Archive for July 2021
Norway Royal Salmon urges shareholders to reject NTS takeover offer
The board of Norway Royal Salmon has called on shareholders to reject all current offers for the company. NRS said in a stock exchange statement: “In the board’s view, the offer price does not reflect the underlying values in NRS.” The announcement is a clear reference to the current takeover bid from NTS, which acquired…
Read MoreCounter measures
‘Multichannel marketing’ and livestreaming could get consumers back to the fishmonger, a report suggests No nation is buying as much seafood on-line today as China – and that includes its older generation. But what about the rest of us? The Norwegian Seafood Council has published a detailed report on how consumers like to obtain their…
Read MoreRSPCA Assured investigating Mowi welfare complaints
Animal welfare body RSPCA Assured is investigating complaints of poor welfare at four salmon farms operated by Mowi, but certification for the farms has not been suspended. Earlier this week a complaint was brought by anti-salmon faming group Scottish Salmon Watch, following the release of video footage which appears to show dead fish in pens…
Read MoreNational strategy ‘fails to address seafood’
UK Industry body Seafish has criticised a report on food strategy for its lack of focus on seafood. The National Food Strategy report, commissioned by the UK Government and led by businessman Henry Dimbleby – co-founder of the Leon chain of restaurants – was published last week. It called for a tax on sugar and…
Read MoreOTAQ reports good profits growth
Marine technology group OTAQ has reported a strong increase in revenue and profits for the year to 31 March 2021. OTAQ, which makes the SealFence deterrent system as well as a variety of monitoring and analysis technology for the aquaculture sector, has reported an 18.5% increase in revenue, year on year, to £4.05m (2020: £3.42m)…
Read MoreMowi hits back at welfare allegations
Covert video footage of distressed fish published by campaign group Scottish Salmon Watch at four of Mowi’s salmon farms does not represent the state of welfare of Mowi’s fish, according to the company. Mowi was responding to a complaint raised by Salmon Watch following unauthorised underwater filming at four of Mowi’s farm sites in Scotland…
Read MoreFender – ON YOUR SIDE
We are a newly started engineering company in Norway with a goal to provide independent engineering, inspection and certification services for fish farmers and equipment suppliers. As an independent partner we do not issue the certification ourselves but rely on our partnership with major certification companies in the market or by our customers’ preferences. Our…
Read MoreTechano delivers multiple lifting tools for the emerging offshore fish farm industry
Based on Techano’s pedigree from the traditional offshore industry, we have been able to utilise our knowledge to develop cross-over products for the emerging blue market – fish farming in rougher waters – by the use of our technology in a new context. We have a strong focus on, and understanding of, the fish farmers’…
Read MoreLobster farmer gets claws into green energy project
The world’s first business to produce land-based farmed lobsters and Norwegian data specialists Green Mountain have teamed up in a ground-breaking energy project. Norwegian Lobster Farm has entered into an agreement with Green Mountain on the reuse of waste heat from the data centre. The project represents an innovative example of the circular economy, with waste…
Read MoreISA cases continue to mount
Two more suspected cases and one confirmed outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) have been discovered on the north Norwegian coast. The first suspected is at sea site 31757 at Kasterberget in Ibestad, in the Troms and Finnmark municipality where the company Kleiva Fiskefarm is engaged in salmon production. The second is at the Stabben…
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