There's never been so much excitement around land-based Atlantic salmon farming than there is right now. Major projects are sprouting up like mushrooms all across the globe.

It seems to be a recipe for success: the tech for recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) has come a long way in the last five to 10 years, prices for salmon are higher than ever before and there seems to be no limit to the demand for the fish in major markets such as the United States, Europe and China.