Archive for March 2021
Organic Sea Harvest hires COO
Independent salmon farmer Organic Sea Harvest has appointed Robert Wyvill as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He takes up his post just ahead of the company’s first commercial harvest, expected this spring. As COO, Wyvill Robert will be responsible for all OSH’s day-to-day operations, including ensuring OSH’s continued growth, negotiating with local suppliers and planning ahead.…
Read MoreAwards for two fish farming trainees
Two aquaculture trainees have been recognised at Lantra Scotland’s ALBAS 21 (Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills) event. Callum Duggan (pictured, above), a freshwater technician with Cooke Aquaculture, won the Aquaculture Learner of the Year category, a prestigious CARAS award and was the ALBAS Overall Runner-up. Guy Tindall, a marine senior husbandry technician with Grieg…
Read MoreSalmon prices on the rise again
Salmon prices appear to be starting their long climb back to more profitable levels. The latest statistics from Norway suggest the barren period may be coming to an end as fresh salmon rose well above NOK 50 two weeks ago and are continuing to increase with predictions they will pass the NOK 60 barrier in…
Read MoreEU and Norway in dispute over Arctic cod
Norway and the European Union have clashed over fishing rights off the Arctic territory of Svalbard. The dispute, if it is allowed to escalate, could eventually rebound on the country’s salmon sector. The EU has unilaterally allocated itself a cod quota of 28,431 tonnes for the waters off Svalbard. That is more than 10,000 tonnes…
Read MoreAstronauts could be dining on fresh seabass
Fish farming on the Moon is a possibility within decades, according a team of French scientists. Future astronauts could take with them live fish eggs and, using water which is believed to lie just under the lunar surface, cultivate them into fully grown fish, researchers suggest. The British Columbia based marine science magazine Hakai reports…
Read MoreBioMar 2020 earnings solid thanks to salmon
Danish-based aquafeed business BioMar Group has reported revenue and earnings slightly up for 2020, thanks to strong performance in its salmon division. Revenue for 2020 was up 4.2% to DKK 11,649m (£1,351m) and EBITDA was DKK 972m (£112.8m, just 0.6% more than 2019). The full-year result was driven positively by increased sales volume and cost…
Read MoreSkretting plans shrimp feed research centre in Ecuador
Multinational feed group Skretting is investing $6.1m (£4.3m) in a new shrimp research facility in Ecuador to complement the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) network. The Skretting ARC Guayas Research Station, will be located next to the group’s recently completed feed manufacturing plant in Ecuador. The new R&D facility, centrally coordinated by Skretting ARC in…
Read More‘At least 3,000’ salmon from Carradale escape made it to rivers, report says
Fisheries Management Scotland believes at least 3,000 farmed salmon may have found their way into Scottish and some northern English rivers when Storm Ellen struck the Mowi fish farm at Carradale North last August. It has just released the result of an investigation into the incident when 10 circular net pens containing 550,000 salmon shifted…
Read MoreSmolt ‘grow more rapidly’ on a krill diet
Salmon smolt given feed that includes hydrolysed krill grow faster and are more likely to survive their introduction to the sea, according to researchers at Nofima, the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research. The study aimed to find ways to reduce smolt mortality and improve growth for the critical first year at sea.…
Read MoreFrench feed producers consolidate
Brittany-based aquafeed business Le Gouessant Co-operative Group has announced the acquisition of competitor Aqualia. The move reinforces Le Gouessant’s position as France’s largest producer for fish farming nutrition. Aqualia, founded in 2016, has around 20 employees and a mill for manufacturing fish feeds based in Landes, in south-west France. Up until the sale to Le…
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