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Selcoth Fisheries already runs largely on renewable energy but the family running it want to do more. Robert Outram finds out why Selcoth Fisheries is a trout farm in the hills near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, in the southwest of Scotland. It’s a small family business, run by Olly and Shara Routledge but earlier…

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Milestone for Barcaldine as first fish reach market

Scottish Sea Farms has hailed a milestone with the harvest of the first fish to be reared as smolts at the company\’s new hatchery at Barcaldine, Argyllshire. The fish were transferred a year ago from the new RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) hatchery at Barcaldine to SSF’s Loch Nevis C farm for on-growing. The smolts had…

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Bakkafrost smolt hatchery set for expansion

Bakkafrost has signed an agreement with Norwegian recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology company Nofitech to expand the Glyvradal smolt hatchery on the Faroe Islands. The project will expand the hatchery’s capacity by 13,000 cubic metres. Bakkafrost says the move is part of its long term investment plan and will mean that the annual production of…

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