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Loch Duart in food awards shortlist
SCOTTISH salmon farmer Loch Duart has been shortlisted in the Best Rural Food Award, North category in the Rural Business Awards. Now in its fourth year, the awards recognise businesses operating across the rural sector, celebrating achievements from engineering through to artisan food producers and professional services organisations. Loch Duart, which operates in Sutherland and…
Read MoreChinese tariff cuts save Norway £6.5m
NORWAY’S seafood exporters hope to save at least 70 million kroners (£6.5 million) following China’s decision to introduce large reductions in tariffs on salmon and other fish. The Oslo government has welcomed the decision, which came into effect on July 1, and said in a press release that the tariff reductions will affect more than…
Read MoreNorway half year exports at record high
NORWEGIAN seafood exports during the first half of 2018 have hit an all-time record, driven by salmon and a surge in demand from EU countries, including the UK. The country sold 1.4 million tonnes of seafood to a value of NOK 48.1 billion over the six-month period from January to June, an increase of 10…
Read MoreSSPO seeks new team with political skills
THE Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation is looking to strengthen its team with up to three new appointments, all based in Edinburgh. Although the SSPO is currently headquartered in Perth, it said it is actively searching for premises in the capital for its future HQ. The organisation, which represents six out of Scotland’s seven salmon farming…
Read MorePhase two for land based salmon farm
NORDIC Aquafarms has received planning approval to build the second phase of what will be one of Europe’s largest land based salmon farms on a 10,000 square metre site, 40 miles south of the Norwegian capital Oslo. Fredrikstad Seafoods, a subsidiary of Nordic Aquafarms, said it has been granted a construction permit for its groundbreaking…
Read MoreYoung's breaks half billion pound barrier
YOUNG’S Seafood today announced a 5.4 per cent increase in turnover and an operating profit of £8.4 million for its financial year to September 30, 2017. The turnover went up from £496.5 million to £523.3 million during the year – and that was before its entry into the United States market had fully come into…
Read More80 news jobs as Seachill expands Grimsby site
SEACHILL is planning to invest in a significant expansion to its Grimsby production site as it gears up for continued growth. The company became part of Hilton Foods last year in an £80 million deal and has recently submitted a planning application to North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby) Council to build new production facilities. Seachill is…
Read MoreFirst Pinneys redundancies begin
WITH the first redundancies at Pinneys of Annan already underway, demands are growing for the Scottish government to produce immediate cash help for the 450 people who are to lose their jobs. It is almost three months since Young’s Seafood announced it planned to close the site by the end of the year, moving fresh…
Read MoreSeafood summit nets Saucy Fish chief
THE boss of Seachill, the company behind the successful Saucy Fish brand, will be one of the main speakers at this year’s UK seafood summit, when he will talk about innovation and consumer messages. Simon Smith (pictured) joins a line-up of from trade, industry and science for the October event, where topics covered will include…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, June 29
NORWAY SALMON BIOMASS CONTINUES TO RISE THERE has been a steady increase in production throughout Norway in recent months. The volume or biomass of salmon in cages at Norwegian fish farms, as measured by weight, rose by six per cent year-on-year in May, the industry organisation Seafood Norway said in a statement. The quantity was…
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