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Leading politicians back aquaculture’s future
Politicians from two parties have voiced their support for Scotland’s salmon sector at the Aquaculture UK trade show this week. Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and the SNP’s Employment and...
WiSA in search for new supporter
A ground-breaking Scottish organisation set up to encourage and develop women in the aquaculture sector is looking for a lifeline after its founding body has had to step back. Women...
The May 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The May 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out online now, and you can read or download it here. All too often it’s easy to focus on obstacles and setbacks....
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...
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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...
Seagriculture 2024 set to ‘bridge continents’
The Seagriculture EU 2024 conference, the leading conference for the seaweed industry, will be taking place in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands from 18 - 20 June 2024. Under the theme, Bridging...
Big rise in losses for troubled Chilean salmon company
The struggling Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral saw its losses almost treble last year despite an increase in revenues. The company was only saved from administration In January after creditors...
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...
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...
King crab prices hit new high
SOARING demand from South Korea and North America has sent king crab prices to record levels over the past few weeks, Scandinavian shell fishermen and exporters are reporting. Three years ago prices...
China’s new line in automatic processing
MAREL has announced the successful installation of China\'s first automatic processing line for salmon, with the operation carried out at the Hi-Chain Foods’ salmon processing facility near Shanghai. The plant is equipped to...
Genetics best performer for Benchmark
BENCHMARK reported a revenue rise from £109 million to £140 million in preliminary results for its last financial year, ending September 2017. Losses in the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business...
