Archive for March 2021
‘Technical’ incident setback for Atlantic Sapphire
Land-based producer Atlantic Sapphire looks set to lose up to 500 tonnes of salmon following technical problems at its plant near Miami, Florida. The losses represent 5% of of its expected initial harvest. The company said in a stock market announcement last night that the issue appeared to be in one of its RAS growth…
Read MoreFestive season failed to boost UK seafood sales
Hopes that the UK’s aquaculture sector could use the run up to Christmas to recover losses suffered earlier in the year quickly evaporated, public body Seafish says in its latest analysis on the impact of Covid-19. The report covers the three months from October to December and finds that aquaculture demand and production continued to…
Read MoreRight from the start
Landcatch’s heritage goes back to the earliest days of salmon farming While the marine salmon farming industry in Scotland is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, egg and smolt producer Landcatch can trace its origins back much further, to the early 20th Century and a visionary Highland laird: Col Sir James Lithgow. Landcatch, the salmon genetic brand…
Read MoreAnimal rights group calls for ‘moratorium’ on Scottish salmon industry
Animal welfare campaign group Compassion in World Farming has called for a halt on any expansion for the salmon farming industry in Scotland, with a damning report that alleges widespread instances of poor fish welfare. Salmon farmers, however, have described CIWF’s report as “wrong, inaccurate and misleading.” The report, Underwater Cages, Parasites & Dead Fish:…
Read MoreMore support for Northern Irish aquaculture
Northern Ireland’s aquaculture sector is to receive a further financial support package of up to £325,000 to help mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA announced the package, which brings the total amount of funding provided by the Department for the sector to £685,000. Funding will be in the form…
Read MoreBC farmers put pressure on government over Discovery Islands shutdown
Pressure is mounting on the Canadian authorities to allow British Columbia’s salmon farmers more time to implement its order to close down aquaculture activities in the Discovery Islands. The decision, which has to be completed by June next year, affects major international names in the industry such as Mowi and Grieg Seafood. Now the industry…
Read MoreNordic Halibut set for stock exchange listing
Nordic Halibut is hoping to raise up to 270 million kroner (£23m) by listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange’s Euronext Growth market. The halibut fish farming company has engaged Pareto Securities and SpareBank 1 Markets to prepare for a planned private placement of new shares. The price per share has been set at NOK 22.50.…
Read MoreSSPO calls for urgent reform of export red tape
Scotland’s salmon farmers are spending £200,000 each month on extra paperwork following the end of the Brexit transition period. So says the Scottish Salmon Producers Association which is calling for urgent reform of the export health certificates regime to cut down on red tape. Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO),…
Read MoreMowi promotes Diez-Padrisa to health role
Mowi Scotland’s Production Director, Meritxell Diez-Padrisa, is to take up a new role as the company’s Fish Health Director as from May. Stepping into her position as Production Director is Roar Paulsen, currently Production Director for Lerøy Midt AS. In her new position, Diez-Padrisa will oversee fish health programmes in all regions for the company.…
Read MorePower, durability and economy
One company is changing the outboard market by lowering emissions and costs Nature is a force of its own, and to operate within it requires both trust in onboard crew, but also trust in the equipment used. More importantly, commercial users in aquaculture depend on their gear to ensure that they can perform their daily…
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