Archive for December 2022
Back from the brink
Everyone knows that Atlantic salmon spawn in freshwater and make their way to the sea as adults. In fact, however, there are small communities of landlocked salmon that never make it to salt water. Now, a Norwegian company is looking to farm one type of freshwater Salmo salar. Success would represent an amazing turnaround for…
Read MoreNorway puts land farm expansion on hold
THE Norwegian government has called a temporary halt to new land based fish farming applications. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bjørnar Skjæran says he wants time to develop a clearer framework for the needs of aquaculture on land against those of sea based aquaculture. Compared to traditional sea or fjord salmon farming, land based farming is…
Read MoreSweden’s first major salmon farm receives £42m EU grant
THE EU investment bank EIB is to provide 530 million Swedish kroner (SEK) or £42m to build a new “super green” land based salmon farm in Sweden. The company behind the project is RE:OCEAN which is planning to produce 10,000 tonnes of salmon a year by 2026. RE:OCEAN has been given this generous support because…
Read MoreSeason’s greetings
The Fish Farmer offices will be closed from Thursday 22 December for the Christmas/New Year break, reopening on Wednesday 4 January. On behalf of all at the magazine, may I take this opportunity to wish our readers, and everyone in the industry, all the best for the festive season and a happy, safe and succesful…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – Lidl in listeria fear – smoked trout recall
The retail chain Lidl is recalling two Scottish produced smoked trout products from its UK Christmas range. A warning was sent out by the UK Food Standards Agency which said the products Deluxe Oak Smoked Scottish Loch Trout and Lighthouse Bay Smoked Trout Trimmings may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes (LM). The supermarket has issued…
Read MoreSoaring Scottish salmon sales defying inflation and Brexit
Sales of salmon in UK stores are running at £1.2 billion-a-year, with the high-protein fish increasing its share of the market ahead of the busy Christmas period, Salmon Scotland has revealed. In the 12 months to October, new figures show that salmon made up 29.6% of total fish sales – an annual increase from 28.9%,…
Read MoreBrexit evolves
If Brexit is a process, rather than an event, where does it need to go next? Salmon Scotland’s Hamish Macdonell considers what the way forward is for the UK’s seafood industry as the country’s relationship with the European Union continues to be a matter of negotiation. Read his article on page 26 of December’s Fish…
Read MoreTax rebellion grows – from within government parties!
MORE pressure is being piled on Norway’s Labour – Centre Party coalition government to shelve its controversial ground rent tax – and this time it is coming from within those two parties. The call was made by the Labour-Centre party dominated county council in Trondelag, one of Norway’s main salmon farming areas. They said they…
Read MoreBenchmark receives warm welcome to Oslo Stock Exchange
THE aquaculture biotechnology company Benchmark Holdings has made its debut on the Oslo Stock Exchange’s Euronext Growth market to welcome and congratulations from the market. Euronext Growth is a multilateral trading facility which mainly falls outside the scope of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. It also provides a sound platform for innovative seafood related businesses…
Read MoreThe final hurdle
According to local legend, the Asrai are a race of fairies living in the seas around Scotland. Rather like mermaids, they have a reputation for tempting unwary fisherfolk to a watery grave. In early 2020, myth and magic collided with the mundane world of planning applications when a group calling itself the Friends of the…
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