Posts Tagged ‘North America’
Ketchikan, Alaska set to host Seagriculture USA
Entrepreneurs, academics and other experts in the growing field of seaweed cultivation will be gathering in Ketchikan, Alaska for Seagriculture USA 2024, taking place over 11-12 September. Top speakers will share their insights on topics including seaweed for feed, food, offshore cultivation, biorefinery of seaweed, and much more. Alaska’s suitability for seaweed cultivation lies in…
Read MoreMowi Scotland’s Q4 harvest unchanged at 10,500 tonnes
Mowi Scotland harvested 10,500 tonnes of salmon in the final quarter of 2023. The figure was unchanged from the equivalent quarter the year before but the operation produced a loss, a trading update from the company today shows. Globally, Mowi – the world’s largest salmon farmer – produced 129,000 tonnes during the period and a…
Read MoreJellyfish scourge hits Grieg final quarter results
Jellyfish attacks in Norway, ulcer problems and other issues impacted on Grieg Seafood’s fourth quarter results, a trading update from the company today shows. Grieg said the harvest volume for the final period was approximately 21,800 tonnes, slightly up on the previous year but the company did not have fish from Newfoundland a year ago.…
Read MoreTrout farmer receives first eggs – and eyes US expansion
Hima Seafood has just taken delivery of the first eggs for its new trout farm in Telemark, Norway. The company also disclosed that it is looking at moving into the United States over the next few years. Hima’s managing director, Sten Falkum, told the US magazine Forbes that it has acquired a plot of land…
Read MoreCanadian capital pulls anti salmon farming advertisements
Anti-salmon farming billboards around Ottawa have been removed following a complaint from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance, which says the posters contained false claims. The statements included claims from the eco-activist group Wild First stating that: “Open-net pen salmon farms are banned in Washington, Oregon, California, and Alaska.” The advertisements called on the Canadian capital…
Read MoreCooke Seafood appoints new US public affairs director
Cooke Seafood has appointed Steve Hedlund from the Global Seafood Alliance as its new director of Public Affairs in the United States. Mr. Hedlund (pictured) is an experienced leader in seafood communications, public affairs, event management and media relations. He joins family-owned Cooke from his most recent role as spokesperson for the Seafood Alliance (GSA)…
Read More800,000 wild fish killed by salmon delousing – claim
Tens of thousands of herring were killed in salmon delousing operations in British Columbia, Canada last year, it has been revealed. The information has been collected by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans which shows that around 817,000 wild fish – most of them herring – perished in operations in 2022 as the result…
Read MoreKingfish founder joins redfish start-up as Chairman
US fish farming start-up Pine Island Redfish has appointed Ohad Maiman, founder and former CEO of The Kingfish Company as Chairman of the Board. The move reunites Pine Island founder Megan Sorby – who was formerly Operations Manager with Kingfish Maine – with her former boss. Maiman, an Israeli financier, founded The Kingfish Company in…
Read MoreGrieg drops into Q3 loss
Grieg Seafood has become the first major salmon farming company for many years to plunge into the red. The company, which farms in Norway and in Newfoundland and British Columbia, Canada, today unveiled a third quarter operational EBIT or operational loss of NOK 86m (£6.3m). This compares with an operational profit of NOK 145m (almost…
Read MoreWellFish hires Braceland for North America role
WellFish Tech, the aquaculture clinical biochemistry specialist, has continued its expansion by hiring Mark Braceland as its North America Director. The company said this appointment will allow WellFish to better serve the North American market with its non-lethal health and welfare monitoring services. Mark Braceland, originally from the west of Scotland, has experience in the…
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