Posts by Dave Edler
AKVA sales surge despite \’challenging quarter\’
THE AKVA group, the international aquaculture technology services provider, today reported increased sales of 862 million Norwegian kroner (£74 million) during the second quarter of this year, a period in what the company describes as a \’challenging global situation\’. This represents a rise of eight per cent on the same period in 2019 with America…
Read MoreAKVA sales surge despite \’challenging quarter\’
THE AKVA group, the international aquaculture technology services provider, today reported increased sales of 862 million Norwegian kroner (£74 million) during the second quarter of this year, a period in what the company describes as a \’challenging global situation\’. This represents a rise of eight per cent on the same period in 2019 with America…
Read MoreAnchoring breakthrough for aquaculture
A consortium of researchers has taken a significant step forward in the development of anchoring technology that could support the aquaculture sector’s ambitions to deliver long-term sustainable growth and reduce its environmental impact. For the past year, tidal energy technology specialist Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd (SME), the University of Dundee, marine equipment supplier Gael Force…
Read MoreGrieg strengthens sales and marketing team
Grieg Seafood has taken further steps to strengthen its marketing team by recruiting five new faces from other operations and fish farming companies. The company says it wants a stronger downstream team so it can position itself from being largely a supplier of salmon to a company that can become an innovation partner for selected…
Read MoreGovernments told to take action on shrimp farms
More than 25 major retailers and seafood companies, including some top UK names, and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) have told five Far East governments to take tough and immediate action to address the continued outbreak and emergence of new diseases in shrimp farms. The five countries are China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, and…
Read MoreThe Late Show – August Fish Farmer now out
The August issue of Fish Farmer Magazine has just been published and you can get the link HERE. Inside we catch up with the new owners of Aquaculture UK, Diversified Communications, to discuss the frustration of not being able to stage their first show yet, plus their plans for the future. Sandy Neil looks in…
Read MoreFish farms urged to go electric
Seafood Norway, the trade organisation which represents companies and employers, has said it is vital that the country’s aquaculture industry should become fully electric within ten years. It made the comments following a serious diesel spill last month when 5,000 litres of oil escaped from a tank at a Nordlaks site in the Troms region…
Read MoreMowi organic salmon gets year-round guarantee
THE first organic salmon from Mowi Scotland has just entered the UK market following certification by the Soil Association, giving the company a guarantee of year-round supply. The fish, which is also certified to EU organic standards and approved by Agriculture Biologique in France, will be sold under newly created brand, the Scottish Organic Salmon…
Read MoreUS court rejects Gulf aquaculture plan
A United States court has rejected a proposal to open up the Gulf of Mexico to fish farming. The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans this week blocked a federal permit that would have seen a network of fin-fish farms offshore in the American controlled area of the Gulf. It rejected an…
Read MoreSalmon figures up despite market turbulence
Norway\’s seafood exports, including salmon, held up surprisingly well last month, given the turbulent state of global markets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council today show. They totalled 7.9 billion kroner (£664 million) in July, the same level as July last year. The country’s fish farmers exported…
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