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As part of its value chain investment programme to develop farming operations in Scotland, Bakkafrost has purchased the supply vessel M/S Bakkanes, which will now be repurposed to a farming service ve...

Havsbrún has been recognised with a ‘Best Aquaculture Practices’ (BAP) certification. BAP is one of only two certifications in the industry to cover the entire aquaculture supply chain from feed produ...

Presentation: Q1 2021 Report: (Figures in parenthesis refer to the same period last year unless otherwise specified) The Bakkafrost Group delivered a total operating EBIT of DKK 223.5 million in Q1 ...

Bakkafrost has purchased a farming service vessel as part of its value chain investment programme to develop farming operations in Scotland and strengthen biological performance. Bakkafrost has entere...

Since 2012, the Bakkafrost logo has decorated the uniforms of the Faroese men’s national football team, and this will also be the case for the next four years.Today, 12 March, Virgar Hvidbro, general ...

Press release JT electric have just completed the latest installation of their 5.6 km long sea cable to a Bakkafrost site in the Faroe Islands. The cable provides power from land to the remote fish fa...

Presentation: Q4 Quarterly Report: The Bakkafrost Group delivered a total operating EBIT of DKK 88.5 million in Q4 2020. Total harvested volumes were 25.3 thousand tonnes gutted weight (tgw). Faroe ...

The judges said: “Regin has worked tirelessly to tranform a sector that really needed changing. He has innovated and gone well beyond just improving his own company; also entering the political debate...

Today, Bakkafrost and MEST Shipyard have signed a contract on the construction of a fully electric workboat. The contract was signed at Bakkafrost’ s headquarters at Glyvrar. The workboat is solely ba...

Bakkafrost is among the finalists in two categories at edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021 which recognise and reward changemakers within businesses. Regin Jacobsen, CEO at Bakkafrost, is nomina...

Press release Yesterday, eleven businesses in the Faroe Islands signed an agreement to work together on a three-year corporate sustainability initiative: Burðardygt Vinnulív. The trial project, manage...

The total production of green energy from biological waste from the biggest hatchery at Strond is expected to be 1,120 MWh a year, equivalent to the annual electricity use of 225 households On Friday ...

As part of the company’s long-term investment plan, Bakkafrost has signed an agreement with Norwegian recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology company Nofitech to expand the Glyvradal smolt h...

Today, Coller FAIRR Index published new data in a comprehensive sustainability assessment on large meat, fish and dairy producers. The index assesses the 60 publicly-listed animal protein producers, w...

Today, following a 7-year assessment period, all Bakkafrost farms in the Faroe Islands are now certified to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard for responsible aquaculture. “We are deli...