8,000-tonne salmon farm planned for Brittany coast
NORWEGIAN company Smart Salmon plans to build an 8,000-tonne land-based salmon farm in Brittany, France.
The Smart Salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility will be near the small north-west town of Guingamp, although local media is reporting some opposition to the plan. Israeli firm AquaMaof will supply the technology.
The company said: “After many years of escalating work, it is a pleasure to inform that Smart Salmon recently has delivered the application for land-based salmon farming in Brittany, France.
“AquaMaof together with Alde Aqua [and] Cesia among others, have been of utmost importance in the application process.”
The application includes more than 1,000 pages in addition to detailed 3D models of all parts of the planned facility.
Smart Salmon is planning to produce the fish all the way from eggs to consumer-friendly packages of fresh fillet.
The company said: “Smart Salmon is excited regarding the plans for salmon production in France, but we recognise some resistance.
“We are respecting the opponents’ views, but we believe that most of the opposition is due to inaccurate information, even though
Smart Salmon has had a strong focus on informing the public and all stakeholders.
“Our facility will produce some of the most environmentally friendly animal proteins in the world and this is backed by our ESG report released earlier this week.”
Smart Salmon is also planning to build a large post-smolt, landbased farm in Smørhamn, in Bremanger, Norway, with the aim of supplying post-smolts to marine fish farms.