Posts Tagged ‘Cooke Aquaculture’
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland saw revenue up, profits down in 2019
Cooke Aquaculture’s Scottish arm saw increased revenue during 2019 but a 17 per cent drop in profits, the company’s accounts for last year show. The 2019 accounts, filed on 20 November at Companies House, show that Cooke Aquaculture Scotland recorded £169.3 million during the calendar year 2019 (2018: £151.7 million), an increase of 11 per…
Read MoreCooke adds Mariner Seafood to its menu
Cooke Aquaculture is back on the acquisition trail after moving to buy US fresh and frozen seafood company Mariner Seafood. Based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Mariner has an international reach and processes a broad range of farmed and wild-caught fish. Its brands include MarSelect and GO WILD. The deal was completed through Cooke’s processing division,…
Read MoreGAA defends Cooke over trout plan for Puget Sound
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has stepped in to defend Cooke Aquaculture in its bid to switch from farming Atlantic salmon to steelhead trout in Washington state’s Puget Sound. In a letter submitted to Washington state’s Department of Ecology, GAA commended the New Brunswick-based company for its history of responsible aquaculture. Cooke Aquaculture is seeking permission…
Read MoreCooke brings Invergordon feed facility back into production
PRODUCTION at the former Skretting feed plant in Invergordon has been restarted under its new owners, Cooke Aquaculture. The Canadian company acquired the site on the Inverbreakie Industrial Estate in September 2019 following its closure in April last year. Through its subsidiary, Northeast Nutrition Scotland, Cooke has worked closely with former employees to resume operations…
Read MoreAKVA reports ‘significant year’ in 2019
THE AKVA group, one of the main technology and service providers to the aquaculture sector, achieved an order intake of four billion kroner – or £311 million – last year, it has revealed in its annual report. CEO Knut Nesse described 2019 as a year of ‘significant milestones’ with revenues of more than NOK 3…
Read MoreScottish Pavilion offers Brussels refund
SCOTTISH seafood companies that had booked exhibition space at the now postponed Brussels expo are to be refunded by the Scottish government. Any firms that booked space within the Scottish Pavilion at the world’s biggest seafood exhibition, which had been scheduled for April 21-23, will get their money back, said Scottish Development International (SDI). Although…
Read MoreOrkney jobs boost for Cooke’s new salmon farm
FIVE full-time, permanent jobs have been created by Cooke Aquaculture’s new organic salmon farm in Orkney, which starts production in the spring. And there are hopes that the number of direct and indirect jobs will increase once a second site opens in 2021, the company said. Four residents from Stronsay have been recruited and successfully…
Read MoreCooke steelhead plans face new hurdle
PLANS by Cooke Aquaculture to farm steelhead trout instead of Atlantic salmon in its US operations in Puget Sound are being challenged by environmental campaigners. The groups, which include Friends of the Earth and the Wild Fish Conservancy, filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife yesterday. They claim the department…
Read MoreNesse new Akva boss as CEO resigns
THE CEO of aquaculture equipment supplier Akva is to stand down, with effect from today, the Norwegian headquartered company announced. Hallvard Muri, who took up the post in November 2016, has resigned. He will be replaced by an interim leader, Knut Nesse, current chair of the Akva board and until last year CEO of feed…
Read MoreScottish salmon message reaches new audiences
FLYING into Kirkwall’s tiny airport you would be hard pressed to imagine anywhere else in the UK where a population of only 26,000, spread across 16 or so inhabited islands, could deliver such an incredible breadth of fine quality food and drink. The islands’ produce ranges from renowned whiskies, gins, cheeses and meats to chocolate…
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