Posts Tagged ‘salmon’
Fast track – or road to ruin?
Science offers a way to bring about dramatic improvements in livestock – including salmon – but not everyone is happy about it, Robert Outram finds.
Read MoreWhat now for RSPCA Assured?
The campaign group Animal Rising is calling on the RSPCA to drop its ethical food labelling scheme, RSPCA Assured, following what it calls “the biggest scandal in RSPCA history”: a report cataloguing “catastrophic failures across 45 farms assured by the charity”.
Read MoreNordic Aqua Partners forced into surprise cull
Land-based salmon farmer Nordic Aqua Partners has said it expects to lose around 190 tonnes in the current quarter after detecting a high concentration of the off-flavour compound geosmin at its Chinese facility.
Read MoreInverlussa takes on its first wellboat
Aquaculture services business Inverlussa has acquired its first wellboat. The vessel, which has been renamed Isaac McKinnon, will be working with salmon producer Mowi on the west coast of Scotland.
Read MoreOff the hook
As Vince McDonagh reports, a study by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has added to the evidence that farmed salmon are not spreading diseases to their wild counterparts.
Read MoreLerøy Seafood invests in US biotech company
The Lerøy Seafood Group has announced a strategic investment in the US biotech company Salmonics.
The terms of the investment remain undisclosed, but the announcement said it will support Salmonics’ continued growth and cutting edge biotechnology, which uses fish blood to create healthcare products.
Read MoreSon of SalMar founder comes in from cold
Gustav Magnar Witzøe, son of the founder of the salmon giant SalMar, has joined the board of family-owned group Kvarv.
It had previously been reported that he wanted to remain outside active business and had considered moving to Switzerland at one point last year.
Far out, man
Iceland has joined the list of countries looking at whether fish farming could expand into more challenging ocean locations, as Vince McDonagh reports.
Read MoreWhat price differentiation?
The climate for fish sales and prices globally is generally set fair, with the odd bump. This is in stark contrast to the outlook for production globally, especially for salmon.
Read MoreSalmon now Iceland’s second highest seafood earner
Farmed salmon has jumped into second place as Iceland’s second most valuable seafood export, the latest official figures show, but it is still running a long way behind cod.
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