SalMar Aker Ocean picks new chief

A new man has been appointed to lead SalMar Aker Ocean, potentially one of the most exciting fish farming operations over the next decade. He is Roy Reite, currently general manager of the seafood company Fjordlaks and takes over as CEO of the joint venture which plans to produce 150,000 tonnes of sustainable salmon at…

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Heart of the matter

One of the biggest threats to farmed salmon is not what you might expect. Every year, hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of fish die from a little-discussed cardiac disease, cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS). In short: heart failure. The disease made its entry into Norwegian salmon farms in the mid 1980s and later spread to the Faroe…

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Fall in wild salmon numbers ‘not down to fish farms’

Fish farms are not to blame for declining salmon numbers in Scotland, according to a research paper which has analysed rod catch data collected over seven decades. The peer-reviewed study has been published in the independent journal Aquaculture & Fisheries Studies. Author Dr Martin Jaffa, an aquaculture expert who now specialises in the interaction between…

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Bakkafrost takes majority stake in Danish canner

Bakkafrost has acquired a majority stake in the Danish canned salmon and general fish company Munkebo Seafood AS, it was announced today. The Faroese fish farming group, which has major interests in Scotland, said it had acquired 90% of the shares in Munkebo from Paul Lybech, who has been involved with the business for the…

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Man killed in New Year fish farm accident

A man in his twenties has been killed in a fish farming accident in Norway on New Year’s Day. According to reports the victim, who has not been named yet, became stuck between a boat and the quayside. He was critically injured and died later. His family has been notified. The accident took place at…

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