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At Subfarm we are passionate about bringing the salmon back to its natural habitat – the fresh, crisp and roaring ocean.
We are setting a new standard for open ocean aquaculture, fish welfare and sustainability.
The management team and the board of directors at SubFarm have extensive managerial and technical experience from industrial development, and have a proven track record from entrepreneurial business and finance.
The Current Challenges in Salmon Farming
- There are few fjords remaining where salmon can be produced in a sustainable manner - SubFarm opens up new areas for fish farming worldwide.
- Lice is a huge fish welfare problem and adds significant cost to the operation - SubFarm solves the challenge related to lice and toxic algae by submerging the farm.
- Visual pollution is an increasing problem in densely populated areas and areas with high touristic value. SubFarm, with its minimal surface footprint, solves that challenge
- Transportation of salmon worldwide has a huge environmental impact. SubFarm can solve that by setting up production in proximity to the large consumer markets.
- Pressure is on for multi-use of the ocean space – SubFarm is well-suited to be located inside the perimeter of offshore wind farms.
The Technology
Single point moored, winch operated, submerged cage technology.
Optimal Temperature
Keeps the salmon at the optimal temperature level and ocean conditions, away from sea lice and toxic algae.
Easy Operations
Allows fish transfer and harvesting operations in rough weather conditions, without surfacing the cage.
Reliability
Easy to disconnect for maintenance of cage on-shore. Cage structural elements built and assembled locally. Scalable development to reduce risk.
Areas of Application
The advantage of using a submersible cage compared to traditional floating frames is to significantly decrease the risk of biomass loss and, consequently, the potential for high economic loss. Furthermore, recent factual evidence on sea-lice attack protection and algae blooms points to prevention with a deeper net installation. This extends the application of submersible cages.
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.
Exposed Areas
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.
Co-locating with offshore wind
Combination-farming improves spatial use and reduces areal conflicts. SubFarm’s distributed cage system allows for integrated aquaculture farms inside perimeter of offshore wind farms.
Management Team
Karl Stromsen
Founder & CoB
PhD Hydrodynamics, 25 years + in O&G, energy and aquaculture industries (incl Lerøy, since 2012). Serial entrepreneur, including with exit to PE fund. Main career in Europe and UK, managed several EU funded R&D and Innovation projects. Short period in the Norwegian Government with Innovation and export on cleantech and energy
Paal Hylin
Founder & CEO
MSc, Industrial Economics, Norway, Master of Energy Economics , IFP Paris 25 years + in O&G industry holding CEO, COO positions in 250 mill USD turnover companies with 600+ employees, 5 years as entrepreneur and founder of start-up within maritime and aquaculture industries
Morten Jantzen Lyssand
Founder & CTO
MSc, Nautical Science, Norway. 20 years in O&G, risk management and aquaculture industries. Head of Global Maritime, Oslo, developing company’s aquaculture branch. Specialist within marine operations, project and risk management
Brit Hjeltness
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Scient Fish Vaccinology and Bacteriology, Former Deputy Director of Fish and Shellfish at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) and Research Director in Fish Health at Institute of Marine Research (IMR). Professor in fish health at University of Tromsø and having taught fish health at University of Bergen, University of Dacca, Bangladesh and University of Nha Thrang, Vietnam
Active Shareholders
Freddy Knutsen
Owner, RTS
Odd Kare Oygarden
Owner, RTS
Gunnar Carlson
Owner, Sea TechnologyReach Our Team
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