Archive for July 2020
Iceland salmon gets new retail brand
Iceland has launched its own retail salmon brand – at least among three fish farming companies. ASC certified fish is now being sold under the combined name of Iceborn, launched this week by the Norwegian sales company Seaborn. The businesses who have signed up are Laxar Aquaculture, Fiskeldi Austfjörður (Ice Fish Farm), and Arctic Fish,…
Read MoreNew Business Development Director for Scottish Quality Salmon
Scottish Quality Salmon, which sets the quality and promotes Label Rouge Scottish Salmon, has created the new role of Business Development Director to grow the Label Rouge Scottish Salmon brand and enhance the market for its exports. Cameron Sutherland has been appointed to the new role and joins the company with extensive experience in promoting…
Read MoreMajor expansion from Icelandic salmon company
ICELAND’S determination to be a major player in salmon farming has taken another big step forward with the announcement that the company Fiskeldi Austfjarða hf, which trades under the name Ice Fish Farm, has received provisional clearance to add another 7,000 tonnes of biomass in the east of the country. The company already has an…
Read MoreNorway hit by more ISA cases
TWO more suspected outbreaks of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) have been reported at fish farms in northern Norway, bringing the total cases to at least five since May. The first of the latest incidents is at Kleiva Fiskefarm and Gratanglaks AS in Troms and Finnmark county. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority said it plans an…
Read MoreScottish tech entrepreneurs invest in Ace Aquatec
Scottish tech entrepreneurs Chris van der Kuyl and Paddy Burns have invested in Dundee headquartered aquaculture technology specialist Ace Aquatec. Founded in 1999, Ace Aquatec is a double Queen’s Award for Enterprise winner that develops acoustic deterrent devices and electric stunners that are used by fish farm operators in the UK and across the globe.…
Read MoreSalmon farmers urged to adopt blockchain technology
Blockchain technology has suddenly become a new tool in aquaculture in helping to ensure traceability from farm to plate and eliminating fish fraud. The Norwegian Seafood Association has just partnered with the IBM Food Trust, which uses the technology to improve transparency, and the technology provider Atea ASA to gather data on how salmon is…
Read MoreNorwegian salmon sales defy covid onslaught
DESPITE being ravaged by the worst global pandemic in over a century, Norwegian salmon exports have held up impressively well during the first six months of this year, the latest figures show. Sales for June also showed an increase. And all this in a period when most of the world’s restaurants had shut down, and…
Read MoreBakkafrost reports strong Q2 harvest
FOLLOWING a difficult start to the year Bakkafrost, the Faroese and now Scottish salmon farming business, is forecasting a strong recovery in the second quarter (March to June) of 2019. It has also seen an upsurge in feed sales. In its latest trading update, it says the harvest, (heads on gutted equivalent) from farming region…
Read MoreZoetis picks up Fish Vet Group from Benchmark
Zoetis has just announced the acquisition of Fish Vet Group from Benchmark Holdings PLC, as a strategic addition to its Pharmaq business which develops and commercializes fish vaccines and offers services in vaccination and diagnostics for aquaculture. Adding Fish Vet Group grows the geographic reach and enhances the diagnostics expertise and testing services, including environmental…
Read MoreCanada starts covid-19 salmon oil trial
THE Canadian health authorities have given the green light to a study to see if salmon oil can help Covid-19 sufferers make a speedier recovery. They are working with the Norwegian biotech company Hofseth Biocare, which specialises in developing high value marine ingredients into health products, and have this week approved a fast track phase…
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