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SAIC secures £1.5 million funding package from the Scottish Government
Research organisation the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has secured new funding to continue its support of fish health research and development. Last year the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), which...
Former Cermaq Chile chief to head Atlantic Sapphire
The former head of Cermaq Chile, Pedro Courard, has been named as the next chief executive at land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire. He will succeed the company’s founder, Johan Andreassen,...
Jellyfish and hard winter hits SalMar Q1 profits
Norwegian salmon giant SalMar continued to be troubled by tough winter conditions and jellyfish attacks during the start of this year, the group’s first quarter results show. These problems, along...
Huge improvement in Q1 performance for Scottish Sea Farms
Scottish Sea Farms achieved a tremendous turnaround in its fortunes during the first three months of this year, according to figures today from SalMar, one of its co-owners. The business...
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New bid to suspend Arctic Fish licences rejected
The authorities in Iceland have rejected a new request to suspend the operating licences of Arctic Fish at two locations in the Westfjords. The demand had come from sports fishing...
Kingfish Company ‘approaching breakeven’
Land-based fish farmer The Kingfish Company says it is working its way to profitability, with financial results for the first quarter of this year it called “promising”. The company raises...
Green light for Scottish Sea Farms’ Shetland plan
Shetland Islands Council has given its approval to Scottish Sea Farms’ proposed offshore salmon farm at Billy Baa. The move is part of a strategy of modernising and consolidating the...
Lerøy facing police probe over latest escape
The Lerøy Seafood Company is facing an official investigation following the escape of 14,000 salmon earlier this week. It was later learned that some of the fish were infected with...
Europe urged to embrace aquaculture
AQUACULTURE in the European Union is finally showing signs of recovery, the EU Fisheries and Maritime Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, has declared. Speaking at a ‘Farmed in the EU Regions’ conference...
Scotland promises farm by farm sea lice data
SCOTTISH salmon farmers are to publish all data associated with sea lice counts on a farm by farm basis, the SSPO (Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation) confirmed yesterday. The SSPO’s general...
Best January yet for cod prices
COD, especially the fresh variety, was the main driver behind Norway\'s strong export showing in January, figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council show. The country sold 5,700 tonnes of fresh...
Hull remembers worst fishing disaster
HULL is this week remembering the 50th anniversary of the port\'s worst fishing loss of life since the end of the war. Half a century ago 58 trawlermen from the...
