SalMar reports increased harvest volumes
Norwegian Salmon farming giant SalMar last night unveiled a 3,000 tonne plus increase in its harvest figures for the final quarter of 2020. The total figure is 43,600 tonnes for […] Continue Reading
Grieg could raise up to £125m from Shetland sale, analysts say
The sale of Grieg Shetland could net the parent company up to £125 million, analysts in Oslo are predicting. They put the price on Grieg Seafood’s Scottish operations at between […] Continue Reading
SalMar reports profits up for Q3 2020
Fish farming giant SalMar has delivered exceptionally strong third quarter results, with a better than anticipated performance from its associate business Scottish Sea Farms, in which it has a 50 […] Continue Reading
Arnarlax goes public and changes name
AFTER more than a decade as Arnarlax, Iceland’s largest salmon farming company, is changing its name to Icelandic Salmon AS. It is thought the new name, which will apply to […] Continue Reading
Salmar faces Ocean Farm escape probe
Salmon farming giant SalMar is facing an official investigation following the escape of salmon from its giant offshore platform Ocean Farm 1. It is not yet known how many fish […] Continue Reading
SSF serves up profit for SalMar
Following losses at the start of the year, Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) produced a modest second quarter profit for salmon farming giant SalMar, the Norwegian company has revealed in its […] Continue Reading
Ocean Farm 1 gets new licences
THE salmon farming group SalMar has been give the go-ahead to convert eight development permits into fish production licences for its giant revolutionary offshore ‘sea cage’ known as Ocean Farm […] Continue Reading
Salmar announces ‘best ever’ Q1 results
EFFORTS to deal with long standing biological problems at Scottish Sea Farms negatively impacted on its performance at the start of this year, Norwegian salmon giant SalMar reports with its […] Continue Reading
Norwegian farmers taking salmon price hit
NORWEGIAN fish farmers are facing a marked decline in the price of fresh salmon this week for the first time since the Covid-19 crisis hit more than six weeks ago. Figures from Statistics […] Continue Reading