Business Model

Infrastructural capacities in Atlantic salmon and sea trout farming

Smolt plants Smolt is a juvenile salmon, a 12–18 month old fry weighing 80 ‑ 160 g, suitable for relocating into cages.
There are currently 4 smolt plants within the Group's perimeter, with a total capacity of approximately 10 mln 80–120g fry per annum
  • Aquaculture breeding centre in the Kaluga Region
  • Ermolino fish culture facility in the Kaluga Region
  • Mulino fish farm in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
  • Fish‑breeding plant in the town of Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia
Rearing
of fish
to commercial
weight
Rearing of fish in cages until they reach an average weight of 4.5–5.5 kg
  • Continuous search for new promising sites
Murmansk
25 sites
10 stocked sites
Karelia
8 sites
3 stocked sites
60 kt
potential farming volume of live weight fish
PROCESSING
Fish slaughtering, gutting and packing
  • Processing plant in Murmansk and in‑house production facility in the Republic of Karelia
  • Ability to increase the processing capacity without significant capital expenditures
116 t per day
average processing capacity of the Company's Murmansk fish processing factories (live weight)
218 t per day
maximum processing capacity
SALES
Selling through distributors and directly to retailers
  • Direct agreements with leading chains and processing enterprises
  • Efficient logistics outsourcing
2–3 days
to cities across Central Russia — fast delivery to distribution points
Growth of fry in smolt plants begins with an egg, weighing 0.1 g. Fish are released to the sea once they reach a weight of around 80–150 g and a palm size.
Feed transportation feed carrier with a monthly shipping capacity of up to 5 kt of feed
Support vessels
Fish parasite protection (delousing) system 4 FLS production lines
Repair shop
  • Maintenance and repair of fish farming equipment
  • Manufacture of workboats
Live fish carriers 3 live fish carriers with a total capacity of up to 290 t of commercial fish
Catamarans, passenger ships, workboats
  • 11 catamarans for farm equipment installation
  • 11 passenger ships for transportation of people
  • Workboats for carrying farm workers from a barge to fish cages and back
Maintenance Department
  • Installation of farm equipment
  • Operation of cage cleaning equipment