Salmon Farming

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