Archive for July 2022
NRS culls 800,000 salmon in new disease blow
Norway Royal Salmon has been forced to cull around 800,000 triploid salmon after stocks were affected by a parasitic infection. The company made the announcement in an Oslo Stock Exchange statement today which said: “NRS’s farming have detected the fish disease Parvicapsulose caused by the parasite Parvicapsula, and have therefore, for welfare reasons, chosen to…
Read MoreKingfish Q2 sales more than double year on year
The Kingfish Company more than doubled its sales during the second quarter of 2022, the Dutch Yellowtail fish farmer announced in a trading update today. Driven by continued strong demand for Yellowtail in both Europe and the US, revenues increased from €2.3m (£1.95m) in Q2 of 2021 to €4.8m (£4.06m) for the same period this…
Read MoreDelivering the goods in every direction
With depots in Shetland, Orkney, Aberdeen, Inverness, Scrabster and Central Scotland – and access to the vessels and European terminals of parent company, SeaCargo AS – Northwards is proud to play an important role in the Scottish salmon farming industry’s supply chain. The company brings fish feed and essential equipment into the islands and carries…
Read MoreBlackshell Farm developing new bio-polymer yarn for mussel farming
Blackshell Farm, who have been producing cotton mesh for rope mussel farming since 2010, have recently embarked on an exciting new project. Along with Dutch partners they are working to develop a biopolymer yarn product that can be used to replace cotton in their meshes. The yarn may have other uses in mussel farming also,…
Read MoreBrimming with quality
Brimmond have a strong track record of successfully supplying and servicing marine cranes to suit client requests. They sell, stock, rent, refurbish, repair and upgrade a diverse and ever-increasing range of new and second-hand cranes for the aquaculture sector. The company is proud to be the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for Heila Marine Cranes,…
Read MoreFormer Huon chief joins Cooke in Canada
Cooke Aquaculture has appointed former Huon Chief Executive Philip Wiese as Managing Director of its East Coast aquaculture operations in Canada. The Tasmania-based Huon Aquaculture Group Limited, Australia’s second largest salmon farming business, was acquired by Brazilian meat giant JBS last year. Wiese brings significant aquaculture expertise to Cooke, having successfully delivered for nearly 15…
Read MoreMessage in a box
Tucked away in the corner of one of the bigger barns at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Show was a three-metre cube with three simple words on it: “Scottish Salmon Experience.” It could have been described as a small cinema but, really, it was much, much more than that. Inside, visitors were transported to a salmon farm…
Read MoreAndfjord and Skretting team up to develop novel feed
Land-based fish farmer Andfjord Salmon and feed business Skretting are working with a specialist supplier to develop a novel feed based on zooplankton. Zooca, based in Sortland, Norway, produces a feed ingredient based on Calanus (Calanus finmarchicus) a zooplankton species that has not previously been used in salmon feed. In February this year, Andfjord Salmon…
Read MoreNew research funding for cod farmers
Norway’s growing cod farming industry is in line to receive substantial extra research funding, it has been announced. A consortium of research institutions, along with a number of cod farming businesses, have been told by the Research Council of Norway they will receive almost NOK 9.67m (almost £800,000) which will be used to fund the…
Read MoreThe best of both worlds
Rainbow trout has been part of the Norwegian based AquaGen AS’s breeding program since the early 1970s. Through more than 17 generations of intensive family breeding, direct selection for performance in seawater has been achieved. This strategy has created a truly anadromous trout strain with unmatched potentials in seawater and freshwater alike. The only drawback…
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