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Akva to build €30m RAS smolt facility for Cermaq in Chile

The new facility's production capacity will be 14 million 150-gram smolts, enabling Cermaq Chile to fulfill 70% of its smolt requirements in Los Lagos and Aysen

By Matilde Mereghetti | Feb. 10, 2025 10:04 GMT
Progress in the construction of Cermaq Chile's new RAS smolt facility. Photo: AKVA group, January 2025
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The Chilean arm of Norwegian salmon farmer Cermaq has signed a €30 million ($31.03m) contract with Norwegian aquaculture equipment supplier AKVA group to construct a new recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) smolt facility in the Los Lagos region in southern Chile. [...]

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