About SIFT Group
The Super-Intensive Farming Technology, or SIFT System, is a paradigmatic cutting-edge technology that promotes sustainable aquaculture. Our mission is to improve the supply of the market-demanded high-quality food by offering innovative, economically viable, and environmentally responsible solutions that can revolutionize global seafood production on land for most fish species.
Our Story
Founded by a team of passionate scientists and engineers, the invented SIFT system aims to address the out-spoken challenges of traditional fish farming in net pens and ponds. Based on years of research and innovation, the team has developed a groundbreaking solution for farming salmon and similar pelagic fish in velodrome-formed shallow raceways and combined with Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) technology. This solution makes vertical farming in as many as ten levels possible, thereby reducing the need for resources of all types.
Advantages and Uniqueness of Our Technology
Experience the key benefits of our seamless, integrated system.
First-class lean fish
Swimming continuously upstream up to 50 km in the raceways, our salmon has robust, muscular lean meat with a fat content that tastes like wild salmon, which should fetch premium market prices.
Improved Fish-welfare
The shallow raceways offer optimal current speed for a given fish species. Intensive swimming improves the heart muscles and health of farmed fish. Oxygenation with nanobubbles and the intelligent waste removal system improve animal welfare. An inbuilt disinfection system reduces the risk of disease outbreaks and fish lice problems.
More Sustainable
Aerobic and anaerobic biofilters reduce the need for make-up water and subsequent environmental discharge. The waste volume is recycled into bioenergy and possible manure for agriculture. The unique vertical farming set-up is adaptable for Aquaponic production.
Biological Risk Control
The standard farming unit is a SIFT Cell comprising five raceways and one RAS. This cell is the building block in a vertical farming setup that can be combined horizontally and vertically, like a Lego system. It optimizes space utilization, reduces the risk of infections and bacterial spread from one cell to the rest of the farm, and reduces most pumping to horizontal circulation. Additionally, this unique configuration is highly effective in managing and reducing risks at every level of multi-story vertical farming.
Improved Cost-Efficiency
Productivity and profitability are increased. In the Pilot farm, we succeeded in growing fish at standard growth curves at 200 kg per m3, double that of traditional land-based farms, with almost no disease-related mortality and without compromising fish welfare.The feed conversion ratio (FCR) was 0.7-0.8 – 30% lower than that of other land-based salmon farms, conveyed by constantly feeding with floating pellets in the shallow raceways.The vertical farming system minimizes land use and the need for water pumping and temperature regulation, thus reducing energy consumption by 50% compared to other land-based farms. The operational costs (OpEx) for farming salmon in a SIFT system are estimated to be comparable to farming salmon in open ocean net pens.
SIFT Group continuously invests in the development of our aquaculture technology. This ensures profitability and leadership in sustainability, efficiency, and animal welfare.
SIFT Group continually advances aquaculture technology, keeping our methods leading in sustainability, efficiency, and animal-friendly, profitable fish farming.
Eco-Friendly Farming System with Enhanced Fish Welfare
SIFT Group AS has developed an innovative, land-based fish farming concept for Atlantic salmon using Super-Intensive Farming Technology (SIFT). Fish are raised in animal-friendly vertical raceways, allowing for higher densities compared to traditional land-based farms.
In these raceways, temperature and oxygen levels are optimized, and water is continuously purified of waste particles, toxic gases, and metabolites. The vertical raceways can be stacked up to 10 independent levels, ensuring space efficiency.