The company has licences for two facilities in Mausund, northwest of Trondheim, that are being upgraded. Its first batch of 260,000 fry is in production and ready to be transferred to the sea in December 2019. A further batch of juveniles is slated to arrive the same month. Norcod chief executive Rune Eriksen says the fish are showing uniform growth well ahead of expectations. According to a statement issued today: “the company aims to exploit projected strong demand for fresh cod amid stagnating supply from the global capture market. It promises a stable quality of cod nurtured in its natural habitat and plans to ramp up production to an industrial scale over the next few years.”