Archive for July 2019
Scotland to invest £2m in fish health
SCOTLAND’S aquaculture sector is to invest £2 million to further explore tools and techniques to improve fish health, it was announced today. The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) confirmed funding for five new innovation projects which, with combined investment from industry and academia, will help deliver the Scottish government’s 10-year Farmed Fish Health Framework. Initiatives…
Read MoreYoung\’s Seafood sold in major deal
YOUNG’S Seafood has changed hands in a multi-million pound deal, it was announced today. Britain’s largest seafood business has been bought by CapVest, its former private equity owner, and will now become part of a multi-protein food group involving Karro, a leading UK pork processor. CapVest Partners said the new group has significant potential for…
Read MoreYoung\’s Seafood sold in major deal
YOUNG’S Seafood has changed hands in a multi-million pound deal, it was announced today. Britain’s largest seafood business has been bought by CapVest, its former private equity owner, and will now become part of a multi-protein food group involving Karro, a leading UK pork processor. CapVest Partners said the new group has significant potential for…
Read MoreIndustry pays tribute to Tavish as he bows out of politics
THE Scottish salmon industry has paid tribute to one of its staunchest champions, Tavish Scott, as he stands down from frontline politics. The former Liberal Democrat leader and MSP for the Shetlands was elected to the first parliament 20 years ago and has long celebrated the impact of aquaculture in his constituency and beyond. During…
Read MoreGoing to Trondheim? Book a space with SAIC
THE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has managed to secure a stand at Aqua Nor, the hugely over-subscribed aquaculture exhibition being held in Trondheim in August. But SAIC CEO Heather Jones said her organisation is ‘very active in supporting a Scottish mission to Aqua Nor’ and in the absence of a Scotland pavilion this year,…
Read MoreInvestors urged to back thriving Lerøy Seafood
INVESTORS are being urged by a leading global financial advice organisation to ‘run towards’ the Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) , the big Norwegian salmon farming and fishing company. The advice, from financial technology company Simply Wall St, described Lerøy, which owns a half share in Scottish Sea Farms, as a business whose year on year…
Read MoreAqua Nor to get the royal treatment again
CROWN Prince Haakon of Norway is to attend the official opening of the Aqua Nor exhibition in Trondheim this August. The visit marks the 20th time in the biennial event’s 40-year history that a member of the Norwegian royal family has been present at the show. Aqua Nor is the world\’s largest trade exhibition for…
Read MoreSSPO seeks new chair in ‘period of change’
THE Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation is recruiting for a new chairman to ‘help drive the SSPO agenda forward and to bring rigour and focus to the board’. The successful candidate will replace Gilpin Bradley, managing director of Wester Ross Fisheries, who stepped into the post two and a half years ago. The organisation, which currently…
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