Archive for December 2020
Norway’s seafood exports take a hit
Norway has reported a significant drop in the value of its seafood exports, including salmon, for last month. The country’s fish farmers and fishermen netted a total of NOK 9.4 billion (£798.5 million), a decline in value of 11 per cent or NOK 1.2 billion (£102 million) compared with November last year. Tom-Jørgen Gangsø, director…
Read MoreMilestone for Barcaldine as first fish reach market
Scottish Sea Farms has hailed a milestone with the harvest of the first fish to be reared as smolts at the company\’s new hatchery at Barcaldine, Argyllshire. The fish were transferred a year ago from the new RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) hatchery at Barcaldine to SSF’s Loch Nevis C farm for on-growing. The smolts had…
Read MoreIceland farm site plan faces opposition
Plans to build a large salmon farm near the east Icelandic port of Seyðisfjörður are facing growing opposition. The main protests are coming from sports fishing organisations and a section of local inhabitants. The company, Fiskeldi Austfjörður, which is part of the Ice Fish Farm group, wants to produce up to 10,000 tonnes of fish…
Read MoreAs others see us
One of the benefits of coming towards the end of one’s career is the ability to look back at how the industry has performed. For a change, I’m not talking about farm performance but about how well we respond to some of the reasonable – and unreasonable – criticism that we face as an industry.…
Read MoreControls over wild wrasse harvesting imposed
The Scottish Government has announced mandatory controls over the harvesting of wild wrasse for managing sea lice in the salmon farming industry. Fishers will have to meet certain criteria, show they have an appropriate relationship with an aquaculture business and have a proven track record to obtain a permit for harvesting wild wrasse. The measures…
Read MoreDevelopers say new valve system will help fish welfare
Simpler, safer handling is now possible, say the Norwegian developers of a new system for transferring fish, and the system is being installed in what will be the world’s largest wellboat. Cflow’s new system, Flowline, uses a stronger, more durable type of plastic than that normally used in fish handling, and it also makes use…
Read MoreGrieg raises cash for green investment
Grieg Seafood has successfully extended a large unsecured green bond from NOK 1 billion to NOK 1.5 billion (£127 million). The company told the Oslo Stock Exchange the additional NOK 500 billion (£42.5 million) will be used to finance environmental related projects. The issue will mature in June 2025. Grieg says sustainable farming practices are…
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