Archive for January 2021

Fresh and chilled salmon prices recorded a sharp increase last week, according to the latest figures from Statistics Norway. After months of stagnation they moved up by seven per cent to an average of NOK 49.81 per kilo. However, that is about the same figure that was being paid during the third and fourth weeks…

Atlantic Sapphire announced last night it is to scale up the second phase of its “Miami Bluehouse” salmon production at its Florida land-based farm. The move will increase annual production from 15,000 tonnes gutted weight to 25,000 tonnes. The company said the first fish are expected to be stocked into the new first phase facility…

A joint taskforce is to be set up by the UK and Scottish governments to address issues for seafood exporters following the end of the Brexit transition period. The move, announced this morning by Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, follows urgent calls from the seafood industry after a series of problems with shipping arrangements, certification…

A top chef who has championed the cause of Scottish salmon has been awarded a coveted Michelin star. Shaun Rankin’s restaurant – also called Shaun Rankin – at Grantley Hall, Ripon in Yorkshire serves only UK-sourced ingredients. Rankin has been working with the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation since last year, helping the SSPO better understand…

The Scottish Government is funding additional resources for trade body Seafood Scotland to help manage the new paperwork and processes for exporters following the end of the Brexit transition period. Two new full time equivalent roles will be created at Seafood Scotland to help companies better understand the new business practices to export to the…

Low salmon prices hit the earnings of Arctic Fish, the large Icelandic fish farming company, during the final quarter of 2020. The company, which is 50% owned by Norway Royal Salmon, harvested 2,988 tonnes and reported Q4 revenues of €12m euros. This resulted in a loss of (minus) €0.41 per kilo, for heads on, ungutted…

Feed giant Skretting is working with Polish-based Proteon Pharmaceuticals to develop aquafeed solution that will help protect fish from harmful bacteria. The strategic partnership involves collaboration on finding ways to use “phages”, commonly occurring viruses that attack bacteria. The two companies will work in a parallel R&D pipeline on the project, first targeting pathogenic Vibrio…

Mowi Scotland has achieved certification from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) for four seawater salmon farms this month, bringing its total of ASC certified farms to eight. Mowi’s seawater farms at Loch Linnhe, Gorsten, Marulaig Bay and Stulaigh join Loch Leven in achieving ASC certification. The news follows the certification, last year, of the company’s…

Independent producer Organic Sea Harvest has failed in its bid to secure planning permission for a new site on Skye. Highland Council’s North Planning Application Committee denied the request, for a fish farm at Balmaqueen in the north-east of the island, at its meeting earlier today following a motion carried by eight votes to six.…