Posts Tagged ‘Scottish Sea Farms’
Salmon farmers separate fact from fiction
SCOTLAND’S salmon farmers have produced a booklet of facts about their industry, aimed at addressing misperceptions and correcting often inaccurate coverage in the press. The publication, ‘Reported Versus Reality: A Pocket Guide to Scottish Salmon Farming’, has been sent to MSPs, Scottish MPs and local councillors, as well as to other stakeholders, including regulators, environmental…
Read MoreSalMar value doubles in less than a year
THE value of the fish farming giant SalMar has doubled in the past 12 months, the Norwegian media are reporting. The family owned company, whose motto is ‘passion for salmon’, is now worth more than 40 billion kroners (£3.6 billion sterling), twice what it was just a year ago. Shares of the company, which owns 50 per…
Read More‘Good’ first quarter for Scottish Sea Farms
SALMON farming giant SalMar today announced ‘satisfactory’ first quarter results for 2018, with overall price during the period contributing to revenue growth and further strong earnings. Its half owned Scottish subsidiary, Scottish Sea Farms, posted a good result in the first quarter 2018 on the back of sound underlying operations. It harvested 6,000 tonnes in the…
Read MoreMachrihanish milestone as farmed wrasse spawn
A MAJOR milestone in wrasse culture has been reached at the Marine Harvest hatchery in Machrihanish, with the first spawning of farmed fish. Andrew Davie, of the Institute of Aquaculture, who has spearheaded wrasse research in collaboration with the Marine Harvest site, along with the company’s Paul Featherstone and Lindsay Sherriff, said on Twitter yesterday: ‘It has taken…
Read MoreLower salmon prices hit Lerøy Q1
THE Lerøy Seafood Group, whose operations include salmon farming, white fish trawling and fish processing today reported a significant drop in both earnings and operating profit for the first quarter of 2018. Revenues for the period totalled NOK 5,000 million, compared with NOK 5,459 million in Q1 2017, while the operating profit before fair value…
Read MoreM&S ‘proud’ of its Scottish farmed salmon
Marks & Spencer said it sells only Scottish farmed salmon, which is trusted by customers for its high quality and taste. Sourcing 10,000 tonnes of raw material a year, from Scottish Sea Farms, helped create jobs in rural communities where employment opportunities are less readily available, said the retailer. However, in a written submission to…
Read More‘Learn the ropes’ MH boss tells students
THE boss of Scotland’s biggest salmon farming company told students yesterday they were more likely to get a job in his company if they’d had work experience on a farm. Ben Hadfield, managing director of Marine Harvest Scotland, said he had his first job at 15, in a water purification plant, and went back there…
Read More£800,000 project targets gill health
A PROJECT worth almost £800,000 has been launched by Scottish Sea Farms and feed company BioMar to target gill health in farmed salmon. The £798,400, two-year initiative, part funded by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), will develop innovative diagnostic tools to precisely monitor the gill condition of salmon in seawater pens, along with devising…
Read MoreNew SalMar chief speaks of growth plans
Olav-Andreas Ervik, SalMar’s new CEO, has spoken of his excitement at taking over the reins one of the world’s leading salmon farming companies. He was appointed to the post yesterday after Trond Williksen unexpectedly announced his resignation as chief executive. The move comes amid the Chinese arrest at the weekend of a Norwegian citizen, once linked…
Read MoreChange of CEO at SalMar
THE CEO of Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar is standing down after little more than a year in the post. According to reports, Trond Williksen (pictured), who was the boss of Akva in Norway for six years, has asked to be relieved of his duties at SalMar, which owns 50 per cent of Scottish Sea Farms.…
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