Double accolade for family oyster business

It was a double celebration for family-owned Caledonian Oysters at the Scottish Shellfish Awards this week, with the business retaining its title for Best Native Oysters and receiving a commendation in the Rock Oyster (Gigas) category. The awards, held as part of the annual Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers conference in Oban, saw prizes given…

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Campaigners question ‘sustainable salmon’ claims

Two campaign groups are calling on the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to take action over the industry body Salmon Scotland’s use of the word “sustainable”. The two organisations, WildFish and Coastal Communities Network Scotland (CCN), say they have submitted a detailed dossier and complaint to the CMA. The complaint details the extensive use of…

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Salmon Scotland calls for change in ‘protected’ status wording

Industry body Salmon Scotland has confirmed that it has asked for the phrase “farmed” to be removed from the sector’s “protected geographical indication”, the rules which set out which products can be sold as “Scottish salmon”. A protected geographical indication (PGI) can apply to any food, drink and agricultural product with a geographical connection or…

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Grant aims to support IoT take-up for aquaculture

Aquaculture is among the sectors set to benefit from a business support initiative that has been set up to encourage investment by Scottish companies in “Internet of Things” (IoT) technology. IoT Secure – led by IoT experts at CENSIS, Scotland’s innovation centre for sensing, imaging, and IoT technologies – has secured additional government funding to…

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Cooke’s Scotland arm reports profits for 2022 up 31%

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland saw profits up by almost a third in 2022 despite a “challenging year”, the company has reported. Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022, just published, show net profits up 31% to £27.5m. This was despite a modest increase in turnover of 4%, to £184m, and volumes falling by 15% on…

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Farmers rise to the challenge

Despite natural environmental challenges, the hard work and dedication of farmers and production companies has improved survival rates for farmed salmon through 2023. So says Salmon Scotland Chief Executive Tavish Scott in his latest column for Fish Farmer, in which he explains how understanding the mortality problems that came to a head last year has…

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Innovation award for SAMS spin-out

A new company that aims to use marine worms to clean up waste from fish farms has won a prestigious national business competition. N-ovatio-N™ CEO Dr Georgina Robinson, received the Converge Challenge prize at the Converge Awards ceremony in Glasgow earlier this month. The Converge Challenge prize was the premier award presented on the night…

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Higher Q3 harvest and profit for Mowi Scotland

Mowi today unveiled a 2023 third quarter record high harvest and an EBIT or operational profit of €203m (£177m) with Scotland showing a marked improvement on two fronts. In contrast, profits for the group as a whole were down on Q3 last year. Seafood analysts in Norway said the Mowi results were weaker than expected,…

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blutanQ stars in Norway

Balmoral Tanks’ blutanQ® RAS tank technology was heavily featured on the company’s stand at the recent Aqua Nor exhibition in Trondheim, Norway. Jonathan Smith, Sales Director, said: “The show presented an excellent opportunity for us to demonstrate the many advantages of blutanQ. It seems as though the industry is delighted with the product as well…

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Mowi to close Dingwall processing site

MOWI looks set to close the former Wester Ross processing facility at Dingwall, local reports have said. Around 15 people will be affected but they will be offered jobs at other facilities within the company. The Ross-shire Journal report said Mowi has entered a consultation period with the staff with a proposal to permanently close…

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