Archive for September 2021
2020 saw growth halted for Scottish salmon sector
Production of farmed Atlantic salmon in Scotland was down 5.8% to 192,129 tonnes in 2020 – but this was still the second highest level recorded. Farmed brown and sea trout numbers were also down, but rainbow trout saw a small increase. The figures come from the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2020, published today by…
Read MoreNRS offshore project moves up a gear
Norway Royal Salmon says the first sea cage in its Arctic Offshore Farming project is now in place at its location north of Tromsø. The large cages are designed to operate in more exposed areas, and can withstand a wave height of up to 13 metres. The cage weighs around 3,000 tone and a second…
Read MoreNordic Halibut signs land deal for 9,000 tonne facility
Nordic Halibut has signed a deal for the construction of a new fully integrated onshore facility able to produce 9,000 tonnes of the prime whitefish. It is planning to build a new fully integrated onshore facility for halibut farming in in Tingvoll Municipality in the Møre and Romsdal region of western Norway. Combined with already…
Read MoreBarramundi sees revenue and losses increase for H1
Australasian aquaculture business the Barramundi Group saw revenue grow by more than 18% year on year for the first half of 2021, but it also reported a net loss of more than S$6m. Barramundi Group operates in Australia and Singapore. Since August this year it has been listed on the Oslo Euronext Growth stock market,…
Read MoreRural Affairs Minister opens Holywood Breeding Centre
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, has presided at a long-overdue official opening for AquaGen Scotland’s hatchery at Holywood. AquaGen acquired the Holywood Breeding Centre, near Dumfries, in March 2019 and the company has invested more than £5 million, rebuilding and repurposing the facility for salmon egg production. The revamp has…
Read MoreJoint venture promotes sustainable shellfish
Two family-owned shellfish businesses in the UK and the Netherlands have teamed up in a joint venture to produce a new range of cooked mussel dishes. Krijn Verwijs Yerseke BV from the Netherlands (which trades under the “Premier” brand) and UK based Offshore Shellfish Ltd are the joint owners of Premier Offshore VOF, which was…
Read MoreCooke in clear over US salmon deaths
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection said this week that it has closed an investigation into salmon mortalities at two Cooke Aquaculture sites off Black island and Black island South near the town of Frenchboro’ . The findings follow an inspection of the facilities by the Department (DEP), which says it found no violations. More…
Read MoreAKVA signs up for new RAS farm in Maryland
A US $150m contract to build a large land based salmon farm on the United States east coast was signed yesterday. The deal is between the aquaculture technology company AKVA Group ASA, which will build the facility, and AquaCon AS a business comprising people with an in-depth knowledge of the salmon industry with a focus…
Read MoreSpain’s first RAS salmon plant to begin production
The first RAS Atlantic salmon breeding plant in Spain is set to begin production in the next four weeks, it has been announced. The facility is located in the north of the country in Ramales de la Victoria, in the province of Cantabria. It is designed to produce around 3,000 tonnes of 4-5kg weight fish a…
Read MoreSalMar chief buys into German seafood business
SalMar’s President and CEO Gustav Witzøe is continuing his expansion plans by buying into a German seafood business – one that deals in wild caught fish as well as the farmed variety. He used his investment company Kverva Industrier AS to acquire a 45% stake in Lübbert GmbH & Co, based in Bremerhaven. Lübbert said: “With Kverva…
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