Tag: Salmon farming
SSPO welcomes regulatory flexibility during Covid-19 outbreak.The salmon farming sector has welcomed the temporary regulatory flexibility agreed with SEPA and Marine Scotland to help manage the impacts of reduced staff availability and disruption to processing ...
Mowi publishes Integrated Annual Report, which sets out how they run their business, describes their vision and ambition, their successes and their improvement areas in an open and transparent way. Ivan Vindheim, CEO, Mowi, said: ...
SSPO seeks clarification about key workers. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) is seeking clarification on which workers are to be classified as ‘key workers’. Some councils have designated all those involved on food production ...
AKVA group puts in place coronavirus measures. AKVA group has put all travel that is not related to critical customer assignments on hold and has closed its offices to visitors. CEO Knut Nesse introduced new ...
SSPO on current state of play regarding COVID-19. Hamish Macdonell, the Director of Strategic Engagement at the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation said: “Measures to mitigate the impact of the crisis are being taken by all ...
Pure Salmon acquires funding for its first four land-based salmon farming projects. 8F Asset Management has raised US$358.8m for Pure Salmon RAS facilities in Poland, Japan, France and US Pure Salmon, the sustainable land-based salmon ...
Mowi researching new technologies. Over the last three years, Mowi has been researching and testing a new sensing system developed by Tidal at Alphabet’s X. After an extensive research and development period involving field testing ...
Scottish Salmon welfare report published. Annual figures published on 06.03.2020 by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) show that the sector had an average monthly survival rate of 98.60 per cent for 2019. The average ...
Mowi renews sponsorship deal with Camanachd Association. Ahead of the start of the shinty season, Mowi Scotland has confirmed its renewal as title sponsor of the Camanachd Association. The three-year contract marks 34 years since ...
Scottish Sea Farms sets sights on Scotland’s first ‘ocean farm’. Scottish Sea Farms is looking to trial Scotland’s first open ocean farm; the next step in the company’s ongoing push to maximise fish survival and ...
Chefs of the future join Loch Duart at Seafood Expo 2020. Hertfordshire students win places to work with salmon farm at Brussel’s event. Two teenage students have just won the opportunity of a lifetime to ...
Weaker than expected fourth quarter for SalMar. SalMar ASA made an Operational EBIT of NOK 658.1 million in the fourth quarter 2019, compared with NOK 934.9 million in the same period in 2018. “The fourth ...
First German retailer introduces sustainable algal-fed salmon. Kaufland has become the first German retailer to introduce salmon rich in omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA. The salmon, which will be available under Kaufland’s own brand ‘K-Blue ...
Torger Rød joins the board of SalMar Ocean. Torger Rød, 45, has joined the board of SalMar Ocean. This wholly owned subsidiary of SalMar ASA is leading the Group’s investment in offshore salmon farming. Rød ...
Solid fourth quarter from Bakkafrost. The Bakkafrost Group delivered a total operating EBIT of DKK 415.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Harvested volumes for the Group were 25.9 thousand tonnes gutted weight, whereof ...
SSPO Warns of Brexit Burden – The Brexit deal being pursued by the UK Government is likely to place “huge unnecessary burdens” on the UK’s biggest food export – Scottish salmon, according to the trade ...
Grieg Seafood makes major Canadian acquisition. Grieg Seafood ASA has signed Share Purchase Agreements (SPA) for the acquisition of Grieg Newfoundland AS in Newfoundland, Canada. The Newfoundland project includes exclusivity for salmon farming in Placentia ...
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