Posts Tagged ‘salmon farms’
Salmon waste to power jet airliners
WASTE from salmon farms in Norway may soon be used to power jet airliners – including those carrying seafood to Asia. Millions of kroner is being invested in the large Biokraft biofuel plant near the town of Skogn in Central Norway to produce ‘green’ gasoline for planes. The project is being carried out in collaboration…
Read MoreBirds blamed for salmon decline on River Tweed
STOCKS of wild salmon in the River Tweed have fallen to an all-time low because of record numbers of predatory birds, according to new research. Salmon catches dropped from a high of 23,000 in 2010 to an all-time low of 5,510 last year, prompting a study of the likely causes. The Tweed Salmon Tracking Report…
Read MoreFirst Kyleakin feed delivered to Mowi farms
THE first batches of feed made at Mowi Scotland’s new plant at Kyleakin on Skye have been delivered to the company’s salmon farms on the west coast and the Hebrides. Two ships from Norway, Eidholm and Mikal With, have been dispatching the feed – Neptune Summer 200, 600, 1200 and 2500. Neptune 50 Adapt is…
Read MoreLay-offs ‘inevitable’ in algae crisis
SEAFOOD Norway, the body which represents the country’s fishing and aquaculture industry, has warned there are likely to be serious economic consequences from the large algae outbreak which has devastated salmon farms in the Nordland and Troms regions. Around 13,000 tonnes, or eight million fish, worth more than two billion kroner have been lost in…
Read MoreMajor algae outbreak hits Norwegian farms
THOUSANDS of tonnes of farmed salmon have died following a large algae outbreak off the north coast of Norway. A significant area in the fjords between the regions of Troms and Nordland have suffered an acute growth of the bloom and the fear is that it may spread to other important salmon farming areas. Losses…
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