Posts Tagged ‘Scottish Sea Farms’
Wind, waves and sun
As Sandy Neil reports, moves are afoot to find greener energy sources for fish farming operations.
Read MoreHearts and minds at TriNations 2024
The TriNations initiative brings together industry and academic experts to share the latest updates on farmed fish health. Chris Mitchell reports on latest TriNations event, held earlier this year in Bergen.
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Sunken salmon farm vessel safely raised
Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms’ landing craft, the Julie Anne, which sank in the Sound of Mull last month without warning, has been safely raised.
There is still no explanation as to why the vessel sank, but experts hope to find more clues now that it has been recovered.
Read MoreUK Fisheries Minister visits SSF Shetland sites
Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms played host to the UK’s new Fisheries Minister, Daniel Zeichner, who visited one of the company’s farm sites and a processing centre in Shetland. The minister toured Scottish Sea Farms’ Vidlin salmon farm and processing facility at Gremista, Lerwick. Zeichner praised the sector’s vital role in supporting local communities and…
Read MoreLerøy positive despite lower Q2 operational profit
The Lerøy Seafood Group, part owners of Scottish Sea Farms, produced a second quarter operational profit of NOK 906m (£66m), NOK 44m (£3.2m) lower than a year ago. However, the company said there had been good biological improvements during the period, with promising results from shielding technology.
Read MoreScottish Sea Farms bounces back into profit and almost doubles harvest
Scottish Sea Farms has more than doubled its revenue and turned loss into profit during the second quarter of this year.
Read MoreMarine Husbandry Opportunities – Fishnish, Mull
Are you a highly motivated individual looking to grow your career within the aquaculture industry? Working within our newly designed farming structures and highly supportive teams might be just what you are searching for in your next career step.
Read MoreAlgal bloom detection system marks first year in operation
A system created to detect harmful plankton has analysed around 38 million images in its first year of operation at a fish farm site in Shetland.
Read MoreContractors working to refloat sunken farm vessel
Work is underway to recover a Scottish Sea Farms landing craft that sank last Thursday.
Read MoreYoung Aquaculture Society members get taste of life on the farms
Members of the newly formed Young Aquaculture Society (YAS) turned out in force yesterday at Scottish Sea Farms’ west coast facilities for a deep dive into how farmed salmon are raised.
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