Salmon Farming

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The deal enabling SalMar ASA to buy and merge with fellow salmon farming company Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) was approved at an extraordinary general meeting of the former on 30 June…

5th July 2022

Salmon merger finalised

5th July 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Cermaq Canada has become the first company to utilise new forecasting tools in the proprietary SaaS platform SeaState developed by California ocean analytics firm Scoot Science. Cermaq is also the…

5th July 2022

Cermaqs new forecast tech

5th July 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Japanese seafood firms Mitsubishi Corporation and Maruha Nichiro Corporation have agreed to establish a new joint-venture company, Atland Corporation, that will specialise in the land-based production of salmon.

4th July 2022

New Japan salmon venture

4th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Australian aquaculture firm Tassal Group Ltd has confirmed that it has rejected of a conditional proposal from Cooke Inc to acquire 100% of Tassal’s ordinary shares for a cash consideration of AUD…

29th June 2022

Tassal rebuffs Cooke

29th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has announced a two-year renewal of licences for marine finfish aquaculture facilities outside the Discovery Islands in British Columbia, (BC) Canada.

27th June 2022

BC licences renewed

27th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Andfjord Salmon released smolt in its first land-based pool at Kvalnes, Andøya, Norway, on 25 June, the company has confirmed.

27th June 2022

Successful smolt release

27th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Investment holding company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (GBL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Owen Capital Sàrl, has sold 18,113,207 shares in salmon farming giant Mowi ASA.

22nd June 2022

18m Mowi shares sold

22nd June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Portugal-based international food industry group Jerónimo Martins has confirmed it is to invest NOK 173.9 million in Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon.

22nd June 2022

Major investor for Andfjord

22nd June 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of a new semi-hybrid powered workboat specially designed to service larger pens and nets at its west coast of Scotland marine farms.

16th June 2022

Farmers new semi-hybrid

16th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan hf has reached an agreement to purchase over 34% of the shares in salmon farming company Arctic Fish Holding AS for almost NOK 1.1 billion.

13th June 2022

Arctic Fish nets new shareholder

13th June 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Genetics in aquaculture and fisheries offers new approaches to tackling key challenges and improving our understanding of the interactions between genes and the environment

8th June 2022

Genetics – the new frontier

8th June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Icelandic salmon farming company Arnarlax has signed a share purchase agreement for the remaining 50% of shares in Eldisstöðin Ísþór smolt facility in Þorlákshöfn.

6th June 2022

Arnarlax acquires smolt facility

6th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Iceland-based salmon farming company Ice Fish Farm AS has confirmed the presence of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) at its farming operations in Hamraborg and Svarthamar.

6th June 2022

Ice Fish confirms ISA

6th June 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

With four major goals in place, Maine’s new 10-year plan for aquaculture shows how the industry will continue to support livelihoods and bolster the state’s blue economy. 

1st June 2022

Maine’s aqua roadmap

1st June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA has entered into a deal that will see it buy and merge with fellow salmon farming company Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS).

30th May 2022

SalMar buys NRS

30th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Six producers and sellers of Norwegian salmon, alongside some of their subsidiaries, have reached a US$ 85 million settlement in a class action in the United States over claims of anti-competitive behaviour.

26th May 2022

$85m salmon settlement

26th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Icelandic salmon farming company Arnarlax has signed a declaration of intent with Vesturbyggð officials to build a high-tech processing facility in Patreksfjörður.

23rd May 2022

New plant for Arnarlax

23rd May 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The EU-27’s total organic aquaculture production reached a level of around 74,032 tonnes in 2020 and accounted for 6.4% of the region’s total farmed output, according to a new report from the European…

20th May 2022

EU organic aqua growth

20th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new initiative has been launched to encourage Scottish pupils to eat nutritious salmon when choosing their school meals.

16th May 2022

Salmon in schools scheme

16th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Samherji fiskeldi ehf (Samherji Fish Farming), the aquaculture arm of Samherji has completed a share capital increase of US$26 million.

13th May 2022

New farm for Samherji

13th May 2022