Ocean Farm 1 – Produces Up To 12,000 Tons of Fish A Year

First Ocean fish farm raising 1.5 million salmon three miles off Norway.

Ocean Farm 1 is the world’s first deep-sea aquaculture farm. It is designed by leading salmon farmer SalMar ASA (of Norway). They paid China Shipbuilding Industry $300 million for six facilities.

The first pilot system is 67 meters (220 feet high) and a diameter of 110 meters (football field length). It has the volume of over two hundred Olympic swimming pools. The pilot system can withstand 50 foot (15 meter) waves.

Movable, submerged valves disperse food to allow fish to live at depths instead of clustering near the surface for feeding. The ocean current helps clear out the waste to keep low mortality and healthier fish.

The production unit will be around 70 meters high and will have a diameter of around 160 meters. the production unit will be able to produce 12,000 tons of fish each year. The production system can withstand 100 foot (31 meter) waves. The systems can be put anywhere in the open sea.