Authorities in Iceland have awarded new farming licences to two salmon farming companies, equating to an additional 11,000 tonnes of fish.
Arctic Sea Farm, a 100% owned subsidiary of Arctic Fish Holding AS, has been granted 4,000 tonnes maximum allowed biomass (MAB) of new salmon licences for production in Arnarfjordur, in the Westfjords of Iceland.
This is a new licence for Arctic Fish and is also a new site in a new fjord.
In total, the company holds licences that amount to 27,100 tonnes (MAB), comprising 21,800 tonnes of salmon and 5,300 tonnes of trout. The latter is in the process of being converted to salmon.
Meanwhile, Fiskeldi Austfjarða hf, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Ice Fish Farm AS has been granted new farming licences for the production of 7,000 tonnes of salmon at a new site at Stöðvarfjörður.
The company said that it has already put out sterile salmon in Berufjörður with a “promising outlook”.
Its smolts originated from the company’s new land-based smolt farm in Kópasker.
Following the award of this new licence, Fiskeldi Austfjarða has a MAB of 27,800 tonnes, of which 9,300 tonnes is for sterile salmon.
The company has also applied for an additional 10,000-tonne licence in Seyðisfjörður, which it expects to be issued in the near future.
