Archive for December 2020
Commercial launch of marker-assisted genetically improved rainbow trout eggs
Rainbow trout is produced under highly diverse environmental conditions, and harvested in many different sizes with a wide array of tissue pigment levels, ranging from white-fleshed pan-size trout produced in 6-10 oC fresh water to large 4 kg-plus steelhead trout in 18-20oC seawater! Such variation in conditions and production cycle, obviously calls for different genetics,…
Read MoreBrexit ready
O’Toole Transport in Bellshill has become an approved hub for creating export health certificates, and we can offer this service to any Scottish seafood company that will require the service in January. We recently became BRC AA approved and have grown our management team to help us with the creation of customs export declarations in…
Read MoreAquaBounty IPO raises $65.2m for GM salmon
North American land-based salmon farmer AquaBounty Technologies has announced the closing of its public share offering (IPO), which has raised $65.2 million before expenses. The company is pioneering genetically modified (GM) salmon. AquaBounty says it intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for “general corporate purposes, including for the purchase of land and…
Read MoreUNESCO highlights lack of funding for ocean research
Lack of funding is hampering the development and implementation of marine research and its valuable applications, according to a report published by United Nations agency UNESCO. The Second Global Ocean Science Report, published by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), finds that on average, states devote only 1.7% of their research budgets to sciences of the…
Read MoreAker Solutions signs up to offshore project
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Arctic Offshore Farming, a subsidiary of Norway Royal Salmon, to help deliver an ambitious ocean-based fish farm project. The contract is worth NOK 40 million (£3.4 million). Aker Solutions says it has identified fish farming as a market with several interesting prospects and, together with NRS, it has…
Read MoreBoris Nets and Fibras Industriales working together
BORIS Nets – one of the UK’s oldest aquaculture net supply companies – and Fibras Industriales SA (FISA) a leading volume supplier in the Americas are happy to confirm they have formed a partnership to serve the UK and Irish markets. John Howard, Managing Director at Boris Nets, said: “The relationship brings together the joint…
Read MoreFish farm workers sacked for refusing drug test
Two former employees are suing a Norwegian salmon company after losing their jobs for refusing to submit a sample of hair for a drugs test. They worked at a Cermaq-owned facility near Alta in northern Norway. Both agreed to take a urine test, which showed up as negative, but they were then asked to provide…
Read MoreBrexit impasse sparks Norway fisheries threat
Norway is threatening to ban both European and UK fishing vessels from its waters from 1 January in a dispute that will hit the Scottish fleet and could spill over to the farmed salmon sector. The warning was issued by the country’s Fisheries Minister, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, amid the looming prospect of the EU and…
Read MoreNew Water Disinfection Technology
Aquaturu A/S is a Danish technology company which has developed groundbreaking, innovative and environmentally friendly water treatment solutions that can help secure sustainable land-based fish farming. The company has introduced a new and revolutionary method to reduce bacteria, viruses, parasites and algae in freshwater fish farming facilities, challenging the traditional solutions used for disinfection of…
Read MoreThe December issue of Fish Farmer is online
The December edition of Fish Farmer magazine has now gone to press and you can view the online version here. As the industry nervously awaits the results of the Brexit talks, we look at what the implications will be for the seafood trade between Britain and Europe, once the transitional period comes to an end…
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