Happy Easter From Fish Farmer

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our loyal readers and clients that are celebrating Easter Sunday today a very Happy Easter in these unusual circumstances. Keep checking our website and social media accounts for all the latest breaking news affecting the industry during the crisis. Enjoy your day.

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SAIC support selective breeding plan

A Scottish research consortium working in collaboration with the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has unveiled a new plan aimed at developing resistance to sea lice by using selective breeding. The research, which also involves Hendrix Genetics and the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University, is being overseen by Dr. Smaragada Tsaididou and Prof. Ross…

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New Benchmark CEO unveiled

Benchmark have announced that their new CEO will be experienced industry figure Trond Williksen. The aquaculture giant said that Williksen will start in post on June 1st 2020, filling the vacancy created by Malcom Pye\’s departure back in August of last year. A press release from the company included quotes from Williksen in which he…

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Cermaq pulls the plug on Chilean sites

Two salmon processing plants owned and operated by industry giant Cermaq in Chile are about to close, reports IntraFish, as part of efforts to restructure operations to negate the effects of reduced production. The two plants are located on Chiloe island, one in Ancud, the other in Dalcahue. The company previously had four sites in…

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SSPO welcomes latest regulatory position on medicines

As the focus to protect public health and keep fresh food in UK supermarkets continues, the salmon farming sector has welcomed the steps taken by SEPA to create a temporary protocol which protects farmers’ health while maintaining fish welfare and environmental standards.   During the Covid19 pandemic salmon farms are protecting workers’ health by reducing…

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Cabinet Secretary pays tribute to fish farmers

Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing has paid tribute to Scotland’s fish farming workers for keeping the supply of fresh salmon, trout and shellfish reaching UK supermarkets.   While the sector has been adapting its operations from farm to factory to protect workers’ health, the effort to deliver fresh salmon has continued.   Fergus Ewing acknowledged the…

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Cooke brings Invergordon feed facility back into production

PRODUCTION at the former Skretting feed plant in Invergordon has been restarted under its new owners, Cooke Aquaculture. The Canadian company acquired the site on the Inverbreakie Industrial Estate in September 2019 following its closure in April last year. Through its subsidiary, Northeast Nutrition Scotland, Cooke has worked closely with former employees to resume operations…

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New Workboat Named By Isle of Lewis Pupil

Ten-year-old Ava Douglas from the Isle of Lewis has been crowned the winner of a competition to name The Scottish Salmon Company’s (SSC) new workboat with her entry ‘Spirit of the Sea’. SSC organised the competition with Bernera Primary School giving pupils from P3-P7 the chance to name the new workboat, which will be used…

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ISA Tests Used In Faroese Covid-19 Fight

TESTS used to detect ISA (Infectious Salmon Anaemia) are being successfully used in the Faroe islands in the fight against Covid-19, it has been revealed. The results so far are encouraging, but not conclusive. ISA is a marine virus that can lead to disease in salmon (and, occasionally trout) and hits many fish farms from…

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Coronavirus Technology To Save Salmon?

Technology used to fight diseases such as the novel coronavirus could be used in diagnostic kits targeting seven different salmon diseases. That\’s the message from Gdansk based Fish Farm Solutions LLC. The Polish outfit is developing a tool which it believes can win the battle against pancreatic disease and seven other common diseases found on…

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