Salmon veteran to run Tasmania mill

FEED company BioMar has appointed farming veteran David Whyte to run its new plant in Tasmania, due to open in early 2020. Whyte, a marine biologist with 32 years’ experience in aquaculture, was chief operating officer at New Zealand King Salmon for a period last year. He has had leading roles at Marine Harvest Scotland…

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Marine Harvest records best ever Q3

MARINE Harvest today announced its ‘best ever’ third quarter results, with an EBIT of 207 million euros, up from €194 million in the corresponding quarter last year. Revenues soared to just short of a billion euros. However, in Scotland harvest volumes declined by 20 per cent compared to last year, down from 10,912 tonnes to…

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Marine Harvest buys Seahorse boats

MARINE Harvest Scotland has bought the fleet of Seahorse Aquaculture – and taken on the company’s four employees to crew the vessels. The three boats – The Nitrox, David Andrews and Tie Venture 111 – will be deployed in a variety of farm service roles. Marine Harvest Scotland seawater production manager David MacGillivray said: ‘I’d…

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Salmon farmer sponsors sport fund

MARINE Harvest Scotland is celebrating 30 years of sponsoring shinty by establishing a Children and Young Persons Development Fund. The new agreement, with the Camanachd Association, the governing body for shinty, is focused on enhancing opportunities for children and young people. The fund aims to increase participation at clubs by providing a maximum grant award…

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MH Scotland welcomes ‘record results’

MARINE Harvest Scotland has thanked its staff for its ‘record results’ after a challenging year for fish health. Ben Hadfield, managing director of Marine Harvest Scotland, said: ‘Despite a challenging year for fish health, we produced record results in Scotland. My thanks go to our hard working employees across the west coast and Highlands and…

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Marine Harvest welcomes Rum news

MARINE Harvest has won planning approval to install a salmon farm off the Isle of Rum, the company reported today. Part of a move to expand the business by developing a number of new sites on the west coast of Scotland, the application was made almost two years ago. The farm, expected to create 12…

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