Archive for February 2022
Excitement growing at Salmon Evolution, says CEO
Land-based fish farming company Salmon Evolution has described 2021 as “a ground-breaking year” for the business. Presenting the company’s final quarter results, CEO Håkon André Berg, said: “We are truly excited about soon being able to welcome the first smolt into our facility at Indre Harøy. “We have spent a lot of time preparing for…
Read MoreGrieg and FishGLOBE set up joint venture
Salmon farmer Grieg Seafood Rogaland and aquaculture technology business FishGLOBE have formally created a joint venture to develop the concept of a closed cage at sea for grow-out salmon. FishGLOBE is the company behind a radical rethink in marine fish farm design. The company’s closed cage system is already being used by Grieg to rear…
Read MoreGrieg deploys semi-closed cages in British Columbia
Salmon farmer Grieg Seafood is to install semi-closed cages at all three of its farms in Esperanza Inlet, off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia (BC). The decision follows successful trials of the technology in the Sunshine Coast region, in the south of BC. The company hopes that the new system will…
Read MoreSalmon hopefuls take Stock Exchange hit
Two salmon companies helped pull down the Oslo Stock Exchange’s share index yesterday with heavy share falls. Both are companies focused on RAS (recirculating aquaculture systems) production on land-based farms. One was Salmon Evolution, which only 24 hours earlier announced it was making preparations for the second phase of its land-based salmon farm at Indre…
Read MoreThe February 2022 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The February 2022 issue of Fish Farmer Magazine is out now and you can read it online here. The first few weeks of 2022, while they have brought their share of turmoil both internationally and on the domestic front, have also brought us some grounds for optimism. So far the omicron variant’s fresh wave of…
Read MorePHARMAQ Analytic opens new lab in Inverness
Fish health group PHARMAQ Analytiq Scotland has opened a new molecular biology laboratory in Inverness. The lab is based at Solasta House on Inverness Campus, a life sciences and technology venue developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. It is equipped to carried out PCR and other diagnostic tests for the fish farming sector and its…
Read MoreLerøy Seafood’s Madrid factory set to develop new product ranges
Lerøy Seafood has said its latest factory near Madrid will provide a platform for the launch of several new products to strengthen its position in Spain and Portugal. Just opened, at 9,000 square metres and employing 160 people the new facility, which opened recently, is Lerøy’s largest so far in the region. The company, which is…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution moves to Phase 2 at Indre Harøy
Salmon Evolution, one of Norway’s youngest aquaculture businesses, has entered into a Heads of Terms deal with Artec Aqua for the planning of the second phase of its land-based salmon farming project at Indre Harøy, Norway. The farm is located north of the city of Bergen. Phase 2 will be broadly identical to phase 1, adding…
Read MoreIndustry’s conservation fund in second round of grants
The Scottish salmon industry has pledged an additional £120,000 for conservation projects to support wild salmon and sea trout. Applications for grants from the Wild Salmonid Support Fund are invited from today, in a second funding round following the launch of the fund last year. The fund was set up to support organisations that work…
Read MoreMowi hires Stirling’s Migaud to head Fish Health
Mowi Scotland has hired leading aquaculture academic Hervé Migaud as the company’s Fish Health, Welfare & Biology Director. Migaud has joined Mowi from the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling where he was Professor and Head of the Production Research Group. He is also President of the European Aquaculture Society. He has more than 20…
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