Andfjord Salmon: Seamless smolt release into pool K1

The around 750,000 smolt, at an average weight of around 160 grams, have been gently transferred from a live fish carrier to pool K1 during the last couple of days. The fish have swiftly acclimated to their new seawater flow-through environment. 

Pool K1 is the first new pool of the ongoing build-out phase, which will add three more adjacent pools. The future plan is to eventually have a cluster of 12 pools in total, across two parallel rows, at the land section at Kvalnes that has already been excavated. 

“Initiating fish farming operations in the first new pool of this build-out phase is an crucial operational and commercial milestone for Andfjord Salmon. It demonstrates our ability to replicate large-scale flow-through systems and, more importantly, ramps our fish farming operations considerably,” says Martin Rasmussen, CEO of Andfjord Salmon. 

Andfjord Salmon has released approximately 1.1 million smolt this autumn. The first 350,000 smolt, with an average weight of around 180 grams, were released in pool K0 on 30 September. So far, only 264 mortalities have been recorded in pool K0, equivalent to a survival rate of 99.92%.

“Pool conditions in K0 are first-rate, with associated high survival rates and solid growth. As of today, the average weight of the fish in K0 is 410 grams. This means that the fish have grown by approximately 128 %  since release, which is ahead of our schedule,” adds Martin Rasmussen. 

Andfjord Salmon will provide a detailed operational update, and present the company’s third quarter 2025 financial results, on Thursday 27 November 2025.

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