Early christmas present to the aquaculture company – Vesterålen Online

the Permissions are given to be used in the development imperative of expanding access in the context of Havfarmen, for a period of 15 years from the locality are trusted and tillatelsesdokument is issued, writes the agency in a press release.

Nordlaks searched 24. november 2015 about 30,000 tons MTB to realize the company’s “Havfarm”. 30. august 2016 passed The decision on partial refusal on the basis that the agency did not find it probable that the building of more Havfarmer will involve significant innovation and fall within the purpose of the utviklingstillatelser.

There were, however, determined that the Fisheries were set to go in further dialogue with the applicant with the aim of to be able to make decisions about the commitment of one or more utviklingstillatelser to a project that includes ferdigutvikling and the construction of one Havfarm, followed by akvakulturproduksjon in the finished Havfarmen. Nordlaks was asked to come up with suggestions for at and plan for dissemination of knowledge for the development of one Havfarm.

Now, the directorate found that they have received sufficient documentation, and has given the green light for the Havfarm project. They do not take a position on whether the company needs to go further rounds with other sektormyndigheter.

In the following the applicant will production in Havfarmen in less degree affect the bunnmiljøet around the plant than the production in the traditional system. The rationale is that Havfarmen will be placed in areas that are significantly more exposed to power than today’s plant, while that plant’s fortøyningskonsept will contribute to a significant increase of spredningsarealet.

the Concept may according to Nordlaks in brief be described as a steel structure consisting of a bow with, for example, bofasiliteter and workshop, a to some extent with cages, and a hekkparti with, for example, ensilasjesystem and generatorkapasitet. Havfarmen will only be moored at the bow. In the application, states that a supporting grunnidé for the concept is to move the parts of the havbruksproduksjonen extended out from the shore to the more exposed localities, and to make use of new areas for aquaculture.

It appears from the application that the concept will unite expertise in the field of shipping, shipbuilding, offshore technology and aquaculture in a unique way, and develop the technology, writes the agency.

In the original application type Nordlaks that the specific location of the aquaculture sites that will be included in the Havfarmprosjektet is not yet clear, but it is clear that the relevant localities will be in the area around Vesterålen, Lofoten and Senja. Later Nordlaks stated that they have begun the process to get trusted locality at Hadseløya, where Havfarmen can be located in this development cycle.

For Vesterålen-the company Nordlaks is this an important milestone. It goes with the story that the Norwegian directorate of Fisheries has received applications from three companies in this round. Blom Fiskeoppdrett AS and Lerow AS received rejections on their applications. Nordlaks his project was accepted.