Iceland-based salmon farming company Ice Fish Farm AS has confirmed the presence of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) at its farming operations in Hamraborg and Svarthamar.
In an announcement on the Euronext Growth market, the company advised that the consequences of the disease are difficult to estimate at present, but it will probably reduce expected harvest volumes for 2022 and 2023.
“Finding the virus is considered to reduce the overall risk in the operations. Ice Fish Farm continues to analyse and will return with more information once it is available,” it stated.
Its farming operations at the Hamraborg site consists of approximately 890,000 fish with an average weight of 2.137 kg, while the Svarthamar site consists of approximately 1.1 million fish with an average weight of 798g.
At the end of last month, Ice Fish Farm completed its acquisition of Laxar Fiskeldi ehf.
It now has maximum allowed biomass (MAB) licenses for 43,800 tonnes and an application for additional 10,000 tonnes.
