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Marine Cranes Ltd launches services and partners with Iron Fist to expand crane distribution for the UK and Ireland

Newly formed Marine Cranes provides servicing, overhaul and sales to the marine industry across the UK and Ireland. It has recently acquired an exclusive dealership with IRON FIST to supply...
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European Commission in call to cut admin burden on aquaculture

The European Commission has published guidance aimed at helping member states promote sustainable aquaculture. The move, in the form of two working documents, comes in response to producer calls to...
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AKVA order book strong despite Land Based disappointment

AKVA Group, one of the world’s leading aquaculture technology and service businesses, today announced a 10% reduction in first quarter revenues, with slow progress in its land based sector. The...
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Royal College honour for Dr Iain Berrill

Dr Iain Berrill, Head of Technical at industry body Scottish Salmon, is one of three leading professionals to be made an Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons...
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Speakers confirmed for SAGB Conference

The British shellfish sector will be returning in force to London this month for the 54th Annual Conference of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain. This year’s conference is being...
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Mair named as Sanford CEO

New Zealand seafood group Sanford has appointed David Mair as its CEO, with immediate effect. Mair was previously CEO of New Zealand-based engineering firm Skellerup Holdings, a post he stepped...
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The April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online

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Row over fjord salmon licences erupts in Iceland

A political row has broken out in Iceland over the granting of new fjord farming licences to the country’s salmon companies. The government has been accused of giving away the...
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An uphill task

The shellfish world is one full of contrasts, Nicki Holmyard finds As we gained plaudits, column inches and airtime in March for the wonderful benefits to the environment, biodiversity, ecosystem...
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ISA suspected at two Norwegian sites

Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) looks to have returned to Norway following an absence of several weeks. Two suspected cases have been identified in recent days, with salmon giant SalMar one...
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Cermaq to trial algal oil as sustainable alternative

Cermaq Canada has announced that it is to carry out trials on the use of algal oil in its salmon feed. The company hopes that the experiment will reduce the...
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Heritage Global Partners: online auction

Auction, liquidation and asset advisory firm Heritage Global Partners is holding an online auction featuring vessels & intangible property from an innovative and patented aquaculture net washing company, Brunswick Jetters....
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Canada facing ‘alarming’ drop in salmon output

Canada is facing an alarming decline in salmon farming production, the industry’s main body has warned. The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) says the decline is the equivalent of 390...

‘At least 3,000’ salmon from Carradale escape made it to rivers, report says

Fisheries Management Scotland believes at least 3,000 farmed salmon may have found their way into Scottish and some northern English rivers when Storm Ellen struck the Mowi fish farm at...
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Smolt ‘grow more rapidly’ on a krill diet

Salmon smolt given feed that includes hydrolysed krill grow faster and are more likely to survive their introduction to the sea, according to researchers at Nofima, the Norwegian Institute of...

French feed producers consolidate

Brittany-based aquafeed business Le Gouessant Co-operative Group has announced the acquisition of competitor Aqualia. The move reinforces Le Gouessant’s position as France’s largest producer for fish farming nutrition. Aqualia, founded...
Morrisons has today acquired Falfish, a family-owned wholesaler of sustainably sourced seafood based in Cornwall. Falfish has been a trusted supplier of high quality fresh fish and shellfish to Morrisons for over 16 years and approximately 50 per cent of Falfish’s c. £40 million turnover is with Morrisons. 
 
For customers, the acquisition will mean further improvements to the range, quality and availability of fresh fish and shellfish at our Market Street counters and represents another significant investment in fresh food and foodmaking when others are retreating from counters. 

Following the deal over 80 per cent of Morrisons fish and shellfish - both in our 497 stores and in our online business -  will come from Morrisons wholly owned seafood operations.

Supermarket chain reels in Falfish

The Wm Morrison supermarket chain has snapped up the Cornish seafood firm Falfish, which supplies more than 50 different varieties of farmed and wild caught seafood. This highly unusual move...

BioMar takes majority stake in shrimp feed business

International aquafeed group BioMar has taken a controlling share of a leading Vietnamese shrimp feed business. The move gives BioMar increased access to one of the big shrimp producing economies....
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Norway’s salmon exports see volumes recovering, prices still depressed

Norwegian salmon exports grew strongly last month, but low prices meant the country’s fish farmers were receiving less revenue than normal, the latest figures show. They totalled 95,600 tonnes during...