Tag: Salmon farming
SSC Chief Executive recognised as transformational leader. The Scottish Salmon Company’s (SSC) Chief Executive Craig Anderson has been named as a Transformational Leader at the prestigious EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Scotland. The awards ...
Progress on delivering sustainable aquaculture welcomed by SAIC. Heather Jones, CEO of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), said: “The management, control and prevention of sea lice is critical to the future of fish health ...
New aquaculture legislation from the Scottish Government, welcomed by SSPO. The Scottish government announced plans to introduce legislation to make the weekly reporting of sea lice data statutory, one week in arrears. Legislation will be ...
Mowi strengthens its fleet with a new feed barge for Maclean’s Nose. A brand new SeaMate concrete feed barge has been delivered to Mowi’s seawater site at Maclean’s Nose by the Ardnamurchan Peninsula The 400-tonne ...
Aquaculture leaders pledge to confront sea lice threat. The Scottish salmon industry expressed a clear commitment to increase investment in tackling sea lice during 2019, according to a poll conducted by SAIC, the Scottish Aquaculture ...
Top award for Institute of Aquaculture. The University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture has triumphed at a national awards ceremony. At the Aquaculture Awards, the Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) won in the ‘Applied Research Breakthrough’ ...
Boost for Scottish businesses from new salmon farm. Scotland’s supply chain is set to share in a £3.2m boost to business following the news that Scottish Sea Farms has been given the approval for a ...
Northern Norway algal bloom could be easing. The bloom of the alga Chrysochromulina leadbeateri in northern Norway, which has caused large-scale farmed salmon mortalities, has now lasted over a week and it’s impossible to say how long ...
Norwegian algae bloom underlines challenges of salmon farming. The challenges of farming salmon have been no better illustrated than the algae bloom that is currently hitting northern Norway, which has killed millions of farmed salmon. ...
SalMar outlook good in a balanced salmon market. SalMar ASA posted an Operational EBIT of NOK 806.2 million in the first quarter 2019, compared with NOK 708.1 million in the same period last year. SalMar ...
SalMar first quarter results 2019. SalMar ASA posted an Operational EBIT of NOK 806.2 million in the first quarter 2019, compared with NOK 708.1 million in the same period last year. SalMar increased its shareholding ...
SSPO accuse BBC of sensationalism. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation , SSPO accuses BBC of sensationalism regarding the operations of the fish farm sector following their Panorama report on May 20. A statement on their ...
Mowi defends industry practices on Panorama programme. Mowi Scotland mounts a stiff defence of the salmon sector following last night’s (20 May) BBC TV programme, Panorama, which questioned whether salmon farming is sustainable and investigated ...
New Chairman for Loch Duart. Alistair Erskine, a Scottish seafood industry expert, is taking over as Chairman of Loch Duart, the salmon farming business based in Sutherland and the Uists. Alistair takes over from Dr ...
Revenue up for Grieg Seafood. Norwegian Salmon farmer Grieg Seafood Group harvested 14 801 tonnes GWT in the first quarter of 2019, compared to 11 443 tonnes in Q1 2018. The average realised price was ...
Salmon leads way in transparent reporting – At the Seeds&Chips Global Food Innovation Summit in Milan, Italy, the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) released its annual Sustainability Report, providing 6 years’ of data across 14 key ...
Mowi reports strong first quarter Mowi achieved an operational EBIT of EUR 196 million in the first quarter of 2019, compared to EUR 158 million in the corresponding quarter of 2018. “Demand for our products ...
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