Salmon farmer wins ‘excellence’ award for export
SCOTTISH Sea Farms won the coveted Export Business of the Year award in the Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, held last night in Edinburgh. The company beat off stiff […] Continue Reading
Algae outbreak costing Norway billions of kroner
NORWAY’S fisheries minister is to hold an urgent meeting with the salmon farming industry as it was disclosed losses from a major algae outbreak this week could reach more than […] Continue Reading
Fish inflation hits Young’s profits
THE rising cost of fish – both wild caught and farmed – appears to have hit the profits of Young’s, Britain’s largest seafood company. The Grimsby based business today reported […] Continue Reading
New boss at North Atlantic Seafood Forum
THE former chief of MSD Animal Health is to head the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF), the prestigious annual seafood conference, it was reported yesterday. Johan Kvalheim (pictured) will replace […] Continue Reading
Scottish Sea Farms ‘satisfactory’ in Q1
LERØY Seafood yesterday reported a ‘satisfactory result’ from its Scottish Sea Farms operations, which is shares with fellow Norwegian salmon giants SalMar, during the first quarter of this year. But […] Continue Reading
OPINION: Success in the salmon farming zone
PARTICIPANTS at the recent Fisheries Management Scotland conference were given a copy of the latest annual review, which includes reports from all the main salmon and sea trout rivers. The […] Continue Reading
Salmon medicated to beat the blues
SALMON may be vulnerable to a bout of the ‘blues’, with symptoms similar to those suffered by humans, a leading Norwegian marine scientist has suggested. The researcher, Øyvind Øverli, has […] Continue Reading
Key markets for Scottish seafood
The latest market insight reports from Seafood Scotland offer Scottish companies a wealth of information to help them understand changes and opportunities in key markets, identify how to increase existing […] Continue Reading
Orkney man a champ in M&S food chain
AN Orkney based fish farm manager has won a prestigious international farming award for his work in establishing a new salmon farm. Richard Darbyshire, from Scottish Sea Farms, will go […] Continue Reading