New UK seafood brand launched
A new consumer brand has been launched for the UK seafood sector both farmed and wild-caught. ‘Love Seafood’ is the platform the industry public body Seafish has chosen for the […] Continue Reading
Minister tells salmon firms ‘polluters must pay’
Norway’s fish farmers have been told they will have to shoulder a larger share of the bill for recovering escaped salmon in future. Fisheries and Seafood Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen […] Continue Reading
New seafood giant created
The creation of a major seafood business between one of Norway’s leading salmon companies and a large conventional fishing business has been announced. Nergård and Norsk Sjømat are to join […] Continue Reading
Salmon exports show September pick up
After two months of decline, Norwegian salmon exports picked up in September, latest figures from Norway’s Seafood Council show. They show that 118,800 tonnes of salmon were sold to overseas […] Continue Reading
SSC boost for Bakkafrost
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) looks set to produce 10,500 tones of salmon during the third quarter of this, its new owner Bakkafrost says. That is almost as much as […] Continue Reading
ISA confirmed at Mowi site
Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has now been confirmed at a Mowi site in the northernmost part of Western Norway. Mowi notified the Norwegian Food safety Authority early last month that […] Continue Reading
Transition deal could help Scottish salmon
Britain and Norway may have signed a new exchange agreement on fishing, but a more significant development for the Scottish salmon sector could be the news that the UK is […] Continue Reading
Salmon prices on the up?
After weeks in the doldrums, farmed salmon prices may be turning the corner. Fresh and chilled salmon increased by just under five per cent last week to around NOK 50.77 […] Continue Reading
Fish farming communities share £180 million
At least 150 coastal fish farming communities in Norway look set to share a bumper payout of more than £180 million from the country’s aquaculture fund. The total in Norwegian […] Continue Reading