Posts Tagged ‘Marine Harvest’
‘Ripple effect’ of £17.9m aquaculture investment
THE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has facilitated 16 collaborative projects with a combined investment of £17.9 million since it was set up in 2014. This amounts to £3.60 generated for every £1 of public money, said SAIC CEO Heather Jones, unveiling the organisation’s progress report – Innovation and the Ripple Effect. SAIC’s role, she…
Read MoreTassal joins global salmon group
AUSTRALIAN salmon farmer Tassal has joined the Global Salmon Initiative, a collective of 17 producers from around the world. The GSI, established in 2013 to improve industry sustainability, has expanded by more than 40 per cent in seven months and includes eight associate members. It represents 55 per cent of the global salmon production industry,…
Read MoreMarine Harvest unveils £44.5m cost cuts
MARINE Harvest has announced a cost cutting programme totalling 50 million euros (£44.5 million) despite reporting strong fourth quarter earnings and the best annual profits yet for the group. The world\’s largest fish farmer achieved an operation EBIT (pre-tax profit) of €181 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, slightly higher than the figure reported last month.…
Read MoreExport honours for Scottish salmon
MARINE Harvest and the Scottish Salmon Company have been shortlisted in a number of categories in the Scottish Export Awards, announced yesterday. The two companies are both in the running for the Large Exporter of the Year prize, while Marine Harvest is also up for the High Growth Markets Exporter of the Year, and the…
Read MoreCareers fair lines up industry leaders
MARINE Harvest Scotland managing director Ben Hadfield will give the keynote address at this year’s aquaculture careers day at the University of Stirling. The event, organised by the Aquaculture Students\’ Association, is now in its fourth year and has broadened out to include aquaculture students from across the country. The annual jobs showcase will also…
Read MoreScotland promises farm by farm sea lice data
SCOTTISH salmon farmers are to publish all data associated with sea lice counts on a farm by farm basis, the SSPO (Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation) confirmed yesterday. The SSPO’s general manager, David Sandison, said the move follows a decision taken by the organisation’s board – which includes all but one of Scotland’s salmon farming companies…
Read MoreOslo approves major salmon growth plans
A TOTAL of 47 fish farming companies, including many of the big names in the business, have been given permits to increase production using the environmentally friendly ‘traffic light’ scheme, says the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. The value of the applications when the deadline for new licences expired last week, and based on 449 permits,…
Read MoreMarine Harvest cuts 34 Scottish jobs
MARINE Harvest has confirmed it is to make 34 of its staff in Scotland redundant, the BBC reported yesterday. Half the job losses will be at the company\’s farms on the west coast where fewer salmon are expected to be harvested this year. The rest of the redundancies will be in its fish processing division…
Read MoreDunn leaves salmon group for MH
THE head of British Columbia’s salmon farmers association has announced he is leaving to take up a new post at Marine Harvest Canada. Jeremy Dunn, executive director at the BC Salmon Farmers Association, will be joining Marine Harvest Canada\’s public affairs division. Dunn (pictured) had led BCSFA\’s five-person team for the past four years. Beginning…
Read MoreTop apprentices make awards shortlist
AQUACULTURE finalists Scott Forder and Alan Tangny have been shortlisted for Lantra Scotland’s Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards. Scott, aged 26 from Kinlochewe, has been doing a Modern Apprenticeship in Aquaculture through Inverness College UHI, while working for Marine Harvest. He first became interested in salmon farming through family and friends who…
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