Fish Farmer Magazine

For all the latest industry news, markets and jobs in aquaculture

  • Home
  • News
  • What’s New
  • Jobs
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Features
  • Read Fish Farmer
  • Media Pack
All Sections Search
  • Home – the latest news in Aquaculture and Fish Farming news, views, health, politics and innovations
    • Get in touch with us
    • Our Facebook
    • Our Twitter
    • Fishfarmer Linked-In Group
  • News
    • News
    • Processing
    • What’s New
    • Jobs
    • Opinion
    • Features
    • Events
    • Fish Farmer Magazine Archive
    • News Archive
    • Catching Archive
    • Prices Archive
    • Markets Archive
  • Site Information
    • Privacy Policy
    • Accessibility
    • Cookie Policy Fish Farmer Magazine
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Subscription/Read
    • Read Fish Farmer
    • Read/Subscribe to Fish Farmer Magazine
News

Icelandic salmon farmer hit by second ISA outbreak

Icelandic salmon farming company Laxar Fiskeldi has been hit by an ISA outbreak for the second time in five weeks. Laxar is currently finalising plans to merge with its sister […] Continue Reading

News

Samherji staff paid to get on their bikes

The Icelandic fishing and aquaculture group Samherji is paying its employees to leave their cars at home. The company is offering both full- and part-time workers a regular monthly wage […] Continue Reading

Processing

Arnarlax plans 80,000 tonne processing plant in Iceland

Icelandic fish farming company Arnarlax has announced plans to build a new hi-tech salmon processing factory in the country’s Westfjords region. The plant will be one of the largest in […] Continue Reading

News

Iceland fish farm merger nears completion

A merger between two of Iceland’s leading fish farming companies has moved into its final phase. The board of Ice Fish Farm has approved a draft agreement to take over […] Continue Reading

News

Arctic Fish ‘not to blame’ for mortalities

Icelandic salmon farmer Arctic Fish was not responsible for the biological incident earlier this year which cost the company almost £6m (ISK 1bn), an official investigation has found. The Dýrafjörður based business […] Continue Reading

News

Iceland to set out new aquaculture strategy

Iceland’s Fisheries Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir says she wants to see a more open discussion about the future direction of the country’s aquaculture, fishing and food sectors. She recently submitted a […] Continue Reading

News

Mortalities set to cost Arctic Fish £9m

The Icelandic salmon company Arctic Fish has revealed that the biological incident which hit one of its sites last week has cost the company around ISK 1.5bn, almost £9m. The […] Continue Reading

News

Icelandic farmer hit by mass mortality incident

Up to 2,000 tonnes of ready to harvest salmon have been lost at an Arctic fish site in Iceland due to serious biological problems. It is thought to be one […] Continue Reading

News

Samherji starts work on Silfurstjörn land-based farm

Iceland’s largest fishing and seafood producer Samherji began construction work this week on a £9m expansion of its land-based Silfurstjörn fish farm. Diggers moved in to begin preparing the site […] Continue Reading

Page 1 of 1512345...10...»Last »

Click image to read

Newsletter

Click here to sign up

Latest Posts

  • Scottish Sea Farms wins first ASC certification

  • Salmon Evolution gearing up for year-end first harvest

  • Norway Royal Salmon beats expectations in Q1

  • New board members for Norcod

  • Icelandic salmon farmer hit by second ISA outbreak

Fish Farmer Magazine
  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Twitter

Quick Links

  • Home – the latest news in Aquaculture and Fish Farming news, views, health, politics and innovations
  • Contact Us/About Us
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Cookie Policy Fish Farmer Magazine
  • Privacy Policy

We at Fish Farmer Magazine endeavor to ensure that all our reports are fair and accurate and comply with the Editors’ Code of Practice set by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). We realise, however, that mistakes happen from time to time. If you think we have made a significant mistake and you wish to discuss this with us, please let us know as soon as possible by any of the three methods: emailing editor@fishfarmermagazine.com; telephoning the editor on 0131 551 7904; writing to the Editor at Fish Farmer Magazine, 496 Ferry Road, Edinburgh, EH5 2DL. We will attempt to resolve your issue in a timeous, reasonable and amicable manner. However, if you are unsatisfied with our response, you can contact IPSO, which will investigate the matter. You can either telephone IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or email inquiries@ipso.co.uk. IPSO is an independent body which deals with complaints from the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines. We will abide by the decision of IPSO.

Copyright © 2022 Fish Farmer/Wyvex Media Limited