Salmon Farming

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Faroese government has presented a proposal that seeks to adjust its revenue tax on the salmon farming industry from next year. 

4th October 2022

Faroes to revise salmon tax

4th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar’s Chief Financial Officer, Gunnar Nielsen, has resigned from his position, the salmon farming group has confirmed. Nielsen only joined SalMar in April this year.

30th September 2022

SalMar CFO resigns

30th September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Billed as a first for the aquaculture sector, a new digital platform inspired by virtual reality (VR) technology used in the subsea energy and oil and gas sectors is being developed to…

29th September 2022

New aquaculture VR tool

29th September 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Government of Norway has proposed to introduce a new resource rent tax on aquaculture with effect from 1 January 2023.

29th September 2022

New salmon tax plans

29th September 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Persistently high production costs will undermine sales in the second-half of 2022, determines new analysis from the RaboResearch unit of Rabobank.

16th September 2022

Seafood demand weakens

16th September 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has updated its Salmon Standard and published version 1.4, following a rigorous science-based review process.

5th September 2022

New salmon standard

5th September 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Faroese salmon farmer is shipping its produce directly to the States courtesy of its own air cargo service.

30th August 2022

Bakkafrost gets airborne

30th August 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Faroe Islands-based Atlantic salmon farmer Bakkafrost Group has signed contracts with Faroese entrepreneurs Malltek, RV-tøkni and Nomatek on a 2,000-square metre expansion of Hall D at Viðareiði hatchery. 

30th August 2022

Bakkafrost expansion

30th August 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) has processed the application for the Smart Fish Farm development from SalMar Aker Ocean AS and given a commitment to limited production permits in the Norwegian…

23rd August 2022

Smart fish farm permit

23rd August 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Rare Earth Global, a UK grower of industrial hemp crops, is taking its first steps into the aquaculture sector with a project could lead to the alternative plant-based protein source being used…

22nd August 2022

Hemp aquafeed trials

22nd August 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Cooke Inc, parent company of Cooke Aquaculture Inc of New Brunswick, Canada, has entered into a deal through which it will buy Australia-headquartered salmon and shrimp company Tassal Group Limited.

16th August 2022

Cooke agrees Tassal deal

16th August 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

By turning off a special gene with the CRISPR method, researchers at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway created the world’s first salmon without reproductive cells with the overriding purpose to…

10th August 2022

GM salmon evaluated

10th August 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Contestants competing in the F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition have sold a combined 3,185 tonnes of fish-free feed in the sales contest designed to spark innovation in the aquafeed industry to find viable, cost-competitive…

9th August 2022

F3 aquafeed contest latest

9th August 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Meeting the unique requirements of Chilean aquaculture, textile solutions provider Garware has launched a new high-density polyethylene net that can be painted with traditional water-based antifouling paints.

9th August 2022

Garware’s new nets

9th August 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

A digital platform is helping salmon farmers in Norway make quick decisions and reduce mortality rates

29th July 2022

When data triumphs over death

29th July 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

How can RAS farms avoid the worst-case scenario?

27th July 2022

Managing mortalities

27th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway-headquartered aquaculture services and equipment provider AKVA Group ASA hereby has confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary AKVA Group Land Based A/S has been awarded a post-smolt RAS contract with Cooke Aquaculture (Kelly Cove Salmon…

18th July 2022

AKVA wins smolt contract

18th July 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A partnership between aquaculture technology venture Pulcea and the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture has received the highest possible accolade from Innovate UK for collaboration between business and academia, after being…

14th July 2022

‘Outstanding’ partnership

14th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that on 13 July 2022 it successfully completed the second smolt release at its new facility at Indre Harøy on the country’s…

14th July 2022

Salmon Evolution release

14th July 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Norwegian land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon has signed a letter of intent with aquafeed supplier Skretting Norway and Sortland-based Zooca (Calanus AS) that facilitates the provision of a specifically designed salmon feed…

13th July 2022

Salmon feed collab

13th July 2022