Recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) tech provider AquaMaof revealed a 600-metric ton per year salmon hatchery, smolt and market-size Atlantic salmon RAS R&D facility near Warsaw, Poland.

Since operations commenced in 2016, AquaMaof’s Global Fish facility has successfully grown several large batches, now ranging from eggs to smolts to 5 kilogram harvest-size fish.

"We see significant growth potential in the supply of recirculating aquaculture systems to Salmon production companies," said David Hazut, CEO of AquaMaof. "The investment in Poland will serve two main purposes: first, we are operating this facility as an R&D centre, collecting valuable information and analysing it, for further innovation in the RAS area.

"Secondly, it serves as a training facility for our customers' staff," he said.

The Global Fish facility houses multiple RAS rearing units with tank space ranging from 1 to 200 cubic meters, all under strict standard operating procedures, which maximize growth conditions for salmon.

AquaMaof's zero discharge technology utilizes proprietary water reuse techniques. At the core of the company's RAS technology is efficient power consumption, which reduces costs of energy.

No antibiotics and no chemicals in the process allow for the production of healthy, natural product.

Biosecurity is paramount, the company said, and complete environmental control ensure that salmons are grown in an environment which promotes the highest health and welfare status.

No drum filters require minimal maintenance, while optimized feeding modes and advanced feeding management system – enable reduction of the feed conversion ratio (FCR) and operational costs.

"We are extremely proud of the fact that in such short a time we were able to achieve very good results in growing smolts up to market-size salmons, in terms of operation costs, FCR and not less important – excellent taste and color of the fish," said Hazut.

"Apart from the Global Fish facility, we have several additional projects around the world in different stages, for smolt and harvest-size salmon production facilities, implementing our proprietary technology, and we expect more projects to commence in the coming months."

Two years ago AquaMaof announced it was chosen by Grieg Newfoundland to build the world’s largest indoor salmon aquaculture facility.

The company has also established a salmon aquaculture business unit in Scotland, headed by Andrew C Preston.

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