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Norway communities share £40m farm windfall
MORE than 100 Norwegian fish farming communities are to share in a 458 million kroner (almost £40 million) windfall this year. The money has come from the special Aquaculture Fund set up in 2016, which distributes the proceeds from the sale of new permits to towns and villages for facilitating growth in salmon and trout…
Read MoreIceland sets up group to drive aquaculture
AS Iceland gears up for a major expansion of its fish farming sector, fisheries minister Kristján Þór Júlíusson has appointed a special consultation committee designed to advise the government on aquaculture issues. Both the fish farming and conventional fishing sectors are well represented but the committee, set up through an act of parliament, is also…
Read MoreSalmon lice costing Norway NOK 5 billion a year
THE task of tackling salmon lice cost Norway’s aquaculture industry more than five billion kroner, or some £440 million last year, a leading researcher has calculated. Audun Iversen, who works at Nofima, the Norwegian Institute for Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, says the figure, which he has worked out at NOK 5.2 billion, had reached…
Read MoreCourier 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…
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