the world’s largest land-based trout farm. GNS said that farm is of similar size to its facility, and Eyvi’s owners have also made significant investments in the potential salmon farm.
The company is also currently building a facility for Arctic Seafarm in Nesna, Norway, which has a Phase 1 buildout of 8,000 MT.
“We are impressed by the experience and design thinking at Eyvi,” GNS CEO Marianne Naess said. “Equally important are the synergies we have identified from collaborating on U.S. aquaculture development, and strategic investment from some of Eyvi’s owners into Great Northern Salmon.”
According to Eyvi, it has so far contributed to the design and delivery of 24 production facilities, including 62 RAS departments.
“The attention to detail in harnessing the full potential of RAS salmon production and understanding the U.S. market at Great Northern Salmon has impressed us,” Eyvi Chief Business Development Officer Heidi Kyvik said. “We see that we have much to offer each other as we develop our regenerative production strategies for trout and salmon in the U.S. market.”
The two companies said ...
