Archive for December 2021
ISA confirmed at fish farm in Iceland
Tests have confirmed Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) at a Laxar Fiskeldi fish farm in eastern Iceland. MAST, the Icelandic food and veterinary authority said they have received back the results of tests taken last week at the farm in Reyðarfjörður and the results show that the site has been infected by a pathogenic variant of ISA.…
Read MoreSEPA moots ‘protection zones’ for wild salmon
The new regime for regulating fish farming in Scotland will include wild salmon protection zones in which applications for new or expanded farm sites could be turned down if the risk to wild fish from sea lice is deemed to be too great. The proposal is laid out in a consultation document from the Scottish…
Read MoreOlympic champion carries flag for Norway’s seafood
Norwegian Olympic champion Karsten Warholm has signed a two year deal to help promote the country’s seafood across the world. The co-operation agreement is with the Norwegian Seafood Council. The message of the campaign is: “Together we win the world for Norwegian Seafood”. Karsten Warholm has been described as Norway’s greatest ever athlete, winning and…
Read MoreRussian Aquaculture reports strong growth and profit
Russian Aquaculture has seen significant growth in both revenue and profit for the first nine months of 2021. The company, which farms Atlantic salmon and trout in the Murmansk and Karelia regions, reported year on year revenue growth of 73% for the nine months to 30 September 2021, taking the figure to RUB 9.7bn (£99m).…
Read MoreNorway seafood exports hit new record a month early
Norway’s seafood exports last month have broken the 2019 all-time record figure of NOK 107.2bn (£8.9bn), the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council show. With the December figure still to come they so far total NOK 108.8 bn (£9bn). November exports were worth NOK 12bn (£1 bn) a value rise of 28% on a…
Read MoreFish International postponed over Covid fears
Trade fair Fish International 2022 has been put back from February to September next year, in response to concerns over how the continuing Covid-19 pandemic is affecting Germany. The event, due to be held in the Messe Bremen conference centre, Bremen, will now take place over 4-6 September. Hans Peter Schneider, Managing Director with the…
Read MoreAquaculture Africa held over to March 2022
The Aquaculture Africa 2021 conference will now take place in March 2022 instead of this December, as had been planned. Marevent, the organisers, said that the change was in response to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 and the restrictions that have been put in place to restrict its spread. The conference will still be…
Read MoreLobster restoration project reaches another milestone
Orkney Shellfish Hatchery (OSH) has announced the release of its first stock of land-raised European clawed lobster juveniles into the ocean. The release, which saw 500 of the hatchery’s advanced lobster juveniles deployed directly onto the seabed at the Churchill Barriers in Orkney, Scotland, was supported by local diving school, Kraken Diving. The lobsters had…
Read MoreUK-Norway trade deal active at last
The long awaited free trade deal between the UK and Norway finally became “live” yesterday, opening the way for Oslo to increase salmon and other seafood exports to the British market. It is almost six months since the two countries hammered out the basis for a post-Brexit agreement, but it is only now being implemented.…
Read MoreNorway’s fish farm permits may be time limited
Norway’s Labour-led coalition government has set industry alarm bells ringing by announcing that it is considering putting a time limit on the granting of new fish farming permits. Fisheries Minister Bjørnar Skjæran said there was a need for a basic review of the entire aquaculture licensing system. He has asked a special committee set up…
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