Archive for November 2022
Scottish government announces £13m in seafood grants
Seafood processors, salmon and shellfish farmers and fishing businesses are among the recipients of the latest round of funding from the Marine Fund Scotland. The Scottish government-backed fund is distributing a total of more than £13m to 60 projects in the seafood industry, with grants ranging from £7,000 to £1.2m. As well as promoting growth…
Read MoreMowi’s former CEO joins Eide Fjordbruk
Former Mowi CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog has taken on a new role in aquaculture – as business developer at the Norwegian salmon company Eide Fjordbruk. Aarskog starts in his new post on 1 January. He has been taken on to continue with the development of the company and its Watermoon project, which involves the futuristic “Salmon…
Read MoreParis gets a taste of Scottish salmon
Salmon was at the centre of an early St Andrew’s Day celebration in Paris yesterday. Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon was joined by acclaimed chef Hirose Abe and Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of industry body Salmon Scotland at the British Embassy for a celebration of Scottish food and drink. The event also marked the…
Read MoreSeagriculture goes East
The Conference Program for Seagriculture Asia-Pacific is ready! Seagriculture Asia-Pacific 2023 will take place online on 8 and 9 February 2023. The conference will feature more than 20 speakers in six sessions, including a panel discussion about the seaweed state of play in Asia-Pacific and a virtual seaweed tour around the world. The Seagriculture conference…
Read MoreLerøy cancels top level meeting after email mix-up
Lerøy Seafood CEO Henning Beltestad has cancelled a second meeting with Norway’s Finance Minister Trygve Vedum on the salmon ground rent tax controversy. It now appears that an e-mail address mix-up rather than an outright refusal is at the centre of the problem. The meeting with Lerøy was on the minister’s meeting schedule on Friday…
Read MoreGovernment facing ‘insider’ claims over salmon tax plan
An insider information row is brewing over the Norwegian government’s proposed ground rent salmon tax. The newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv (dn.no) is claiming that at least 200 people knew about the plan before it was unexpectedly announced in late September. The Oslo government had intended to unveil it at the national Budget on 6 October, but…
Read MoreInverlussa Marine Services takes delivery of hybrid vessel
Mull-based Inverlussa Marine Services has taken delivery of its new service vessel, the Eloise Eslea. It is the latest addition to its growing fleet of modern, purpose-built workboats for the Scottish aquaculture sector. Designed and built at Nauplius Workboats in the Netherlands, the Eloise Eslea is equipped with the latest technologies, including dynamic positioning to…
Read MoreArnarlax facing heavy fine for fish escapes
Arnarlax, Iceland’s largest salmon farming company, has been fined ISK 120 million (about £705,000) following the loss of fish in an important fjord. The company has launched an immediate appeal. Mast, Iceland’s food and veterinary authority, said the administrative fine was for failing to report the loss of the fish. Mast said: “During the slaughtering…
Read MoreNorth Atlantic Seafood Forum to be in-person again
After two years of disruption through Covid, the North Atlantic Seafood Forum is set to make a physical return next year. The organisers said it will be held in Bergen between 7 and 9 March 2023. This prestigious event has in the past attracted all the main leaders of the global fishing and aquaculture industries.…
Read More£2m grant for Mowi’s Blar Mhor processing centre
Mowi Scotland’s processing facility at Blar Mhor, Fort William, has been awarded a grant of just over £2m from the UK Seafood Fund. The grant will be used to modernise the plant, including funds to buy equipment that will rapidly process fish and improve despatching of Mowi’s premium salmon. The investment is aimed at: Increasing…
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