Record-breaking Q2 for Marine Harvest
MARINE Harvest achieved an operational EBIT of NOK 1 220 million in the second quarter of 2014, compared to NOK 901 million in the corresponding quarter of 2013. The second […] Continue Reading
Big gains for Bakkafrost
THE Bakkafrost Group, the largest salmon farming company in the Faroe Islands, delivered a total operating EBIT of 212.1 million Danish kroners (DKK) in the second quarter of this year. The combined […] Continue Reading
Scottish mussels take starring role
THE environmentally friendly credentials of Scottish rope grown mussels were highlighted in a BBC Horizon programme screened last night. The two-part programme, hosted by Michael Mosley, focused on meat consumption […] Continue Reading
Marine Harvest pulls out of Chilean operation
MARINE Harvest has decided from next September to cease its fish farming operations on Lake Llanquihue, in Chile. The decision was made after an extra-judicial settlement between the fish farmer […] Continue Reading
Scottish shipyard secures £3 million aquaculture contract
A CONTRACT worth in excess of £3.3 million WITH Scottish Sea Farms has been secured by Macduff Shipyards Ltd in Aberdeenshire. Scottish Sea Farms confirmed the shipbuilding order today and […] Continue Reading
Norway Royal Salmon reports decrease in revenues
NORWAY Royal Salmon (NRS) has announced a decrease in year on year operating revenues of 12 per cent in the second quarter of this year. A report in FIS states […] Continue Reading
US fish farmer makes generous food bank donation
A US tilapia farmer, Quixotic Farming, has today made a donation of over 8,000 lbs of clean tilapia products to one of the largest hunger relief organisations in the Rocky Mountain […] Continue Reading
Marine Harvest Ireland signs major processing deal
MARINE Harvest Ireland (MHI) and Cill Chiaráin Éisc Teoranta (CCET) have signed a deal to process MHI stock from its Kilkieran Bay site – which has been operating since October […] Continue Reading
The not-so-wellboat
A 50-METRE well boat has mysteriously capsized in a boatyard in Turkey. The brand new Norwegian vessel, Lilly Johanna, was still connected to the dock in the Turkish city of […] Continue Reading