Archive for October 2019
Nigerian fish farm forum debates industry growth
MORE than 90 Nigerian fish farmers attended a conference in Lagos last week, with a view to developing the country’s aquaculture industry. Organised by feed company Skretting, which has built mills in Nigeria, Egypt and Zambia, the AquaForum brought together government representatives and industry experts. The event, believed to be the first of its kind…
Read MoreIceland farmed fish exports hit new heights
EXPORTS of Icelandic farmed fish have soared by more than 60 per cent and were worth £97 million (ISK 15.5 billion) in the first eight months of this year, figures from the country’s Office of Statistics show. August was the best month, with overseas sales – mainly consisting of salmon and trout – hitting £10…
Read MoreComment: Why Changing Markets must change their tune
THE sensationalist headlines above a new report from a lobbying group called the Changing Markets Foundation ran alarm bells in the Fish Farmer newsroom yesterday. If the organisation’s marketing team hadn’t taken the trouble to call before sending their press release, I probably would have ignored it, along with all the others that arrive from…
Read MoreLerøy go-ahead for open sea farm near Tromsø
LERØY Aurora has been given permission to establish a large sea based salmon and trout farm just 20 miles from Tromsø, despite opposition from a number of wildlife and conservation groups and left leaning politicians on the city council. The go-ahead for the 48,000 square metre project was granted under the Pollution Control Act by…
Read MoreIceland\’s largest salmon farmer posts €16m loss
ICELAND’S largest salmon farming company, Arnarlax, in which Norway’s SalMar has a majority stake, posted a loss of 16 million euros for last year, several times the figure for 2017. Arnarlax is currently investing heavily in developing new fish farms but saw its plans disrupted a year ago after objections from environmental groups. However, it…
Read MoreIceland\’s largest salmon farmer posts €16m loss
ICELAND’S largest salmon farming company, Arnarlax, in which Norway’s SalMar has a majority stake, posted a loss of 16 million euros for last year, several times the figure for 2017. Arnarlax is currently investing heavily in developing new fish farms but saw its plans disrupted a year ago after objections from environmental groups. However, it…
Read MoreScottish salmon message reaches new audiences
FLYING into Kirkwall’s tiny airport you would be hard pressed to imagine anywhere else in the UK where a population of only 26,000, spread across 16 or so inhabited islands, could deliver such an incredible breadth of fine quality food and drink. The islands’ produce ranges from renowned whiskies, gins, cheeses and meats to chocolate…
Read MoreSalmon prices will bounce back says analyst
SALMON prices, which have fallen sharply in recent weeks, will bounce back, a leading industry observer has predicted. In some instances, prices have dropped to NOK 40 per kilo, production cost levels, and below. Seafood analyst Christian Olsen Nordby, of the international financial services and research company Kepler Cheuvreux, said the lower prices had led…
Read MoreMowi CEO called to Canada after mass mortalities
THE fisheries minister of Newfoundland and Labrador has suspended the farming licences of Mowi Canada East\’s Northern Harvest operations following a mass mortality last month. Gerry Byrne has also demanded a face to face meeting with Mowi’s Norwegian CEO, Alf-Helge Aarskog, after a reported 2.6 million salmon died. The loss, revealed yesterday, represents around half…
Read More\’More questions than answers\’ in gender debate
THERE is no wilful exclusion of women from aquaculture roles, but there is a generational issue of men avoiding the ‘difficulty of having a more diverse workplace’. This was the view of Lara Barazi, CEO of Kephalonian Fisheries in Greece, one of six panellists (three women and three men) at a Women in Aquaculture seminar…
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