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Norway to spend £36m promoting seafood around world
The Norwegian Seafood Council will spend a record NOK 483 million (£36m) this year promoting the country’s seafood. The council is targeting 28 countries around the world and once again more than half that figure will go towards pushing salmon and trout. Børge Grønbech, the Council’s Director of Global Operations said: “The investments will, across…
Read MoreAmbition in the East
Vietnam is looking to grow its aquaculture – and to make it more efficient. Vince McDonagh reports It might come as a surprise to some people to learn that Vietnam is the world’s fourth-largest producer of farmed fish, generating almost 4.9 million tonnes a year – three times that of Norway, for example. Its products,…
Read MoreSector set for growth
Rabobank’s look ahead to 2024 suggests better days are coming for aquaculture producers, reports Vince McDonagh After a turbulent 2023, the aquaculture industry – and the salmon sector in particular – looks set to rebound next year, according to a report based on input from producers worldwide. What to expect in aquaculture in 2024, the…
Read MoreNorcod is now top cod farmer, says CEO
Norcod is now the dominant producer in Norway’s fast growing cod farming sector, the company claims in its latest stock market update. CEO Christian Riber declared: “Our harvest volumes and standing biomass clearly proves our position as the leading cod farmer. “Our new contract in China clearly demonstrates that we are in a unique position…
Read MoreGåsø moves back into salmon with large Måsøval stake
Helge Gåsø, founder and former head of the NTS Group fish farming company, is back in the salmon business – and in a big way. His investment company, Frøy Kapital, has purchased thousands of shares in Måsøval, a significant salmon farmer in central Norway. Måsøval also has interests in Iceland. An announcement on the Oslo…
Read MoreBenchmark hatches plan for possible sale
The fish health and genetics business Benchmark may be sold as a whole or in part, the group’s board has said. Benchmark has its headquarters in the UK, but its operations are worldwide with a strong emphasis on Norway and other major fish farming countries. The board of Benchmark Holdings, the group’s parent company, said…
Read MoreFish health: your questions please
On Wednesday 24 January at 11.30am GMT, Fish Farmer magazine will be hosting a panel of experts to discuss fish health issues, in the first Aqua Agenda webinar. The discussion will cover the lessons that have been learned since 2022 for salmon farming in Scotland, what the outcomes looked like in 2023 and what the prospects…
Read MoreAquaculture supply chain looks to the future through AquaFarm
AquaFarm, the international exhibition-conference event dedicated to aquaculture and sustainable fishing industry, takes place on 14 & 15 February at the Pordenone Fiere exhibition centre in Pordenone, Italy. As previously, the AquaFarm trade show combines the exhibition spaces with an extensive programme of conferences and workshops dedicated to the most up to date issues in…
Read MoreHPMAs: what’s next?
Proposals to bar all commercial activity from 10% of Scotland’s waters have been dropped. Where do we go from here? Sandy Neil finds out The decision, after all the debate, was hardly a surprise. Early in November, the Scottish Government’s Net Zero Secretary, Màiri McAllan MSP, knocked the plan for Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs)…
Read MoreSpawn to be wild
Selective breeding means farmed cod are less likely to spawn multiple times, research from Nofima suggests After several attempts in the past, cod farming on a commercial scale is on the rise in Norway, helped no doubt by high prices and tight quotas for wild caught cod. Norwegian research institute Nofima has been carrying out…
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