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Hørup Mølle Dambrug

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Hørup Mølle Dambrug

Approval no: 92158

Address: Herredsvejen 65, 9632 Møldrup Denmark

Type: Concrete ponds and Partly RAS.

Products available from this farm:

CROSS+, CROSS+TRIP and QTL’s

Farm Manager: Tommy Johansen

Refsgård Fiskeri 1

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Refsgård Fiskeri 1

Approval no: 103670

Address: Refsgårdvej 2, 6040 Egtved Denmark

Type: Indoor broodstrock farm with concrete ponds and Partly RAS.

Products available from this farm:

FRESH, LATE, CROSS, CROSSTRIP, TRIP and QTL’s

Farm Manager: Benjamin Due

Halle Søhuse Dambrug

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Halle Søhuse Dambrug

Approval no: 83138

Address: Halle Søvej 11, 8766 Nørre Snede

Type: Concrete ponds

Products available from this farm:

GOLD and GOLDTRIP

Farm Manager: Torben Jensen

Hallesø Dambrug

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Hallesø Dambrug

Approval no: 103571

Address: Halle Søvej 1 B, 8766 Nørre Snede

Type: Concrete ponds and party RAS, and also traditional earth ponds.

Products available from this farm:

FRESH, LATE, TRIP, S. Trutta, S. TruttaTRIP and QTL’s

Farm Manager: Torben Jensen

Fårup Mølle Dambrug

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Fårup Mølle Dambrug

Approval no: 103559

Address: Fårupgårdvej 9 A, 7300 Jelling Denmark

Type: Traditional earth ponds.

Products available from this farm:

FRESH, QTL’s and TRIP

Farm Manager: Benjamin Due

Partner farms

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We have partners in Denmark, South Africa and Slovenia

Products available from this farms:

FRESH, LATE, RBT, S. Trutta and TRIP

News

AquaSearch newsletter July 2024

Latest QTL results AquaSearch continue to develop and document genetic markers (QTL’s) as a tool for improved profitability and sustainability in trout production. Recent field data has once again proven the relevancy of genetic markers in the control of RTFS in juvenile rainbow trout fry under commercial conditions. For a period of 29 days, after … Læs Mere

AquaSearch newsletter Aug 2023

AquaSearch and Trachsel formalizes cooperation on sales, distribution and beyond. AquaSearch is happy to announce that the owner of TroutEx, Jørgen Jøker Trachsel has trusted us with future sales and distribution of his entire product portfolio of eyed rainbow trout eggs, including his well renounced late maturing strain. The parties expect to gradually expand cooperation … Læs Mere

AquaSearch newsletter Mar 2023

Winter Season The Winter season 2022-2023 has been both busy and unpredictable. The cost base in particular, has been difficult to control for both AquaSearch and our customers. We do however now see some positive trends, with decreasing electricity costs and some stabilization of other important expenses, and it appears we now have a new … Læs Mere

AquaSearch newsletter Nov 2022

New Webpage: We are under construction of a new website, as our website this summer was a victim of a hacker attack. Therefore, if you have tried to access our website, there have been no access, or you have been met with a under construction banner. We will launch the new website in November and … Læs Mere

AquaSearch newsletter Jun 2022

AquaSearch team reorganized and strengthened To allow and support the continued expansion of AquaSearch business, AquaSearch management team has been reorganized. Simon Svith Andersen has been promoted for the Managing Director position. Allowing Torben Nielsen to focus on breeding, production, and business development, in a dedicated Operational Manager position. Lola Ruzaeva has been promoted for … Læs Mere

Danish Rainbow trout eggs

History of Aquasearch

Broodstock farming in Denmark including world-wide exports of live rainbow trout eggs date back to the early years of trout farming in the 1960ties.

Foresighted farmers and veterinary authorities back then soon realized that conserving the high health status of the trout industry in general and the brood stock farms in particular, required dedicated regulations. The Danish brood stock system were established, and the success of Danish egg export secured. A number of individual rainbow trout breeding lines have been maintained and propagated ever since.

Almost 40 years later veterinary Torben Nielsen realized that combining the high health standards and status of Danish brood stock farms with modern breeding technologies would put Danish trout breeding in an unique position.

Fårup Mølle Dambrug were purchased in February 2000 and more broods-stock farms were added to the portfolio the following years. In 2006 AquaSearch ova ApS where founded, and early 2008 the first vision technology based egg sorting machines were implemented. With the introduction of vision technology based egg sorting machines and a larger and more complex production and product range, it soon became relevant to centralize sorting and packing close to an international airport. In 2011 AquaSearch ova ApS sorting, packing and office facility in Billund were ready to sort, pack and distribute eggs. To bring quality standards and capacity to an even higher level the ProSorter project were launched in 2012 and these highly sophisticated and gentle egg sorting machines have been used by AquaSearch since.

Golden trout eggs were added to AquaSearch product range in 2017 and later that year the Norwegian based AquaGen AS purchased 51% of AquaSearch ova ApS.

The partial ownership by AquaGen AS allow AquaSearch access to highly developed and specialized Norwegian breeding line, with unique growth and saltwater adaptation features and a hybrid breeding line between the AquaGen strain and selected AquaSearch material were established in 2019. The resulting egg production is now gradually becoming available to the market.