Archive for May 2020
Salmon prices starting to spike
SALMON prices are showing positive signs of hardening as more countries gradually start opening up their economies in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. In Norway, which often acts as a marker for neighbouring countries, the country’s statistics office this week reports fresh or chilled salmon was just over NOK 59 per kilo. This represents…
Read MoreConceptual Development
Inter Fresh Concepts is busy catching up now that some space has been freed up by the Corona measures. Director Leon Hoogervorst told us: ‘We had it on the agenda for some time that we wanted to make it possible for retailers to order directly from us. ‘We have now built that website…
Read MoreCaged delivery
FiiZK will complete two new installations of closed cages for fish farmers in Norway in May and June. A third cage is also under construction, and will be delivered in October. Certus 15000, FiiZK’s newest closed postsmolt cage, can hold up to 750 tons biomass. A heavy duty industrial PVC bag closes the production…
Read MoreTanks that enable industry to deliver
Flexibility, Durability and Value: RNT supports the Blue Economy with the inventive use of 200-year-old technology and the worlds most trusted material. From the humble corrugated steel sheet RNT fabricate tanks that enable industry to deliver on the challenge of rising food demand and improving animal welfare. By continuously developing their products to…
Read MoreGo with the flow
Oxygenation efficiency reduces costs and improves performance. Animal health and growth rates are improved with proper oxygenation. This applies to new farms as well as existing ones with inefficient oxygenation systems. Live holding systems and hydroponics can also benefit from higher oxygenation levels easily achieved using the Oxyflow® oxygenator. Low head Oxyflow® is easy…
Read MoreOn the move
Ferguson Transport and Shipping are leaders in delivering general, specialised, ADR, fish feed, treatments, pen washing and fish harvests, port services and facilities covering the West coast of Scotland, Ireland and Northern Isles. The Port and dry dock serve the marine, decommissioning, wind wave and tidal, oil and gas sectors via road, rail and…
Read MoreSalmar announces \’best ever\’ Q1 results
EFFORTS to deal with long standing biological problems at Scottish Sea Farms negatively impacted on its performance at the start of this year, Norwegian salmon giant SalMar reports with its 2020 Q1 results today. The company has a 50 per cent stake in the UK-based operation which it calls Norskott Havbruk and which it shares…
Read MoreSalmar announces \’best ever\’ Q1 results
EFFORTS to deal with long standing biological problems at Scottish Sea Farms negatively impacted on its performance at the start of this year, Norwegian salmon giant SalMar reports with its 2020 Q1 results today. The company has a 50 per cent stake in the UK-based operation which it calls Norskott Havbruk and which it shares…
Read MoreAquaculture UK latest covid victim
As expected the organisers of Aquaculture UK 2020 have today pulled the plug on the showpiece Aviemore event. With no end in sight to the lockdown restrictions in Scotland significantly easing, and with foreign travel expected to be one of the last prohibitions to be removed, it became inevitable that the flagship event would not…
Read MoreIceland wild salmon threat \’negligible\’
PLANS to breed up to 10,000 tonnes of salmon on Iceland’s west coast would have an ‘insignificant’ impact on wild salmon or general marine life, an official report has concluded. The findings will be seen as a boost for the country’s growing aquaculture sector and a strong riposte to its environmental lobby which frequently opposes…
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