Giant platform receives first salmon Just six week after completing its epic 15,000 mile voyage from China to Norway, the first salmon has been released into HavFarm1, the giant Nordlaks fish farming platform. Nordlaks said […] ISA crossfire as cases continue to rise Norway’s Food safety Authority has reacted to criticism over its handling of the rising number of recent Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) outbreaks in the north of the country. Around 20 […] UK seafood processors face covid impact survey A major survey is underway to find out the financial and socio-economic impact of Covid-19 on the seafood processing industry throughout the UK. It began earlier this month and will […] Search starts for new SSPO chief Scotland’s salmon producers have appointed leading recruitment firm FWB Park Brown to find a new Chief Executive for their trade body, the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO). The Board of […] Mowi processing site takes covid hit A huge Mowi owned salmon processing plant in Poland has been hit by coronavirus, with around 29 members of staff testing positive. The Morpol site near the Baltic coast is […] British Columbia ASC success for Grieg GRIEG Seafood is celebrating achieving Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for five of its Sunshine Coast salmon farms in British Columbia, making it only the second company in the world […] Seafood Scotland encourages businesses to ‘look local’ Seafood Scotland has this week launched a campaign to help Scottish seafood businesses attract more customers through the use of free marketing directories to reach a greater consumer audience. With […] Salmon facing ‘challenging time’ say analysts SALMON prices are heading down and into a challenging period over the next three months, the latest industry intelligence reports suggest. The downward pressure appears to be due to increased […] Ocean Farm 1 gets new licences THE salmon farming group SalMar has been give the go-ahead to convert eight development permits into fish production licences for its giant revolutionary offshore ‘sea cage’ known as Ocean Farm […]