Archive for July 2023
Private salmon companies also doing well
Two privately owned Norwegian fish farming companies, Wilsgård Fish Farming and Arnøy Laks, have announced positive financial results for 2022. In both cases revenues and profits were much higher with Wilsgård achieving a company record and more than doubling its turnover from NOK 320 million in 2021 £24m) to almost NOK 757m (£56m) last year. High salmon…
Read MoreSenator praises US Kingfish project
United States Senator Angus King has paid a visit to the yellowtail producer Kingfish’s RAS research facilities in Maine and praised the company for its investment in the region. The Netherlands based company is expanding into the US with a recirculating aquaculture system farm near the Maine community of Jonesport. When completed it will produce…
Read MorePicky punters
A paper on the prospects for increasing the consumption of shellfish may be over-optimistic, argues Dr Martin Jaffa in his latest Comment article for Fish Farmer. Scientists at the the Department of Zoology of the University of Cambridge have examined ways to encourage the British public to eat more bivalve shellfish – a product which…
Read MoreAquaculture sector faces tough times, bank says
Economic and climate factors are set to make the second half of this year “the most challenging” period for global aquaculture since the peak of the pandemic in 2020, according to analysts at Dutch financial giant Rabobank. Rabobank’s latest report, Global Aquaculture Update 2H 2023: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, warns that worldwide…
Read MoreSalmon prices in drop mode
Fresh salmon prices have continued to slide as the trade enters the peak summer holiday period. Statistics Norway, which monitors trends on a regular basis, reports they fell by NOK 4.35 per kilo last week (week 29). The export price came out at NOK 92.67 (£7.10) per kilo, a drop of 4.5% on the previous…
Read MoreTrudeau sacks Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray
Joyce Murray, Canada’s controversial Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has lost her job in a major reshuffle by prime minister Justin Trudeau. She is replaced by mother of three Diane Lebouthillier, who has been an MP with the governing Liberal Party since 2015. It is too early to tell if she will follow Joyce Murray’s…
Read MoreBig fish carrier makes maiden voyage
The largest fish transport ship ever built in Chile, the world’s second largest salmon farming country, has set sail for the first time. The Patagon X1 is also the largest fish carrier in both North and Latin America. Manufactured by the ASENAV national shipyard in Valdivia, it measures 79.80 metres long overall, a width of 17.20 metres,…
Read MoreExciting networking opportunities at Seagriculture USA 2023
Seagriculture USA 2023 will take place in Portland (ME), USA from September 6-7, 2023. The Seagriculture USA conference was successfully launched last year. More than 270 delegates from 12 countries took part in the first edition. Dive into the world of seaweed and join us for a two-day exploration featuring six plenary sessions, a panel…
Read MoreAndfjord Salmon hails “remarkable” first harvest
The Norwegian land based fish farmer Andfjord Salmon has announced the successful completion of its first harvest of Atlantic salmon at its new facility in Kvalnes in the north of the country. The company said the harvest yielded strong results with an industry leading survival rate of 97.5% and superior share of 91.1%. The total…
Read MoreSalmon farmers welcome Shetland Tall Ships return
Shetland salmon farmers have joined forces to support this week’s spectacular Tall Ships’ return to Lerwick. The industry trade body Salmon Scotland and local fish farming companies, Cooke Aquaculture Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms, are sponsoring the four-day event as Host Port Associates. Sailing vessels are already arriving in Lerwick harbour as part of a…
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