Open Ocean Farming
Bringing the salmon back to its natural habitat – the fresh, crisp and roaring ocean
Submerged farming… ...sustainable growth
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Submerged into the depths of the open ocean, the salmon is in its natural habitat, away from sea lice and toxic algeas
Unused nutrients do not accumulate in offshore areas. It increases the biodiversity and promotes the capturing of CO2
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Ocean farms, close to the consumer markets, provide short-travelled, healthy, food to a growing population
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Our Open Ocean Submersible Cage is built locally and operated based on renewable energy»
An ocean of opportunities
Below the the warm surface waters there are vast ocean areas with perfect growth conditions for salmon
Upwelling currents bring cold water from the ocean depths to the continental shelf
Our submerged farming technology enables optimal placement of the salmon into these cold water bodies
Open Ocean Farming has developed a global database with biological, physical and meteocean data to identify prospective locations worldwide
Open Ocean Submersible Cage
…offering the best growth conditions possible
Single point moored, disconnectable, winch operated, submerged cage technology
Keeps the salmon at the optimal temperature level and ocean conditions, away from sea lice and toxic algeas
Allows fish transfer and harvesting operations in rough weather conditions, without surfacing the cage.
Easy maintainance of cage on-shore
Cage structural elements built and assembled locally
Very competitive investment costs
Open Ocean Farm System
…robust, scalable and cost effective - combining the best from aquaculture and offshore technologies
Open Ocean Sumberged Cages, connected to central feed platform via umbilicals
Feed platform and umbilicals based on proven oil&gas offshore designs
Farm system normally unmanned, controlled and operated from shore
Scalable and stepwise developement and implementation
Open Ocean Submersible Cage
Areas of Application
Existing farms
Avoid exposure to sea lice and toxic algaes by free positioning of cage in the water column. No need for surfacing of cage during fish load-out or harvesting
More exposed
Expansion of production into more exposed areas within existing production regions. No need for large, complex steel structures
Open Ocean
Open new production regions offshore with favourable sub-surface temperatures and close to the consumer markets
