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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...
Young's 2017 sales and profits jump
YOUNG\'S Seafood has delivered impressive full year results, with turnover up by almost six per cent, thanks to a strong performance and the capture of some important new contracts. And...
Marine Harvest cuts 34 Scottish jobs
MARINE Harvest has confirmed it is to make 34 of its staff in Scotland redundant, the BBC reported yesterday. Half the job losses will be at the company\'s farms on...
Fish Update Briefing, Friday, January 26
ACTOR SPEAKS OF FISHING HERITAGE HULL born actor Sir Tom Courtenay spoke warmly about his fishing industry heritage when he was given the freedom of the city recently. The 80-year-old star said...
Dunn leaves salmon group for MH
THE head of British Columbia’s salmon farmers association has announced he is leaving to take up a new post at Marine Harvest Canada. Jeremy Dunn, executive director at the BC...