Hiddenfjord

During the economic crisis in 1992, Hiddenfjord built a salmon fry breeding centre, which has since been expanded several times. Hiddenfjord began its salmon farming on Vágar outside the villages of Miðvágur and Sandavágur in the mid-1990s, and from 2006, Hiddenfjord took over the salmon farming in Sørvágsfjørður. In 2007 they established a salmon slaughterhouse and started processing salmon products in their own buildings. Hiddenfjord is one of the most important employers on Vágar.

In 2019, Hiddenfjord set up breeding facilities in the open sea on the northern side of Vágar outside Víkar, and in 2020, current measurements were made in Vestmannasund, the sound between Vágar and Streymoy, with a view to future farming in the area.

Further reading

• Agriculture on the Faroe Islands
• Bakkafrost
• Education and research on the Faroe Islands
• Energy supply on the Faroe Islands
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• Industry and labour market on the Faroe Islands
• Municipalities on the Faroe Islands
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• Population and housing on the Faroe Islands
• Restaurant KOKS
• Salmon farming on the Faroe Islands
• Salt on the Faroe Islands
• Shipping Company Varðin
• The fishing industry on the Faroe Islands
• Veltan
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