Posts by Jenny Hjul
Award Treat as Britain\’s Benchmark is Aqua Nor finalist
BENCHMARK’S CleanTreat sea lice system is one of three finalists named in the coveted Aqua Nor Innovation Award, to be announced at the exhibition in Trondheim in August. The other two companies chosen by the judges of the Nor-Fishing Foundation are Trondheim based Ecotone, for its SpectraLice – a fully automatic underwater camera that counts…
Read MoreAward Treat as Britain\’s Benchmark is Aqua Nor finalist
BENCHMARK’S CleanTreat sea lice system is one of three finalists named in the coveted Aqua Nor Innovation Award, to be announced at the exhibition in Trondheim in August. The other two companies chosen by the judges of the Nor-Fishing Foundation are Trondheim based Ecotone, for its SpectraLice – a fully automatic underwater camera that counts…
Read MoreBP pumps $30m into alternative feed
CALYSTA, the company behind the alternative protein source FeedKind, has secured a $30 million endorsement from oil giant BP to scale up production. The investment, announced yesterday, will enable the global roll-out of the fish feed ingredient, which is currently being produced from the company’s Market Introduction Facility on Teesside, in north-east England. FeedKind, a…
Read MoreWhy Scottish salmon farmers ‘inspire Britain’
SCOTLAND’S salmon farmers are included in the London Stock Exchange’s list of inspirational businesses. Mowi Scotland, one of 38 Scottish names included, features in the £100 to £150 million group of ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’, now in its sixth edition. And Wester Ross Fisheries makes it into the £10 to £20 million category. Seafood…
Read MoreSalmon surge sends UK exports soaring
FARMED salmon continues to play a vital role in the UK’s exporting success, as total exports for Scottish food and drink reached a record £1.4 billion in value for the first quarter of the year. The latest figures show that exports grew by 14 per cent over the past year, driven by a surge in…
Read More$570,000 boost for Nova Scotia seafood
NOVA Scotia, Canada’s most important seafood export province, is to spend more than half a million dollars expanding its fishing and aquaculture businesses. The two-year programme will see the state invest $570,000 over the next two years. The fund, called the Seafood Accelerator Programme, was announced by the province’s Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Keith…
Read MoreIt’s a wrap for farmer’s plastic packaging
SCOTTISH Sea Farms has been recognised at the M&S Select Farm Awards 2019 for its innovative work to reduce polystyrene, one of the most widely used plastics. As the exclusive supplier of M&S farmed salmon, Scottish Sea Farms has been working with the major UK retailer to reduce the use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging.…
Read MoreMaking a mark with Trondheim seminar
BENCHMARK, the aquaculture breeding and genetics specialist, is staging a seminar during the Aqua Nor exhibition in August. Following a welcome from Benchmark CEO Malcolm Pye, the seminar programme will include the following presentations: • The importance of animal welfare in modern food production – do we take it seriously enough? – Dag Henning, director…
Read MoreGael Force rolls out Scottish hospitality at Aqua Nor
SCOTLAND will be well represented at the Aqua Nor exhibition in Trondheim this summer by Gael Force Group. The Inverness based aquaculture equipment supplier is taking an 84 square metre stand in Hall D, alongside the big Norwegian players. From here, it plans the global launch of what it describes as ‘a newly developed and…
Read MoreDanes to supply smolt plant to Russia
AKVA Group Denmark has secured a new land based agreement to deliver a smolt facility to Murmansk based Russian Aquaculture. The estimated value of the contract is EUR 11.9 million and, subject to financing and regulatory approvals in Russia, the project will be completed in the second quarter of 2020, with production starting in 2021.…
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