Lidl to disclose farmed seafood sources
The Lidl supermarket group in the UK has agreed to voluntarily disclose its farmed seafood seafood sources for the first time. The announcement was made by the Ocean Disclosure Project […] Continue Reading
A passion for salmon – SEPTEMBER FISH FARMER
The September issue of Fish Farmer magazine has just been published and our feature interview this month is with the Chair of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) Atholl Duncan. […] Continue Reading
Grimsby salmon business celebrates 20th birthday
The Grimsby-based salmon supplier JCS Fish is marking its 20th anniversary this week with a socially distanced celebration for its staff team. The specialist salmon business was founded by husband […] Continue Reading
ISA suspected at large Mowi site
An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) is suspected at a Mowi site in Norway, while another has been confirmed at a Grieg location in the country. The Mowi incident […] Continue Reading
‘Administrative jungle’ holding up salmon applications
Dozens of operating applications for fish farming operations in Iceland are still stuck in a bureaucratic pipeline, some of them four or five years after they were first submitted, one […] Continue Reading
Large numbers of escaped fish ‘appearing in Scottish rivers’
Significant numbers of farmed fish are are appearing in Scottish rivers following a large scale escape from the Mowi Aquaculture North Carradale site during Storm Ellen last month, Fisheries Management […] Continue Reading
Minister summons salmon companies over escapes
Norway’s Fisheries and Seafood Minister has called an urgent industry meeting to discuss the rising number of salmon escapes over the past few months. Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen has expressed his […] Continue Reading
25 companies to sue over traffic light scheme
Twenty five salmon and trout companies plan to sue the Norwegian government over the new fish farming traffic light scheme. They argue they are not only being robbed of part […] Continue Reading
Nordlaks celebrates year of significant investment
Nordlaks, the company behind the giant Havfarm1 salmon farming platform, invested more than 850 million kroner (£72 million) in 2019 – a year which it says an algae bloom outbreak […] Continue Reading