Archive for July 2022
Stemming the tide
I recently participated in the Seafood Matters meeting held at Stirling University and co-hosted by Lancaster University and the University of Aberdeen. I was specifically asked to answer the following question – recognising salmon’s successes at reaching more consumers, why is seafood consumption still declining? What are we doing wrong? And have we broadly failed…
Read MoreAKVA wins contract for Cooke hatchery
Aquaculture technology business AKVA has been awarded a contract to design and build Cooke Aquaculture’s new post-smolt salmon hatchery in Nova Scotia. The hatchery is for Cooke subsidiary Kelly Cove Salmon. The facility, in Centreville on Digby Neck, Nova Scotia on Canada’s Atlantic coast, is projected to produce three million salmon a year, from egg…
Read MoreNorwegian authority approves SalMar deals
The Norwegian Competition Authority has approved SalMar’s takeover of the NTS integrated aquaculture group. It has also given the green light to a merger between the salmon farming businesses of SalMar and Norway Royal Salmon. The competition authority issued its long awaited statement at the weekend in which it said it had “contemplated” both proposals…
Read MoreMowi reports big jump in profit for Q2
Mowi more than doubled its operational profit, year on year, during the second quarter of this year the company disclosed in a trading update today, with Scotland producing an improved financial performance. Fuelled by higher salmon prices, the group’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxation) was €320m (£273m) against €137m (£117m) a year ago. For…
Read MoreGrainocean present a comprehensive method of high-end production for oyster farmers
In recent years, the oyster economy has clearly moved towards a rationalised production of high-end oysters. Thanks to the 100% triploid seeds, launched in 1999 by the French family hatchery GRAINOCEAN, which has recently been adding new swing bags equipment, oyster farmers are aiming for a high-end quality product. GRAINOCEAN, world-renowned for being at the…
Read MoreDrone records Orca hunt through mussel farm
Drone footage has recorded how a harbour seal attempted to use the shelter of a mussel farm off Shetland to escape from a pod of orca. Local drone pilot Nick McCaffrey captured 38 minutes of the hunt, which involved eight orca at the Grunna Voe mussel farm, operated by Shetland Mussels. The seal hid in…
Read MoreRabobank’s Smit appointed as CEO at Aqua-Spark
Rabobank executive Lissy Smit has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Aqua-Spark, the Netherlands-based fund set up to invest in sustainable, innovative aquaculture. Smit is currently Head of Credit Approvals at Rabobank Group, and will take up her new post on 1 September. Mike Velings and Amy Novogratz, co-founders of Aqua-Spark, said: “Lissy Smit’s…
Read MoreASC publishes documents to support new standards
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has released a set of documents to help operators comply with new standards covering farms and feed mills. The new publications include revised Certification and Accreditation Requirements (CAR) and Certification Requirements for Unit of Certification (RUoC) for the ASC Farm Standards, and new CAR and RUoC documents for the Feed…
Read MoreIntership orders two large wellboats for lice treatment
Norwegian wellboat company, Intership has ordered two vessels from Turkey´s Sefine Shipyard, to be used for a freshwater-based sea lice treatment. The vessels will have well capacities of 6,500 m3 and 4,000 m3. The vessels will have hybrid propulsion systems, including substantial battery power, which meet the highest environmental standards and are outfitted with cutting…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution releases second batch of smolts
Land-based fish farmer Salmon Evolution ASA has announced that it has successfully completed the second smolt release at its site at Indre Harøy, Norway. The latest batch release, on 13 July, comprised about 230,000 smolt with an average weight of around 125 grams. The company reports that the operation went according to plan with no…
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