Inverness, Scotland-based aquaculture equipment company Gael Force has secured a contract from Organic Sea Harvest, Scotland’s newest salmon farmer, to supply two new site installations in 2020.
Gael Force will deliver complete turnkey solutions for a pair of exposed sites at Invertote and Culnacnoc, off the coast of Skye. Equipment and technology provided by Gael Force will include SeaMate feed barges and SeaFeed feeding systems, SeaQurePen fish pens, SeaQureMoor moorings, and underwater technology.
The new contract is worth in excess of GBP 4 million (USD 4.9 million, EUR 4.4 million).
“We have taken the time to understand Organic Sea Harvest’s needs and challenges for many months now and as a result we have become very attuned to their objectives. This has given both parties the complete confidence that we can be a key supply partner in helping Organic Sea Harvest to achieve the best possible results on their new farms,” Gael Force Sales Director Jamie Young said in a press release. “Throughout our discussions with the team from Organic Sea Harvest it has also been very clear to us how much they value the importance of working with a local supply partner. For our employees and the local communities in which we are present across Scotland this is terrific news.”
Organic Sea Harvest plans to establish four new sites dedicated to growing organic salmon, each with a maximum consent of 2,500 metric tons (MT) of fish.
Its Invertote and Culnacnoc sites were granted planning permission in April 2018. These two sites are due to be stocked in spring and fall 2020.
The other two sites are at Flodigarry and Balmacqueen.
Photo courtesy of Gael Force
