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Making sure every fish counts behind new partnership move
The aquaculture technology specialist company Ace Aquatec is leading a new partnership to improve salmon farming’s circular economy. Pictured: Ace Aquatec Head of Sales Ben Perry and Senior Field Services Manager Ian Lawson with the A-HCS®. The move involves collaboration between Ace Aquatec and start-up Tiny Fish and is advancing Scottish salmon’s circular economy by…
Read MoreOslo opens new salmon air route to China – via Kazakhstan
A new direct salmon air route between Norway and China has just been launched from Oslo. The interesting aspect is that the plane travels via the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, close to Russia, an area of the world avoided by western fish air carriers since the start of the Ukraine war. The first consignment…
Read MoreUCO nets a solution to the problem of containment
Maintaining the integrity of nets is essential for a fish farm – but can be expensive. Fortunately, there is an answer to the dilemma Containment of stock is a key aspect of husbandry operations, of vital importance for the fish farmer from an economic and regulatory position. Avoiding issues created by escaped fish is beneficial…
Read MoreEnhancing aquaculture operations
A comprehensive solution from Tritonia and Ocean Ecology Tritonia Scientific provide underwater surveying through the use of remote sensing techniques (multibeam, sidescan and ROV – remotely operated vehicle – visual surveys), complemented by scientific and commercial diving capabilities. Renowned for our expertise in Providing Underwater ClarityTM, we can also produce detailed models of seabed features…
Read MoreAsda recalls wrongly labelled King Prawn product
The Asda supermarket group has pulled a cultivated fresh king prawn product from its shelves over mislabelling; a mistake which could make them unsafe. Asda has warned the public not to eat the product, which is probably farmed. It is labelled “Asda Succulent Cooked and Peeled King Prawns 210 grams”. These are fresh, rather than…
Read MoreLabour election hopeful impressed during visit to Cooke Aquaculture
Frank McNally, a leading Scottish Labour politician and general election hopeful, has met with Cooke Aquaculture Scotland to hear about the positive and social impact the company, and aquaculture in general, is having on the region. (Pictured) Cooke Scotland managing director Colin Blair, left, and North Lanarkshire councillor and Coatbridge and Bellshill Labour Party prospective…
Read MoreEuropean Parliament changes smoked salmon rules despite protests
THE European Parliament has decided to press ahead with a potentially controversial change to the regulations around smoked salmon processing. Objections had been raised by the processing sector but they were rejected by the Strasbourg based parliament last week. The new regulations centre around part of the production system known as the “stiffening process” The…
Read MoreNew finance chief for Nordic Halibut
THE fish farming company Nordic Halibut has a new finance chief to help take the company forward. He is Thomas Scheele Berg (pictured) currently with currently serving as an investment manager at Fred. Olsen Investments. He takes over on August 1st. Berg brings experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), equity capital markets (ECM), and Debt…
Read MoreAkva Group wins key Iceland contract
LAXEY, the Icelandic company building a young land based salmon farm in the Westfjords region, has signed a keynote deal with the Akva Group. The agreement will focus on the implementation of re-use technology across the first of six grow-out modules planned for the site. Each module is designed to produce 4,500 tons of salmon…
Read MoreThe speed of reaction
Opinion piece by Nick Joy I admit that my mind might not be quite on the job at the moment. Coming back from Sicily by car has been quite an experience. Palermo driving is enough to terrify the most sanguine of people and I have seen enough of the world to know. However, we made…
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