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Mowi receives clearance to farm on World Heritage site
MOWI has finally been given official clearance to carry out salmon and trout farming on a UNESCO World Heritage site in a remote region of northern Norway known as Rødskjæran on the Vega Islands. The decision should finally end a long running dispute between the salmon farming giant (which began in 2016 when it was…
Read More\’Women In Aquaculture\’ scholarship fund announced
Kvarøy Arctic, producers of sustainably raised salmon from Norway’s Arctic Circle, and the James Beard Foundation — a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honour chefs and other leaders making America\’s food culture more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone, have just to announced the first scholarship for women in aquaculture. Applications…
Read More\’Women In Aquaculture\’ scholarship fund announced
Kvarøy Arctic, producers of sustainably raised salmon from Norway’s Arctic Circle, and the James Beard Foundation — a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honour chefs and other leaders making America\’s food culture more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone, have just to announced the first scholarship for women in aquaculture. Applications…
Read MoreSSPO comments on wild salmon report
After 18 months of deliberations, the first of a series of working groups to help protect wild salmonids has delivered its recommendations in a new report issued today. The Salmon Interactions Working Group, a collaboration between the Scottish salmon farmers, the wild fish sector and governmental bodies, has together agreed 42 recommendations that aim to:…
Read MoreSalmon supplier scoops international award
LEADING salmon and trout supplier JCS Fish is celebrating another international award for its BigFish Signature Smoked range. The Grimsby based company has won a Silver Quality Award from the International Quality Institute Monde Selection in Brussels, which has been certifying the quality of products from around the world for nearly 60 years. It was…
Read MoreAquaMaof launches new RAS facility in France
AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies Ltd, a world leader in Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) technology, has announced the launch of a new RAS facility in France for the production of Atlantic Salmon, commissioned by 8F Asset Management Pte. Ltd. The 10K-ton French facility is currently at the design stage, with the first eggs to be put into…
Read MoreMowi to cull 450k fish after ISA outbreak
450,000 fish are to be culled at Mowi’s huge hatchery in Newfoundland and Labrador, after an outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) effecting 14 fish was confirmed on Tuesday at the Northern Harvesy Stephenville hatchery, as reported by IntraFish. All culled fish will be transported to a facility within the province that will convert them…
Read MoreNew export opportunities amidst covid chaos
Is the demand for salmon from China and other Asian countries beginning to show signs of sustained recovery? The Norwegian Seafood Council believes this is the case and says there are also signs of stirrings in some parts of Europe since the coronavirus pandemic struck over two months ago. If this turns out to be…
Read MoreIceland company to boost Arctic char aquaculture investment
ICELAND’S largest fishing company has announced that it is to step up its investment in Arctic char aquaculture. Samherji, which owns several trawlers, a major fish processing operation along with European and UK interests, says it is expanding capacity at its land based fish farming site near Grindavik in Iceland. Three new sea holes have…
Read MoreNor-Fishing latest covid casualty
Nor-Fishing 2020 in Trondheim has been cancelled, after it\’s organisers issued a press release saying that they were pulling the plug on this year\’s event with a \’heavy heart\’. In recent years the Norwegian event, which alternates with Aqua Nor, has attracted an increasing number of aquaculture clients, and the 2020 show would have been…
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