Posts Tagged ‘Leroy’
New boss at North Atlantic Seafood Forum
THE former chief of MSD Animal Health is to head the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF), the prestigious annual seafood conference, it was reported yesterday. Johan Kvalheim (pictured) will replace Jørgen J. Lund at the helm of the Bergen based event, which is held every March. Kvalheim graduated from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science…
Read MoreScottish Sea Farms ‘satisfactory’ in Q1
LERØY Seafood yesterday reported a ‘satisfactory result’ from its Scottish Sea Farms operations, which is shares with fellow Norwegian salmon giants SalMar, during the first quarter of this year. But as with the rest of the group, UK revenues were down during the quarter due to lower harvests. They emerged at NOK 405 million compared…
Read MoreTop salmon farmer denies price fixing
MANY of Norway’s biggest salmon companies are being sued in the US over alleged price fixing, according to reports yesterday. The move follows raids by European Commission officials in February at the Scottish offices of Norwegian owned producers. Mowi, Leroy, SalMar, and Grieg are among those named in a class-action lawsuit alleging customers were harmed…
Read MoreNorway rocked by French TV claims
NORWAY’S seafood industry has been jolted by a French TV documentary which claims that fish, mainly cod, being sent to China for processing is returning to Europe, including the UK, full of water and chemicals. The programme, titled ‘Mollo sur le cabillaud? (literally, Easy on the cod), shows how after the fish arrives in China…
Read MoreBody found in Lerøy blaze
A MAN has been confirmed dead following a fire at Norwegian salmon farmer Lerøy’s hatchery in the north of the country. The body of the man, aged 35, has been identified by police but his name has not been released, Salmon Business reported today. He was an employee of a company that makes plastic products…
Read MoreTromsø in shock fish farm ban
THE northern Norwegian city of Tromsø has called a halt to any further expansion of open fish farming activities inside its boundaries. And in a further move which has angered the aquaculture industry, it has said that existing farming operations should not be expanded unless they are within closed, land based facilities. The controversial decision…
Read MoreLower harvests hit Leroy Q3 profits
LERØY Seafood, the combined salmon farming and fishing group, today announced an operating profit (EBIT) of 660 million Norwegian kroners (NOK) for the third quarter of 2018, down by almost 200 million on the same period last year. The decline, said the company, which owns 50 per cent of Scottish Sea Farms, is mainly due…
Read MoreLerøy reports record half-year turnover
THE Lerøy Seafood Group, one of the few companies with a significant combined salmon farming and conventional fishing business, today announced impressive second quarter results for this year. The company, which owns 50 per cent of Scottish Sea Farms, reported total revenues of NOK 5,042 million (£465 million), compared to NOK 4,224 million (£389 million)…
Read MoreTop salmon companies attack tax plan
TWO of Norway’s leading salmon farming companies have joined the growing chorus condemning government plans for a new tax on the seafood sector. Following publication of its recent first quarter results, Lerøy Seafood said the reports were leading to increased uncertainty. And Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO of Marine Harvest, told the business news website E24.no that any proposal that led…
Read MoreNew SalMar chief speaks of growth plans
Olav-Andreas Ervik, SalMar’s new CEO, has spoken of his excitement at taking over the reins one of the world’s leading salmon farming companies. He was appointed to the post yesterday after Trond Williksen unexpectedly announced his resignation as chief executive. The move comes amid the Chinese arrest at the weekend of a Norwegian citizen, once linked…
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