AN EXPERIMENTAL onshore salmon farm in a Machrihanish aircraft hangar is being put up for sale.
Norwegian firm Niri pioneered its Atlantic salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in a 1,600 cubic metre rearing tank in Machrihanish Airbase Community Company’s Gaydon hanger.
Niri’s experiment to grow 26,000 Atlantic salmon was run by its founder and former managing director Arve Gravdal.