Salmon Farming

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A trade war with the European Union could have a devastating impact on Britain’s export market and should be “avoided at all costs”, representative body Salmon Scotland has warned.

12th May 2022

Trade war concerns

12th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Land-based salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire has received a DKK 180 million insurance settlement for the fire that gutted the company’s Denmark plant in September 2021.

11th May 2022

Atlantic Sapphire payout

11th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scotland’s economic recovery has largely been driven by strong growth in exports of drinks and seafood products, which together accounted for £5.2 billion of total Scottish exports, according to a report by…

9th May 2022

Scottish export recovery

9th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new £1 million package to boost seafood exports and promote the industry’s produce overseas has been launched by the UK government.

9th May 2022

UK export package

9th May 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to reform the country’s aquaculture sector.

3rd May 2022

Scottish aquaculture reform

3rd May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has voluntarily committed to paying above the UK’s real living wage to help support its employees and their families that are being hit by the rising cost…

26th April 2022

Salmon firm’s wage pledge

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway Royal Salmon ASA’s (NRS) appointment of interim CEO Klaus Hatlebrekke has expired and he has returned to his previous position of COO of Business Development with immediate effect.

26th April 2022

NRS CEO change

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Ice Fish Farm AS’s board has approved the share purchase of Laxar Fiskeldi ehf, moving forward the agreement between majority shareholders agreement made in December last year for Ice to acquire Laxar…

25th April 2022

Laxar sale moves forward

25th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Catherine McManus has been appointed by salmon farming company Mowi to the role of Operations Director, Farming (Ireland).

11th April 2022

Mowi Ireland appointment

11th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and new COVID-19 outbreaks affecting the Chinese market, Norway exported NOK 34 billion worth of seafood in the first quarter of this year – its highest…

7th April 2022

Record quarter for Norway

7th April 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

2021 brought a rapid growth in Iceland’s farmed fish production and sector earnings, confirms new data compiled by Statistics Iceland.

5th April 2022

Iceland aquaculture growth

5th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To support rural communities across Scotland that are looking to host their first events in three years this summer, salmon farmer Mowi Scotland is putting its own Salmon Wagon food truck on…

1st April 2022

Salmon wagon charity drive

1st April 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Salmon farming company Cermaq and Norwegian tech firm BioSort have for the first time tested a new mechanism that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to sort fish in a net…

1st April 2022

iFarm – sorting first fish

1st April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norwegian pelagic fish company Pelagia AS has signed an agreement with Arne Stang AS to purchase 100% of the shares in Norsk Fiskeindustri Invest AS (NFI).

28th March 2022

Pelagia purchases NFI

28th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that on 26 March 2022 it successfully completed the first smolt release at its new facility at Indre Harøy.

28th March 2022

Salmon Evolution first smolt

28th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Authorities in Iceland have awarded new farming licences to two salmon farming companies, equating to an additional 11,000 tonnes of fish.

23rd March 2022

Icelandic salmon licences

23rd March 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Technological advancements are key to aquaculture’s sustainable growth. Now, two initiatives could make significant contributions towards healthier production systems for salmon

23rd March 2022

Healthier salmon farming

23rd March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Food and agriculture company Cargill is to purchase 24.5% of the shares in Chilean salmon farming company Salmones Multiexport SA (Multi X), subsidiary of Multiexport Foods SA, for around US$290 million. In turn,…

21st March 2022

Cargill – Chile salmon deal

21st March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

If Turkish aquaculture integrates the latest advanced technologies and establishes new product segments, it could drive up its total output up to a level beyond 1 million tonnes per year by 2030…

16th March 2022

Turkish aquaculture boom

16th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Gigante Salmon has confirmed that it has joined a new collaborative research project alongside Fishbase Group, LetSea and TESS, which is looking at the properties and effects…

15th March 2022

Nanobubble R&D

15th March 2022