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Brussels called off, expo organisers confirm
THE world’s biggest seafood exhibition, due to be held in Brussels next month, has been called off, as expected, due to coronavirus fears. Seafood Expo Global, scheduled to run in the Belgian capital for the last time this year before moving to Barcelona in 2021, attracted nearly 30,000 visitors from 155 countries in 2019. This…
Read MoreStirling gill health meeting postponed
THE Gill Health Initiative conference due to be held in Stirling in April has been postponed due to coronavirus fears, the organisers announced today. Several of the organisations and businesses due to take part in the event, GHI2020, have introduced bans on non-essential travel, said the GHI steering committee. ‘Given the international nature of the…
Read MoreBroader customer base boosts BioMar results
FEED giant BioMar has reported record revenue and earnings for 2019, despite competitiveness in the salmon feed market. The Danish company said its best ever results showed EBITDA increasing by 15 per cent compared to 2018, from 713 million Danish kroner (£82 million) to DKK 966 million (£112.3 million). At the same time, revenue increased…
Read MoreScottish farmer dismissed from price fixing case
SCOTTISH Sea Farms has been released from a US class-action lawsuit that alleges Norwegian salmon companies colluded to fix salmon prices. The plaintiffs, led by seafood supplier Euclid Fish Company, voluntarily dismissed Scottish Sea Farms from the case, Intrafish reported yesterday. The case was brought last August against salmon farmers Mowi, Grieg Seafood, SalMar, and…
Read MoreCod farming project moves ahead at pace
THE fish farming company Norcod is moving ahead this month with plans to become the world’s largest producer of farmed cod. It has recently transferred around 200,000 fry to its base and released them into cages, and said they are in excellent condition. The first load of 123,000 fry have an average weight of 140 grammes. The average weight of…
Read MoreDecision tomorrow on Brussels expo
A FINAL decision will be made tomorrow on whether the giant seafood exhibition in Brussels is to go ahead next month in the wake of coronavirus fears. The organiser of Seafood Expo Global, Diversified Communications, confirmed today that it will make an announcement by the end of the day on March 10. Last week, the…
Read MoreSalmon offers sustainable breakthrough – Tesco chief
THE drive towards a more sustainable future in food production presented great opportunities for fish farming, a Tesco chief told the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) in Bergen. Giles Bolton, the director of Responsible Sourcing at Britain’s largest supermarket chain, which has more than 6,000 stores and convenience shops, told the large international gathering that people should be…
Read MoreStorms cost Bakkafrost a million salmon
RECENT storms around the Faroe Islands are expected to cut Bakkafrost’s harvest expectations this year by up to 10 per cent, the company revealed today. The unexpectedly severe weather hit the North Atlantic archipelago over a four-day period between February 28 and March 2, causing significant damage on the islands and to two of Bakkafrost’s farming sites in…
Read MoreScottish farmed salmon survival rate at 98.6%
THE average monthly survival rate of Scottish farmed salmon last year was 98.60 per cent, new figures reveal. The total is slightly sown on the previous year’s average of 98.83 due to environmental challenges seen at some farms during the third and fourth quarters of 2019, the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) said. From August…
Read MoreFish welfare complaints ‘can be taken out of context’
THERE has been a significant rise in the number of fish welfare complaints received by government agencies over the past 18 months. Jenni Diffin of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), which works for Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), told the Fish Veterinary Society conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday that her…
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