Archive for January 2021

Three of Brazil’s leading soybean producers have agreed to put in place a 100% deforestation-free soy value chain. The move means that virtually all the soy supplied to the salmon farming industry as feed will be from sustainable sources. The three producers – CJ Selecta, Caramuru and Imcopa/Cerverjaria Petropoli – have worked with the sustainability…

Cooke Aquaculture is planning to invest almost CAN $60m dollars building a new salmon hatchery in Canada’s Nova Scotia province. Notice of the proposal from Cooke was posted by the Nova Scotia Government two days ago. The facility will be at Centreville on the 20-mile long Digby Neck peninsular, and about three hours’ drive from…

Salmon farmers have sounded the alarm over predation attacks by seals following a major incident at a Skye-based farm in which 52,000 juvenile salmon were lost. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) says that from May 2019 to May 2020 more than half a million farmed salmon in Scotland died as a result of seal…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that new regulations following the end of the Brexit transition period are causing problems for the UK seafood sector, and has pledged compensation for those businesses affected. He was answering questions yesterday at the House of Commons Liaison Committee, which represents the chairs of all the Commons select committees.…

Atlantic Sapphire, the Florida-based salmon farming company, is reported to have applied to register on the US OTCQX market, which offers enterprises the opportunity to expand their visibility and expand investor access. To qualify companies have to meet high financial standards and follow best practice corporate governance as well as demonstrate compliance with US securities…

Kurt Oddekalv, the environmental campaigner who became a thorn in the side of Norway’s aquaculture industry, died after falling through ice while trying to save his daughter’s dog, it has emerged. The accident happened on Monday afternoon while he was walking on a frozen lake near his home south of Bergen. The family said on…

Shetland-based shipowner Ocean Farm Services has ordered a new workboat from Skagen Ship Consulting AS. The new vessel, the second Skagen newbuild ordered by Ocean Farm Services, will join OFS’ fleet making it the third with the same design as its sister vessel Ocean Apollo (due to be delivered this month) and the already operating…

Aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business Benchmark is issuing new shares to raise capital for its shrimp breeding programme. The issue, of 536,272 ordinary shares of 0.1p each, is expected to raise $450,000. The company will use this to pay a “contingent consideration” relating to the acquisition of aquaculture breeding programmes centred on shrimp from…

The owners of the salmon feed boat which sank during a fierce storm in an east Iceland fjord last weekend say they are looking at plans to refloat the vessel. The 25 metre long Muninn now lies 40 metres below the surface at Reyðarfjörður with 10,000 litres of diesel oil and 300 tonnes of salmon…