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Fish farming has revived a once depressed region, industry body says
Salmon farming is bringing new prosperity to regions of Iceland that were in decline, says the country’s seafood industry organisation SFS – adding that criticism of the foreigners it has attracted to the country is unwarranted. SFS says opponents of aquaculture have tried many things to attack the industry. “We never really know where the…
Read MoreGlobal Seafood Alliance appoints CEO
The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has named Mike Kocsis as its new Chief Executive Officer, after a year-long search. He succeeds Wally Stevens, the former CEO who returned to head the organisation on an interim basis in March last year when the then Chief Executive, Brian Perkins, left the organisation abruptly. The GSA is a…
Read MoreAquaculture and fishing must live with criticism, says seafood chief
Both the aquaculture and fishing industries must learn to accept increased scrutiny, the Chairman of the employer organisation Seafood Norway has said. Gunnar Haagensen told the organisation’s annual meeting: “We have to learn to live with that. Challenges must be met, problems solved.” Haagensen pointed out: “Over the past six months or so, the seafood…
Read MoreSalmon price hits record level
Norwegian fresh salmon prices hit a new record high last week despite an increase in overall supply. According to Statistics Norway, they soared to NOK 120.04 or almost £9 per kilo, but this was an average figure and the price for larger five to six kilo fish was around NOK 130 (£9.60). Prices have been…
Read MoreThe April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online
The April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online, and you can read or download it here. More than four years after the UK officially left the European Union, the implications of Brexit continue to reverberate through the economy. The slogan that helped to sway voters in favour of leaving was “take…
Read MoreEmerging innovations for the shellfish industry
Innovation could help the shellfish industry adapt to restrictions posed since Brexit, writes Martin Sutcliffe Water quality is an important issue for the aquaculture sector and can be incredibly varied across UK coastlines due to contamination from sewerage. One sector that has been directly impacted by water quality is the shellfish industry, which has faced…
Read MoreNutreco and Skretting chiefs to step down
The chief executives of feed giant Nutreco and its aquaculture business, Skretting, have both announced they will be stepping down. Nutreco CEO Fulco van Lede (pictured, right), will be leaving this summer after leading the company for the past three years. In addition, Therese Log Bergjord (pictured, left), CEO of Skretting for the past seven…
Read MoreChilean police seize stolen salmon and make three arrests
Chilean police are reporting success against a gang of armed robbers who held up a large truck carrying frozen salmon fillets last month. The haul was worth at least half a million pounds sterling and is the latest in a series of “Jesse James style” armed attacks on high value salmon trucks over the past…
Read MoreProximar on track despite February tank incident
Proximar Seafood has reported that biomass at its new land based salmon farm in Japan has more than doubled during the first three months of 2024. At the end of March the Norwegian salmon company had a standing biomass of 111.9 metric tonnes at the farm, located at Oyama near Japan’s Mount Fuji, compared with…
Read MoreFjords, the Faroes and flying fish
For a small fish farming nation, this rocky archipelago punches above its weight, writes Robert Outram. Additional reporting: Vince McDonagh The Faroese Research establishment formerly known as Fiskaaling has a new name: Firum. To understand why, a brief lesson in the Faroese language is required. As Chief Executive Jóhanna Lava Køtlum explains, “fiskaaling” translates as…
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