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Atlantic Canada base move for Gael Force
Gael Force Group have established a base in Canada. Based in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, this weill serve aquaculture producers in the province and across Atlantic Canada with their high quality and robust range of marine equipment, technology and services. Their new Canadian company base is on Maloney Street in Grand Falls-Windsor, immediately off…
Read MoreElectronic tags for Moray Firth salmon as key project launches
AN AMBITIOUS salmon tagging project will begin in the Moray Firth this week. Ness District Salmon Fishery Board hope will give vital information required to better manage declining stocks of Scotland’s iconic wild fish. The high-tech scheme will examine adult salmon movement in the Firth and pinpoint which rivers they head for. Chris Conroy, director…
Read MoreNorwegian fears over arrival of Boris Johnson as PM
NORWAY’S Seafood industry has expressed fears over the impact of a hard Brexit on its members now that Boris Johnson is Britain’s new Prime Minister. Johnson has promised to take the UK out of the EU without a deal by October 31st if he cannot reach a new accord with Brussels. Now Hans Frode Asmyhr…
Read MoreSimon Smith is new CEO at Young\’s Seafood
Young’s Seafood Limited has announced the appointment of Simon Smith as Chief Executive Officer. It comes following the recent acquisition of the business by the Karro Food Group. Simon has extensive experience of leading organisations and commercial strategies spanning brand and retailer brand across the food sector including senior roles at Diageo, Northern Foods and,…
Read MoreSimon Smith is new CEO at Young\’s Seafood
Young’s Seafood Limited has announced the appointment of Simon Smith as Chief Executive Officer. It comes following the recent acquisition of the business by the Karro Food Group. Simon has extensive experience of leading organisations and commercial strategies spanning brand and retailer brand across the food sector including senior roles at Diageo, Northern Foods and,…
Read MoreMowi take salmon to the streets of Scotland
Scotland’s biggest salmon producer has joined the street food movement to provide a fundraising boost to charities across Scotland. Mowi will be hitting the road with its eye catching Mowi Salmon Wagon following its launch at the company’s Consumer Products UK headquarters in Rosyth, Fife. The wagon serves delicious salmon fillet burgers and salmon noodle…
Read MoreExported salmon from Iceland hits new record level
THE export value of farmed salmon from Iceland’s still modest, but rapidly expanding aquaculture sector, is breaking new records. The latest official figures show that in the first five months of this year Icelandic salmon farmers sold fish worth more than £70-million or 10.9 billion kroners (ISK) to overseas buyers. This represents a 68 per…
Read More£10 million pledge to the seafood industry
MICHAEL Gove, the UK Environment Secretary has unveiled a new £10 million Innovation Fund for the seafood industry which includes a pledge to use new technology to improve sustainable fish farming. Emphasis is being placed on the potential use of artificial intelligence by both fish farmers and fishermen which could help them double return on…
Read MoreSalmon producers say emergency inspections are in place
THE Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation say the country’s fish farms are already subject to emergency inspections. The demand has come in the form of a petition from campaigners with the consumer group SumOfUs which it is delivering to Marine Scotland, which says there has been a surge in salmon deaths over the past few months.…
Read MoreMowi adds to portfolio with Norwegian acquisition
MOWI has moved to strengthen its Norwegian base by buying the family owned salmon business of K. Strømmen Lakseoppdrett AS. The company confirmed the 790 million kroner (£73 million) deal in a Oslo Stock Exchange announcement at the weekend which is being settled by 70 per cent in cash and 30 per cent through Mowi issuing new…
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