Atlantic Sapphire raises $55m in share issue
Florida salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire has raised the equivalent of US $55m through a private placement on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The placement involved the sale of 199 million new […] Continue Reading
Public meeting thumbs up for Samherji’s huge salmon farm
Icelandic seafood group Samherji is to press ahead with plans for a giant salmon farm in the south west of the country after receiving broad approval from local residents. At […] Continue Reading
Gigha Halibut set to cease production
The producers of an award-winning halibut farm on the west coast of Scotland have said that the current stock will not be replenished once it has been harvested. Gigha Halibut, […] Continue Reading
Alltech, Finnforel buy Finnish aquafeed plant
International feed producer Alltech has teamed up with Finnish fish farmer Finnforel to buy the Raisioaqua fish feed production facility from Finnish company Raisio. The acquiring parties, which also include […] Continue Reading
Xcelerate unveils Maine RAS project
Two former executives from Nordic Aquafarms are behind a plan to build a land-based salmon farm on the site of an old paper mill in Maine. Erik Heim and Marianne […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost consults on Hunterston RAS site
Bakkafrost Scotland has said it intends to submit a planning application for a RAS facility at the Hunterston Port site in Ayrshire. The RAS (recirculating aquaculture systems) plant would be […] Continue Reading
Plan unveiled for 5,000 tonne salmon farm in Grimsby
Grimsby, once home to the world’s largest fishing fleet, could be about to go into the salmon farming business. A London-based company, Aquacultured Seafood, has submitted a screening application to […] Continue Reading
Proximar secures full financing for Japan project
Proximar Seafood has secured loan finance totalling 8.8bn Japanese yen (£55m) for its land-based salmon farming project, which is under construction near Tokyo. The loan offer for Proximar Seafood AS, […] Continue Reading
AKVA group lands second China contract worth £36m
AKVA Group, the Norwegian aquaculture and technology company, has won a contract worth NOK 442 million (£36m) for the second phase of Nordic Aqua Partners’ RAS plant in China. The […] Continue Reading