Archive for April 2021
Lerøy Seafood harvest volumes up 7% in Q1
The Lerøy Seafood Group announced today that its harvest volumes increased by 7% during the first three months of this year. The upbeat message was delivered in a trading update. The company ended the first quarter with a harvest total of 42,100 tonnes of salmon and trout, against 39,400 tonnes during the same period last year.…
Read MoreBakkafrost shareholders to get £25m in dividends
Faroese fish farmer Bakkafrost is paying its shareholders around £25m in dividends for 2020. The decision was reached at the company’s annual meeting last week and the dividend is expected to be paid on 30 April. Bakkafrost is the largest salmon producer and the biggest private employer on the Faroe Islands. It also has operations…
Read MoreReprieve for Mowi over BC fish transfers
A Canadian federal judge has granted Mowi an injunction allowing it to restock two salmon farms in British Columbia with young fish. The company has been at loggerheads with the Federal Fisheries Minister, Bernadette Jordan, since she ordered it to close 19 farms on the Discovery Islands, British Columbia by June next year. Her order…
Read MoreChilean farmers’ algal bloom losses double
Losses from the toxic algae outbreak in Chile have almost doubled in the past week, the latest figures suggest. The Chilean Undersecretariat for Fisheries and Aquaculture said more than 4,200 tonnes of salmon have died as a result of the incident with the crisis now concentrated on two specific areas of the country, affecting 18…
Read MoreRSPCA Assured reinstates certification for Scottish salmon farms
Animal welfare organisation RSPCA Assured has reinstated certification for the five leading Scottish salmon farms whose practices were criticised in a report from Compassion in World Farming (CIWF). The reinstatement follows special inspections by RSPCA Assured. CIWF’s report Underwater Cages, Parasites & Dead Fish, published in March this year, alleged poor welfare practices on the…
Read MoreNew support vessel for Organic Sea Harvest
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the first of a new generation of aquaculture support vessels to independent Scottish farmer Organic Sea Harvest. The Landing Utility Vessel (LUV) 1908 has more deck space, higher freeboard and a larger crane than earlier models in the series. Like Damen’s previous LUV vessels, the 1908 features a bow ramp…
Read MoreSalMar Q1 production falls in Norway and Iceland
Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar harvested 36,900 gutted weight tonnes of salmon in Norway and Iceland in the first quarter of this year, the company reports. SalMar’s market update for Q1 2021 states that production by weight was down 15.4% on the previous quarter’s 43,600 tonnes. The breakdown by region was: central Norway 20,800 gwt; northern…
Read MoreRecord March for Norwegian salmon exports
Norwegian seafood exports hit record high volumes last month, with farmed salmon once again out in front. After a slightly disappointing January and February, overseas sales of fish of all types increased by 13.5% to NOK 10.9bn (£940m) in March. Seafood and Fisheries Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen declared: “Despite the fact that the corona pandemic…
Read MoreCargo ship and workboat saved from storm
Salvage teams have successfully taken in tow a £5m aquaculture support boat and the stricken Dutch cargo ship it came off two days ago. The AQS Tor boat fell from the cargo deck during severe storms off the Norwegian coast early Tuesday. The crew were forced to abandon ship amid 45 to 50 ft high…
Read MoreBakkafrost reports year on year rise in output for Q1
Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost is forecasting a 17% higher total harvest for the first three months of this year. In a Q1 trading update, the group said output for both the Faroe Islands and Scotland will reach 21,000 tonnes, compared to 18,000 tonnes over the same period last year. The increase in production was seen…
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