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PLANS for two organic salmon farms on Skye were rejected by councillors after a campaign against the development by locals, the Press and Journal reported. Organic Sea Harvest, which already […] Continue Reading
NORWAY’S new fisheries minister is Geir Inge Sivertsen, according to reports on Norwegian news channels this morning. The Conservative politician was Secretary of State in the Ministry of Trade and […] Continue Reading
THE economic and social impact of the algae outbreak which hit two important Norwegian salmon farming areas last May was more severe than first thought, a report has suggested. It also […] Continue Reading
LAND based salmon farm company Pure Salmon has achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its original, Polish site, the company announced today. Pure Salmon Poland, located near Warsaw and […] Continue Reading
SIR Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire chairman of petrochemical giant Ineos, is staging an international conference in Iceland today to debate the future of wild Atlantic salmon. Experts meeting in Reykjavik […] Continue Reading
A NEW initiative to recruit young people into the aquaculture industry will ‘light a fire’ and inspire the next generation to find out more about the industry, said rural economy […] Continue Reading
NORWAY looks set to get a new seafood and fisheries minister within the next 48 hours. The present incumbent, Harald Tom Nesvik said earlier this week he would step down, […] Continue Reading
Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield has dismissed anti-salmon farming claims by an angling lobby group as out of date and said it would be wrong to move salmon farms on […] Continue Reading
A TASTING session involving specially bred salmon was due to take place in Iceland today. The difference from other events of this type is that the fish was raised on […] Continue Reading
Mowi Scotland lost 73,600 salmon after storm Brendan damaged a net pen at the company’s Colonsay site. The company, which revealed the loss on its website and has reported it […] Continue Reading
NORWAY’S fish farmers were nervously looking over their shoulders yesterday as the prospect of a general election and a possible left leaning Labour led government loomed. The country has been […] Continue Reading
THE World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recognised the positive impact on sustainability made by the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), a group which represents 50 per cent of the world’s farmed […] Continue Reading
THE judges for the 2020 Aquaculture Awards, to be held in Aviemore during the Aquaculture UK trade exhibition in May, have been announced. They include Alex Adrian, aquaculture operations manager […] Continue Reading
COOKE Aquaculture Scotland, which farms mainly in Shetland and Orkney, has appointed a new public relations and communications manager. Andrew Watson, a PR professional with experience in the private sector, […] Continue Reading
LAND based salmon farming company Pure Salmon has chosen France to site its biggest facility to date. The €175million plant will be built in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, the seafood gateway to Europe, […] Continue Reading
FAROESE salmon farmer Bakkafrost, which last week bought a controlling interest in the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC), is predicting significantly higher output for the third quarter of this year. In […] Continue Reading
MOWI Scotland has delivered lumpfish to its sister company in the Faroe Islands for the first, after buying the cleaner fish company Ocean Matters earlier this year. The fish made […] Continue Reading
THE Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has condemned as ‘reckless’ a proposal by Canada’s ruling Liberal Party to ban all open net salmon farming in British Columbia by 2025. The […] Continue Reading
SCOTTISH salmon production fell by 33,682 tonnes, or 17.8 per cent, last year to 156,025 tonnes, with the reduction attributed to fewer fish in the water. But the projected estimate […] Continue Reading
SEAFOOD Norway has called on its members to carry out a thorough investigation into why so many salmon have escaped from fish farms this year. The latest figure of more […] Continue Reading
THE European Union Commission must support innovation in biotech and gene editing if it is to achieve its ambitions for creating clean technology and high value jobs, a British MEP […] Continue Reading
ONE of Norway’s biggest salmon producers, Norway Royal Salmon, has sold its southern farming operations to a group of local farmers. Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) agreed a deal with Tombre […] Continue Reading
BAKKAFROST plans to bid for the entire shareholding of the Scottish Salmon Company, its chief executive said today. Yesterday, the Faroe Islands’ largest salmon farmer announced it had acquired a […] Continue Reading
A FRENCH trout producer has teamed up with feed giant BioMar to bring fish fed with insects to the market. Rainbow trout farmer Aquadis Naturellement said the feed, called Salvea, […] Continue Reading