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Stormont delivers rescue boost for aquaculture
Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced a £360,000 emergency support package for Northern Ireland’s aquaculture sector. The package aims to help aquaculture businesses that have experienced a significant drop in sales as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aquaculture sector is a small but valuable niche market in Northern Ireland, employing around 131…
Read MoreSaucy Fish Co gets Waitrose boost
THE Saucy Fish Co. has secured two important new listings for its frozen and chilled ranges in Iceland and Waitrose, providing a welcome boost for both the salmon and whitefish sectors. It is one of two fishcake launches involving salmon. After a successful launch in The Food Warehouse by Iceland in 2017, Grimsby based Saucy…
Read MoreNordlaks hail offshore \’revolution\’
A marine giant is today slowly making a long sea journey to Norway is what it is being hailed as one of the biggest development in offshore fish farming for some time. Built in China for the salmon company Nordlaks , the 33,000 tonne, almost 400 metre long vessel is scheduled to arrive at its…
Read MoreNordlaks hail offshore \’revolution\’
A marine giant is today slowly making a long sea journey to Norway is what it is being hailed as one of the biggest development in offshore fish farming for some time. Built in China for the salmon company Nordlaks , the 33,000 tonne, almost 400 metre long vessel is scheduled to arrive at its…
Read MoreNor-Fishing 2020 goes \’virtual\’
The organisers of this years cancelled Nor-Fishing event have announced that they will instead be offering a digital version of the exhibition. The exact time is not yet set, but the digital event will last 2-3 days during Nor-Fishing week, 18 – 21 August. For those \’visiting\’ the exhibition, the intention of the organisers is…
Read MoreNor-Fishing 2020 goes \’virtual\’
The organisers of this years cancelled Nor-Fishing event have announced that they will instead be offering a digital version of the exhibition. The exact time is not yet set, but the digital event will last 2-3 days during Nor-Fishing week, 18 – 21 August. For those \’visiting\’ the exhibition, the intention of the organisers is…
Read MoreSalmon prices starting to spike
SALMON prices are showing positive signs of hardening as more countries gradually start opening up their economies in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. In Norway, which often acts as a marker for neighbouring countries, the country’s statistics office this week reports fresh or chilled salmon was just over NOK 59 per kilo. This represents…
Read MoreSalmar announces \’best ever\’ Q1 results
EFFORTS to deal with long standing biological problems at Scottish Sea Farms negatively impacted on its performance at the start of this year, Norwegian salmon giant SalMar reports with its 2020 Q1 results today. The company has a 50 per cent stake in the UK-based operation which it calls Norskott Havbruk and which it shares…
Read MoreSalmar announces \’best ever\’ Q1 results
EFFORTS to deal with long standing biological problems at Scottish Sea Farms negatively impacted on its performance at the start of this year, Norwegian salmon giant SalMar reports with its 2020 Q1 results today. The company has a 50 per cent stake in the UK-based operation which it calls Norskott Havbruk and which it shares…
Read MoreAquaculture UK latest covid victim
As expected the organisers of Aquaculture UK 2020 have today pulled the plug on the showpiece Aviemore event. With no end in sight to the lockdown restrictions in Scotland significantly easing, and with foreign travel expected to be one of the last prohibitions to be removed, it became inevitable that the flagship event would not…
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