Atlantic Sapphire’s Denmark Facility Loses 227,000 Salmon
Land-based salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire said it lost about 227,000 salmon at its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Denmark. The company’s subsidiary Atlantic Sapphire Denmark A/S experienced the mortality event in one of its grow-out systems.
“Preliminary analysis, subject to further verification over the next days, indicates higher nitrogen levels than desired as the cause of the event, which has been addressed in a design modification,” the company said in a statement. “Other systems in the Danish pilot farm and the US-based main facility had already been...
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