SALMON EVOLUTION

Salmon Evolution is a Norwegian company founded in 2017 with the vision to revolutionize sustainable salmon farming. The company focuses on land-based aquaculture, utilizing controlled conditions to improve fish welfare and minimize environmental impact. In 2019, Salmon Evolution acquired a production site at Indre Harøy, which would soon become an integral part of Salmon Evolution's operations. In 2021, it was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, and by 2023, it completed its first successful harvest at its Indre Harøy facility. In the same year, Salmon Evolution achieved the prestigious Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.  Additionally, in 2025,  Salmon Evolution launched its first smoked salmon product under the premium brand Lofoten in Norwegian retail. 

Throughout its history, a core aspect of Salmon Evolution’s philosophy has always been sustainability. Its use of closed-loop aquaculture systems reduces waste, conserves water, and mitigates the risks of disease and escapes. The company also works to minimize feed waste and optimize resource growth, and it is committed to producing salmon with minimal environmental footprint.

As Salmon Evolution looks to the future, it aims to produce 100,000 tonnes of salmon annually by 2032 and to expand globally based on its success in Norway. Salmon Evolution strives to set a new standard for high-quality, responsibly farmed salmon, focusing on transparency, sustainability, and fish welfare as key pillars of its operations.

Corporate responsibility is an integrated part of Salmon Evolution’s business practices. We strongly believe that we have a responsibility for the people, communities, and environment affected by our business. This is woven into our core values, responsible, competent, innovative and team player.

Our vision is to be the globally leading producer of land-based Atlantic salmon by ensuring sustainability and extending the ocean potential. We aim to encourage the inclusive and prosperous development of the aquaculture industry, within a stable and resilient earth system. To achieve this, we commit to promoting a culture where sustainability and profitability reinforce each other. We build sustainability into our core operations and through the use of the HFS technology, we transfer the best preconditions offered by the sea to the farming of fish on land. Through our business strategy, we are committed to the external environment and to setting a high standard for fish health and fish welfare. Our objective is to monitor and reduce the environmental impact of our business, to ensure we produce a premium salmon product with a low environmental footprint. We therefore place an emphasis on three key environmental areas: 1) climate change impacts 2) circular economy, pollution, and waste 3) biodiversity and nature.

By reusing water, we optimize energy consumption related to pumping and heating, which reduces our CO2 footprint. By filtering and treating wastewater, we reuse more marine resources. Fish sludge is also collected and recycled, contributing to a circular economy. By having a closed farming system, we also minimize the risk of escapes and thus the potential harm to local biodiversity and nature. Our environmental efforts should never compromise the health of our fish or our product quality. We therefore also focus on: 1) fish health and welfare 2) sustainable inputs and outputs 3) product certification and traceability. By using fresh seawater from the coast, we create optimal farming and environmental conditions for our fish, which result in better growth and a shorter production time. This enables a sustainable production process, with controlled and optimal growth conditions while limiting operational and biological risk. Each of our choices is weighed against alternatives to ensure that we carry out our operations responsibly. Sustainability and fish welfare are at the core of our vision as well as our actions as a firm. They are essential to the identity of Salmon Evolution, and we commit to carry this forward as our operations grow and as we expand globally.