Salmon Farming

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon was the UK’s biggest food export in 2022, new HMRC figures have confirmed.

13th February 2023

Salmon tops UK exports

13th February 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

In recent years, Polish fish farmers have developed and scaled-up their businesses – largely anticipating a steady rise in domestic fish consumption, but this past year, skyrocketing food inflation has led many…

8th February 2023

Poland in uncharted waters

8th February 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Loch Long Salmon is appealing a decision rejecting a new semi-closed containment farm at Beinn Reithe near Arrochar, Scotland, arguing that the plans have been ‘misunderstood’.

6th February 2023

Salmon farm appeal

6th February 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Recent federal government licensing decisions to shut down salmon farming operations in parts of British Columbia (BC) mean that Canadian salmon is costing more for families, is harder to find in grocery…

2nd February 2023

Canadian pockets hit

2nd February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With talks set to take place in London over new quota sharing arrangements for Northeast Atlantic blue whiting, Skretting, Cargill and BioMar, some of the main global buyers of the species, are calling for…

31st January 2023

Don’t blow whiting op

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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmer Mowi ASA harvested 120,500 tonnes of gutted weight equivalent (GWE) fish in the fourth-quarter of 2022, up from 115,000 tonnes in Q4 2021, and 3,500 tonnes more than its guided…

17th January 2023

Mowi year-end harvest rises

17th January 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

As Russian leaders switch the national economy to a “besieged fortress” regime, relying more on internal resources, aquaculture has an increasingly important role to play in bolstering the country’s food security.

11th January 2023

Russia puts on a brave face

11th January 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Bilbao, Spain’s Zamakona Yards has delivered the live fish carrier Inter Atlantic to Norwegian owner Intership. The vessel is the first of the two newbuilds from Zamakona for the same owner. 

10th January 2023

Inter Atlantic delivered

10th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Bakkafrost Group’s salmon farms in the Faroe Islands harvested 19,300 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) weight fish in the fourth-quarter of last year, which represented a decrease of 1,400 tonnes on…

4th January 2023

Bakkafrost harvests down

4th January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Aker ASA has confirmed that Aker Capital AS is participating in an equity financing round in the post-smolt salmon producer Gaia Salmon Holding AS.

4th January 2023

Aker invests in post-smolt

4th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon farming company Grieg Seafood ASA has confirmed its share buy-back programme is now complete. 

3rd January 2023

Grieg buys back shares

3rd January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi has completed the acquisition of 51.28% of the shares in Arctic Fish, one of the leading salmon farmers in Iceland.

2nd January 2023

Arctic Fish deal done

2nd January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Sales of salmon in UK retail currently stands at a level of £1.2 billion-a-year, with the high-protein fish increasing its share of the market ahead of the busy Christmas period.

20th December 2022

Brits buy less salmon

20th December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian salmon producer Cermaq has stocked the third version of its iFarm, a project that’s aiming to improve the health and welfare of the fish in the net pens with the help…

16th December 2022

iFarm 3 salmon stocking

16th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmers in Canada have signed up to new national commitments aimed at providing safe, reliable, healthy and low carbon footprint protein for Canadians and other markets.

14th December 2022

Canadian salmon promise

14th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian aquaculture continues to top the charts of the Coller FAIRR Index, which ranks the world’s most sustainable animal protein producers.

13th December 2022

Norway tops sustainable protein production

13th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An increasing number of Scottish salmon farmers are seeking certification to prove their social and environmental credentials, according to certification and labelling scheme Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), which has seen a 144%…

5th December 2022

More Scots seeking ASC

5th December 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon has reported continued good biological conditions in its first land-based pool at Kvalnes, Andøya, with its fish continuing to “grow well” and the survival rate remaining “industry leading”.

2nd December 2022

High survival for Andfjord

2nd December 2022

BY-PRODUCT SOLUTIONS

BY-PRODUCT SOLUTIONS

Established in 2007 as a public limited company in a move that united three of Iceland’s government agencies specialising in research and development in the food industry, Matís has helped the country’s…

2nd December 2022

Potential aplenty

2nd December 2022