Judges named for 2020 Aquaculture Awards

THE judges for the 2020 Aquaculture Awards, to be held in Aviemore during the Aquaculture UK trade exhibition in May, have been announced. They include Alex Adrian, aquaculture operations manager of Crown Estate Scotland; Rob Fletcher, senior editor of the Fish Site; Martin Gill, head of aquaculture and fisheries of Lloyds Register; Nicki Holmyard, director…

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Cooke boosts Scottish team with PR professional

COOKE Aquaculture Scotland, which farms mainly in Shetland and Orkney, has appointed a new public relations and communications manager. Andrew Watson, a PR professional with experience in the private sector, government, military, and educational institutions, most recently served as head of communications for Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association, an agency of the Ministry of…

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Boulogne site for new land based salmon farm

LAND based salmon farming company Pure Salmon has chosen France to site its biggest facility to date. The €175million plant will be built in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, the seafood gateway to Europe, and aims to produce 10,000 tonnes of salmon a year. The RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) farm will create 160 permanent new jobs, said Pure Salmon,…

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Nesvik to seek UK assurances on seafood trade

NORWAY’S seafood minister is in Britain this week to seek assurances over fish exports after Brexit kicks in at the end of the month. Harald T. Nesvik will be attending the Norway Seafood Council’s UK summit in London on Wednesday where he is expected to deliver an important speech. He will also take the opportunity to…

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Mowi makes top vet new production director

Mowi Scotland has appointed its head of fish health, Meritxell Diez-Padrisa, as the company’s new production director, replacing Gideon Pringle. The vet takes up her new role in February and will report directly to Ben Hadfield, chief operating officer of Mowi Scotland and Ireland. Pringle is leaving to join Scottish Sea Farms as director of…

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Higher Q4 harvest, but lower EBIT at Mowi Scotland

MOWI is forecasting a 2,000-tonne harvest increase from its Scottish operations for the final quarter of 2019. The world’s largest salmon farming company says Scotland will have produced 14,000 tonnes over the period compared to earlier predictions of 10,600 tonnes, and 12,000 tonnes in Q4 2018. However, operating profits from Scotland are lower than 2018, with an…

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Comment: Leave our farms alone

It’s time for government to protect workers’ rights from protesters, argues Mowi Scotland\’s director of communications. AS activists continue to sidestep the democratic process in favour of interrupting work spaces, governments must step up to protect the health and safety of employees working within the laws of the country. A recent court decision in Scotland…

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Read about feed in January\’s Fish Farmer

THIS month’s Fish Farmer marks the New Year – and new decade – with a special focus on the aqua feed sector, as it adapts to meet the demands of an ever changing industry. We hear from Ben Hadfield, the boss of Mowi Scotland, and now Ireland, too, on the progress being made at the…

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Read about feed in January\’s Fish Farmer

THIS month’s Fish Farmer marks the New Year – and new decade – with a special focus on the aqua feed sector, as it adapts to meet the demands of an ever changing industry. We hear from Ben Hadfield, the boss of Mowi Scotland, and now Ireland, too, on the progress being made at the…

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MSD counts advantages of Vaki acquisition

PHARMACEUTICAL company MSD today announced the completion of its acquisition of Vaki, a specialist in fish monitoring equipment, from Pentair. MSD, part of US based Merk, said the move will help it broaden its aquaculture portfolio, with Vaki’s precision farming and fish welfare solutions complementing its vaccine and pharmaceutical products. Vaki will be a leading…

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