Archive for October 2019
Minister\’s £20,000 boost for women in aquaculture
THE Scottish government has pledged to support an initiative to boost career opportunities for women in aquaculture, with the announcement today of £20,000 funding. The investment was unveiled by Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, at the opening of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers conference in Oban. Gougeon had…
Read MoreMinister\’s £20,000 boost for women in aquaculture
THE Scottish government has pledged to support an initiative to boost career opportunities for women in aquaculture, with the announcement today of £20,000 funding. The investment was unveiled by Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, at the opening of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers conference in Oban. Gougeon had…
Read MoreThai shrimp farmer commits to fishmeal standard
THAI shrimp giant Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CP Foods) has committed to using fishmeal only from certified and traceable sources. The company has established CP Food Fishmeal Sourcing Restrictions to guide its aquaculture operations in Thailand and in overseas operations. This will ensure that they are all working under a single standard for sustainable sourcing…
Read MoreRising sea temperatures hit fish health
Mowi Scotland said several of its farms had been affected by warmer waters, which resulted in higher mortalities in the third quarter of this year. The company, which reported record Q3 harvest volumes earlier today, had to contend with harmful algal blooms related to the above average sea temperatures. Mowi CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog said at…
Read MoreShellfish forum to focus on sector’s resilience
SCOTLAND’S mussel and oyster farmers will descend on Oban tomorrow, to take part in the annual ‘Best Scottish Shellfish’ competition. The contest kicks off a two-day conference, at the Corran Halls in Oban, opened by Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, and featuring speakers from the UK, US, Sweden, the…
Read MoreScotland shines through in Mowi Q3 results
Mowi Scotland more than doubled its operating profits and harvest volumes during the third quarter of this year, company Q3 results show today. Mowi’s Scottish division delivered an operational EBIT of 26.2 million euros, compared to €12.3 million for Q3 2018. As reported earlier this month, harvest volume were up by 27 per cent to…
Read MoreSeafood partnership a recipe for success
SEAFOOD Scotland, the national trade and marketing body for the Scottish seafood industry, has committed to a year-long partnership with Scottish Chefs in a programme worth more than £10,000. The collaboration, the first of its kind for both organisations, highlights the role of chefs in the food and drink supply chain, said Seafood Scotland. The…
Read MoreNorway communities share £40m farm windfall
MORE than 100 Norwegian fish farming communities are to share in a 458 million kroner (almost £40 million) windfall this year. The money has come from the special Aquaculture Fund set up in 2016, which distributes the proceeds from the sale of new permits to towns and villages for facilitating growth in salmon and trout…
Read MoreIceland sets up group to drive aquaculture
AS Iceland gears up for a major expansion of its fish farming sector, fisheries minister Kristján Þór Júlíusson has appointed a special consultation committee designed to advise the government on aquaculture issues. Both the fish farming and conventional fishing sectors are well represented but the committee, set up through an act of parliament, is also…
Read MoreSalmon lice costing Norway NOK 5 billion a year
THE task of tackling salmon lice cost Norway’s aquaculture industry more than five billion kroner, or some £440 million last year, a leading researcher has calculated. Audun Iversen, who works at Nofima, the Norwegian Institute for Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, says the figure, which he has worked out at NOK 5.2 billion, had reached…
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