Switzerland imports appx. 98% of the fish it consumes. This arrives by land or by air, which significantly increases the carbon footprint of seafood consumption in the country. Swiss Blue Salmon (SBS) is planning a Salmon Grow-out facility which could replace up to 8% of this imported salmon with a locally farmed product.
SBS and VAQ have signed a contract cementing their relationship going forward, in which VAQ is the RAS Designer for the 3’400mt (WR) facility. The facility will be located in Canton Glarus at the picturesque Walensee providing pristine water at SBS’ disposal.
Vision and Planning
SBS vision is to be a sustainable salmon farmer, that also applies state-of-the-art technologies including AI, machine learning, cloud solutions, digitalization, and automatization to make sure that they are at the forefront of the Salmon Grow-out segment.
“We have spent the last 6 months reviewing our strategy and developing a clear vision for how we are going to develop and execute our vision in collaboration with our project partners. This has led us to do an extensive assessment of the RAS Designers out there and VAQ have come out on top of all the candidates we assessed”, said Sune Møller, CTO at SBS. He furthermore went on to note; “VAQ have by no means disappointed us in their early interactions with us. They have brought in a positive attitude to our vision, which has helped develop an instant good chemistry with our inhouse team. We therefore look very much forward to working in close collaboration with their team of experts”.
Marius Hægh, COO at VAQ, commented that: “We are very pleased to enter into this project as the RAS Designer and we will bring all of our knowhow to bare in the design of this state-of-the-art facility that SBS have envisioned. We have many years of experience which are complimented well by the team SBS brings to the table. They have a lot of local, Swiss, and international experience, which is needed to deliver a project of this kind successfully”.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
SWISS BLUE SALMON
Sune Møller – CTO
Email: s.moeller@bluesalmon.ch
Mob.: +41 (0) 76 480 4367
VAQ
Marius Hægh – COO
Email: Marius.haegh@vaq.no
Mob.: +47 915 48 959
