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ASC approval for Pure Salmon Poland
LAND based salmon farm company Pure Salmon has achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its original, Polish site, the company announced today. Pure Salmon Poland, located near Warsaw and one of the first salmon land based farms to achieve the standard, is co-owned by Israeli RAS pioneer AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies and 8F Asset Management.…
Read MoreIneos boss stages wild salmon summit
SIR Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire chairman of petrochemical giant Ineos, is staging an international conference in Iceland today to debate the future of wild Atlantic salmon. Experts meeting in Reykjavik will discuss the potential causes of the decline in stocks worldwide, and consider conservation strategies that can bring the species back from the edge of…
Read MoreAquaculture’s ‘new wave’ drives recruitment campaign
A NEW initiative to recruit young people into the aquaculture industry will ‘light a fire’ and inspire the next generation to find out more about the industry, said rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing. Speaking at the launch of ‘A New Wave of Talent’, a series of films highlighting the variety of careers in the sector,…
Read MoreNorway seeks seafood minister to replace Nesvik
NORWAY looks set to get a new seafood and fisheries minister within the next 48 hours. The present incumbent, Harald Tom Nesvik said earlier this week he would step down, after his Progressive Party quit the Conservative led coalition government. The row centred on a decision by prime minister Erna Solberg to allow an ISIS terrorist…
Read MoreAngler’s claim ‘20 years out of date\’ says Mowi boss
Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield has dismissed anti-salmon farming claims by an angling lobby group as out of date and said it would be wrong to move salmon farms on to land. Mowi revealed yesterday that it lost 73,600 salmon, with an average weight of 1.9kg, at its high energy site at Colonsay, in the…
Read MoreAngler’s claim ‘20 years out of date\’ says Mowi boss
Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield has dismissed anti-salmon farming claims by an angling lobby group as out of date and said it would be wrong to move salmon farms on to land. Mowi revealed yesterday that it lost 73,600 salmon, with an average weight of 1.9kg, at its high energy site at Colonsay, in the…
Read MoreTasting session for salmon fed on insects
A TASTING session involving specially bred salmon was due to take place in Iceland today. The difference from other events of this type is that the fish was raised on salmon feed that contained insects. The move is part of an ongoing project, now drawing to a close, known as Metamorphosis, which was carried out…
Read MoreMowi loses 73,600 fish at exposed site
Mowi Scotland lost 73,600 salmon after storm Brendan damaged a net pen at the company’s Colonsay site. The company, which revealed the loss on its website and has reported it to the regulator, said the fish were an average weight of 1.9kg. A post-storm inspection showed structural failure of the pen, causing a tear in…
Read MoreFish farmers anxious as Norway faces political turmoil
NORWAY’S fish farmers were nervously looking over their shoulders yesterday as the prospect of a general election and a possible left leaning Labour led government loomed. The country has been plunged into political crisis after the Progress Party decided to leave Erna Solberg’s Conservative coalition administration. The storm centres on a decision to allow a…
Read MoreWWF hails ‘sustainability example’ of salmon farmers
THE World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recognised the positive impact on sustainability made by the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), a group which represents 50 per cent of the world’s farmed salmon production. In an article, published on its website, the WWF acknowledges how the salmon producers’ model of pre-competitive collaboration has helped transform the industry…
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