Salmon Farming

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

With the understanding that good lighting can stimulate growth and keep farmed salmon healthy, Philips aquaculture LED lighting has been installed at Havlandet’s newly-built, land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) pilot plant in…

29th November 2022

Illuminating RAS pilot

29th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cooke Inc, parent company of Cooke Aquaculture Inc of New Brunswick, Canada, has completed its acquisition of Australian Atlantic salmon and black tiger shrimp producer Tassal Group Limited.

21st November 2022

Cooke acquires Tassal

21st November 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

India-headquartered Garware Technical Fibres Ltd has launched a new aquaculture net that protects fish farming sites from predators.

15th November 2022

Better predator prevention

15th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norwegian-headquartered farmed salmon group SalMar ASA has sent notice of layoffs to 851 employees at its processing facilities in Frøya and Senja, with the government’s proposed new salmon tax cited as the main…

14th November 2022

SalMar lays off 851

14th November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that it successfully completed the first harvest from its first batch of fish on 7 November 2022.

8th November 2022

Salmon Evolution – first fish

8th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The merger between salmon farming companies SalMar ASA and Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) has been finalised.

8th November 2022

SalMar-NRS merger done

8th November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based salmon farming company Gigante Salmon Rødøy AS has entered into an agreement to purchase intake pumps from Xylem Water Solutions Norge AS.

8th November 2022

Gigante contract for Xylem

8th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd has confirmed the resignation of Chief Executive Grant Rosewarne, who has held the position with the aquaculture company since 2009.

2nd November 2022

NZKS boss resigns

2nd November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon AS has confirmed the average weight of the salmon in its first pool at its Kvalnessite, on the island of Andøya, has now reached 1kg.

1st November 2022

Andfjord’s fish reach 1kg

1st November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA’s proposed share buyout of NTS ASA and also its merger with Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) have received clearance from the European Commission, with the EU executive finding the deals…

1st November 2022

Salmon merger approval

1st November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway-headquartered Mowi has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire 51.28% of the shares in Icelandic salmon farmer Arctic Fish with the anticipated acquisition price amounting to NOK 1.88 billion.

1st November 2022

Mowi buys into Iceland

1st November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Linda Aase has notified SalMar ASA’s board of directors of her decision to step down as CEO of the Frøya, Norway-headquartered salmon farming company.

28th October 2022

SalMar changes CEO

28th October 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that CEO Håkon André Berg has resigned from his position. 

28th October 2022

Salmon Evolution change

28th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmer Mowi Scotland Ltd has selected Skagen Ship Consulting and Macduff Ship Design as the main contractor and designer for two new 18.5-metre landing craft service vessels for aquaculture support services.

20th October 2022

Mowi orders newbuilds

20th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of the global seafood trade increased to new levels in 2021 and the trend is expected to continue through this year as the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, according…

13th October 2022

New high for seafood trade

13th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following its announcement on 3 October that it would freeze investments in Norway if the country introduces a proposed 40% resource rent tax on aquaculture, salmon producer Cermaq has ended its NOK…

6th October 2022

Cermaq terminates permits

6th October 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Organisers of the biennial International Sea Lice Conference have announced that Scotland is to host the next meeting in 2024, after a successful bid was led by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre…

6th October 2022

Scots win sea lice summit

6th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq has announced it will freeze investments in Norway as a consequence of the country’s proposed resource rent tax.

4th October 2022

​Cermaq freezes investments

4th October 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed the strong biological performance that it saw in the second-quarter of this year has continued for the remainder of Q3 and that it should…

4th October 2022

Salmon Evolution harvest

4th October 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian aquaculture services and equipment provider AKVA Group has secured a contract with Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon (ILFS) for the delivery of a new smolt facility to be built in Vestmannaeyjar, the most southern…

4th October 2022

Smolt contract win for AKVA

4th October 2022