Archive for October 2019
Norway facing challenge from rival salmon countries
RISING volume growth from rival salmon producing nations, including Scotland, is beginning to seriously challenge Norwegian fish farmers, the latest export figures show today. It is the main reason why salmon prices in Norway dipped below the 2018 level last month, although Norwegian output is also on the rise, says Paul T. Aandahl, analyst at…
Read MoreScottish salmon farmers hit back at ‘damaging’ regulator
SCOTLAND’S salmon farmers have today rejected a proposal by Scotland’s environmental regulator to introduce a feed cap. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) described the initiative as ‘lazy regulation’ which, if introduced, would raise significant fish health and welfare concerns and could undermine the global reputation for quality the sector has built up over the…
Read MoreSepa seeks views on farms’ organic load
THE Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has launched an eight-week public consultation in the next phase of its review of the aquaculture regulation. The technical consultation follows one of the agency’s largest consultation programmes in late 2018, the publication of its Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan and the introduction of its new regulatory framework in June.…
Read MoreAward is ‘icing on the cake’ for Highlands haulier
HIGHLANDS haulier Ferguson Transport & Shipping has been named Highland Business of the Year 2019, a fitting tribute as the company marks its 60th anniversary. The family firm was shortlisted in three categories in the Highland Business Awards, which celebrate the achievements of businesses and individuals throughout the region. Group managing director Alasdair Ferguson was…
Read MoreMowi to move Loch Ewe biomass to \’unique\’ Scalpay site
SCOTLAND’s biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, has confirmed it will close its Loch Ewe site at the end of the current production cycle, and relocate the biomass to a new high energy farm near Scalpay. The new farm will combine salmon farming with the rearing of other marine species, and could also become a visitor attraction,…
Read MoreMowi to move Loch Ewe biomass to \’unique\’ Scalpay site
SCOTLAND’s biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, has confirmed it will close its Loch Ewe site at the end of the current production cycle, and relocate the biomass to a new high energy farm near Scalpay. The new farm will combine salmon farming with the rearing of other marine species, and could also become a visitor attraction,…
Read MoreTrudeau farm ban plan ‘nonsense’ say farmers
SALMON farmers in Canada have one word for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to ban open net pen production in British Columbia: nonsense. In their manifestos for the forthcoming federal elections, the Liberal Party and Green Party have included a pledge to move all ocean based salmon farms in British Columbia to land based closed…
Read MoreBakkafrost expecting large Q3 harvest increase
FAROESE salmon farmer Bakkafrost, which last week bought a controlling interest in the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC), is predicting significantly higher output for the third quarter of this year. In a trading update today, the company said harvest volumes for the three months between June and September will be 12,900 tonnes compared with 7,217 tonnes…
Read MoreMowi\’s new lumpfish site delivers to Faroes
MOWI Scotland has delivered lumpfish to its sister company in the Faroe Islands for the first, after buying the cleaner fish company Ocean Matters earlier this year. The fish made their five-day journey to the Oyndarfjordur site, it was reported in The Scoop, Mowi’s monthly newsletter, published today. ‘This was the first ‘proof of concept’…
Read MoreMowi\’s new lumpfish site delivers to Faroes
MOWI Scotland has delivered lumpfish to its sister company in the Faroe Islands for the first, after buying the cleaner fish company Ocean Matters earlier this year. The fish made their five-day journey to the Oyndarfjordur site, it was reported in The Scoop, Mowi’s monthly newsletter, published today. ‘This was the first ‘proof of concept’…
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