Thursday, August 22, 2019

Aqua Nor experiences increased visitors and success

Today (Thursday 22nd August) saw a total of 8557 people visit Aqua Nor, meaning they continue to have day-by-day growth in visits compared to 2017.

Tomorrow is the final day of the exhibition, and is also the day where students are invited to attend. In relation to the Student Day the organisers spoke to some young voices in the industry, and you can read interviews with the up-and-coming talents below.
 
Image credit: Aqua Nor

25 year old Christian Wiukan, CEO of new smolt group
An announcement on Møre and Romsdal's County Stand made it public that the Nekton group of corporations will gather all their companies under one brand: Nekton.

The new company will be under the leadership of Christian Wikan - and he has plans of recruiting more young people in to the industry - and also build further on the group's formula for success.

Read more on this, HERE.


27 year old Karen Kirstine Østerhus, responsible for region of fish health giant
Karen Kirstine Østerhus is responsible for the Northern region of Norway in Stim. She's also the driving force behind the Instagram account Proud of Salmon, and an eager ambassador of recruing new young talents to the industry.

Ms Østerhus talks about the new generation of workers and the possibilities offered for youngsters in both Stim and in the industry as a whole.
 Read more on this, HERE.

T
he future of the industry
Over the past few days students from the aquaculture program at Skjervøy High School have been participating at Aqua Nor. The students are clear in their opinions of the future in aquaculture, and several already know what they want to do when they're done with their education.

International Aquafeed
The International Aquafeed team are in attendance to keep you updated. You can follow along by following us on Twitter @IAFmagazine for live updates throughout the show. The hashtag for the show is #aquanor2019, @AquaNorExhibit.

Visit the Aqua Nor 2019 website, HERE.

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