Resilience and innovation underpin Shetland seafood and shellfish growing sector Overcoming the ramifications of Brexit in terms of exporting product to the EU and ensuring a reliable ferry service to […]
Loch Duart brings its unrivalled salmon to Seafood Expo Asia for the first time. Farm plans to grow exports in the continent as it showcases in Singapore. Loch Duart is […]
UK fisheries minister explores how Shetland salmon farming boosts local economy. New UK fisheries minister Daniel Zeichner saw up close how farm-raised salmon is boosting coastal communities during a visit […]
Lerøy Seafood Group reports robust second quarter Lerøy Seafood Group ASA reports a consolidated operational EBIT of NOK 906 million for the second quarter of 2024. CEO Henning Beltestad comments: […]
Positive biological development after a challenging winter season. Operational EBIT for Norway1 was at NOK 1,466 million for the second quarter 2024. Harvest volume was 44,100 tonnes and operational EBIT per […]
Scottish seafood industry eyes Japanese market ahead of trade delegation to Tokyo. High hopes for more sales on back of mackerel success story Consul General opens new Seafood Scotland office […]
Mowi Scotland pioneers new sea lice modelling. Mowi Scotland has pioneered new sea lice modelling as part of its application to grow post smolt salmon at its farm in Loch […]
Organic Sea Harvest “disappointed” as expansion plans refused. Organic Sea Harvest have expressed their “disappointment” following the decision by the Highland Council North Planning Application Committee not to approve plans […]
International drive to standardise sea lice modelling takes shape. A consortium of researchers from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are working on a new benchmark testing tool that could […]
‘Virtual taxonomist’ in training to protect fish farms from toxic algal blooms. A hi-tech underwater device that scans water samples for potentially dangerous algae blooms – the first of its […]
Hybrid vessel order boost for Scottish shipbuilding and salmon in marine firms deal. A leading Scottish aquaculture support company has awarded a multi-million pound contract for a new hybrid workboat to […]
Is there a future for Scottish farmed scallops? One area of Scottish shellfish aquaculture that would seem to have good potential for growth is king and queen scallop production – […]
Analysis – with new Government, what now for UK seafood sector? The landslide majority election of a new Labour UK Government could put fishing back to the centre-stage of politics. […]
Shetland mussel farming sector rides the crest of a wave Shetland is by far Scotland’s biggest farmed mussel producing region – and according to the managing director of one of […]
Fish farmers prepare for warm summer weather. Just as holidaymakers are packing for a summer outing to Scotland’s warming waters and beautiful sunny beaches, the country’s salmon farmers are preparing […]
Scottish farmed shellfish sector looks to future with confidence. The figures revealed in the recently published Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2023 underlines the resilience of the sector post Covid […]
West coast gene bank among environmental projects funded by Scottish salmon farmers. A ground-breaking gene bank is among seven major environmental projects being supported by Scotland’s salmon farmers to help save […]
Salmon farming supervisor scoops M&S Emerging Talent prize. A Scottish Sea Farms Processing Supervisor has won the inaugural Emerging Talent award at the M&S Select Farm Awards 2024, announced at […]
Holyrood committee launches follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland. Holyrood’s Rural Affairs & Islands (RAI) Committee has launched a follow-up inquiry to ask if recommendations made to the Scottish […]
SAIC secures £1.5 million funding package from the Scottish Government. The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has secured new funding to continue its support of fish health research and development […]