Mowi opens new post-smolt facility in Hauka, Norway
Mowi has opened a new post-smolt facility at its freshwater site in Haukå, Norway, which the company said would become one of the world’s most extensive post-smolt facilities.
With the expansion, Mowi has increased the number of employees at the facility from 11 to 25, including two apprentices. Together, they will produce 6.4 million post-smolts per year with an average weight of 700 grams.
Mowi is investing heavily in post-smolts in Norway and has invested almost two billion kroner ($200 million) in three facilities along the coast so far, with plans to invest in four other facilities to increase the number of post-smolts by a further 20 million.
“Post-smolts are a key part of the work to improve survival, welfare and productivity in the company," said CEO of Mowi Norway, Øyvind Oaland Oakland.
"By keeping the fish on land until they are larger, we get a more robust smolt that needs significantly less time at sea. We have very good experiences with this so far, and our calculations show that we can almost halve both mortality and the number of delousing by using post-smolt.”