Posts Tagged ‘Scottish Sea Farms’
Women in aquaculture group launched
REPRESENTATIVES from across the aquaculture industry in Scotland are meeting today to launch Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA), which aims to encourage more women to join the sector. Aquaculture professionals from industry, academia and the public sector, gathering at Stirling University, will celebrate International Women’s Day by pledging to support women in the industry. The…
Read MoreStudy explores impact of RAS on salmon
THE impact of recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) on salmon smolts is to be investigated by a consortium led by Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA). The £2 million Robust-Smolt study – involving 14 institutions and organisations – will compare the robustness and susceptibility of RAS reared Atlantic salmon to pathogens. Over the next three years,…
Read MoreAquaGen buys Scottish salmon hatchery
AQUAGEN, the world leading salmon breeder and supplier of eggs, has signed a deal to buy Scottish Sea Farms’ freshwater hatchery at Holywood near Dumfries as part of a long-term strategic investment that will further improve fish welfare in Scotland. The acquisition follows a successful trial production of eggs under licence in autumn 2018 and…
Read MoreLerøy posts strong Q4 results
THE Lerøy Seafood Group today posted substantially higher earnings and profits for the final quarter of 2018. The group, which owns a half share in Scottish Sea Farms, announced that Q4 revenues rose by NOK 773,000 to NOK 5,340 million. Harvest total was up by 17 per cent 49,000 tonnes gutted weight of salmon and…
Read MoreIndustry forges links with PhD talent pool
AQUACULTURE’S future leaders will meet with industry representatives in a series of seminars designed to find new ways of tackling the sector’s challenges. Four PhD students from the universities of Stirling, Aberdeen, and Glasgow, as well as the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), will join 11 participants from Scottish companies, including Mowi, BioMar, the…
Read MoreFarmers in ‘Norwegian salmon’ probe
EUROPEAN Union officials visited several Norwegian owned salmon companies in Scotland yesterday to explore alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the sector, according to a report by Undercurrent News. Grieg, Mowi (formerly Marine Harvest) and Scottish Sea Farms were all subject to inspections, the report said. But there is some confusion over why Scottish producers were at…
Read MoreFarmer’s role in wild salmon success
A SCOTTISH salmon farmer has launched a restocking project on Mull in collaboration with local wild fisheries interests. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) supplied 300,000 ova to the Glen Forsa hatchery at Benmore Estate at Gruline as part of a long-term partnership. The hatchery marks a significant investment for the estate and will see salmon…
Read MoreSalMar delivers strong performance
SALMAR today became the latest Norwegian salmon farming company this month to deliver higher profits and earnings on the back of increased prices and strong demand during both the final quarter of 2018 and for the full year. The company announced a fourth quarter operating profit (EBIT) of 934.9 million kroner, up from NOK 707.2…
Read MorePredator nets help cut seal culling
SCOTTISH Sea Farms has released its seal culling figures for the past year, which show a drop of 31 per cent on 2017, from 16 to 11. The company, which has 45 salmon farms around Scotland’s west coast and islands, has installed Sea Pro anti-predator netting, supplied by W&J Knox, at 21 of its farms…
Read MoreSalMar recruits seafood high flier
ONE of the most experienced players in the international aquaculture sector is to become the new chief finance and chief operating officer of salmon farming giant SalMar, the Norwegian company that owns 50 per cent of Scottish Sea Farms. Trine Sæther Romuld (pictured) will take up her post at the beginning of July. She replaces…
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