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The body representing Scotland’s salmon farmers is changing its name. As from 1 November, the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation will be known as Salmon Scotland. Along with the name change, […] Continue Reading
A 270-metre long futuristic fish farming vessel known as the Eidsfjord Giant has been awarded less than half the number of development permits it had applied for. The company, Eidsfjord Sjøfarm, […] Continue Reading
The specialist slaughter ship Norwegian Gannet has come to the aid of an Icelandic salmon company which was in danger of running out of harvest capacity. The salmon farms owned […] Continue Reading
Scottish salmon farmer Cooke Aquaculture has donated more than £7,000 to buy boats and equipment for a community sailing club at Loch Shin, in the north west Highlands. Loch Shin […] Continue Reading
The Japanese owned fish farming company Cermaq earned NOK 1.2 billion (£104.5m) from its Norwegian business last year, greatly boosting its value. Knut Ellekjær, who heads the operations in Norway […] Continue Reading
Cretel by ATS, the Belgian machine manufacturer of food processing equipment and washing & drying systems, has launched a new generation of automatic fish skinners F460A. This generation highlights reliability, […] Continue Reading
For more than two decades, Benchmark has offered consulting services in applied genetics through the brand Akvaforsk Genetics and today the company is a global leader in the field. To […] Continue Reading
It has been a busy few months for the team at Ross-shire Diving Services Ltd. While the divers have been kept busy servicing the fish farms, the office staff have […] Continue Reading
Searas offers products and systems that bring a new dimension to water management in fish farming Searas Reactor – optiRAS – is a stand-alone RAS module where water treatment is […] Continue Reading
The world’s most powerful CNC-controlled sewing machine, AMASPLEIS AM902-H/L can sew extremely strong materials with thick sewing thread (up to 5/3). The machine is specially designed for sewing ropes up […] Continue Reading
Aquacom is a leading IT system for maintenance, assets control, quality and planning in the aquaculture industry, with users all around the world. Mørenot’s customers use Aquacom through the whole […] Continue Reading
Leading global animal health company Elanco has appointed Alan Dykes as key Account Manager for the UK, Ireland and the Faroes. Before joining Elanco, Dykes worked with various animal species […] Continue Reading
Dawnfresh Farming Ltd is the largest Trout Farming Company operating in the UK. We are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Farm Manager to be based at our Loch Etive […] Continue Reading
Landcatch Natural Selection Ltd is part of the global animal breeding company, Hendrix Genetics. It is a multi-species animal breeding, genetics and technology company. Hendrix Genetics is passionate about animal […] Continue Reading
SSC growth plan backed by investment in skills At The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC), people are the heart of the business and fundamental to producing healthy, quality Scottish Salmon. The […] Continue Reading
Some of the post-Brexit problems faced by UK seafood exporters have been fixed but there is still plenty to be done, reports Sandy Neil It’s one thing after another. No […] Continue Reading
Trials aimed at breeding plaice under farming conditions have proved highly successful, less than two years after getting underway. The results have even surprised the scientists at Norway’s Institute of […] Continue Reading
Iceland’s fish farming saga is on the verge of an exciting new chapter. A new force in Atlantic salmon farming is starting to make its presence felt on the world […] Continue Reading
The ‘value added’ packaged salmon meal was an idea that came and went, as Dr Martin Jaffa reports. I’m in the process of moving office and the move offers the […] Continue Reading
Dr Adam Hughes asks: What does “sustainable investment” in the Blue Economy mean for fish farming? If the marine economy were a country, its GDP would rank about 7th globally […] Continue Reading
Anglers and farmers are united in a desire to help wild salmon survive, writes Hamish Macdonell It was the angler who first introduced me to the Tweed who came up […] Continue Reading