Cooke moves to acquire Tasmanian salmon farmer Privately-owned Cooke Inc. (‘Cooke’), parent company of Cooke Aquaculture Inc. of New Brunswick, Canada, has placed a non-binding indicative proposal to purchase publicly […]
Successful smolt release for Andfjord Salmon AS On Saturday 25 June, Andfjord Salmon successfully released smolt in the company’s first land-based pool at Kvalnes, Andøya. “Release of the first smolt […]
Thai Union Appoints New Sustainability Director – Thai Union North America (TUNA), announced the appointment of Blake Stok to the role of Director, Sustainability – North America. Stok will take over […]
Food industry major Jerónimo Martins Group to invest in Andfjord Salmon. Jerónimo Martins, a Portugal-based international food industry Group has agreed to invest NOK 173,9 million (equivalent to c. € […]
The Scottish Salmon Company renames operations in Scotland. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has announced it will rename its operations in Scotland to Bakkafrost Scotland. The Scottish Salmon Company was […]
Fungal infection likely cause of Northumberland fish deaths. Environment Agency experts investigating reports of fish deaths in a Northumberland river believe a natural fungal infection to be the cause. A […]
New custom-built boat supports move to bigger pens. Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of a new semi-hybrid powered workboat specially designed to service larger pens and nets at its […]
Type of vitamin D found in salmon more effective at boosting immune system according to new study. New research has revealed that the type of vitamin D found in oily fish like Scottish […]
Aker BioMarine secures FDA approval for QRILL Aqua in the United States. The US salmon farming industry can now benefit from the proven health and nutritional benefits of krill. As […]
DSM expands intelligent sustainability service, Sustell™, to salmon farming. Royal DSM, a global purpose-led science-based company, announces the introduction of its intelligent sustainability service Sustell™ to the aquaculture industry. Sustell™ […]
Salmon Evolution to expand into North America. Salmon Evolution has announced that it has initiated a process with the aim of expanding its farming operations into North America and at […]
Lochgilphead youngsters learn more about local jobs in Scottish salmon. School pupils in Lochgilphead have learned more about the huge range of local jobs in the Scottish salmon sector as […]
Benchmark converts existing loan into a green loan. Benchmark has announced that it has successfully converted its existing NOK 190m (£16m) loan with Nordea Bank related to its Genetics salmon […]
Tamar salmon tagged to provide vital data on health of fish stocks. The Environment Agency has completed the mammoth task of tagging more than 4,000 juvenile salmon smolts (juveniles) before […]
Merger between SalMar ASA and Norway Royal Salmon ASA. SalMar ASA (“SalMar”) and Norway Royal Salmon ASA (“NRS”) (“the Parties”) have entered into a merger plan whereby the two entities […]
Salmon Scotland raises ‘trade war’ concerns direct with PM after Truss statement. Salmon Scotland has today written to the Prime Minister to raise concerns about the impact of a ‘trade […]
Salmon Evolution chooses Maritech software. Land-based farmer Salmon Evolution has chosen Maritech DigitalSeafood Cloud software to handle all processes related to seafood sales and trading. “Maritech was a natural choice […]
The Scottish Salmon Company wins top community engagement award. The Scottish Salmon Company has won the Community Initiative Award at the 2022 Aquaculture Awards. The award was presented last night […]
Benchmark Animal Health to host technical lunch and present at Sea Lice Conference 2022. Aquaculture biotechnology company, Benchmark Animal Health, are sponsoring and attending the Sea Lice Conference International 2022, […]
Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has reaffirmed the Scottish Government’s commitment to reform of Scotland’s vital aquaculture sector. Speaking at the Aquaculture UK conference in Aviemore, she promised “rapid progress” […]