Tag: Salmon farming
Lack of housing in rural areas a pressing concern, committee told. Covid has exacerbated Scotland’s rural housing crisis, Scotland’s farmed salmon trade body has told the Scottish Parliament. Tavish Scott, the Chief Executive of the ...
Call to better understand fish farm emissions. Farmed Scottish salmon has a similar carbon footprint to chicken meat, a study by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has found. Farmed salmon produces the same amount of greenhouse ...
Bakkafrost announces sustainable growth plan, with new profitability strategy for Scotland and associated investments. • 40% sustainable growth over the next five years • Significant investment programme in Scotland to transform operations through innovative RAS ...
BioMar reaches 1 million tonnes of salmon feed with microalgae. This month BioMar hit a major sustainability milestone with the adoption of microalgae omega 3s into feed diets. Marine ingredients are a finite resource and ...
Producing salad from water emitted from salmon farming. Columbi Salmon, NIBIO, Morefish, and BioMar, have conducted a study which concludes that there is great potential in growing plants in the same system as fish. The ...
Scottish salmon has “huge opportunities around the world” says Liz Truss following SSPO-Mowi Visit. The Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss MP, visited Mowi’s salmon processing facility at Rosyth last week. The Scottish ...
Nova Austral adheres to the Global Compact. Nova Austral formalised its adhesion to the Chile Global Compact Network, making it the second salmon company in the country and the first Magellan company to join this ...
Andfjord Salmon completes construction of first pool. Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon has completed its first pool and is progressing with its 50 percent production volume expansion plan at its Kvalnes facility. Additional financing ...
First farmed wrasse from Anglesey Hatchery introduced to Mowi farms. A significant milestone was reached in August when ballan wrasse, reared by our colleagues at Mowi’s Anglesey Hatchery in Wales were successfully delivered to Mowi’s ...
Record EU sales for Scottish salmon. Scotland’s salmon farmers sold more fresh fish to the EU in the first half of 2021 than ever before according to HMRC export figures released today. Official stats showed ...
Blumar receives remote Russian inspection. Blumar has become the first salmon producer in Chile to receive Russian authorities for remote inspection. The inspection was carried out at the Blumar Salmon Plant in Talcahuano in order ...
Benchmark signs salmon egg deal with Singapore RAS. Benchmark Genetics and Singapore RAS have signed a long-term agreement to deliver Atlantic salmon eggs to the project in progress for a land-based RAS facility in Singapore. ...
Nova Austral gains sustainability certifications. Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral continues to advance in its process to certify 100% of its production with the most demanding programmes in terms of sustainability for the aquaculture industry. ...
Benchmark CEO welcomes first CleanTreat® vessel into Norwegian waters. Benchmark will deploy the salmon industry’s first new medicinal treatment in over a decade, exclusively in conjunction with breakthrough water purification system Trond Williksen, CEO of ...
Scotland’s salmon farmers welcome new appointment to lead on pre-election commitments for regulatory reform. Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), the trade body which represents all salmon farmers in Scotland, ...
Investigations reveal no welfare breaches at Mowi Scotland farm. Investigations have concluded that there is no evidence to support alleged breaches by anti-fish farming activists of salmon welfare standards at Mowi Scotland A statement from ...
Visit to Colonsay – aquaculture and the community working hand in hand. Mowi’s Ben Hadfield and Tavish Scott of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation were pleased to join Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs ...
AquaBounty identities site for planned large-scale farm. AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., a land-based aquaculture company utilising technology to enhance productivity and sustainability, has announced that it has identified Pioneer, Ohio as the location for its planned ...
Salmones Camanchaca sustainability report reveals good progress. Salmones Camanchaca of Chile has presented the 2020 Sustainability Report, which announces the company’s progress in the five pillars of its sustainability model: healthy and nutritious food, healthy ...
New tool to improve ‘cleaner fish’ welfare in salmon farming. Researchers at the University of Stirling have developed a new tool that fish farmers can use to improve the welfare of lumpfish – a species ...
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