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Fire badly damages Mowi’s new smolt plant in Iceland

Fire has badly damaged an Arctic Fish smolt facility still under construction at Tálknafjördur in the Westfjords region of Iceland yesterday. Company officials are today trying to assess the extent […] Continue Reading

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Bakkafrost consults on Hunterston RAS site

Bakkafrost Scotland has said it intends to submit a planning application for a RAS facility at the Hunterston Port site in Ayrshire. The RAS (recirculating aquaculture systems) plant would be […] Continue Reading

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Grieg shelves NOK 1.9bn smolt project

Grieg Seafood has announced it is postponing a NOK 1.9 billion expansion project in Norway’s Finnmark region because of uncertainty following last week’s tax shock announcement. Work on the company’s […] Continue Reading

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BioMar’s appeal over smolt feed patent is thrown out

The long-running dispute between BioMar and STIM over a patent for smolt feed has finally come to an end, with a Norwegian Supreme Court ruling in favour of STIM. STIM […] Continue Reading

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Salmon Evolution says smolts developing well

Land-based fish farmer Salmon Evolution says the strong biological performance for its first batch of smolts, reported in the company’s Q1 2022 presentation has continued for the remainder of the […] Continue Reading

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Arnarlax buys up Iceland smolt facility

Icelandic salmon farmer Arnarlax is strengthening its smolt operations following a key acquisition. The company has signed a share purchase agreement for the remaining 50% shares in the Eldisstöðin Ísþór […] Continue Reading

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Bakkafrost aims at shorter growth cycle

Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen has spelled out further plans for improved biological performance at both its Scottish and Faroe Islands salmon farms, including raising smolt sizes by around 30% or […] Continue Reading

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Nippon Gases to supply SalMar smolt plant

A new smolt facility and hatchery for salmon farmer SalMar will use oxygen and surplus heat from a nearby industrial gas production plant. Nippon Gases Norge has won a contract […] Continue Reading

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BioMar ordered to pay up in patent dispute

Feed company BioMar has been ordered to pay its competitor STIM NOK 36m (£3.1m) over breach of patent on a smolt feed. The ruling, by the Borgarting Court of Appeal […] Continue Reading

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