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The Fish Farmer Yearbook is out now online
The Fish Farmer Year Book is out now, and you can read it online here. It will also be available in a hard copy format with the December issue of Fish Farmer. We’re delighted to have a foreword from Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands with the Scottish Government, and a…
Read MoreHomegrown success for the Scottish salmon sector
UK sales for salmon are up more than 3% year on year, and that is just one indicator of the importance of the industry to the national economy. So says Salmon Scotland Chief Executive Tavish Scott in the December issue of Fish Farmer (starting page 26), which you can read or download here. Scott also…
Read MoreFarmed fish ‘may not seriously harm wild salmon’, expert argues
A heated debate has broken out in Iceland over an article that argues farmed salmon escapes may not, after all, materially harm their wild cousins. The claim was made by fisheries expert Gunnar Davidsson, Head of Natural Resources in the Tromsø and Finnmark municipality, Norway. He was writing in the Christmas edition of the fish…
Read MoreMåsøval unveils increased harvest – and wins compensation
The family-owned salmon company Måsøval today announced a higher than expected harvest for both 2023 and the final quarter of last year. With the new year just three days old, it is the first of the big salmon companies to unveil Q4 details. The company harvested 7,929 tonnes in the final three months of 2023…
Read MoreIcelandic police drop fish escape investigation
The Icelandic police have dropped their investigation into fish farmer Arctic Fish, over a large salmon escape in August last year. An estimated 3,000 fish got out in what was seen around the country as a major incident, with anti-salmon farming factions calling on the government to ban open pen fish farming. The Icelandic Veterinary…
Read MoreSamherji founders launch new venture in northern Iceland
The founders of the Icelandic fishing and aquaculture company Samherji have set up a new business, Drift EA, to invest in innovation and create jobs in the Eyjafjörður region of the country. At 40 miles deep Eyjafjörður is one of Iceland’s great fjords, with the northern regional capital Akureyri at the southern end. Samherji CEO…
Read MoreGarware Technical Fibres launches new coatable braided nets
Garware Technical Fibres has launched the industry’s first coatable HDPE braided knotted net that can be painted with traditional water-based antifouling paints. Nets made with HDPE fibres have low surface energy (poor wettability) thereby making it hard to paint using water-based antifouling paints, unlike nylon nets that have high surface energy (good wettability). As surface…
Read MoreTakeoff for GeoSalmo with financing completed
Land-based salmon company GeoSalmo has successfully raised ISK two billion (around £11.5 million) allowing it to move ahead very soon with its large-scale fish farm project in Iceland. The effort attracted an influential group of investors from across Scandinavia and northern Europe. GeoSalmo plans to build 24,000 tonne HFS farm (hybrid flow-through system) at Ölfus,…
Read MoreSeason’s greetings
The Fish Farmer offices will be closed from 5pm Friday 22 December for the Christmas/New Year break, reopening on Wednesday 3 January. On behalf of all at the magazine, may I take this opportunity to wish our readers, and everyone in the industry, “Merry Christmas, “God Jul” and “Feliz Navidad” – and all the best…
Read MoreJellyfish force SalMar into harvest forecast reduction
The salmon farming giant SalMar has been forced to lower its 2023 harvest forecast by 5,000 tonnes due to jellyfish attacks earlier this month. It has also had to prematurely destroy some 600,000 fish in Norway as a direct result of the attacks. Salmar’s 2023 forecast for central Norway is now 142,000 tonnes and 92,000…
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