Kelpinor has announced their deployment of 17 000 meters of seedlingline across two localities in Vedskjæran and Kvalnesbukta.
Since January, Kelpinor has deployed 12 000 meters of seedlingline at Vedskjæran, and an additional 5 000 meters in Kvalnesbukta in a partnership with Salten Algae.
The seedlings deployed are of the species sugar kelp, and is intended for use feed food, feed and other industry applications.
This collaboration represents the pilot of Kelpinors newly established Production Partner Program, where the company will share cultivation technology and resources with selected cultivators.
With the Kelpinor Production Partner Program, Kelpinor aims to improve cultivation efficiency, reduce risk and enable higher scalability in kelp farming.
Read more about Kelpinor Production Partner Program
Kelp farming for the future The search for new natural resources, stricter requirements for climate emissions, and transformation to a circular bioeconomy are paving the way for what the EU says will become a global giga-industry, namely kelp farming.
Kelpinor & Arctic IgniteJakten på nye naturressurser, strengere krav til klimautslipp og omstilling til sirkulær bioøkonomi, baner vei for det som skal bli en global giga-næring i følge EU, nemlig taredyrking.
