Archive for March 2022
Seaweed business raises capital for growth
A Dutch seaweed start-up is planning “significant investment” following an injection of capital by Belgian retail group Colruyt. The Seaweed Company produces seaweed in its own farms in Ireland, Morocco, India and the Netherlands and markets high-quality seaweed applications such as animal feed supplements, food products and biostimulants – natural products that positively influence the…
Read MoreSeafish plans UK seafood survey
Seafish, the public body that looks after Britain’s seafood industry, is to carry out a confidential survey of companies in the seafood processing sector. Seafish said the data is designed to help the government understand how businesses and communities are impacted by local, national and international events – and there have been plenty of those…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution completes first smolt release at Indre Harøy
Land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution has successfully completed its first smolt release at the company’s new facility at Indre Harøy, Norway. About 100,000 smolt was released with an average weight of around 300 grams. The smolt was supplied by Kraft Laks, Salmon Evolution’s in-house smolt facility, which the group acquired in August 2021. Indre Harøy,…
Read MoreNorway announces new salmon permit auction
The Norwegian government has announced details of a new sale of salmon and trout farming permits. There is likely to be no shortage of bidders with the previous sale netting the Oslo Exchequer a record six billion krone (£500m). Then a total of 42 companies applied with 30 eventually taking part. They added a further…
Read MoreNTS board tells shareholders: ‘accept SalMar offer’
The board of the NTS integrated aquaculture group has unanimously recommended that its shareholders should accept the takeover offer on the table from SalMar. Unless someone comes back in with a higher bid in the next few days or there is a dramatic new shareholder development, it looks as is SalMar chief Gustav Witzøe will move another…
Read MoreScots in salmon farming areas support the industry, poll finds
Most people who live near salmon farming areas in Scotland have a favourable view of the industry, an opinion poll has found. The survey was carried out by independent polling company Ipsos Mori for Salmon Scotland, and was based on responses from adult residents in Argyll and Bute, north-west Highlands, Orkney, Shetland, and the Western…
Read MoreOrganic Sea Harvest hires Head of Finance
Independent salmon farmer Organic Sea Harvest has appointed Paul Lynch to the newly created role of Head of Finance. Lynch was previously Head of Finance at Scottish Sea Farms between 2004 and 2015, and joins OSH from timber business Gilmour & Aitken. The company said: “Being able to attract an individual with Paul’s experience and…
Read MoreWar in Ukraine hits salmon prices
Salmon prices fell by more than 5% last week as the fallout from the Ukraine conflict began to be felt. But according to several analysts the underlying trend is up, with demand continuing to outstrip supply. The latest figures from Statistics Norway for week 11 of this year (13-19 March) show fresh salmon prices at…
Read MoreWinning hearts and minds
After several years of trying to interest parliamentarians in our small sector, we have finally succeeded in getting an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Shellfish Aquaculture off the ground. Thanks are due to to our enthusiastic local MP Anthony Mangnall, with assistance from David Jarrad, Chief Executive of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB).…
Read MoreSwiss salmon farmer signs up Billund for RAS farm
Billund Aquaculture of Denmark has entered into a strategic partnership with Swiss Blue Salmon, a company that plans to build a land-based fish farm in the Alps. Both companies say it will be an innovative project using state-of-the-art recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and other cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud solutions, digitalisation and…
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