Archive for September 2021
Royal visitors meet Organic Sea Harvest team
HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall sampled smoked salmon from Organic Sea Harvest on their visit to meet local businesses on Skye. The royal couple, accompanied by Lord-Lieutenant Joanie Whiteford, were visiting businesses in Portree, Skye. They met with OSH’s co-founders, Alister Mackinnon and Alex MacInnes, and Chief Operating Officer, Robert Wyvill. Earlier…
Read MoreStudy aims to help wild salmon survive climate change
Warmer temperatures globally are presenting major challenges to Scotland’s wild salmon population, according to Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon. The Scottish Government has announced a £550,000 fund, including £150,000 provided by Crown Estate Scotland, for research into the impacts of climate change and pollution on wild salmon, and on ways to mitigate them –…
Read MoreBakkafrost condemns Faroes dolphin slaughter
Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost has moved swiftly to distance the company from the controversial slaughter of dolphins that took place in the islands last weekend. Islanders in the Faroes have traditionally taken part in whale and dolphin hunts, driving the animals on shore and killing them for their meat. Last Sunday’s hunt, however, which saw…
Read MoreAtlantic Sapphire expected to focus on Florida
Land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire is circling the wagons around its Florida operation, following a major fire two days ago which all but destroyed its Danish land farm. Investors believe the likely insurance settlement of around US $33m will be ploughed into its new land farm project now under construction near Miami, thus avoiding the…
Read MoreOpen minds
The US public could be ready to give aquaculture a cautious welcome, a new survey suggests. For a people renowned for enterprise and innovation, especially in food production, Americans have been surprisingly ambivalent about the benefits of aquaculture. Alaskans don’t want it in their backyard and the majority of US consumers prefer to eat wild-caught…
Read MoreExcellent opportunities
Swansea University delivers excellence in aquaculture education, research and innovation Aquaculture offers an incredibly diverse job opportunity. If you are a student just starting, changing careers, or wish to upskill your competences then the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR) at Swansea University can help you out. Our £3.3m facilities include a state-of-the-art suite of…
Read MoreCovid effect puts pressure on island housing
An exodus of workers from the cities during the Covid-19 pandemic has made Scotland’s rural housing crisis more acute. That was the message from Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, to MEPs at the Scottish Parliament yesterday. Scott was giving evidence to the new Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee…
Read MoreAquaculture: your views wanted
A not-for-profit body focused on sustainable and ethical food is gathering views on the role of aquaculture in the UK. The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is carrying out an online survey to help assess the part aquaculture can play in ensuring sustainable and secure food, a more equitable society and stronger community bonds, and also to…
Read MoreShades of green
The platform thrashed out by the SNP and the Scottish Greens is dangerously vague, argues Hamish Macdonell It’s all in the detail. Or, rather, in the case of the SNP-Green deal, perhaps it isn’t. The coalition that isn’t, announced last month, was hardly unexpected. It had been trailed for weeks as the two parties conducted…
Read MoreFire devastates Atlantic Sapphire’s Danish farm
A serious fire has broken out at Atlantic Sapphire’s Danish land-based salmon farm site, causing considerable damage. The company said in a Stock Exchange announcement last night that all employees safely managed to leave the building without injury. However, it is thought that the fish tanks inside the Hvide Sande building in Denmark were badly…
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