Bakkafrost

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Bakkafrost subsidiary, FarCargo has taken receipt of its first aircraft to help ensure delivery of the freshest salmon from its Faroe Island sites.

18th January 2024

Faroese salmon flies high

18th January 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Redundancies have been made at Bakkafrost which the company says is directly due to a decrease in harvest volumes and the new Faroese revenue tax.

14th November 2023

Faroese revenue tax blamed for Bakkafrost job losses

14th November 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Bakkafrost Scotland, the 24-metre Turas A ’Bhradain is the first of a tailor-made pair of vessels designed to carry out a range of tasks from carrying general cargo to conducting…

10th October 2023

Macduff delivers aquaculture workboat

10th October 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Atlantic salmon farmer Bakkafrost Group harvested a total 20,800 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) weight fish in the third-quarter of this year, with reduced volumes for the period from both its Faroese…

5th October 2023

Lower Q3 salmon harvest for Bakkafrost, feed sales down

5th October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Faroe Islands-headquartered salmon farmer Bakkafrost Group has advised that preliminary results of the unaudited consolidated accounts for the second-quarter 2023 indicate a lower-than-expected operational earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).

17th July 2023

Bakkafrost issues Q2 profit warning

17th July 2023

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

“Some say Covid was the biggest marketing campaign for salmon,” Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen told a conference session at Seafood Expo Global (SEG) 2023 in Barcelona focusing on seafood business strategies in…

14th June 2023

Capitalising on seafood’s competitive advantage

14th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The volume of salmon harvested in the Faroe Islands by the Bakkafrost Group in the first-quarter of this year decreased by 6,500 tonnes year-on-year to the equivalent of 11,000 tonnes head-on gutted…

6th April 2023

Bakkafrost’s Scottish salmon harvest doubles

6th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Faroese salmon producer, Bakkafrost, has made earnings before tax and interest of DKK376 million (€50.5 million) in the last quarter of 2022 with a net loss of DKK154 million (€20.69 million).

22nd February 2023

Bakkafrost: Q4 satisfactory

22nd February 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has bolstered its board with a trio of new appointments representing three of Scotland’s salmon producers.

31st January 2023

SAIC board expands

31st January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Four renowned sushi chefs from Brazil have taken part in a trade mission around Scotland designed to promote UK seafood and boost exports to South America.

23rd January 2023

Sushi chefs sample Scotland

23rd January 2023