the Company is one of several that have applied for the so-called utviklingstillatelser, writes Bergens Tidende. These are basically free, but it costs ten million to make them permanent. There are 40 million less than Fiskeridirektoratets estimated price on a regular oppdrettskonsesjon.
basically, the desired Marine Harvest to test the 14 new floating, closed system, of a type known as the egg. Each plant should be able to produce up to 1,000 tonnes of salmon. Closed facilities will also solve the problems with sea lice, discharges and escape of fish. The company will even bet 600 million. It is less than the 700 million crowns, the directorate believes that the 14 licences are worth.
“the Arrangement [with utviklingstillatelser] should help to reduce the applicant’s risk, but not necessarily eliminate it”, writes the Directorate in its reply. The agency finds no compelling reasons to grant permission to many similar devices. Therefore, 10 of the 14 applications from Marine Harvest declined.
director of Communications, Ola Helge Hjetland in Marine Harvest says the company will read the letter from the directorate carefully before commenting on the decision. (©NTB)
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