Stofnfiskur HF
Stofnfiskur is one of the world’s leading companies in selective breeding and production of Atlantic salmon ova. Every week of the year Stofnfiskur can deliver disease free, fast growing and robust salmon eggs worldwide to the fish farming industry. Since 1989 the company has been improving production traits and survival in every generation through the company‘s extensive breeding program. The broodstock is reared indoors in large land based farms. Sea- and freshwater is pumped up from geothermal- and freshwater boreholes ensuring the best disease free environment for farmed fish in the world. StofnFiskur main production is eyed salmon eggs but as support we can also deliver salmon fingerlings and Lumpfish
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- Business Type:
- Technology
- Industry Type:
- Aquaculture
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
About Us
WHAT WE DO
Breeding for the future with genomic precision.
STOFNFISKUR
Every week of the year we can deliver disease free and robust salmon eggs worldwide to the fish farming industry.
We achieve the highest quality product for our customers through continuous research, selective breeding and the world’s best production facilities for Atlantic Salmon.
25 years of selective breeding
Building on 30 years experience
Stofnfiskur´s production of high quality Atlantic salmon eggs, fry, parr and smolt is built on a unique selective breeding program.The products are developed by world class specialists in genetics, in a disease free environment not found anywhere else in the salmon farming areas of the world. The history of rearing of Atlantic salmon in Iceland goes back to 1941, when farmers tried hatching and rearing of salmon juveniles.
Today
Quality and expertise
Today, Stofnfiskur can deliver disease free, fast growing and robust salmon eggs worldwide to the fish farming industry every week of the year. This enables the customers to buy ova at the best possible time for their farming operations.
The company´s main activities are salmon ova production, fingerling production, selective breeding of Atlantic salmon, research and development, and domestic and international specialist advice on egg production and supply. The company has a production capacity of 200 million eggs.