Archive for October 2021
Young’s adds a touch of spice to salmon
Young’s Seafood is bringing a touch of Asian spice to salmon. The company has introduced a new product to its chilled range with the launch of its “Red Thai Infused Salmon”. The new launch comes as Young’s reports sales of salmon have been soaring. Launched in Asda, the salmon comes in a Thai marinade infused…
Read MoreKingfish Company strikes deal with Italian, French retail chains
Netherlands-based aquaculture business the Kingfish Company has signed deals with retail groups in Italy and France, to distribute its Dutch yellowtail product. In Italy, retail group Conad will sell Kingfish’s product nationwide. The Kingfish Company, which produces yellowtail kingfish at a land-based RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) facility, will sell its product under Conad’s own brand,…
Read MoreBenchmark Genetics makes a further investment in external genetic services
For more than two decades, Benchmark has offered consulting services in applied genetics through the brand Akvaforsk Genetics and today the company is a global leader in the field. To further strengthen the company’s position, Adrian Antonsen has been hired as Applied Genetics Consultant, where he will work to assist external breeding programmes for aquatic…
Read MoreGrieg steers steady ship in Q3
Grieg Seafood has announced slightly lower harvests for the three months July to September this year. The Q3 figure, which came in a Stock Exchange notification, was around 20,500 tonnes against 21,200 over the same period last year. The total is made up of 6,300 tonnes in Rogaland, 9,900 tonnes in Finnmark and 4,300 tonnes…
Read MoreCouncils to get share of Norway’s Aquaculture Fund
Almost 150 mainly coastal authorities in Norway are to receive a billion krone (around £86m) from the country’s aquaculture fund this autumn. The announcement was one of the first to be made by Norway’s new Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs, Bjørnar Skjæran. The payment is divided between 140 smaller municipalities and seven larger county…
Read MoreFish International set for in-person return next year
Germany’s leading seafood industry trade show, Fish International, is coming back to Bremen in February next year. Taking place between Sunday 13 and Tuesday 15 February 2022, this biennial event will feature innovations from producers, retailers and the catering and hospitality industry, as well as discussion on trending topics such as aquaculture and sustainability. Fish…
Read MoreHydroniq wins wellboat cooler contract
Norwegian company Hydroniq Coolers has won a contract to deliver the marine cooling system to two wellboats being built by Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard. Cemre is building the two wellboats – respectively, newbuilds 76 and 77 – for Norwegian wellboat company Seistar Holding. The larger of the two vessels will be the world’s largest live fish…
Read MoreMowi Q3 results hit by Canadian biological issues
Mowi today announced a third quarter global operating profit of around €131m euros with Scotland almost trebling its average per kilo return. The EBIT (operating profit) figure is about €5m down on what analysts had been expecting, largely due to extraordinary biological problems on both Canadian seaboards. Issues with a plankton bloom in Canada West…
Read MoreBenchmark says 2021 results will be better than expected
Aquaculture biotechnology business Benchmark is set to outdo market expectations for its full year financial results, the company has said. In a market announcement this morning, Benchmark said that it expected to report “a stronger than expected trading performance across its three business areas” for the year to 30 September 2021. This includes continuing growth…
Read MoreNTS faces new ISA threat
The NTS group is facing a triple whammy from the disease infectious salmon anaemia (ISA). A suspected case has been reported at one of the group’s subsidiary operations Midt-Norsk Havbruk (MNH) in Trondelag county, where 30,000 fish with an average weight of 4.3 kilos are being bred in co-operation with MNH’s partner Bjørøya AS. As usual…
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