Posts Tagged ‘Skretting’
Cooke buys Skretting’s UK feed plant
CANADIAN owned salmon farmer Cooke has bought Skretting’s Scottish feed mill in Invergordon, which ceased production in April this year. New Brunswick based Cooke announced today the establishment of Northeast Nutrition Scotland at the Easter Ross site. Skretting, owned by Nutreco, said last year that the decision to close its UK operation was due to…
Read MoreSkretting backs black soldier fly feed
FEED giant Skretting today signed a deal with insect meal producer Protix that could see up to 5.5 million salmon servings a year with the alternative protein in the diet. News of the agreement came as Protix officially opened its state-of-the-art insect production facility in Bergen op Zoom, in the Netherlands. The event was attended…
Read MoreNew French factory will scale up insect meal production
A FRENCH company producing insect meal as an alternative protein in fish diets has been given €20 million EU backing for a new factory. Ynsect, one of the early pioneers of insect aqua feed, today announced the development, which will produce protein from mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor). The new Poulainville plant, on the outskirts of…
Read MoreSalmon fed algal oil on sale in French shops
SALMON fed with marine algal oil is now on sale in more than 100 stores in north-east France. The fish, farmed by Norwegian company Lingalaks, have been on a diet developed by Skretting and containing omega-3 EPA and DHA algal oil as an alternative to fish oil from wild caught fish. The oil is made…
Read MoreRafferty to head up Cermaq Chile
AQUACULTURE veteran Steven Rafferty has been appointed the new managing director of Cermaq Chile, it was announced yesterday. He joins the company – which he last worked for as chief financial officer and chief operating officer farming between 2008 and 2010 – from London based Global Maritime, where he is aquaculture director. The Scot was…
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 MoreFarmer sells algal oil fed salmon
NORWEGIAN salmon farmer Lingalaks has begun commercial production of salmon fed on alternative fish oil, produced from algae. Since last October, the producer, based in Hardanger fjord, has been feeding 50 per cent of its salmon a diet developed by Skretting, containing omega-3 EPA + DHA algal oil created by Veramaris. The German retail chain…
Read MoreSkretting to close down UK feed plants
FEED company Skretting is to close down its UK operations due to market overcapacity, the company announced today. The Stavanger, Norway, headquartered firm has started a process of consulting with employees with the view to cease production in the UK at the end of April 2019. The move is aimed at reducing the overcapacity in the highly…
Read MorePrincess champions ‘crucial’ aquaculture firms
SWEDEN’S heir to the throne showed she could match the environmental credentials of her UK counterpart when she addressed the AquaVision conference in Stavanger this afternoon. Crown Princess Victoria was the star speaker on day two of the event, which is aimed at aquaculture leaders, and her message was ‘we must stop treating our oceans…
Read MoreGlobal leaders gather for AquaVision
AQUACULTURE leaders from across the world gathered in Stavanger last night for the start of the biennial AquaVision conference, held over two days in the city. Almost 450 participants from 45 countries – including a 45-strong delegation from Chile and a sizeable Antipodean group – will hear today from keynote speaker Ban-Ki moon, secretary-general of…
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