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BREAKING: Potential USD $130 Million Maryland project for AKVA Group
The AKVA group ASA has today announced that it has signed a non-binding Term Sheet with the Norwegian company AquaCon AS for a potential supply of equipment, engineering and design to a new land based grow-out facility of 15,000 metric ton HOG salmon on Eastern Shore, Maryland, USA. The final contract, if awarded, is expected…
Read MoreHaafell to farm cod in Norway
AN Icelandic company has been given the go-ahead to expand cod farming on a limited scale in the north-west region of the country. The development is interesting because Iceland is better known around the world for its conventional trawler catching of wild cod, arguably its most important fishing activity and seafood export. Few appreciate it…
Read MoreHavExpo audience doubles online
A KEY aquaculture conference called off three months ago because of Coronavirus is attracting more than double its normal audience through a digital version of the event. HavExpo 2020 was due to have been held in the Norwegian city of Bergen at the end of March before it fell victim to the pandemic. The bi-annual…
Read MoreMowi heritage site plans stalled again
A MOWI plan to start fish farming on a world heritage site in the north of Norway has been put on hold – yet again Less than a month after it thought it had been given the all clear, the company has been told in a shock move by the Directorate of Fisheries to postpone…
Read MoreJune Fish Farmer – Feed, Boats & Revolutions!
The June edition of Fish Farmer has now gone to press and you can see a sneak preview here. This month we take our regular look at feed, as well as catching up with a whole raft of boat builds and deliveries that have taken place in the past month. We look at the massive…
Read MoreMayors mutiny over salmon tax
THE mayors of at least 70 local municipalities along the Norwegian coast are demanding a \’fair share\’ of any new salmon tax imposed on the country’s aquaculture industry. The government has announced proposals for a tax of NOK O.40 (40 øre or cents) per kilogramme on salmon, trout and rainbow trout which is expected to…
Read MoreIceland community split on fish farms
ONE of Iceland’s main cities has caused a stir and political division in the region by telling the government that it does not want fish farming on the 47 mile long fjord which leads into its port. Akureyri City Council has conveyed its surprise message to Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries following a major debate. But…
Read More200K smolt lost in Grieg Shetland fire
UP to 200,000 fry have been lost in a fire which hit the Grieg Seafood Girlsta hatchery on Shetland earlier this week, the company has confirmed. However, at least three million fish were saved. The fire is thought to have started in an oxygen delivery system at the site. The emergency services were called and…
Read MoreNorwegian exports down again
NORWEGIAN Seafood exports in value during May for the second month in succession – with salmon again taking a hit. Covid-19 is continuing to disrupt sales due mainly to the loss of the restaurant trade, although given the global scale of the pandemic the reduction is perhaps not as large as it could be. Overall…
Read More20 year plan for English aquaculture announced
A NEW strategy was launched at the weekend to expand aquaculture in England over the next 20 years. Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management Ltd has been appointed to develop the strategy and will work with the Seafood 2040 Aquaculture Leadership Group to shape the project and the means to deliver it. But Scottish salmon farmers are…
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