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Norway’s biggest salmon farmers have come out almost unanimously to condemn the Oslo government’s revised “salmon tax” plans. Despite the basic rate of the proposed “ground rent” tax being reduced […] Continue Reading
Fish farming companies Mowi, Grieg Seafood and Cermaq have separately filed applications for a judicial review of the Canadian federal government’s decision not to renew aquaculture licences for the Discovery […] Continue Reading
A senior Cermaq executive has spelt out a number of likely consequences if the Norwegian government decides to implement its salmon tax without changes. Lars Galtung, head of sustainability and […] Continue Reading
CERMAQ has stocked fish in the third version of its artificial intelligence (AI) led iFarm in northern Norway. This time the emphasis is on machine learning. Its iFarm project is […] Continue Reading
The Norwegian arm of the salmon farming giant Cermaq has unveiled “good results” for last year, but says it is freezing investment worth NOK 400 million (£33m) and, with it, […] Continue Reading
Norway’s big salmon permit auction looks set to go ahead later today, despite industry calls for it to be postponed. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries has rejected claims […] Continue Reading
A long-running dispute in the United States over allegations of price fixing by some of Norway’s largest salmon companies appears to have reached a conclusion. Reports from the US suggest […] Continue Reading
Norway’s largest salmon companies are continuing to pile pressure on government proposals to impose a new 40% land tax on the industry. They include the country’s largest business, Mowi, which […] Continue Reading
Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, an experimental fish farming system aims to identify individual fish in a pen, recording health and growth data for each one. The company operating […] Continue Reading