New landing craft for Scottish Sea Farms

Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of its biggest landing craft to date, designed to support the company’s move to farming with fewer but larger pens for its salmon. The 19m Hollie Rose was built in Scotland by Bute Boatbuilders to a design by Argyll-based naval architect AG Salmon. The vessel, equipped with a PK32080…

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Bakkafrost reports Scotland harvest up, Faroes down in Q1

Bakkafrost’s Scottish arm more than doubled its salmon production during the first three months of this year, according to a trading update published today. Output from the company’s Faroe Islands sites was down, however, by more than 6,000 tonnes year on year. The group total for the period was 19,100 tonnes against 24,400 tonnes 12…

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Salmon prices stabilise despite higher Easter demand

A widely expected surge in the price of salmon in the run up to Easter has failed to materialise, the latest figures from Statistics Norway show. Fresh salmon export prices during week 13 averaged NOK 111.04 per kilo (£8.55), down by NOK 6.28 per kilo a week earlier and almost NOK 12 per kilo from…

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Norway exports see record values despite concerns over volume

Norway’s seafood exports were worth NOK 41.4bn (£3.2bn) during the first three months of this year, official figures show today. This represents an increase of NOK 7.4bn (£573m) or 22%, over the same period last year. The Norwegian Seafood Council, which compiles the figures, said exports achieved a historically strong quarter in terms of value.…

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Go-ahead for Cooke’s post-smolt site in New Brunswick

Cooke Aquaculture has been given the green light for a land-based post-smolt facility in New Brunswick, on Canada’s Atlantic coast. The provincial government of New Brunswick has granted a “Certification of Determination to Proceed” to Cooke subsidiary Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd (KCS), for the construction of a proposed CAN $72m (£43m) land-based Atlantic salmon post-smolt…

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Canadian Fisheries Minister studies Norwegian fish farms

Canada’s Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray, who is imposing sweeping changes on British Columbia’s aquaculture industry, has been on a tour of Norway and Iceland to study how these two Nordic countries are tackling their own fish farming issues. During her visit, Minister Murray met with senior officials from the two governments, along with the CEOs…

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Aquaculture set to meet popular culture in Netflix series

Netflix is to feature a new drama about the trials of life on a Norwegian fish farm, the TV media giant has confirmed. Called Salmon Island, it will feature the rivalry  between two families engaged in salmon farming. The company said that following their global success with Lilyhammer (a Norwegian/American gangster comedy-drama starring Steven van…

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Organic Sea Harvest appoints Managing Director

Independent salmon farmer Organic Sea Harvest has appointed James Deverill as the company’s Managing Director with effect from today. His predecessor as CEO, Ove Thu, will continue in his position as Chairman. Organic Sea Harvest, based on the Isle of Skye, is the first new, independently owned and operated salmon farm in Scotland for decades.…

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Leading line-up for Blue Food Summit

The line-up for the Blue Food Innovation Summit, which takes place in London over 23-24 May, now includes more than 90 leading speakers. The summit will get underway with a keynote address from Jim Leape, Co-Director at the Center For Ocean Solutions at Stanford University, on “Raising the Profile of Blue Food in Climate, Sustainability…

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Seafood Expo Global set to break records

The 29th edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global (SEG), which takes place in Barcelona this April, will be the trade show’s biggest yet, the organisers have announced. Liz Plizga, Vice-President of Diversified Communications, the company behind the event, said that in terms of exhibitor space, at 49,299m2, SEG 2023 will be 21% larger than…

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