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Courier awards top winning week for Ace Aquatec
DUNDEE based Ace Aquatec, which supplies technical equipment to the aquaculture industry, has triumphed in two separate award ceremonies in the past week. Managing director Nathan Pyne-Carter won the coveted Entrepreneur of the Year award at the Courier Business Awards on Saturday, an honour he was shortlisted for last year. The company also picked up…
Read MoreNew salmon traffic light scheme \’almost ready\’
NORWAY’S seafood minister, Harald Tom Neskvik, has announced that the country’s long awaited new traffic light scheme for regulating future growth in the aquaculture industry is now well on track and should start to be fully implemented over the next few weeks. He declared: ‘We have not yet switched on the lights, but we hope…
Read MoreNew salmon traffic light scheme \’almost ready\’
NORWAY’S seafood minister, Harald Tom Neskvik, has announced that the country’s long awaited new traffic light scheme for regulating future growth in the aquaculture industry is now well on track and should start to be fully implemented over the next few weeks. He declared: ‘We have not yet switched on the lights, but we hope…
Read MoreSick fish pictures used to attack salmon industry
SCOTTISH salmon farmers\’ battle to keep photographs intended for the Fish Health Inspectorate out of the public eye has been revealed by the government. The pictures of diseased fish, from official fish health inspections, have been seized on by anti-salmon farm campaigners and the angling lobby as a means of attacking the industry. Campaign groups…
Read MoreSeafood Scotland appoints new boss
SEAFOOD Scotland, the national trade body, has appointed Donna Fordyce as its interim head, replacing Patrick Hughes, who has been in the role since January 2017. Fordyce has been Seafood Scotland’s industry engagement specialist for the past two years, working closely with businesses to identify new market opportunities. She is already engaged with the industry…
Read MoreVeramaris algal oil wins ‘fish free’ challenge
A NATURAL marine algal oil has been named the world’s best-selling alternative source of omega-3 for aquaculture. US based Veramaris won the Future of Fish Feed (F3) Challenge after selling more fish free omega-3 EPA & DHA and ARA than other aquaculture ingredient suppliers. The company paid tribute to Norwegian salmon farmers for rapidly adopting…
Read MoreAnother GOAL from Scottish Ace
SCOTTISH firm Ace Aquatec was announced winner of the Innovation Award at the Global Aquaculture Association’s GOAL conference in Chennai, India, today. The Dundee based aquaculture supplier beat two other finalists after a presentation of its electric stunning technology by sales and marketing manager Mike Forbes secured 51 per cent of the audience vote. The…
Read MoreNorway sets up forum to cut fish escapes
NORWAY’S aquaculture sector has joined a special forum to prevent further large scale fish escapes. The industry has come under strong criticism from across the country in recent weeks after it was revealed last month that more than 284,000 salmon have escaped so far this year, almost double the figure for 2018. The country’s seafood…
Read MoreIceland\’s largest aquaculture centre opens
A HUGE new aquaculture breeding and hatchery centre has opened for business in the west of Iceland, on a remote fjord more than 250 miles from the capital Reykjavik. The £25 million (ISK 4 billion) Arctic Fish owned facility covers 10,000 square metres near the small fishing harbour of Tálknafjörður, where the company is currently…
Read MoreIceland\’s largest aquaculture centre opens
A HUGE new aquaculture breeding and hatchery centre has opened for business in the west of Iceland, on a remote fjord more than 250 miles from the capital Reykjavik. The £25 million (ISK 4 billion) Arctic Fish owned facility covers 10,000 square metres near the small fishing harbour of Tálknafjörður, where the company is currently…
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