Young’s paid Pinneys staff £7.7 million
YOUNG’S Seafood spent more than £7 million on redundancy payments to the 450 staff who worked at its Pinneys salmon site in Annan, the company’s annual report has revealed. The […] Continue Reading
Salmon alert after listeria bacteria discovery
AN alert has gone out in Singapore after a consignment of Norwegian salmon was found to contain listeria bacteria. But both the authorities and the Norway Seafood Council have been […] Continue Reading
High temperatures hits salmon prices in Scotland and Norway
SALMON prices in both Norway and Scotland have fallen to levels not seen for at least two years with the exceptionally high temperatures which have swept across Europe and the […] Continue Reading
Electronic tags for Moray Firth salmon as key project launches
AN AMBITIOUS salmon tagging project will begin in the Moray Firth this week. Ness District Salmon Fishery Board hope will give vital information required to better manage declining stocks of […] Continue Reading
Mowi take salmon to the streets of Scotland
Scotland’s biggest salmon producer has joined the street food movement to provide a fundraising boost to charities across Scotland. Mowi will be hitting the road with its eye catching Mowi […] Continue Reading
Exported salmon from Iceland hits new record level
THE export value of farmed salmon from Iceland’s still modest, but rapidly expanding aquaculture sector, is breaking new records. The latest official figures show that in the first five months […] Continue Reading
Salmon producers say emergency inspections are in place
THE Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation say the country’s fish farms are already subject to emergency inspections. The demand has come in the form of a petition from campaigners with the […] Continue Reading
Mowi adds to portfolio with Norwegian acquisition
MOWI has moved to strengthen its Norwegian base by buying the family owned salmon business of K. Strømmen Lakseoppdrett AS. The company confirmed the 790 million kroner (£73 million) deal in a […] Continue Reading
Salmon production holds up despite algae tragedy
IT may have been the worst attack for almost 30 years, but the huge algae outbreak in the north of Norway earlier this month has not seriously dented the country’s […] Continue Reading