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Mowi feed barge sinks in storm
SCOTTISH salmon farmer Mowi (formerly Marine Harvest) has reported the sinking of one of its feed barges in the Outer Hebrides. No staff were aboard when the barge sank in the early hours of Thursday morning near Lochboisdale, Uist, after taking on water during a storm of 2m swells. Mowi said there was no other…
Read MoreFish farm fuelled flight takes off
A JET airliner has just completed the world’s first commercial flight using biofuel originating from a fish farm. A United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways Boeing 787 made the 3,200-mile journey from Abu Dhabi in to Amsterdam, opening the way for a new era in much cleaner aviation fuel. The initiative, said the team behind the…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, January 18
GRIMSBY HOSTS SEAFOOD CAREERS EVENT AN event which aims to give young people an insight into the diverse range of careers within the seafood and general food sector is taking place in Grimsby next month. Titled the Future of Food, it is organised and co-ordinated by the Grimsby Institute and Seafish. Some of the biggest…
Read MoreAquaculture stars in prize shortlist
FOUR aquaculture trainees have made the shortlist for this year’s Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards. They are among 24 finalists named by Lantra Scotland, the sector skills council for land-based, aquaculture and environmental conservation industries, which organises the competition. Among the aquaculture hopefuls are Harry Hamlin-Wright, a vet from Perth, who was…
Read MoreSEPA’s one-size-fits-all plan ‘won’t work’
SCOTLAND’S salmon farmers have raised several concerns over the proposed regulatory overhaul by the environmental watchdog, outlined in a report published in November. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), which represents the sector, said in a statement on its website that it is ‘delighted SEPA [the Scottish Environment Protection Agency] proposes to give salmon farmers…
Read MoreVet medicine warning with ‘no deal’
THE body representing the UK animal health industry has urged politicians to work together to agree a Brexit resolution and provide more certainty for the sector. Companies are finalising plans to ensure supply of vital veterinary medicines within the UK, as the March 29 deadline for exiting the EU approaches, said NOAH (the National Office…
Read MoreBid to find top young seafood chef
THE search to find Britain’s best young seafood chef for 2019 has begun. The annual competition, now in its 17th year, encourages chefs to cook with seafood and always attracts a high calibre of student. The competition is sponsored by Seafish, the public body that supports the £10 billion UK seafood industry, and run by…
Read MoreNorway export fears over Brexit vote
THE Norwegian seafood industry has expressed alarm over future sales to the UK after last night’s crushing Brexit deal defeat in the House of Commons. Britain is Norway’s fourth largest export market for fish. It exported 148,000 tonnes in 2018, worth more than £5 billion, more than half of it salmon. Add in oil and…
Read MorePrize winning Prof is new Stirling boss
PROFESSOR Selina Stead has been appointed director of the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University. She takes up her new post on March 1. Stead (pictured) is currently Dean, Public Orator and Professor of Marine Governance and Environmental Science at Newcastle University, where she has worked for the past 15 years. In July 2017 she…
Read MoreIceland fish farmers join fishing body
ICELAND’S fish farming companies are to join forces with the country’s main fishing organisation, which has traditionally represented the interests of the deep sea trawler companies and associated fish processing businesses. The decision was taken at an extraordinary general meeting of the Icelandic Federation of Fish Farming shortly before Christmas, but the news was only…
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