Salmon Farming

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