Archive for June 2022
New Cawthron Institute web tool helps fish farmers tackle parasites
Cawthron Institute has developed a web tool called ‘BeNeZe’ that helps fish farmers manage flatworm infections in Kingfish and Amberjacks (Seriola species). The free tool is available through the BeNeZe website (beneze.cawthron.org.nz) and is mobile compatible. BeNeZe works on the basis that temperature influences how quickly the number of flukes can build. Parasite populations don’t…
Read MoreDamen Shipyards building four new Landing Utility Vessels
With its extra-thick steel plating, Damen’s 22-metre Landing Utility Vessel (LUV) 2208 is built to take the rough and tumble of modern, open water fish farming. Its stable, spacious, unobstructed deck is ideal for handling nets and cables, and it has go-anywhere roll-on/roll-off capability via a heavy duty ramp. A wide range of options is…
Read MoreEvent makes the case for a career in the salmon sector
School pupils in Lochgilphead, in the west of Scotland, have learned more about the huge range of local jobs in the salmon sector as part of an initiative from the industry’s organisation, Salmon Scotland. A day-long event at Lochgilphead Joint Campus, in Argyll and Bute, offered pupils the opportunity to meet those working in aquaculture,…
Read MoreHertfordshire town is focus for Norwegian seafood campaign
The Norwegian Seafood Council is targeting a small garden city in England for a special campaign to promote seafood sustainability. Letchworth in Hertfordshire was Britain’s first garden city. It has been selected for a pilot project which, the Seafood Council says, is very different from its ordinary marketing activities. Both farmed and wild-caught produce will be…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution eyes expansion in North America
Land-based fish farmer Salmon Evolution is looking at potential sites in North America for the company’s next stage of expansion. The group aims to reach an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes by 2032. CEO Håkon André Berg said: “Although starting in Norway, Salmon Evolution has always had global ambitions. With the addition of North…
Read MoreThe June 2022 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The sense of a return to something like normality was palpable in Aviemore last month, as the Aquaculture UK trade show and conference returned after a four-year absence. You can read our full report from Aquaculture UK in the June issue of Fish Farmer, which is out now online, here. Also in this month’s issue,…
Read MoreSAIC funding for three more research projects
The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced funding for three new projects in aquaculture, valued at a total of £1.1m. The initiatives will focus on artificial intelligence, imaging technology and the use of cleaner fish to combat sea lice. SAIC is putting up more than £350,000 and businesses operating in Scottish aquaculture will also…
Read MoreFeed-from-carbon producer gets £4.8m in funding
A company that has developed a source of animal and aquafeed based on industrial carbon emissions has secured £4.8m in funding from the UK government. Deep Branch has developed a process to grow protein from microbes that feed on CO2 from captured industrial emissions. The funding will be used to finance the Deep Blue C…
Read MoreScotland Minister meets Bakkafrost on Faroes trip
Iain Stewart, the UK government minister for Scotland, has just returned from a trade fact finding mission to Scotland and the Faroe Islands which included a visit to Bakkafrost, owner of the Scottish Salmon Company. Bakkafrost bought SSC almost three years ago and is now investing heavily in the business. In the Faroes he met…
Read MoreNorway names ‘red light’ salmon zones
More than 20 salmon farmers in south west Norway were ordered today to cut production by up to 6% following the latest update to the country’s controversial traffic light system. The red areas for this year are production area 3 (Karmøy to Sotra), and production area 4 (Nordhordland to Stad). Production area 4 has also…
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