Archive for February 2020
Mowi creates processing ‘excellence team’
Mowi CEO Ivan Vindheim has announced the creation of a global processing excellence team, responsible for all the company’s facilities, both primary and secondary. According to a report in Mowi’s newsletter, The Scoop, the idea involves learning from processing plants around the world and adopting new or existing technology. Mowi, which has 38 primary and…
Read MoreNorwegian exports fly high despite coronavirus
NORWEGIAN seafood exports got off to a flying start in January despite coronavirus affecting business with China during the final week of the month. Overseas sales totalled 207,000 tonnes, the same as January 2019, but they increased in value by 15 per cent or NOK 1.2 billion (£100 million) to NOK 9.8 billion (£819 million),…
Read MoreTrudeau salmon plan faces challenges: report
CANADIAN prime minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to ban net pen salmon farming in British Columbia faces several challenges, according to a new government report. Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)\’s investigation into four different production systems for salmon farming in BC found a complete move to land based sites by 2025 would involve several…
Read MoreProcessors demand tariff free trade
SCOTLAND’S seafood processors are demanding continued tariff free trade and access to labour in any Brexit deal reached between the UK and the EU. In a new 2020 Vision document, the Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has outlined the sector’s key objectives for the trade negotiations and beyond. It says minimal impact on the sale of…
Read MoreOslo to face legal action over new salmon map
THE Norwegian government is expected to face legal challenges to its new salmon farming traffic light scheme from companies caught up in the red zones, it has emerged. Up to 140 businesses in the two red areas will be forced to cut back on production by up to six per cent or around 9,000 tonnes. Oslo has said it…
Read MoreGreen light for salmon farm growth in Norway
THE Norwegian government has given the go-ahead for salmon farmers to grow production by between 22,000 and 23,000 tonnes net. Under the country’s much vaunted traffic light system – which divides the coastline into 13 districts – nine zones, predominantly from the centre of Norway to the North Cape area, have been given a green…
Read MoreTop scientists join SAIC board
THE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has appointed five industry experts to its board, to provide objective scientific advice on future projects. The five new members of the Independent Scientific Panel are Dr Lydia Brown MBE, Dr Hans Bjelland, Dr Heather Moore, Dr Clive Talbot and Dr Hamish Rodger. The panel is made up of…
Read MoreIceland farmed fish output to hit new record
SALMON output in Iceland is poised to hit a record 37,000 tonnes this year, the latest official predictions show. Growth in aquaculture is continuing apace, with production likely to rise by between 5,000 and 7,000 tonnes over the next 12 months. However, any increase will not match 2019, when salmon production doubled to around 30,000…
Read MoreSAIC invites bids for research funds
THE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced significant new funding for industry led research projects. SAIC has £2.9 million in its project pot to spend over the next five years and hopes to attract at least a further £3.5 million investment. It will consider funding proposals up to the value of £440,000 (full project…
Read MoreMowi Scotland names new management team
Mowi Scotland has named its new management team, following the appointment last month of Meritxell Diez-Padrisa as the company’s new production director. Diez-Padrisa, who was head of fish health, replaces Gideon Pringle, who is joining Scottish Sea Farms as director of farming. Mowi’s farms in Scotland will now be organised into three regions – South,…
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