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Norwegian government still upbeat over 2050 production target
The Norwegian government has launched its new forward strategy for the aquaculture industry, setting a course for the next 10 to 15 years. The main goal is still to produce five million tonnes of salmon and trout by 2050, five...
Lower Q2 harvests for SalMar and Lerøy
Lerøy Seafood and SalMar have reported lower harvest volumes for the second quarter of this year. The two companies, which have just issued their Q2 trading updates to the Oslo Stock Exchange, are joint owners of Scottish Sea Farms which...
Processor Marel set to take over Valka
Icelandic food processing group Marel has struck a deal to acquire Valka ehf, a fish processing business also based in Iceland. Under the deal Marel will acquire more than 90% of Valka’s share capital and the remaining shareholders will be...
Tierra del Fuego bans open net salmon farming
Argentina’s southernmost province is to ban open net salmon farming. The provincial legislature of Tierra del Fuego has approved a bill to outlaw the practice amid “concerns about stability”. The Tierra del Fuego archipelago covers an area of 28,400 square...
Lerøy hit by suspected ISA outbreaks
Lerøy Seafood has become the latest big company to face the threat of Infectious Salmon Anaemia. A suspected outbreak of ISA has been reported at Lerøy’s relatively new site at Djupestallen in western Norway, which is part of an existing control...
Landing lands Nofima RAS deal
Netherlands-based engineering business Landing Aquaculture BV has agreed a deal with leading Norwegian research institute Nofima to supply 20 fully automated RAS units. The experimental RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) units will be deployed at Nofima’s research centre in Sunndalsøra, Norway....
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Powering the future of aquaculture: why electric boats are leading the way
Evoy’s electric motor systems are the strategic choice for sustainable and cost-effective aquaculture The commercial marine sector is evolving. It’s not just the cruise ship industries which recognise the economic...
Ready to go
The electric Fluggaboat is available now Unst Inshore Services Ltd were exhibiting the 100% electric Fluggaboat at Aquaculture UK 2024. We also had a representative from Evoy, who make the...
FIAP’s Alu series is light but strong
FIAP GmbH from Bavaria, Germany, has for many years offered a range of light but sturdy aluminium landing nets for fish farmers to facilitate their work. The FIAP profinet Alu...
Alumichem enables salmon producer to meet strict effluent standards
A Norwegian salmon producer faced stricter effluent discharge limits and increasing sludge amounts. Alumichem collaborated with the fish farmer and RAS supplier to customise a solution that dewaters sludge and...
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Ocean Ecology – Principal and Senior Health Consultants – Oban, Scotland
WHY OCEAN ECOLOGY? We are a leading marine environmental consultancy specialising in providing survey, technical and advisory services to organisations delivering and governing the global blue economy. Together with Åkerblå,...
Digital Feeding Consultant – AKVA Group
AKVA group is the world's largest supplier of solutions and services to global aquaculture. Driven by passion, commitment and a deep understanding of the complexity in our industry, we can...
Features
Green solutions on the menu
AQUA 2024 brought together different stakeholders in aquaculture to share the latest knowledge and insights. Robert Outram reports. Watch our video from the show here: https://youtu.be/dFCYnrAQ1ho Scandinavia is famous for...
Under fire
From highway robbery to lawsuits from indigenous communities, as Vince McDonagh reports, the Chilean salmon industry is facing challenges on a number of fronts. Of all the major fish farming...
Scotland strengthens ties with Japan
Adam Wing reports from a key trade show in Tokyo, where the Scottish seafood industry was well represented. In August, a team from Seafood Scotland co-hosted a delegation of eight...
Recruitment and diversity
This month our Careers feature focuses on the Aqua Agenda webinar, which addressed recruitment and diversity in aquaculture. THE PANELLISTS Liz Barron-Majerik Liz Barron-Majerik is Scotland...
Opinion
Fact-free campaigns
The reputation of salmon farming has suffered as a result of criticism that does not have much to back it up, says Martin Jaffa. The reputation of farmed salmon in...
Where has the time gone?
By Nick Joy This month, I hope you will forgive a subject a little closer to home, as an important milestone has just passed for me. Twenty-five years will have...
What price differentiation?
By Nick Joy The climate for fish sales and prices globally is generally set fair, with the odd bump. This is in stark contrast to the outlook for production globally,...
Events
Green solutions on the menu
AQUA 2024 brought together different stakeholders in aquaculture to share the latest knowledge and insights. Robert Outram reports. Watch our video from the show here: https://youtu.be/dFCYnrAQ1ho Scandinavia is famous for...
Kingfish CEO confirmed for Aqua Agenda webinar
The Chief Executive of an innovative land-based fish farming business is the latest panellist to be confirmed for Fish Farmer’s webinar – taking place on 16 October – on land-based...
Valencia is the venue for Aquaculture Europe 2025
The historic Spanish town of Valencia will host Aquaculture Europe 2025, the annual conference of the European Aquaculture Society (EAS), in September next year. Taking place over 22-25 September, this...
Digital solutions on the agenda at A3 Scotland
Key players in Scotland’s animal health, agritech and aquaculture sectors will be meeting this week in Inverness at A3 Scotland, to find out more about how technology can help their...
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