DRIVA AQUACULTURE
Driva Aquaculture is a next generation land-based fish farmer with ambitions to produce pure premium Mountain Trout
Plan to establish three land-based facilities in Frya, Oppdal and Otta, aiming to become a global leader within sustainable fish farming
Bringing fresh, healthy, natural, sustainable and traceable Mountain Trout of premium quality to attractive end-markets
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Philosophy
Our philosophy
We are passionate about raising healthy Norwegian Mountain Trout profitable and sustainable.
The team
Who are we?
Driva Aquaculture was founded in 2016 by Norwegian entrepreneurs Olav Skjøtskift and Stein Kjartan Vik. Soon Bjørn Hembre, a veteran from the fish farm industry joined, and in 2018 Vidar Lund, with extensive experience from some of the best and most professional breeding programs in the world, including MOWI (Atlantic salmon), Rauma (Atlantic salmon) and the GenoMar Supreme Tilapia (Nile tilapia) joined the team.
The founders and main owners are seafood enthusiasts with complementary backgrounds; and have a shared vision to produce profitable and sustainable delicious mountain trout in land-based facilities.
The team has professional background from operational management from the salmon farming industry, management & business development from various industries and sports management:
Olav Skjøtskift
CEO and Co-founder
Olav@driva-aquaculture.com
Stein Kjartan Vik
Chairman and Co-founder
CEO - Storvik Group
Steinkjartan@driva-aquaculture.com
Bjørn Hembre
Biologist and Aquaculture industry expert, partner and member of the Board
CEO - Icelandic Salmon // Arnarlax
Bjorn@driva-aquaculture.com
Vidar Lund
Breeding and brood stock program specialist, technology expert and partner
CEO - Alphasea
Vidar@driva-aquaculture.com