We provide the global Atlantic salmon industry with robust and disease-free salmon eggs every week of the year. Our products are the result of long-term breeding programs and intensive innovation, focused on solving our clients’ challenges and opportunities. Today, we are operating in-house programs for three strains in Norway, Iceland, and Chile mainly produced at land-based facilities to ensure the industry’s highest levels of biosecurity.
We are delivering ova world-wide every week of the year, produced in several locations and geographies
We ensure the highest levels of biosecurity for the welfare of our animals and quality of our product
Product portfolio adapted to systems, customer demands and challenges
Comprehensive in-house breeding program and R&D competences using the latest genomic technologies
Our production is certified according to Global Good Agricultural Practices (GLOBAL G.A.P.), European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB), ISO, and Organic (Debio/Tun) certifications. Besides, Benchmark Genetics Iceland is certified according to the RSPCA (Freedom Food) standard for export to the U.K. You find our certificates here
The three strains we are operating all have their origins from some of Norway’s most prominent salmon rivers. They were collected and domesticated for farming in the mid 70” and early 80”. Since then they have undergone significant genetic development through systematic breeding and selection. The breeding programs’ structure, where the males are selected directly from the breeding nucleus, ensures a higher genetic gain per generation than by selection from dissemination lines.
Conventionally, broodstock has been produced in the sea and only transferred to land in the very last period before spawning for temperature and light manipulation to induce maturation.
Such a production strategy is associated with risks for the producer as the broodstock spends one year more in the sea than the commercial salmon. Risks of losses caused by diseases, the introduction of pathogens, attachment of sea lice, and risks of escape are all associated with production in the sea.
Whether we’re talking sea- or land-based farming, we provide solutions for each.
Our product concepts SalmoProtect and SalmoSelect target the challenges of sea-farming like sea-lice and diseases, while SalmoRAS4+ has been tailored for land-based farming with a focus on high growth and physical quality traits.
