Aquaculture

For the past twenty years, we have worked with smolt farms in the Faroe Islands but have since 2015 seriously prioritized the development of the services we can offer the aquaculture industry. SMJ has developed into a consultant with extensive knowledge of aquacultural breeding facilities and associated systems. Our services include everything from conceptual design to the smallest detail. There is a heavy emphasis on offering high-quality advice regarding technology, biology and the environment in order to issue quality overall solutions.

In aquaculture, two main conditions must be addressed; it is the technical systems and the biology. Therefore, it is necessary to work out an overall assessment when an aquacultural facility is to be built or renovated. At SMJ, highly skilled people with extensive knowledge of both technical systems and biology work together, all under the same roof. It creates a framework for strong interdisciplinary collaboration and helps to optimize the project and the service to the customer.

At SMJ, we want to take the lead. In our professional environment, the focus is on the customer, the task and collaboration. We offer to take the initiative and make the decision-making process easier for our customers.

Our foreign initiatives in fish farming are organized under the name SMJ Aqua, and for this, please refer to the website www.smjaqua.com, which is the same company with a different name.

  • RAS, re-use and flow-through systems
  • Technical support systems at breeding facilities
  • Emergency power system and battery system
  • Electrical and pipe design on breeding facilities
  • Management and regulation (SRO/SCADA)
  • Water purification system
  • CFD analyzes of fish tanks
  • Project management, construction management and planning management
  • Fire & saftey
  • Biofilter
  • Water quality
  • Microbiological analyzes of bacterial groups
  • The health of the fish
  • The stress level of the fish
  • Outlet and sludge handling
  • Environmental impact assessments

Bakkafrost Strond

Bakkafrost is building a 30.000 m3 cutting edge, land-based RAS facility at Strond. The new facility is part of the new Bakkafrost strategy to rear larger smolts, up to 5-600...

Bakkafrost is building a 30.000 m3 cutting edge, land-based RAS facility at Strond. The new facility is part of the new Bakkafrost strategy to rear larger smolts, up to 5-600 g, and thereby shortening the time at sea where lice and virus/bacteria can have detrimental effects on the salmon. The facility is divided into 10 separate RAS systems, from hatchery to large post smolt systems, 60 tanks in total. SMJ has been involved in most biological and technical aspects of the Strond project. In particular, SMJ has been responsible for installations, design management of installations, fire & safety systems, design and calculation for electrical and piping systems, including seawater cooling, fish transport and light simulations. Client: Bakkafrost Contractor: Articon Consultants: SMJ Consulting Engineers, Ósbjørn Jacobsen Architect, Spenn

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Nitrifikation og Water Quality

Special bacterial cultures with effective nitrifying bacteria are in some cases used as stimulators for the nitrifying biofilters in the smolt factories. This is done to improve existing nitrification or...

Special bacterial cultures with effective nitrifying bacteria are in some cases used as stimulators for the nitrifying biofilters in the smolt factories. This is done to improve existing nitrification or to support the start-up of new systems. By adding bacterial cultures to the system, it helps to guarantee a good nitrification basis, which is precisely what provides good conditions for high water quality and good smolt production.

People at SMJ have bought and implemented bacterial cultures for the production of smolt at the companies Hiddenfjord and Bakkafrost.

Novozymes has supplied these bacteria. Following an assignment from Hiddenfjord and Bakkafrost, SMJ has worked in direct cooperation with Novozymes with the aim of developing the product so that it is adapted to RAS systems.

Examples of tasks that SMJ has had in this context:

  • Dosage calculator
  • SOP (Standard operating procedures)
  • Mapping the economic benefits of shortening the start-up time

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Bakkafrost Viðareiði

In 2014 Bakkafrost and Articon signed a turn-key contract for the Viðareiði hatchery. As the next step in Bakkafrost’s large-smolt strategy, which will enable the company to reduce the biological...

In 2014 Bakkafrost and Articon signed a turn-key contract for the Viðareiði hatchery.

As the next step in Bakkafrost’s large-smolt strategy, which will enable the company to reduce the biological risk and increase its production capacity.

At SMJ, we are delighted to be part of this project in close collaboration with Articon. We have contributed with electrical and HVAC design.

Client: Bakkafrost
Contractor: Articon
Consultants: SMJ and Spenn

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