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Bakkafrost aims at being the market leading aquaculture farming company through a strict focus on raising a sustainable premium quality salmon with high emphasis on animal welfare and on preserving th...

Bakkafrost aims at being the market leading aquaculture farming company through a strict focus on raising a sustainable premium quality salmon with high emphasis on animal welfare and on preserving th...

GSI farmers follow ASC principles to ensure salmon farming has minimal impact & uses resources responsibly. The actions are: Maintaining healthy fish Minimizing impacts on the environment Us...

On 18th May, we were honoured by a visit of a delegation consisting of the newly elected president of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and the Faroese prime minister, Aksel V. Johannesen.Regin Jacobsen,...

The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) releases third annual sustainability report Driving industry-wide improvements in sustainability through greater transparency and cooperation, the GSI members contin...

In connection with the arrival of the new farming service vessel “Martin” to Faroe Islands, a reception will be held in Glyvrar on Saturday 4th March 2017. At the event, there will be speeches, music ...

On the 24th of February, Bakkafrost bought a new service vessel, which will be named “Róland” after one of the brothers that founded Bakkafrost in 1968. The service vessel will be equipped to undertak...

Bakkafrost has made an agreement with Havila Shipping in Norway regarding purchase of the vessel ”Havila Princess”. The new ship will operate as a service vessel taking care of different assignments w...

 Gulin A-06.pdf As Bakkafrost aims to be a market leader in salmon aquaculture farming, the company wants to be certified according to the highest market standards possible. Thus in 2014, Bakkafrost a...

Statement regarding non association with whaling_signed.pdf The Faroe Islands have large areas of unspoiled nature, and Bakkafrost has farming sites and activities all around the islands. It is our r...

For several years, Bakkafrost has produced premium quality Atlantic Salmon of Faroese origin. This emphasis on farming a premium quality product remains the main focus that the core business evolves a...

During the past three years, Bakkafrost has participated in a research project with the objective to identify potential cleaner fishes to be used in the combat against salmon lice in Faroese aquacultu...

Bakkafrost intends to have all sites ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) certified by the year 2020. The ASC standard is believed to be the strictest standard in salmon farming. The ASC standard was...

At the moment Bakkafrost has 6 hatcheries on different locations near the farming areas. In 2015 our hatcheries delivered smolt with an average weight of 141g to the farming sites. The production of s...

In the pursued for farming the healthiest salmon in the world, we at Bakkafrost announced in November 2014 that Havsbrún, which is our subsidiary company, would only use purified fish oil in the feed ...