Archive for January 2022
Mowi set to close its processing plant in Surrey, BC
Mowi Canada West has announced that it will permanently close its fish processing plant in Surrey, British Columbia, blaming the Canadian Government’s decision to shut down salmon farming in the Discovery Islands region. Mowi is British Columbia’s largest salmon producer and its 23,000 sq ft processing plant, in the town of Surrey, currently employs around…
Read MoreMowi trebles Q4 operating profit
Fish farming giant Mowi almost trebled its operating profit (EBIT) on a lower global harvest during the final quarter of 2021, the company’s Q4 trading update reveals. The group reported an EBIT of €146m against €49m for the same period in 2020. The total harvest was 115,000 tonnes against 127,000 tonnes 12 months earlier. The…
Read MoreUS victory for Cooke steelhead plans
The Washington State Supreme Court has unanimously rejected various damage claims by a group of environmental organisations and upheld a permit granted to Cooke Aquaculture Pacific by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (“WDFW”) for the farming of Pacific Steelhead trout. The Wild Fish Conservancy, Centre for Food Safety, Centre for Biological Diversity, and…
Read MoreAction plan to save Scotland’s wild salmon
An ambitious strategy which aims to bring Scotland’s wild salmon population back from crisis point has been launched by Holyrood. Numbers have declined worryingly since the 1970s, with climate change thought to be one of the main causes. Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon said: “The Atlantic (wild) salmon is one of the most magnificent animals…
Read MoreJames Hutton Limited to offer ETV reports on environmental technologies
James Hutton Limited is pleased to announce that the business has become the second UK-based organisation to offer Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) reports on environmental technologies in the United Kingdom and the only partner within the Water Test Network, a partnership of 10 European technology and testing centres, designated to support SMEs (small-medium sized enterprises)…
Read MoreTrout farmer uses Arvo-Tec’s feeding control technology
Arvo-Tec is providing essential tools for rainbow trout producer FinnForel, a large, data-driven business. In the FinnForel model, Arvo-Tec control systems’ extensive data collection is used to plan ahead and manage complete year-round production in all the farmer’s RAS facilities, from egg to plate. Each Arvo-Tec feeding control unit sends data to a remote server,…
Read MoreNew 50 Tonne Feed Barge for Small Offshore Fish Farms
FishFarmFeeder (FFF) is building a second 50 tonne feed barge, this time for a salmon farm in Scotland. FFF aims to broaden its portfolio for this kind of species as the company has already installed feeding systems for salmon in hatcheries and pre-growing fish farms. Also, new individual feeders for cages, for pellets up to…
Read MoreSeafood Expo on course despite withdrawals
SEAFOOD Expo and Processing North America, popularly known as the Boston Seafood Show, is to go ahead , the organisers have said. Earlier this week Peter Pan Seafood of Alaska said it was pulling out because of fears over the spread of the Omicron version of coronavirus, sparking fears that others could soon follow. Cermaq…
Read MoreChile Cermaq apppoints new Managing Director
CERMAQ Chile has appointed Pedro Courard, its current production director, as its new managing director. He takes over from Steven Rafferty who is moving up to become CEO of the entire Cermaq group. Pedro (pictured) has more than 20 years experience in the fish farming industry and has an engineering background. He studied as an…
Read MoreChile farms hit by new algal attack
THE salmon industry in Chile has again been hit by a serious algal bloom outbreak, costing two companies a total of more than US $4-million. Two days ago the farming company Blumar reported it had lost some 760,000 fish at its sites in Punta Rouse and Isla Ester worth around US $3.3m. This represents almost…
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