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Iceland and Faroes settle dispute
ICELAND has reached agreement with the Faroe Islands over reciprocal fishing rights. A dispute flared up a month ago when Reykjavik unexpectedly banned all Faroese vessels from fishing inside its territorial waters after the two countries failed to strike a deal. A number of problems arose over mutual herring rights during talks shortly before Christmas.…
Read MoreScotch boss takes on top salmon role
A FORMER chief of the Scotch Whisky Association has been appointed to represent the interests of Scottish salmon farmers. Julie Hesketh-Laird is to take over as chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) following the retirement of Scott Landsburgh, who has held the position for nearly 10 years. Hesketh-Laird (pictured) was most recently…
Read MoreSalMar creates aquaculture professorship
THE salmon farming giant SalMar is working with Norway\’s University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to create a new professorship in the field of aquaculture. The project is being driven by the huge technological surge within the industry which both the company and the university believe will lead to major changes in how the sector…
Read MoreBenchmark seeks new chairman
BENCHMARK chairman Alex Hambro is to retire from the board to focus on his other business interests, the company announced today. The board of the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business is now looking for his successor and said it will plan for an orderly handover once an individual is identified. In a press release…
Read MoreNow UK joins live lobster ban lobby
A GROUP of campaigners in the UK has joined growing demands to prohibit the live boiling of lobsters and other crustaceans. Earlier this month, as part of a general reform of animal practices, the Swiss government made it illegal to throw live lobsters into the pot, a move which did not go down well with some of…
Read MoreNorway firm plans $500m US land farm
A NORWEGIAN aquaculture company has announced plans to build one of the world\’s largest land based salmon farms more than 3,000 miles from home in the United States. The eventual $500 million project by Nordic Aquafarms will be based in the state of Maine, on the outskirts of a small coastal town called Belfast. Nordic Aquafarms…
Read MoreMarine Harvest welcomes Rum news
MARINE Harvest has won planning approval to install a salmon farm off the Isle of Rum, the company reported today. Part of a move to expand the business by developing a number of new sites on the west coast of Scotland, the application was made almost two years ago. The farm, expected to create 12…
Read MoreNew move to save English salmon rivers
THE Environment Agency of England is proposing new measures to protect salmon stocks across England and in the Border Esk, which are currently among the lowest on record. The 2015 national salmon stock assessment indicated that salmon stocks in many rivers across England had failed to meet their minimum safe levels. The 2016 assessment showed…
Read MoreIndustry probe looks at welfare and waste
THE welfare standards in salmon farming in Scotland are currently very high and there is no reason to believe these will slip if the industry expands, a committee in Holyrood heard this morning. Dr Adam Hughes, from the Oban based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), was part of a panel answering questions on the…
Read MoreTwo super trawlers join Iceland fleet
SAMHERJI, Iceland\’s largest fishing and fish processing company, has formally commissioned two new super freezer trawlers. They have been built to operate with the group’s German subsidiary, known as Deutsche Fischfang Union (DFFU). During a ceremony in Cuxhaven, Annegret Aeikens, wife of the German fisheries minister, named the Berlin NC-105, while Harpa Ágústsdóttir, wife of Harald Grétarsson, DFFU\’s managing director, did the…
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