Archive for June 2018
Bakkafrost plans new biogas plant
BAKKAFROST, the largest salmon farming company in the Faroe Islands, has announced plans to invest in a new biogas plant, working in collaboration with other Faroese fish farmers and local dairy farmers. The plant will use waste products from fish and dairy farming to produce energy and fertiliser. The project is one of a number…
Read MoreFly meal firm raises further funding
FLY farmer and waste-to-nutrient pioneer AgriProtein has raised a further $105 million in funding, marking a new high in investor appetite for the insect protein sector. The latest investment, together with additional local project finance for a series of its alternative feed plants in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, puts South African based AgriProtein…
Read MoreFaroes and Greenland agree wild salmon ban
GREENLAND and the Faroe Islands have agreed to halt all commercial salmon fishing for the next few years in an effort to allow wild stocks to recover, including those in Scotland’s River Tweed. In the case of the Faroe Islands, which is well established as a major salmon farming country, the government in Torshavn has…
Read MoreNorwegian land based salmon farm on track
PLANS for Norway\’s first commercial land based aquaculture production plant for salmon in the east of the country are moving ahead. The company behind the project is Fredrikstad Seafoods, which is largely owned by Nordic Aquafarms, the company behind a recently announced $500 million land based salmon farm in the US state of Maine. The…
Read More‘Happy day’ as MH opens £26.5m hatchery
MARINE Harvest’s new £26.5 million recirculation hatchery in Inchmore, Glenmoriston, was a ‘magnificent investment’ for Scotland and the future of the aquaculture sector, said rural affairs minister Fergus Ewing as he officially opened the building this morning. In front of local councillors, members of the community, the construction team, and the Fort William based company’s…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, June 1
HOOKED – A COD FULL OF PLASTIC A 54-year-old Norwegian recreational fisherman Siv Ingebrigtsen received the shock of her life when she pulled in a 11 kilo cod recently to find the fish was full of plastic. She said the plastic included a over a metre of packing tape and a bunch of other tape,…
Read MorePinneys closure 'devastating' – Mundell
SCOTTISH Secretary David Mundell has described Young’s Seafoods decision to go ahead with the closure of its Pinneys factory in Annan as “devastating”. The decision has been met with a chorus of criticism from a number of local and leading politicians. Young’s said last night it had explored in detail all possible alternatives, but had…
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