Salmon farming
High salmon loss at Wester Ross salmon farm. Wester Ross, the oldest independently owned salmon farmer in Scotland, experienced an exceptionally high salmon mortality at the Ardessie Farm in Little Loch Broom in August 2018 caused ...
Crown Estate Scotland generates nine million for Scottish public purse in its first year of operation. This is £3m above target, largely due to higher than anticipated salmon production by tenants and careful management of ...
Scottish project to develop offshore salmon pens. Scotland’s aquaculture sector could expand beyond inshore waters in the next few years, in a move that could boost the sector’s economic value by around £3.7m, creating more ...
Three doctoral degrees in Cermaq in one month. With two new doctoral degrees in Cermaq’s fish health group in Bergen, the research group of five has completed three doctoral degrees in only one month. Cermaq ...
New scales from SSC for Uist and Barra foodbank. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has supported the Uist and Barra Foodbank on the Isle of Benbecula with two new sets of scales, following its latest ...
New CEO for AquaBounty – AquaBounty Technologies, Inc, a biotechnology company focused on enhancing productivity in the aquaculture market and a majority-owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation has announced the appointment of Sylvia Wulf as Chief Executive Officer and ...
Stirling contributes to new handbook on salmon welfare. The aquaculture industry is set to benefit from the new handbook – created in collaboration with the University of Stirling – which will help a wide range of ...
Insufficient evidence for salmon farm moratorium. Calls for a moratorium on new salmon farms in Scotland’s waters have been rejected by MSPs. Members of Holyrood’s Rural Economy Committee said there was “insufficient evidence” to support banning ...
Marine Harvest pleased to see committee recommendations encouraging regulatory updates. A government committee report on salmon farming released today, provides recommendations that will help guide responsible growth to satisfy growing demand for its products, says ...
Scots salmon farm report provides opportunity – Responding to the publication of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee report on the way forward for Scottish salmon farming, Heather Jones, Chief Executive of the Scottish Aquaculture ...
Parliamentary committee report welcomed by SSPO states Julie Hesketh-Laird, chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation.The report has been published by the Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee. Ms. Hesketh-Laird noted that the Committee ...
SSPO CEO comments on proposed Brexit deal. Julie Hesketh-Laird, chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, has said the proposed Brexit deal raises some serious questions for the farmed salmon sector. She said: “We ...
Lumpfish genome mapped. The entire DNA sequence encoding the genes (genome) of the lumpfish (lumpsucker) has now been mapped, enabling the study of all the genes that contribute to traits such as growth, disease resistance ...
Demand for salmon strong, says SSC. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has reported revenues for the third quarter at £39.4m – up £400,000 on the equivalent period in 2017, with harvest volumes increasing by 5%. ...
TMC to supply compressors for Havfarmen offshore fish farm. TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) won a contract to provide the marine compressed air system to the spectacular 385-metre long “Havfarmen” offshore salmon farm. TMC ...
New market player in land based salmon farming as Pure Salmon launches major global rollout of RAS facilities A new land-based Atlantic salmon farming company is launching with a mission to revolutionise the industry. With ...
The launch of SEPA’s Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan, has been welcomed by The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO), describing it as “rigorous” but “enabling”. Julie Hesketh-Laird, SSPO chief executive, said: “This is a rigorous report ...
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