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DUNDEE based Ace Aquatec has added another award to an impressive haul, with managing director Nathan Pyne-Carter named Director of the Year in the innovation category of the Institute of […] Continue Reading
SCOTTISH Sea Farms won the coveted Export Business of the Year award in the Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, held last night in Edinburgh. The company beat off stiff […] Continue Reading
A NEW salmon egg production unit capable producing at least 150 million eggs a year was opened this week in Sørfold, Norway. The plant, described by owner Benchmark as ‘the […] Continue Reading
THERE are just five days left to vote for the People’s Choice award in next week’s Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards. The winners of all eight categories will be announced at […] Continue Reading
MOWI has announced it will build a brand new, automated processing plant on the same site as the French facility destroyed in a fire last year. The new unit at […] Continue Reading
NORWAY’S fisheries minister is to hold an urgent meeting with the salmon farming industry as it was disclosed losses from a major algae outbreak this week could reach more than […] Continue Reading
SALMON farming giant SalMar has reported reduced revenues and profits from its Scottish Sea Farms operations in the first quarter of 2019, the group’s latest figures show today. Q1 revenues […] Continue Reading
PANORAMA used to be the ‘window on the world’, where Richard Dimbleby, the father of current affairs television, established the standards of BBC excellence. What would he have made of […] Continue Reading
THOUSANDS of tonnes of farmed salmon have died following a large algae outbreak off the north coast of Norway. A significant area in the fjords between the regions of Troms […] Continue Reading
THE rising cost of fish – both wild caught and farmed – appears to have hit the profits of Young’s, Britain’s largest seafood company. The Grimsby based business today reported […] Continue Reading
A PIONEERING project rearing lobsters in new sea based systems has shown great potential, say the partners involved. Led by the National Lobster Hatchery (NLH) in Padstow, Cornwall, the three-year […] Continue Reading
DESPITE a near seven per cent increase in operating revenues for the first quarter of 2019, the fish farmer Norway Royal Salmon took a big knock on its operating profits […] Continue Reading
GRIEG Seafood is no longer swimming in the shadow of the big salmon farming players on financial markets, a leading industry observer has suggested. Tore Tønseth, a seafood analyst at […] Continue Reading
SCOTTISH salmon farmer Loch Duart has appointed a new chairman with a background in the seafood sector. Alistair Erskine was the owner of the Edinburgh Salmon Company and has also […] Continue Reading
THE Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation has hit back at the BBC for sensationalising the operations of the salmon farming industry. SSPO chief executive Julie Hesketh-Laird, who was interviewed for a […] Continue Reading
THE Scottish parliament is to debate the recent Holyrood committee report on salmon farming next Wednesday afternoon. A period between 2pm and 5.15pm has been set aside for the discussion. […] Continue Reading
ONE of the most experienced players in the international aquaculture sector is to become the new chief finance and chief operating officer of salmon farming giant SalMar, the Norwegian company […] Continue Reading
NORWEGIAN salmon farmer Lingalaks has begun commercial production of salmon fed on alternative fish oil, produced from algae. Since last October, the producer, based in Hardanger fjord, has been feeding […] Continue Reading
REPRESENTATIVES from Fire Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service, the Marine Coastguard Agency, Police Scotland and the Highland Council all participated in a major incident training day at Kyleakin, Skye, organised […] Continue Reading
A NEW initiative aimed primarily at supporting women working in the aquaculture industry was launched today. The scheme will focus on professional mentoring and will also be available to men […] Continue Reading
A MAN has been confirmed dead following a fire at Norwegian salmon farmer Lerøy’s hatchery in the north of the country. The body of the man, aged 35, has been […] Continue Reading
THERE was qualified relief in Grimsby last night that Tesco plans to closer fewer than reported fresh fish counters at its larger stores. Britain’s largest grocery retailer, which has more […] Continue Reading
SOLID sales growth and the capture of important new contracts helped give Young’s Seafood an impressive increase in turnover and gross profits last year. The company reported turnover of £545.9 […] Continue Reading
LEROY Seafood, the world’s second largest salmon and trout farming group, has lost 2.6 million young fish after a fire at a major salmon hatchery in northern Norway, the Financial […] Continue Reading