The Bakkafrost Group’s salmon farms in the Faroe Islands harvested 16,000 metric tons (MT) of head-on gutted (HOG) weight fish in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represented a decrease of 2,000 MT on the corresponding period of 2019.
According to the producer’s latest trading update, its farming operations in the north contributed 6,500 MT of salmon, 7,000 MT came from farms in the west region, and its sites in the south supplied the remaining 2,500 MT.
Bakkafrost’s total salmon harvest for 2020 in the Faroe Islands was 50,700 MT, down from 57,200 MT of fish in 2019, while its subsidiary in Scotland, The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC), harvested 35,000 MT – an increase of 1,200 MT year-on-year.
Additionally, some 30,900 MT of feed was sold by Bakkafrost in the final three months of last year, up from 28,400 MT in Q4 2019.
Meanwhile, Faroese biogas plant FÖRKA has started producing green energy from bio-organic waste from Bakkafrost’s hatcheries.
According to the salmon producer, the total production of green energy from its biggest hatchery at Strond is expected to be 1,120 MWh a year, equivalent to the annual electricity use of 225 households.
It is anticipated that 10,000 cubic meters of waste will be transported from the hatchery to FÖRKA annually.
“This is a huge step towards our goal to utilize all material from our salmon production. We are privileged to be among the first movers in the Faroe Islands to use biological waste to produce green energy,” the hatchery’s operations manager, Rógvi Jacobsen, said.
FÖRKA also produces energy from cow manure sourced from farmers throughout the country. In November last year, it produced 212 MWh, equivalent to the monthly use of 510 households.
Photo courtesy of Bakkafrost
