Archive for April 2020
£10m support for seafood sector ‘on its knees’
THE Scottish government has announced a £10 million funding package to help seafood businesses weather the coronavirus crisis. With many firms fighting for survival, and in turn threatening livelihoods in coastal communities, the Scottish Seafood Business Resilience Fund will provide a combination of grants and loans to businesses, it was revealed today. The shutdown of…
Read MoreSeptember dates for Boston seafood show
THE Boston Seafood show, postponed last month, is to be staged on September 23-24, the expo organisers confirmed yesterday. The slightly shorter exhibition will take place at its usual venue, the Boston Exhibition and Convention Centre, with a three-day conference programme starting on September 22, said Diversified Communications. The annual Seafood Expo North America had…
Read MoreNorwegian exports defy coronavirus onslaught
REMARKABLY, Norway saw its salmon exports increase last month despite the ravages to trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Its fish farmers exported 85,800 tonnes of salmon worth NOK 6.1 billion (£473 million) in March. This is an increase in volume of four per cent, while the value increased by NOK 103 million, or two per cent, on March last year. And…
Read MoreNorway salmon exports to UK up 27%
NORWEGIAN exports of fresh salmon to the UK increased by 27 per cent last week, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council. And with Easter sales picking up, exports to other European countries including Sweden and Finland ‘exceeded expectations’. Norway is proving itself highly adaptable in the ongoing situation, although the closure of the restaurant segment…
Read MoreLifeline deliveries over the sea from Skye
A SEAFOOD business on Skye is providing a lifeline delivery service to neighbours on the remote island of Rona during the coronavirus crisis. Ewen Grant and Janice Cooney normally operate seafood cruises aboard their 40-foot luxury catamaran, Seaflower. The popular tourist attraction, which operates from Portree to Rona and Raasay, serves freshly caught seafood on…
Read MoreAKVA reports ‘significant year’ in 2019
THE AKVA group, one of the main technology and service providers to the aquaculture sector, achieved an order intake of four billion kroner – or £311 million – last year, it has revealed in its annual report. CEO Knut Nesse described 2019 as a year of ‘significant milestones’ with revenues of more than NOK 3…
Read MoreEconomist Norway\’s new seafood marketing chief
ECONOMIST Camilla Beck Sætre has been appointed the new marketing director at the Norwegian Seafood Council. And it looks set to be a baptism of fire, with the industry still likely to be facing untold challenges due to Covid-19 when she takes up her post on June 1. Sætre has had more than 20 years’…
Read MoreEconomist Norway\’s new seafood marketing chief
ECONOMIST Camilla Beck Sætre has been appointed the new marketing director at the Norwegian Seafood Council. And it looks set to be a baptism of fire, with the industry still likely to be facing untold challenges due to Covid-19 when she takes up her post on June 1. Sætre has had more than 20 years’…
Read MoreBakkafrost Q1 harvest down by almost quarter
BAKKAFROST has announced that its first quarter harvest volumes from its Faroe Islands salmon operations will be down almost a quarter this year. The figure (head on, gutted) is set at 10,700 tonnes, compared to 13,700 tonnes for Q1 2019. No formal explanation has been given but in late February severe storms hit the island archipelago, causing considerable damage to…
Read MoreMowi providing more than 500,000 meals a day
Mowi Scotland is managing to deliver a steady supply of salmon to retailers, providing more than 500,000 meals a day during the coronavirus crisis. Although many of its employees are working remotely, the company, as a food producer, has a number of \’key workers\’ across its different departments. Mowi Scotland’s head of HR, Joanna Peeling,…
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