Archive for May 2019
‘Future of egg production\’ now open in Norway
A NEW salmon egg production unit capable producing at least 150 million eggs a year was opened this week in Sørfold, Norway. The plant, described by owner Benchmark as ‘the world’s best facility of its kind’, will focus on quality, said the company’s CEO, Malcolm Pye. Addressing 250 guests at the opening of the site,…
Read More‘Future of egg production\’ now open in Norway
A NEW salmon egg production unit capable producing at least 150 million eggs a year was opened this week in Sørfold, Norway. The plant, described by owner Benchmark as ‘the world’s best facility of its kind’, will focus on quality, said the company’s CEO, Malcolm Pye. Addressing 250 guests at the opening of the site,…
Read MoreDon’t forget to vote – for industry prize night
THERE are just five days left to vote for the People’s Choice award in next week’s Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards. The winners of all eight categories will be announced at a special ceremony at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Wednesday, May 29. This year, the event has been opened up to international entrants, and the…
Read MoreMowi to build new smokehouse in France
MOWI has announced it will build a brand new, automated processing plant on the same site as the French facility destroyed in a fire last year. The new unit at the Landivisiau, Brittany, site will replace the Marine Harvest Kritsen processing factory, with a reported investment of around 60 million euros (£52.8 million). France will…
Read MoreAlgae outbreak costing Norway billions of kroner
NORWAY’S fisheries minister is to hold an urgent meeting with the salmon farming industry as it was disclosed losses from a major algae outbreak this week could reach more than two billion kroner – or around £200 million. The state broadcaster NRK said that nothing has been seen like it for decades and millions of…
Read MoreSSF profits drop but Orkney performs well
SALMON farming giant SalMar has reported reduced revenues and profits from its Scottish Sea Farms operations in the first quarter of 2019, the group’s latest figures show today. Q1 revenues fell from NOK 519 million (£46.6 million) in 2018 to NOK 405 million (£36.3 million) this year, while pre-tax profits dropped from NOK 178 million…
Read MoreSalmon farms are the victim of wild claims and myths
PANORAMA used to be the ‘window on the world’, where Richard Dimbleby, the father of current affairs television, established the standards of BBC excellence. What would he have made of Monday night’s ‘expose’ on salmon farming in Scotland, a programme that came up with a title and then set out to prove its premise without…
Read MoreMajor algae outbreak hits Norwegian farms
THOUSANDS of tonnes of farmed salmon have died following a large algae outbreak off the north coast of Norway. A significant area in the fjords between the regions of Troms and Nordland have suffered an acute growth of the bloom and the fear is that it may spread to other important salmon farming areas. Losses…
Read MoreFish inflation hits Young\’s profits
THE rising cost of fish – both wild caught and farmed – appears to have hit the profits of Young’s, Britain’s largest seafood company. The Grimsby based business today reported second quarter (January 1 to March 30) turnover of £134.2 million, down by just over £2 million on the same period last year. The EBITDA…
Read MoreFish inflation hits Young\’s profits
THE rising cost of fish – both wild caught and farmed – appears to have hit the profits of Young’s, Britain’s largest seafood company. The Grimsby based business today reported second quarter (January 1 to March 30) turnover of £134.2 million, down by just over £2 million on the same period last year. The EBITDA…
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