Archive for March 2021
Benchmark signs up first customers for CleanTreat
Animal health and breeding group Benchmark has signed up the first customers for its ground-breaking CleanTreat water purification system. CleanTreat will be used in combination with the company’s new sea lice treatment, BMK08, to treat farmed fish. The announcement was made in a London Stock Exchange update by the group’s parent, Benchmark Holdings plc. CleanTreat…
Read MoreMowi set to upgrade Blar Mhor processing plant
Salmon giant Mowi is planning to upgrade its Blar Mhor processing facility in Fort William, to a capacity of more than 80,000 tonnes. The company has promoted Scott Nolan to the role of Processing Director, to oversee the expansion. The move follows a strategic review in 2019 which considered alternatives including constructing a new build…
Read MoreSalmon prices slip back again
The recent surge in salmon prices, which had brought a temporary smile back to the faces of fish farmers, appears to have stalled. According to Statistics Norway, the export prices of fresh salmon during Week 11, dropped by NOK 2.82 to NOK 59.97 a kilo and was down by NOK 3.34 from two weeks earlier.…
Read MoreMowi branded salmon lands on Sainsbury’s shelves
The Mowi consumer salmon brand has moved into the UK retail sector for the first time – and with Scottish fish. The world’s largest salmon farmer has started selling three products through Sainsbury’s which owns 600 supermarkets and 800 convenience stores. The products are Smoked Scottish Salmon Slices (rsp – retail sale price – £5/100g),…
Read MoreSalmon producers hit back over welfare allegations
The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation has invited welfare inspectors to check any of its members’ farms, at any time, without notice. The SSPO said it was confident that all sites meet high standards, despite a report by an animal welfare group earlier this week alleging that poor treatment is widespread. The SSPO said today that…
Read MoreSeverinsen joins Sensor Globe team
A former AKVA Group executive has teamed up with Canadian firm Sedna Technologies to promote and develop an innovative water monitoring device for the aquaculture sector. Trond Severinsen – formerly Senior Vice President, Technology & Development with AKVA – will, as Sedna’s Norwegian partner, lead the commercialisation of Sedna’s Sensor Globe, a wireless multi-functional sensor…
Read MoreNordic Halibut in U-turn over share issue
Nordic Halibut sprung a big surprise last night by announcing that it was cancelling plans to list on Oslo’s Euronext Growth – less than a week after unveiling the proposal. The Norwegian halibut farmer told investors and the Exchange that the planned issue would not go ahead because of “unfavourable conditions”. Nordic Halibut CEO Edvard…
Read MoreAll the advantages of land-based farming – at sea
Here’s how to increase the production of your farm – and do it sustainably The benefits of closed containment for fish farming are well known. The risk of fish escaping is minimal, thanks to hard walls and double barriers, compared with the typical nets and pens used in aquaculture. Because water comes in through a…
Read MoreEvolution of an industry
Given the importance of salmon farming to Scotland, it is hard to believe that just 50 years have passed since the first harvest of farmed salmon. It wasn’t until 1979, that the Scottish Government started to officially record and publish production, and, in that year, it had grown by 15% on the previous to a…
Read MoreA hatchling industry
Salmon farming is a major sector for Scotland today, but the industry began with one harvest of just 14 tonnes, half a century ago on the shores of Loch Ailort, on Scotland’s west coast. The farm at Lochailort – the spelling is different for the sea loch and the village – was an experiment that…
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