Salmon Farming

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based salmon farming company Gigante Salmon has confirmed it is on course to start production at its first facility on Lille Indre Rosøy in Rødøy, Norway, this autumn.

8th August 2023

Gigante Salmon readies for production start

8th August 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

A UK research team is taking the next steps towards using hemp seed as a sustainable protein source for Scottish salmon feeds, following the success of the first live trials.

3rd August 2023

High hopes for hemp-based salmon feed

3rd August 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With demand softening and El Niño driving up fishmeal prices, the second-half of 2023 is expected to be the most challenging period for global aquaculture since the peak of the Covid pandemic…

31st July 2023

Falling demand and El Niño to challenge global aquaculture

31st July 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Award-winning fishery scientist, educator and brand ambassador for Secret Island Emily De Sousa explains why sustainable aquaculture is beneficial for the environment and consumers alike.

28th July 2023

How aquaculture has reshaped the seafood industry (and why it’s a good thing!)

28th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shetland salmon farmers have joined forces to support the Tall Ships’ return to Lerwick, part of the Tall Ships Races – a festival held every summer in European waters.

25th July 2023

Salmon farmers back Shetland tall ships

25th July 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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi ASA posted operational earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of approximately €300 million for the second-quarter of this year, some €20 million less than in the corresponding period of…

17th July 2023

Mowi Q2 harvest increases but earnings fall

17th July 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

“The potential for land-based aquaculture is huge,” says Kjetil Haga, founding partner of impact seafood investor Bluefront Equity, “and a lot of that is down to events taking place in the salmon…

13th July 2023

Bluefront Equity takes a niche approach

13th July 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

At the time of writing, Atlantic salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon AS had just confirmed that it is to progress with plans that will increase the total production volume at it Kvalnes site…

13th July 2023

Andfjord Salmon looks to capitalise on its natural advantage

13th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian-headquartered salmon farmer SalMar ASA harvested 44,300 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) salmon in the second-quarter of this year, up 11,900 tonnes on the corresponding period of 2022, with increased volumes coming…

10th July 2023

Increased Q2 salmon harvest for SalMar

10th July 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Grimsby and the wider Humber region is synonymous with fish. It is home to most of the UK’s largest processing companies and manufactures around 80% of the country’s seafood. It’s also estimated…

6th July 2023

Great Grimsby looks to lead UK’s RAS revolution

6th July 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

First Water hf, formerly known as Landeldi hf, which is farming salmon on land in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, has completed a new financing round worth ISK12.3 billion.

4th July 2023

Icelandic salmon farm raises new capital

4th July 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

A strategic partnership has been established between land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon and fish handling technology provider Cflow to develop the former’s facility at Andøya, Norway.

20th June 2023

New partners to advance land-based salmon farm

20th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Falcon Bidco AS, a company indirectly wholly-owned by infrastructure funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has entered into an agreement with NTS AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SalMar ASA and Frøy…

5th June 2023

Goldman Sachs to buy NOK 6.6 billion Frøy

5th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A new and upgraded live fish transfer system has been delivered to SalMar Aker Ocean’s fish farm, Offshore Farm 1.

5th June 2023

Offshore farm’s fish transfer system delivered

5th June 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Small-scale, low-impact salmon farmer Loch Duart has confirmed it has switched its feed to BioMar’s new Blue Impact diet that the aquafeed producer launched last year. The northwest Scotland company is the…

2nd June 2023

Scottish farmer first with BioMar’s latest feed

2nd June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The government of Norway has had its resource rent tax on aquaculture passed by the country’s parliament (Storting), but the controversial proposal’s rate of 35% was lowered to 25%.

30th May 2023

Norwegian salmon farming tax agreed at 25%

30th May 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish salmon exports to Asia have more than doubled to GBP 24 million in response to growing demand, new HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show.

22nd May 2023

Scotland doubles Asia salmon trade

22nd May 2023

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

As a food, farmed Atlantic salmon is a special fish. Highly-prized across traditional and new seafood markets, the unwavering growth in consumer demand for salmon has shown little sign of flagging. Its…

22nd May 2023

Striving to stay in the fast lane

22nd May 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Vesterålen company Kystdrift went to Seacon for the design of its new 50.3-metre vessel, subsequently placing the build order at the nearby Larsnes Mek Verksted yard. The SC-51 design has a 499-cubic-metre…

11th May 2023

Newbuild to combine fishing and farming

11th May 2023