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Atlantic Sapphire positive after higher harvest numbers
There was much brighter news from the Florida based salmon company Atlantic Sapphire yesterday, as it reported a large increase in its first quarter harvest. The company, which has had more than its share of problem including a falling share price last year, reported a 20214 first quarter harvest of 1.15 million tonnes (heads on…
Read MoreSalMar warns of lower price achievement
SalMar, the world’s second largest Atlantic salmon farmer, has announced an increased 2024 first quarter harvest – but it says biological challenges have hit average weight and quality. The group harvested 52,900 tonnes during the January to March period against 49,800 tonnes in the same period last year. It also said that the influences of…
Read MoreASC Farm Standard consultation reaches final round
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is launching the last round of stakeholder consultation to help finalise the content of its new Farm Standard. Stakeholders are encouraged to take part before the consultation closes on Monday 20 May. The new standard tightens up requirements across a range of areas from greenhouse gas emissions and human rights…
Read MoreInnovation at sea
The marine sector is changing, with alternative fuels and bigger vessels coming onto the market, says Sandy Neil The world’s first hydrogen workboat, the UK’s first 100% electric workboat, the return of shipbuilding to Stornoway, a new super-sized wellboat and a merger between marine operators have all helped to make it an eventful 2023 and…
Read MoreFish farming has revived a once depressed region, industry body says
Salmon farming is bringing new prosperity to regions of Iceland that were in decline, says the country’s seafood industry organisation SFS – adding that criticism of the foreigners it has attracted to the country is unwarranted. SFS says opponents of aquaculture have tried many things to attack the industry. “We never really know where the…
Read MoreGlobal Seafood Alliance appoints CEO
The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has named Mike Kocsis as its new Chief Executive Officer, after a year-long search. He succeeds Wally Stevens, the former CEO who returned to head the organisation on an interim basis in March last year when the then Chief Executive, Brian Perkins, left the organisation abruptly. The GSA is a…
Read MoreAquaculture and fishing must live with criticism, says seafood chief
Both the aquaculture and fishing industries must learn to accept increased scrutiny, the Chairman of the employer organisation Seafood Norway has said. Gunnar Haagensen told the organisation’s annual meeting: “We have to learn to live with that. Challenges must be met, problems solved.” Haagensen pointed out: “Over the past six months or so, the seafood…
Read MoreSalmon price hits record level
Norwegian fresh salmon prices hit a new record high last week despite an increase in overall supply. According to Statistics Norway, they soared to NOK 120.04 or almost £9 per kilo, but this was an average figure and the price for larger five to six kilo fish was around NOK 130 (£9.60). Prices have been…
Read MoreThe April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online
The April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online, and you can read or download it here. More than four years after the UK officially left the European Union, the implications of Brexit continue to reverberate through the economy. The slogan that helped to sway voters in favour of leaving was “take…
Read MoreEmerging innovations for the shellfish industry
Innovation could help the shellfish industry adapt to restrictions posed since Brexit, writes Martin Sutcliffe Water quality is an important issue for the aquaculture sector and can be incredibly varied across UK coastlines due to contamination from sewerage. One sector that has been directly impacted by water quality is the shellfish industry, which has faced…
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