MoU Signed with United Aquaculture Company

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Mou signed with united aquaculture company
From left to right and top to bottom: Taner Bilgic - General Manager and CTO of MAT-KULING, Gokhan Birlikci - General Manager of MAT Filtration Technologies, Erdem Akartepe - Chairman of MAT Filtration Technologies, Mustafa Dabbour - Group Chief Financial Officer of White Rocks, Bjorn Dorum Chairman of MAT-KULING, Serkan Ilgaz - General Manager of United Aquaculture
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Memorandum of Understanding with United Aquaculture Company

Serkan ilgaz and erdem akartepe
Serkan Ilgaz and Erdem Akartepe

We are pleased to announce that on May 8th, 2025, during the Seafood Processing Global Expo in Barcelona, United Aquaculture Company (UA) and MAT-KULING Vannbehandling AS (MK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate a major collaboration in marine aquaculture development in Seeb Port, Oman.

This strategic partnership aims to establish a fully integrated aquaculture project with an annual production target of 5,000 tons of premium-quality marine seafood, focusing on the cultivation of sea bream (Sparus aurata). The project will span the entire value chain, including hatchery operations with a capacity of 20 million juveniles ready for offshore transfer, offshore grow-out systems, and advanced seafood processing and packing facilities.

White Rocks – regional leadership

Mou signed with united aquaculture company

United Aquaculture is a subsidiary of White Rocks, a leading Qatari holding company committed to building sustainable aquaculture and food production systems across the region. The collaboration with MAT-KULING, acting as the one-stop provider, brings together regional leadership and Norwegian engineering expertise to realize one of the region’s most ambitious aquaculture developments.

Kaare haahjem, tanju özdemirden - head of aquaculture department of general directorate of fisheries and aquatic products, serkan ilgaz - general manager of united aquaculture, bjorn dorum - chairman of mat-kuling, turgay turkyilmaz - head of fisheries department / ministry of food agriculture and livestock in turkey, erdem akartepe - chairman of mat filtration technologies, taner bilgic - general manager and cto of mat-kuling, gokhan birlikci - general manager of mat filtration technologies
From left to right: Kaare Haahjem, Tanju Özdemirden – Head of Aquaculture Department of General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquatic Products, Serkan Ilgaz – General Manager of United Aquaculture, Bjorn Dorum – Chairman of MAT-KULING, Turgay Turkyilmaz – Head of Fisheries Department / Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock in Turkey, Erdem Akartepe – Chairman of MAT Filtration Technologies, Taner Bilgic – General Manager and CTO of MAT-KULING, Gokhan Birlikci – General Manager of MAT Filtration Technologies

We look forward to the successful implementation of this project and its contribution to regional food security to GCC region and innovation in marine aquaculture.