Israel-based aquaculture equipment supplier AquaMaof is charging ahead with the construction of a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon project in Russia's northwest Vologda region.

Russian salmon firm Aquaproduct inked a deal with AquaMaof for its €27 million ($30 million) land-based salmon project and is planning for the first stocking later in 2020.

AquaMaof's expansion plans were not held back by the coronavirus, AquaMaof VP Marketing & Sales Shai Silbermann told IntraFish.