Archive for February 2023
Cooking up a storm
Protests over Mowi’s TV game show sponsorship have reheated old arguments about farmed fish mortality, as Dr Martin Jaffa reports in the February issue of Fish Farmer magazine. Read it online here, on page 24 of Fish Farmer’s February issue.
Read MoreNorcod ordered to slaughter large numbers of fish
Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries has ordered Norcod to slaughter two cages at a location in the Nordland region, following the discovery of sexually mature cod in the facility. The Directorate said that fish in the process of developing into spawning fish were found in a number of cages. It has now issued the company with…
Read MoreBig Prawn sold to Sykes in landmark deal
In a major deal for the UK seafood industry, the Sykes Group has bought the assets of the Norfolk-based company Big Prawn for an undisclosed figure. Founded almost 30 years ago, Big Prawn is a major user of both farmed and wild shellfish and a key supplier to the UK retail and food trade. It…
Read MoreCampaigners defend Loch Long planning decision
An environmental campaign group has hit back at suggestions that the decision to block a new salmon farm on Loch Long was based on “fear and lack of knowledge and understanding”. Local group AFFtheClyde was one of those arguing against the proposal for an innovative semi-closed fish farm at Beinn Reithe, in the Loch Lomond…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution gears up for North America
The land-based fish farmer Salmon Evolution said today it hopes to begin construction on a new North American site within two or three years. The company has recently successfully completed the first harvest at its new Norwegian facility at Indre Harøy in the south of Norway and is also involved in a fish farm project in…
Read MoreThe February 2023 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The February issue of Fish Farmer is out now online and you can read it here. In this issue we feature a tiny organism that has created big problems for fish farming: the humble sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Exactly how farmed fish, their wild equivalents and the sea lice interact has been a topic of…
Read MoreAKVA group lands second China contract worth £36m
AKVA Group, the Norwegian aquaculture and technology company, has won a contract worth NOK 442 million (£36m) for the second phase of Nordic Aqua Partners’ RAS plant in China. The company is currently working on a RAS contract for Nordic Aqua Partners (NOAP) for the first phase of a 4,000 tonnes full grow-out facility in…
Read MoreGreen light for Nordic Halibut land farm
Nordic Halibut has won local authority approval for its first land-based halibut farm. Tingvoll municipal council, located about 40 miles south of Trondheim, has approved the regulatory plan for the development of the facility, the company said in a Stock Exchange announcement . The company, also known as NOHAL, said: “The approval of the zoning…
Read MorePrivate equity firm takes control of Napier
Private equity investor CapMan Infra is investing an undisclosed sum to take a controlling stake in Napier, Norway’s leading harvest vessel operator. Napier has a fleet of six vessels and serves the world’s largest aquaculture companies. The company was established in 1995 and is the first harvest vessel specialised shipowner in the world, active in…
Read MoreUS economic recovery boosting salmon exports, Seafood Council says
The strong dollar and a growing economy are among the reasons why the United States has emerged as Norway’s largest single market for seafood, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council. Salmon heads the list of Norway’s seafood exports to the US, and a fall in salmon exports from other countries, such as Scotland where biological…
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