Havfarm wins Aquaculture Stewardship Council approval
THE site that holds the giant Nordlaks offshore platform Havfarm 1 has been certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.
The company is fighting a decision by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries not to allow the conversion of its development licences on fish welfare grounds.
Nordlaks has launched an appeal, arguing there is no justification for the Directorate’s decision.
Havfarm 1 is currently positioned in the Ytre Hadseløya locality in the Hadsel municipality in Vesterålen.
Built in China at a cost of £84m, the 385-metre-long platform is officially named “Jostein Albert” after a former Nordlaks chairman. It was brought to northern
Norway in June last year, following a 15,000 mile sea voyage that took it around the
Cape of Good Hope. It can hold 10,000 tonnes of salmon.