Posts Tagged ‘Mowi’
Sharp dip for Mowi Q2 profits
SALMON farming giant Mowi expects its operating profit to drop by more than half during the second quarter of this year, it said in a trading update today. The company is forecasting an operational EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) of 96 million euros, compared with 211 million euros during in the same period last…
Read MoreMowi strikes forest free feed deal
SALMON farming giant Mowi has struck a deal with its suppliers to ensure that all of its feed production will in future be 100 per cent deforestation free. The company, which has extensive operations in Scotland, says it is delighted with the move which will come into force next year. It also makes Mowi the…
Read MoreMowi heritage site plans stalled again
A MOWI plan to start fish farming on a world heritage site in the north of Norway has been put on hold – yet again Less than a month after it thought it had been given the all clear, the company has been told in a shock move by the Directorate of Fisheries to postpone…
Read MoreUNESCO calls for Mowi heritage site talks
THE Norwegian branch of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Conservation Organisation – better known as UNESCO – is calling for a meeting with the Oslo government over plans to allow Mowi to develop aquaculture on one of its world heritage sites. Following a long running dispute and a series of appeals, Mowi was granted…
Read MoreMowi receives clearance to farm on World Heritage site
MOWI has finally been given official clearance to carry out salmon and trout farming on a UNESCO World Heritage site in a remote region of northern Norway known as Rødskjæran on the Vega Islands. The decision should finally end a long running dispute between the salmon farming giant (which began in 2016 when it was…
Read MoreMowi to cull 450k fish after ISA outbreak
450,000 fish are to be culled at Mowi’s huge hatchery in Newfoundland and Labrador, after an outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) effecting 14 fish was confirmed on Tuesday at the Northern Harvesy Stephenville hatchery, as reported by IntraFish. All culled fish will be transported to a facility within the province that will convert them…
Read MoreGruelling new shift conditions for Mowi Chile workers
Coronavirus has caused Mowi Chile to start moving essential staff and services to Chile\’s Aysen region using boats, as tougher lockdown measures introduced by the local authorities begin to bite, reports IntraFish. 50 staff members, all of whom had tested negative for coronavirus, set sail on Saturday from the port of Koshifas in Puerto Montt,…
Read MoreOaland steps up at Mowi
MOWI has carried out a series of further senior changes in its management structure, including in Scotland, which are not thought to be directly Covid-19 related. The world’s largest salmon producer said that Øyvind Oaland, who was previously the technical director of Mowi, will now become the operating director of the group\’s Norwegian fish farms.…
Read MoreNorway suspends salmon processing exemptions
NORWAY has suspended further applications from salmon companies who want to send fish overseas to be processed. The move by the seafood and fisheries minister, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, follows a storm of criticism from politicians and smaller independent processing companies after the salmon farming giants Mowi and Lerøy were granted exemptions. A number of other…
Read MoreSalmon companies in flight plea to Russia
A NUMBER of Norwegian fish farming companies have called on their government to press Moscow to lift its ban on salmon flights over Russia during the Covid-19 crisis. The call has come from Sjømatbedriftene, the Federation of Seafood Businesses, which says the move would go some way to relieving a beleaguered salmon export sector. Several Norwegian media…
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