SSF serves up profit for SalMar
Following losses at the start of the year, Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) produced a modest second quarter profit for salmon farming giant SalMar, the Norwegian company has revealed in its […] Continue Reading
Ocean Farm 1 gets new licences
THE salmon farming group SalMar has been give the go-ahead to convert eight development permits into fish production licences for its giant revolutionary offshore ‘sea cage’ known as Ocean Farm […] Continue Reading
Scottish Sea Farms pay back furlough funds
Scottish Sea Farms has announced that it will repay all money received from the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as markets re-open and business performance begins to show signs […] Continue Reading
Leroy sees Q1 profits increase
LERØY Seafood, co-owners of Scottish Sea Farms operations, today reported a substantial increase in revenues and operational profits for the first quarter of this year. Income was up from 4,746 […] Continue Reading
Researchers address global gill health challenge
RESEARCH that will address global gill health issues in farmed salmon is being undertaken on sites in Scotland and Tasmania, Australia. The project aims to improve the monitoring and treatment […] Continue Reading
Scottish farmer dismissed from price fixing case
SCOTTISH Sea Farms has been released from a US class-action lawsuit that alleges Norwegian salmon companies colluded to fix salmon prices. The plaintiffs, led by seafood supplier Euclid Fish Company, […] Continue Reading
Salmon farmer plans first ocean farm for Scotland
A NORWEGIAN style ocean farm capable of holding 1.25 million fish could be sited off the coast of Scotland if one of the country’s leading farmers receives approval for its […] Continue Reading
Norway egg ban ‘boost for Scottish broodstock’
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
SalMar reports gradual upturn at Scottish Sea Farms
BIOLOGICAL issues at Scottish Sea Farms are continuing to impact on SalMar’s financial performance, 2019 fourth quarter figures from the Norwegian salmon farming giant show. However, there are signs of […] Continue Reading