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Loch Duart up for export prize
SCOTTISH salmon farmer Loch Duart has been shortlisted as Exporter of the Year in the 2019 Insider Made in Scotland Awards. The independent Scottish business, which farms in Sutherland and the Uists, has seen export sales increase by 68 per cent over the last two financial years to an all-time high for the business. Loch…
Read MoreWhale watchers oppose Iceland fish farm
SOME of Iceland’s salmon farmers are facing a new and unusual source of opposition to their growth plans. Whale watchers and the tour companies that take them out to sea are challenging a proposal by AkvaFuture to produce up to 20,000 tonnes of fish in Eyjafjörður, in the north of the country. The plan is…
Read MoreSalmon medicated to beat the blues
SALMON may be vulnerable to a bout of the ‘blues’, with symptoms similar to those suffered by humans, a leading Norwegian marine scientist has suggested. The researcher, Øyvind Øverli, has discovered that some farmed salmon in cages have shown signs of depression familiar in mammals, such as stopping eating or becoming less active. This can…
Read MoreMowi reports Q1 earnings rise
MOWI has reported increased earnings and higher than estimated volumes in the first quarter of 2019. The firm’s preliminary operational earnings before interest and tax rose 23 per cent year-on-year to 194 million euros for the January to March quarter, up from EUR 158 million in the same period last year. Mowi’s output was 104,000…
Read MoreMowi marks manager’s 30 years
MOWI Scotland seawater manager David MacGillivray marked 30 years with the company last week in a special ceremony, complete with cake. He was presented with his long service award by Mowi farming operations director Gideon Pringle, at the company’s Fort William headquarters. MacGillivray (nicknamed ‘Bodger’ by his colleagues) started working for Mowi, formerly Marine Harvest,…
Read MoreGrieg spells out Shetland lice plans
GRIEG Seafood has outlined the measures it is taking to overcome some of the biological problems facing its Shetland operations. Writing in the company’s annual report, CEO Andreas Kvame said: ‘Unfortunately, we got a hit back (in Shetland) to 2016 levels. ‘Mortality was caused by the diseases winter ulcers and furunculosis, along with gill and…
Read MoreSalmon farmer’s fruitful investment
THE Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has invested £10 million in its freshwater operations, with the aim of increasing smolt production as it grows its business. Among freshwater projects announced today is the new facility in the Applecross estate in Wester Ross, Applecross Kishorn, due to be completed in 2020 and creating a ‘centre of excellence…
Read MoreScottish excellence in Brussels final
SCOTTISH farmed salmon has made the finals of the Seafood Excellence Global awards, a highlight of the world’s biggest seafood show, to be held in Brussels next month. The Scottish Salmon Company’s Salmon Label Rouge Royal Mile Cut, St James Smokehouse’s Saint Pure Salmon, and John Ross Jr’s Original Rum Cured Smoked Salmon are among…
Read MoreReview finds ‘much greater’ mackerel stock
FISHERMEN have welcomed a review of the north east Atlantic mackerel stock, which was found to be ‘much greater’ than previously assessed. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) revealed in a report last week that the methods used to assess the stock in 2018 were flawed. Due to ‘issues with the…
Read MoreFarm ban at world heritage site
MOWI has been told it cannot continue with plans to carry out fish farming on a UNESCO world heritage site in a remote region of Northern Norway known as the Vega islands. The country’s Climate Change and Environment Directorate has withdrawn permission granted to the company by Nordland’s county governor almost three years ago when…
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