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TWO teenage students have won a trip to the world’s biggest seafood show, where they will prepare salmon dishes for Scottish farmer Loch Duart. Jaypee Escaro, 18, from Stevenage, and […] Continue Reading
BIOLOGICAL issues at Scottish Sea Farms are continuing to impact on SalMar’s financial performance, 2019 fourth quarter figures from the Norwegian salmon farming giant show. However, there are signs of […] Continue Reading
BAKKAFROST is poised to move out into the open sea because bays and inlets around the Faroe Islands are filling up with cages. The company said it wants to expand its […] Continue Reading
SHETLAND’S NAFC Marine Centre has marked the long service of two staff who have worked there for a total of 45 years. Caroline Hepburn, who celebrates 25 years at the […] Continue Reading
BAKKAFROST today spoke about an exciting future ahead following its acquisition of the Scottish Salmon Company five months ago. The Faroese salmon farmer delivered significantly improved results for the final […] Continue Reading
THE Lerøy Seafood Group today predicted an improved outlook for its Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) operation which it shares with fellow Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar. Delivering its financial results for […] Continue Reading
THE first commercial scale plant for Calysta’s single cell protein fish feed is to be built in China. The factory, with an eventual capacity of 100,000 tonnes, will produce the […] Continue Reading
A GERMAN retailer is to become the first to sell salmon fed with Veramaris alternative fish oil made from marine algae. Kaufland, which will market its product under its own […] Continue Reading
NORWAY’S Labour Party has come out against imposing a 40 per cent flat rate tax – dubbed the salmon tax – on the country’s fish farming companies. Instead it wants to […] Continue Reading
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced […] Continue Reading
THE cost of a run of storms which hit Icelandic salmon farmer Arnarlax last week is estimated to be at least £2.5 million. The company said it had lost around […] Continue Reading
A LOBBY group representing sports fishermen and river owners said it will boycott Scottish farmed salmon in protest over industry growth. Farmed salmon, which is the UK’s biggest food export […] Continue Reading
STIRLING’S Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) was presented with the UK’s highest academic honour by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace this morning. The Queen’s […] Continue Reading
THE boss of one of Norway’s leading family owned fish farming businesses has said he is thinking of selling up because of growing frustrations over possible new taxes and regulations. Ola Braanaas, CEO and […] Continue Reading
THE Norwegian salmon company planning to build a RAS farm in the US state of Maine may face further delays in the permitting process. Nordic Aquafarms (NAF) has applied for […] Continue Reading
BILL Showalter is to stay on as chief executive of Young’s Seafood, despite stepping down as a director of the company. He has been at the helm of Britain’s largest […] Continue Reading
The finalists for the 2019 Aquaculture Innovation Europe showcase have been revealed. The event takes place on 10-11 September in London, as Kisaco Research has announced the 13 companies selected […] Continue Reading
WITH local elections looming in less than two months, politicians in Tromsø are gearing up for a heated fight over future methods of fish farming in the municipality. The council […] Continue Reading
THE southern African landlocked kingdom of Lesotho is to farm salmon in plans announced today by RAS company Pure Salmon. A US$250 million land based farm with capacity for 20,000 […] Continue Reading
SCOTTISH salmon is the star of a new advertising campaign by Marks & Spencer, aimed at promoting the retailer’s fresh food. In the commercials, ITV weather presenter Lucy Verasamy visits […] Continue Reading
AN unneighbourly row has broken out between Sweden and Norway over the merits of farmed salmon. It follows a decision by the popular Swedish ski resort of Åre to stop […] Continue Reading
THE world’s biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, is reporting significantly increased harvest volumes from its Scottish salmon farms, according to its 2019 second quarter trading update, published yesterday. The output from […] Continue Reading
PLANS by Mowi Scotland to relocate two of its inshore farms to offshore sites could happen within two years, the company’s managing director, Ben Hadfield, told BBC Radio Scotland this […] Continue Reading
AQUACULTURE is the only animal sector in the UK where no residues of medicines have been found in the end product for the whole of 2018 and 2019 to date. […] Continue Reading