Posts Tagged ‘smolt’
Lerøy loses 490,000 young salmon to ‘water quality’ issues
The Lerøy Seafood group has been affected by another biological incident which has led to the death of almost half a million young salmon in Norway. The deaths were reported at the Lerøy Sjøtroll facility at Kjærelva in Fitjar municipality in Sunnhordland. They are thought to be due to poor water quality. Lerøy Sjøtroll said…
Read MoreBiofish completes growth plan
Specialist post smolt producer Biofish says its capacity expansion plan has now been completed. It follows an equity issue which raised NOK 74.5m (£5.6m) during the early part of this year. The Bergen, Norway-based company said in a Stock Exchange announcement that it was delighted to have achieved a vital phase in its production plan.…
Read MoreCourt ruling sparks war of words over patent
Feed group BioMar says it has won its battle against a patent infringement claim by competitor, STIM AS, but STIM has called the ruling no more than a \”legal filbuster\”. STIM’s request for an injunction to ban the sale of BioMar’s Intro Tuning has been denied. The Oslo county court ruled that the production and…
Read MoreMilestone for Barcaldine as first fish reach market
Scottish Sea Farms has hailed a milestone with the harvest of the first fish to be reared as smolts at the company\’s new hatchery at Barcaldine, Argyllshire. The fish were transferred a year ago from the new RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) hatchery at Barcaldine to SSF’s Loch Nevis C farm for on-growing. The smolts had…
Read MoreBakkafrost smolt hatchery set for expansion
Bakkafrost has signed an agreement with Norwegian recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology company Nofitech to expand the Glyvradal smolt hatchery on the Faroe Islands. The project will expand the hatchery’s capacity by 13,000 cubic metres. Bakkafrost says the move is part of its long term investment plan and will mean that the annual production of…
Read MoreSuperSmolt success with feed only solution
Transfer delays to seawater are no longer a problem for robust, synchronised smolt FISH welfare after sea transfer is one of the biggest challenges in salmon farming – but it doesn’t have to be. The delicate process of smoltification – turning freshwater salmon parr into sea-ready smolt – is no easy thing to facilitate in…
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