Archive for November 2021
Skretting promotes Granfelt to RAS role
Aquafeed giant Skretting has appointed Charlie Granfelt as Global Manager, Closed Aquaculture Systems. Granfelt joins Skretting HQ with more than 30 years’ experience in sales and marketing, including more than 20 years in senior leadership positions. He has worked for Skretting for 12 years, eight as Sales Director in Norway and four years as General…
Read MoreGood times rolling again for salmon
The good times are finally returning to Norway’s beleaguered fish farming sector, according to new figures. Akvafakt, the organisation which documents the country’s aquaculture production, said the standing biomass of salmon is increasing while, at the same time more fish are being exported, with September likely to set a new record. Akvafakt says in its…
Read MoreNordlaks receives new ‘green’ wellboat
Nordlaks, the fish farming company behind the giant Havfarm platform project, has taken delivery of its latest super hybrid wellboat. Following a short flag hoisting ceremony, the Harald Martin was handed over by the Turkish builders Tersan where a crew was waiting to sail it back to Vesterålen in Norway next week. Harald Martin is the…
Read MoreMaine court finds in favour of Nordic Aquafarms
A court ruling in favour of Nordic Aquafarms, over disputed title to a mudflat, has removed a major hurdle for the company’s plans to build a salmon farm in Maine. Nordic Aquafarms, which also operates RAS (recirculating aquaculture systems) farms in Norway and Denmark, in is the final stages of achieving permits for a 54-acre…
Read MoreAker Biomarine to restructure finances
Aker Biomarine, the biotech innovator and Antarctic krill harvesting company, is planning to restructure its finances next month after reporting a somewhat flat third quarter performance. The company will hold a Capital Markets Day on 1 December, when it will outline its strategy to improve growth and earnings. Aker said it had agreed on a new…
Read MoreMowi forced to mothball BC hatchery
Mowi has temporarily closed one of its facilities in British Columbia, in a move it says that has been forced on the company by the Canadian government’s decision last year to end open-net fish farming on the Discovery Islands. The affected site is the Dalrymple hatchery, near Sayward on Vancouver Island. Mowi Canada West said…
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