Chinese company DunAn Longyangxia has ordered a complete cage farm from AKVA Group – the first major contract for a complete cage farm in China.
The farm will be situated in a hydro dam reservoir near Xining, central China, and will be delivered during the first of 2014.
The NOK23.4m contract (secured with AKVA and distributor Sinor AS) includes state-of-the-art cage farming technology developed by AKVA in the salmon industry, such as Polarcirkel cages, mooring systems, nets, feed barge, camera system, environmental sensor system and Fishtalk production control software.
The large 383 square kilometer reservoir is 2,575m above sea level and has water temperatures and climate very suitable for DunAn's production of rainbow trout. This is the first of five farms planned for this area, providing DunAn with a total production capacity of around 15,000 tons per year.
“Together with Sinor AS, our close partner for this customer in China, we have worked hard to secure this contract for several years and are of course honoured that DunAn finally chose us as their aquaculture technology partner for this first large scale farming project,” says Trond Severinsen, COO - Export at AKVA group. “Thereby being the first company in China to move from more traditional to modern industrial cage farming technology from Norway.”
