Posts by Janice Johnston
Chile farms hit by new algal attack
THE salmon industry in Chile has again been hit by a serious algal bloom outbreak, costing two companies a total of more than US $4-million. Two days ago the farming company Blumar reported it had lost some 760,000 fish at its sites in Punta Rouse and Isla Ester worth around US $3.3m. This represents almost…
Read MoreUK seafood facing more export hurdles
FURTHER big changes are coming this year in the way the UK seafood sector trades with Europe, Seafish, the industry watchdog has said. Seafish experts have pulled together what companies can now expect. It says Seafood businesses have been adapting to trade with the EU since the end of the EU exit transition 12 months ago,…
Read MoreKeeping downtime low for feed conveyors
It is not only high capacity in the conveyors that matters in feed handling. It is also important that the machines are, as far as possible, self-cleaning. This is to avoid contamination of different products, but also, with fish feed pellets, to avoid mixing of pellet sizes. FM BULK HANDLING designs its machines for slow…
Read MoreNew Programme of Support for Highland Aquaculture Business Ventures
Aquaculture businesses based in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland will benefit from a new fully funded accelerator programme that helps them turn their innovative new ideas into reality. The focus of the programme is to deliver rapid, practical results for ambitious businesses with new ideas. Participants are taught and coached by a team of…
Read MoreSeafood Scotland launches new tourism initiative
Seafood Scotland has launched an innovation programme to stimulate new seafood tourism initiatives. The pilot will see the trade body work with organisations to explore and support business diversification and to establish new tourism opportunities for the Scottish seafood industry. The aim is to inspire seafood organisations to exploit the huge growth in food tourism…
Read MoreNew salmon giant created
THE world’s sixth largest salmon farming company was created yesterday following the merger between Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) and SalmoNor. The two NTS controlled businesses formally signed an agreement worth an estimated NOK 8.3 billion (£686m) allowing NRS Farming to buy 100% of the shares in SalmoNor from NTS. The new set-up will eventually be…
Read MoreNovel vaccine technologies impact human and salmon health outcomes
New vaccine technologies for COVID-19 have been making headlines all around the world for obvious reasons. Among these newly developed vaccines are some based, not on introducing antigen into the host via the inoculum but, instead, on injecting host muscle with messenger RNA (mRNA) that codes for the production of virus specific immunogenic proteins. Once…
Read MoreGrowing confidence
The customer and the environment are at the heart of Mowi’s latest initiatives In a year where holding steady may have seemed the logical plan, Mowi continued to forge ahead in 2021 with several initiatives that have one goal in focus: to increase customer confidence and loyalty for its business and products. The valued chain…
Read MoreA perfect start
State of the art genetics are the key to rearing successful salmon It starts with optimal genetics. Founded in 1991, Benchmark Genetics has been a long-established and trusted provider of genetic material to the salmon farming industry and, more recently, the expanding global land-based sector. As a result of the long-term breeding programs, the salmon…
Read MoreRestoration hopes
An initiative aimed at reversing the decline of native oysters in Wales is under way 25,000 juvenile native oysters have been returned to waters in Milford Haven as part of a pioneering restoration project. The native oyster (Ostrea edulis) is a species of Principal Importance in Wales, providing many benefits such as removing excess nutrients,…
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