Archive for January 2019
Norway ‘will strike its own deal with UK’
NORWAY will reach a separate agreement with the UK in the event of a no deal or a hard Brexit, in order to safeguard the two countries’ uninterrupted trade in seafood. This was the message from Norwegian fisheries minister Harald Tom Nesvik, addressing delegates at the Norwegian Seafood Council seminar in London yesterday. Nesvik drew…
Read MoreNorway stages summit as Brexit fears mount
BREXIT and its impact on the Norwegian seafood industry will be the focus of a major summit meeting in London today. As speculation mounts in the Oslo media that a no-deal scenario could almost bring exports to a halt in a worst case scenario, three senior Norwegian government ministers, fisheries minister Harald Tom Nesvik, the…
Read MoreSalmon transport firm in £2m expansion
A SCOTTISH logistics company, with aquaculture at the heart of its business, is expanding, with a new depot in Aberdeen. Northwards, which has bases in Lerwick and Kirkwall in the Northern Isles, as well as in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness and Scrabster, has invested more than £2 million in the 20,000 sq ft depot, with a…
Read MoreNew barges will boost farm growth
SCOTTISH salmon farmer Loch Duart is to invest in new feed barges after securing £1.2 million finance from a local bank. The money, from HSBC, will enable the company, which exports salmon globally, to continue developing sustainable farming methods. The additional barges, to be built by Gael Force and significantly bigger than the producer’s existing…
Read MoreIceland tips big rise in salmon exports
MORE than a quarter of Iceland’s seafood exports could be from salmon farms within the next four years, a leading figure in the industry has forecast. Þorsteinn Másson, regional manager of the aquaculture company Arnarlax, said that while his prediction – made in a recent lecture – may be ‘a bit daring’ at the moment,…
Read MoreFocus on RAS in Berlin show
RECIRCULATING Aquaculture Systems (RAS) will be one of the themes of this year’s European Aquaculture Society (EAS) conference, to be held in Berlin in October. Alongside the EAS Aquaculture Europe 2019 event, the Nordic Network on RAS (NordicRAS) will stage a workshop. This will be held on Monday, October 7, and on the morning of…
Read MoreNorway revamps aquaculture policy
A NEW centre right government in Norway has set out its policy for the future development of the country’s aquaculture sector, which includes stepping up work on tackling sea lice. Although there has been no election, a fresh four-way coalition has been formed after Prime Minister Erna Solberg (pictured) brought the small Christian Democrat Party…
Read MoreMonday, January 21, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES MONDAY 21ST JANUARY 2019 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE: 2939 TODAY KILOS: 146950 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 73 – 2379 487 SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 XL…
Read MoreMonday, January 21, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND WEEK 4 Monday 21st January 2019 11 BOATS LANDED 2742 BOXES Tranquility, Sprightly, Copious, Prolific, Sedulous, Devotion, Venturous, Avrella, Radiant Star, Courageous, Venture SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS 193 3.44 3.04 COD 1 554 4.06 3.90 COD 2 4408 4.00 3.80…
Read MoreEnter now for innovation award
NOMINATIONS are now open for the sought after Aqua Nor innovation award, the winner of which will be announced at this year’s exhibition in Trondheim in August. Companies or individuals from all over the world that supply equipment or services to the aquaculture industry, or are in the aquaculture industry, are invited to apply for…
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