NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2023 91 Salmon farmer SalMar has strong links to the Troms and Senja region in northern Norway through its subsidiary SalMar Nord. The latter has investments in sea sites, a processing plant, and an RAS smolt farm, which was commissioned by Billund Aquaculture. This land-based facility, which is located about two hours from the city of Tromsø, consists of two projects that were built within five years of each other. The facilities are designed to produce around 29 million Atlantic salmon smolt per year, enough fish to secure self-sufficiency in the north of the country. The site’s performance has been enhanced by several innovations, including one of the most advanced oxygen-booster systems in the market. According to Billund Aquaculture’s Group CEO & Founder, Christian Sørensen, one of the things the company learned from its experience with its first project, Senja 1, which was built in 2017, was the need to have a scalable oxygen system. “At times, they wanted to produce more biomass in individual tanks. Therefore, we designed a flexible system that was able to run at a greater fish density in any given tank by keeping oxygen levels very high compared to other tanks,” he said. This tailor-made feature allows greater adaptability to production requirements from the company’s sea sites, while also being a shining example of the good cooperation between Billund Aquaculture and SalMar. Read more>> SalMar uses a flexible oxygen system in northern Norway The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) announced that Gina Tumbarello, AFIA’s senior director of global strategies, policy, and trade, has been reappointed to serve on the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service’s Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds and Planting Seeds. Tumbarello has represented AFIA members on the ATAC since 2014 and provides valuable technical advice and information about U.S. animal food products and the industry to the secretary of agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Tumbarello joins Constance Cullman, AFIA’s president and CEO, who has been serving on the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) since 2020. “Last year, the U.S. animal food industry exported over $11 billion worth of feed and pet food products,” said AFIA President and CEO Constance Cullman. “The AFIA’s ability to provide ongoing industry representation to the U.S. trade negotiators is paramount to ensuring continued and further global market access for the U.S. animal food industry and our vision for a healthier world through advanced animal nutrition. We are thrilled to continue being a voice for the country's nearly 5,650 animal food manufacturers.” Read more>> AFIA’s Gina Tumbarello to serve on U.S. Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee Gina Tumbarello
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