Posts by Vince McDonagh
Further rise in salmon prices
Norwegian salmon prices have continued on the road to recovery following a prolonged slump during the summer.
Read MoreSamherji ready to start work on new super fish farm
Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing and aquaculture company, is to start work on its new salmon land farm next month.
Read MoreCoastal towns to receive record £331 from salmon auctions
Norway’s Aquaculture Fund looks set to pay out NOK 4.7bn – £331m – this year to coastal communities.
The payment is the largest since the Fund was set up and is due to the exceptional prices paid at auction for fish farming licences.
Read MoreAKVA Group favourite for Cermaq Chile contract
AKVA group looks set to land the supply contract to build a planned new smolt facility for Cermaq Chile.
It is thought that Billund would get the supply deal, but the company ceased trading in the summer.
Read MoreLack of housing a major issue for Faroes aquaculture
Salmon farming on the Faroe Islands will continue to expand, but more must be done to accommodate the extra overseas staff the industry will need, says a report from the island’s economic council.
Read MoreFresh water ‘may be answer to salmon disease’
The bacterium that causes pasteurellosis in farmed salmon does not survive for long in fresh water, new tests have shown. Experiments with fresh water were carried out after an epidemiological investigation showed that the probability of an outbreak of pasteurellosis increases significantly after thermal or physical de-lousing with seawater, but not after freshwater-based de-lousing.
Read More£1m plan to tackle complex gill disease in salmon
Norway’s aquaculture and fisheries fund has launched an initiative to discover more about the growing problem of complex gill disease in salmon.
Read MoreBuyer found for Skaginn assets
An agreement has been reached for the purchase of the assets of the Icelandic seafood processing equipment company Skaginn 3X, which filed for bankruptcy in the summer.
A group of investors with the firm KAPP, another Icelandic technology company, will buy all the equipment and liquid assets of the Skaginn estate in Akranes.
Skaginn 3X, was a well-known name in the world of seafood processing equipment, but it filed for bankruptcy four months ago after Baader, its German parent company, failed to turn the business around.
Read MoreNordic Halibut sees sales prices continuing to rise
Nordic Halibut has reported third quarter sales prices for its premium farmed fish up 11% year-on-year, continuing the rise seen earlier this year. In its Q3 (July to September) operational update the company said the increase was consistent across size categories compared to the same quarter last year and demonstrates the strong demand for halibut…
Read MoreGrimsby is home to new UK Seafood School
A new seafood training centre for the UK has been opened in Grimsby, home to the UK’s largest fish processing hub.
The UK Seafood School is being hailed as a “fantastic opportunity” for young people who want to enter the industry.