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Lerøy facing police probe over latest escape
The Lerøy Seafood Company is facing an official investigation following the escape of 14,000 salmon – some of which are believed to be infected with diseases- earlier this week.
Read MoreNew CEO for merged Intership/Aquaship
Intership and Aquaship, the aquaculture support services business which merged in December last year, have announced a change at the top of management and a name for the combined company: “Intership/Aquaship”.
Read MoreSeafood could be key wartime resource, experts say
Could Norway’s aquaculture and fishing sectors feed the country in the event of a European war? That was the serious question posed at a recent Seafood Norway debate – and the resounding answer is “Yes!”.
Read MoreFirst fish released into Marine Donut pen
Thousands of salmon have been placed into Norway’s novel Marine Donut fish farm for the first time.
Read MoreCampaigners challenge ‘protected’ rule change for Scottish salmon
Environmental charity Wildfish has formally appealed against a change in the rules on what can be called “Scottish salmon”. Last month the UK Government approved a request to amend the “Protected Geographical Indication” (PGI) for “Scottish farmed salmon” to “Scottish salmon”. The PGI rules set out strict criteria for regional food products, specifying not only…
Read MoreEscaped Lerøy salmon may be diseased, experts fear
Some of the fish that escaped from a Lerøy Seafood facility in Norway could be carrying serious diseases, it is being reported.
Read MoreNorway’s biological issues cut into Mowi’s Q1 profit
Mowi, the world’s largest farmer of Atlantic salmon produced an operational profit or EBIT of €201m (£173m) between January and March this year. This is well down on last year’s figure of €322m (£277m).
Read MoreMowi Scotland recovery gathers pace
Mowi Scotland is bouncing back from the troubles which have hit financial performance recently. Results for the first quarter of this year, published today, show the Scotland division produced an operational EBIT or operational profit of €31.1m (£26.8m) up from €26.6m (£23m) 12 months earlier.
Read MoreSalmon Evolution heads into profit
Land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution has reported its first operational profit, in what the company has called a “significant milestone”. The Norway-based producer reported operating revenues of NOK 100.3m (£7.37m) in the first quarter of 2024 and a group EBITDA of NOK 24.1m (£1.77m).
Read MoreFarmed trout exports up by more than half
Trout is becoming the fashionable new farmed fish favourite in some parts of the world, figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council show this week. Trout exports totalled a healthy 4,177 tonnes.
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