
Bakkafrost reports strong Q2 harvest
FOLLOWING a difficult start to the year Bakkafrost, the Faroese and now Scottish salmon farming business, is forecasting a strong recovery in the second quarter (March to June) of 2019. […] Continue Reading
FOLLOWING a difficult start to the year Bakkafrost, the Faroese and now Scottish salmon farming business, is forecasting a strong recovery in the second quarter (March to June) of 2019. […] Continue Reading
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has become the first salmon producer in Europe to be recognised with a 4-star ‘Best Aquaculture Practices’ (BAP) certification. The prestigious certification is a reflection […] Continue Reading
BAKKAFROST has revealed it is working to save a strain of North Atlantic salmon unique to the Faroe Islands that was in danger of becoming extinct, in a move that […] Continue Reading
Ten-year-old Ava Douglas from the Isle of Lewis has been crowned the winner of a competition to name The Scottish Salmon Company’s (SSC) new workboat with her entry ‘Spirit of […] Continue Reading
BAKKAFROST is planning to invest more than £160 million in its new acquisition, the Scottish Salmon Company, over the next four years, the Faroese fish farmer has revealed. The company […] Continue Reading
FORMER Mowi Scotland chief Alan Sutherland has been appointed as marine director of the Scottish Salmon Company. Sutherland was managing director at what was then Marine Harvest for nine years […] Continue Reading
A BAN on the import of salmon eggs from Norway, introduced last summer, could be good news for the Scottish industry in the long term, sources said. Since the temporary […] Continue Reading
RUSSIA has imposed an import ban on salmon from Bakkafrost in a move which could cost the Faroese fish farmer around £30 million a year in lost income. The surprise decision […] Continue Reading
A NEW initiative to recruit young people into the aquaculture industry will ‘light a fire’ and inspire the next generation to find out more about the industry, said rural economy […] Continue Reading