Salmon giants in $85m ‘price-fixing’ settlement
At least four Norwegian salmon companies, including some of the biggest names in the business, have reached a settlement for US $85m in a class action in the United States […] Continue Reading
BC salmon farmers to consult First Nations after court ruling
THE British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association says it will be reaching out to Canada’s indigenous First Nation groups to find out how they want to proceed following the Canadian Federal […] Continue Reading
Salmon prices hit Easter record
Norwegian fresh prices climbed to their highest level on record last week, with industry analysts speculating they may well have some way more to go. According to Statistics Norway, they […] Continue Reading
Grieg and SalMar report improved Q1 harvests
Two leading Norwegian salmon farmers, Grieg Seafood and SalMar, have announced higher harvests for the first quarter of this year. In a preliminary update, Grieg Seafood says output between January […] Continue Reading
Innovasea delivers monitoring system to Grieg in Newfoundland
Aquaculture technology business Innovasea has begun installing a complete real-time environmental monitoring system at Grieg Seafood’s new Red Island farm site in Newfoundland. Innovasea’s system uses underwater sensors using sound […] Continue Reading
Scottish Sea Farms confirms first key Shetland appointments
Scottish Sea Farms has announced the first two appointments for its new Shetland assets, acquired from Grieg at the end of last year. Richard Darbyshire, formerly Scottish Sea Farms Orkney […] Continue Reading
Fish farmers hope for success at the Lantra awards
Three aquaculture trainees are among the shortlisted contenders for this year’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills, organised by rural skills body Lantra Scotland. The three are Emily Underhill, a […] Continue Reading
Grieg formally seals Shetland assets sale
Grieg Seafood last night formally completed the sale of its Shetland business to Scottish Sea Farms. The deal, reported to be worth £164m (NOK 1.9 bn), was cleared by the […] Continue Reading
BC salmon row goes to Canada’s highest court
The battle lines over the Canadian government’s bid to phase out open net salmon farming in part of British Columbia are being drawn up in the country’s federal court this […] Continue Reading