BluGen signs SIFT Group as RAS provider for olive flounder farm in South Korea

A rendering of BluGen's proposed RAS farm in South Korea.

Busan, South Korea-based BluGen’s recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) olive flounder farm will be built by Tromsø, Norway-based SIFT Group.

The two companies signed an agreement under which SIFT Group will provide a RAS system equipped with super intensive farming technology, which optimizes the growth environment for fish even in high-density environments.

Korean aquaculture genomics technology company BluGen announced in November 2022 it is seeking to build a land-based farm in Goheung, South Korea, to grow at least 1,000 metric tons (MT) of olive flounder annually. BluGen is an aquaculture genomics technology company that has grown eight generations of olive flounder Broodstock.

“It has been a long discovery process in identifying our farming system and RAS technology partner. We spent a significant amount of time reviewing SIFT both on and off site. Ultimately, we decided that SIFT Group’s technology, design, team, and approach are the best fit and specific to our species and project.” BluGen Founder and CEO Woo-Jai Lee said in a press release. “For BluGen and its investors, partnering with SIFT Group is attractive, as the SIFT system is operationally proven in commercial-level production for a variety of fish species relevant to BluGen’s project. In addition to SIFT Group’s own pilot facilities, various farms in Europe have been using the SIFT system for commercial production of sole and turbot for the past decade with optimal economic results and very low mortality rates. BluGen will be adopting a similar systems design, but with upgraded technological components.”

SIFT has developed a system of ... 

Photo courtesy of BluGen


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