Archive for September 2021
The truth about lice
If you had to urgently find a person who would help save your life and knew nothing about them, then what you might do is to go out into the street and stop everyone who passed by in the hope of bumping into them. However, you could be looking for ever. It might be better…
Read MoreNorwegian salmon sales hit August record
Exports of Norwegian salmon hit a new August record last month with sales totalling NOK 7bn (£584m). The country’s fish farmers exported 119,000 tonnes during the month, an increase of 21% on volume and 33% in value compared with August last year. Seafood exports of all types, including whitefish, shellfish and pelagic species such as…
Read MoreAquaship selects Cflow for wellboats
Aquaculture services provider Aquaship has chosen Norwegian company Cflow to install fish handling technology on two newly commissioned wellboats. The vessels, Grip Marine and Grip Explorer are both conversions from offshore industry PSVs (platform supply vessels), adapted for live fish transport. Cflow will deliver complete water treatment and fish handling systems for the vessels. The…
Read MoreNorwegian seafood promoters heading for Riyadh
The Norwegian Seafood Council will be represented in person at a large international trade fair next week, for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began over 18 months ago. Ørjan Kjærvik Olsen, who is responsible for new markets at the Seafood Council is travelling to the Saudi capital Riyadh. Together with colleague Trond Kostveit,…
Read MoreMarine Fund announces grants for fishers and processors
Fishing businesses and marine organisations in Scotland have been awarded funding to mitigate the impacts of Brexit, help the sector recover from effects of COVID-19 and protect the environment. The financial support of almost £800,000 – part of the £14m Marine Fund Scotland – was announced by Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon in a food…
Read MoreYoung’s launches seafood range for kids
Young’s Seafood has teamed up with cookery author Annabel Karmel MBE to create fish-based frozen meals for youngsters. Designed for children under five, it’s hoped the tasty and healthy meals will help to inspire the next generation to love fish while supporting the UK Government’s recommendation of eating two portions of fish a week as part of…
Read MoreResearch aims to improve wrasse vaccination
A team of UK researchers has received funding to find better ways to vaccinate ballan wrasse against bacterial infection. It is hoped the project could help to grow the use of wrasse as cleaner fish to control sea lice on salmon farms. The consortium – led by the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture and…
Read MoreHuon picks up gold and silver in quality awards
The beleaguered Australian salmon farmer Huon Aquaculture was able to smile again this week after picking up a clutch of top awards for the quality of its fish. The company won the Champions Seafood Trophy at the 2021 Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards with five products gaining gold and a further four winning silver. Huon…
Read MoreKingfish almost doubles H1 revenues
The Kingfish Company, which specialises in the production of farmed yellowtail, came close to doubling its revenues, year-on-year, for the first half of 2021. Publishing its H1 report, Kingfish said net turnover rose by 95% during the period and at a time when many restaurants in Europe and the United States were closed due to…
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