Posts Tagged ‘salmon farming’
Grieg catching up with big players
GRIEG Seafood is no longer swimming in the shadow of the big salmon farming players on financial markets, a leading industry observer has suggested. Tore Tønseth, a seafood analyst at the investment organisation Spare-Bank 1 Markets, said that so far this year the value of the company’s shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange had risen…
Read MoreSeafood expert is new Loch Duart chair
SCOTTISH salmon farmer Loch Duart has appointed a new chairman with a background in the seafood sector. Alistair Erskine was the owner of the Edinburgh Salmon Company and has also managed J W Seafoods, Allen & Dey (seafood processors) and salmon farming company, Highland Fish Farmers. He takes over from Dr Andrew Barbour, who has…
Read MoreMowi defends salmon farming against latest BBC attack
SCOTLAND’S biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, has defended its farming practices ahead of a potentially damaging BBC broadcast next week. The Panorama programme, titled ‘Salmon Farming Exposed’, airs on Monday night and Mowi said in a statement issued today that it expects this to provide ‘an unbalanced and negative portrayal of our industry and company’. Mowi…
Read MoreOPINION: Don\’t blame farms for nationwide decline
THE first proper spring salmon I ever saw was pulled from the icy waters of the Tay on a bitter March day 20 years ago. There was snow in the air, the water was barely above freezing – it actually felt lower than that even through a pair of neoprene waders – and the sky…
Read MoreOPINION: Don\’t blame farms for nationwide decline
THE first proper spring salmon I ever saw was pulled from the icy waters of the Tay on a bitter March day 20 years ago. There was snow in the air, the water was barely above freezing – it actually felt lower than that even through a pair of neoprene waders – and the sky…
Read MoreIntelligent feed tool a farming ‘breakthrough’
A FEEDING system using artificial intelligence has been described as a ‘revolutionary breakthrough’ for fish farmers. The innovative software uses artificial intelligence (AI) to not only optimise feed costs with pellet recognition technology, but also provides a detailed analysis of fish behaviour. Created by London based Observe Technologies in partnership with AKVA group Scotland, the…
Read MoreLoch Duart in high growth league
SALMON farmer Loch Duart has been included in a Sunday Times list of companies with the fastest growing profits. The firm, based in Sutherland and the Hebrides, was placed at number 21 in the newspaper’s annual BDO Profit Track 100 and second among the eight Scottish headquartered companies who made the list. The table ranks…
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