Mowi opens feed mill to public
Mowi Scotland invited local people to visit its feed plant at Kyleakin on Skye over the weekend to provide an insight into how the mill operates. About 50 visitors attended […] Continue Reading
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Norway Royal Salmon reports mixed Q3 results
SUBSTANTIALLY higher harvests helped Norway Royal Salmon lift its overall operating profit, or EBIT, during the third quarter of this year. Post tax profits, however, were well down. The company […] Continue Reading
Mowi names new CEO to replace Aarskog
Mowi, the world’s biggest salmon farmer, has appointed Ivan Vindheim as its new CEO, replacing Alf-Helge Aarskog who has held the position for the past 10 years, the company announced […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost in bid for all SSC shares
BAKKAFROST has moved to purchase the entire share capital of the Scottish Salmon Company. The bid is not entirely unexpected as Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen suggested as much in September, […] Continue Reading
Grieg Shetland survival rates on the rise
GRIEG Seafood yesterday reported that survival rates are increasing at its Shetland operation where it has been experiencing ongoing biological problems. The announcement was made as the world’s seventh largest […] Continue Reading
China fuels October Norway salmon surge
STRONG demand from China and other parts of Asia helped fuel a 14 per cent growth in Norwegian salmon exports during October, the latest figures show. Salmon sales totalled 117,000 […] Continue Reading
Norway aquaculture tax plans ‘destructive’
THE head of Seafood Norway has described the new tax plans for the country’s fish farming industry as potentially destructive. Geir Ove Ystmark, CEO of the organisation which represents most […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost delivers strong Q3 results
FAROESE fish farmer Bakkafrost today announced strong third quarter results and some of the lowest mortality rates for many years. Harvested volumes rose by more than 5,000 tonnes to a […] Continue Reading
Aquaculture awards 2020 officially open
NOMINATIONS opened today for the 2020 Aquaculture Awards, which will be held during the biennial Aquaculture UK exhibition in Aviemore in May. The awards are open to entrants from across […] Continue Reading
Don’t miss out – Lantra deadline looming!
THE closing date for nominations to Lantra Scotland’s 2020 Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS) is fast approaching. Rural employers, colleges and schools are being asked to put forward […] Continue Reading
Norway salmon firms face 40 per cent tax hit
NORWAY’S fish farming companies face the unpalatable prospect of a new 40 per cent basic tax rate on their profits. That is the main majority recommendation from the special committee […] Continue Reading
Oyster farm set up on Humber
AQUACULTURE has come to the Humber, once home to Britain’s largest deep sea fishing fleet, in the shape of a new oyster farm. More than 10,000 oysters from a Scottish […] Continue Reading
Nesse new Akva boss as CEO resigns
THE CEO of aquaculture equipment supplier Akva is to stand down, with effect from today, the Norwegian headquartered company announced. Hallvard Muri, who took up the post in November 2016, […] Continue Reading
Salmon farmer helps fund college crafts
A SALMON farmer’s community fund has bought new woodwork equipment for a college in the Western Isles. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has supported Macaulay College in Lewis, which offers […] Continue Reading
Fish farmers nervously await new tax proposals
NORWAY’S salmon and trout farmers are anxiously awaiting the results of an inquiry into future taxation plans for the industry which are expected shortly. An independent committee, chaired by economics […] Continue Reading
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Shellfish forum to focus on sector’s resilience
SCOTLAND’S mussel and oyster farmers will descend on Oban tomorrow, to take part in the annual ‘Best Scottish Shellfish’ competition. The contest kicks off a two-day conference, at the Corran […] Continue Reading
Scotland shines through in Mowi Q3 results
Mowi Scotland more than doubled its operating profits and harvest volumes during the third quarter of this year, company Q3 results show today. Mowi’s Scottish division delivered an operational EBIT […] Continue Reading
Seafood partnership a recipe for success
SEAFOOD Scotland, the national trade and marketing body for the Scottish seafood industry, has committed to a year-long partnership with Scottish Chefs in a programme worth more than £10,000. The […] Continue Reading
Norway communities share £40m farm windfall
MORE than 100 Norwegian fish farming communities are to share in a 458 million kroner (almost £40 million) windfall this year. The money has come from the special Aquaculture Fund […] Continue Reading
Iceland sets up group to drive aquaculture
AS Iceland gears up for a major expansion of its fish farming sector, fisheries minister Kristján Þór Júlíusson has appointed a special consultation committee designed to advise the government on […] Continue Reading
Salmon lice costing Norway NOK 5 billion a year
THE task of tackling salmon lice cost Norway’s aquaculture industry more than five billion kroner, or some £440 million last year, a leading researcher has calculated. Audun Iversen, who works […] Continue Reading
Courier awards top winning week for Ace Aquatec
DUNDEE based Ace Aquatec, which supplies technical equipment to the aquaculture industry, has triumphed in two separate award ceremonies in the past week. Managing director Nathan Pyne-Carter won the coveted […] Continue Reading
New salmon traffic light scheme ‘almost ready’
NORWAY’S seafood minister, Harald Tom Neskvik, has announced that the country’s long awaited new traffic light scheme for regulating future growth in the aquaculture industry is now well on track […] Continue Reading
Sick fish pictures used to attack salmon industry
SCOTTISH salmon farmers’ battle to keep photographs intended for the Fish Health Inspectorate out of the public eye has been revealed by the government. The pictures of diseased fish, from […] Continue Reading