Archive for September 2023
Icelandic company raises £35m for land-based farm
A relatively young Icelandic land salmon farming company has just completed a six billion ISK (£35.5m) share capital increase. Laxey, which changed its name from Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon last week, is building a new fish farm at Viðlagafjara on Heimaey in the Westfjords region. The proposed farm would have a production capacity of 32,000…
Read MoreThe vital role of salmon farms
Aquaculture plays a key part in the economy and the social fabric of coastal communities, writes Salmon Scotland Chief Executive Tavish Scott in his latest column for Fish Farmer. Two recent high profile visits to farms – by the BBC Countryfile team and by the Shadow Scottish Secretary (pictured, right) – illustrate how important it…
Read MoreCod farmer Statt Torsk agrees to whitefish merger
Norwegian cod farmer Statt Torsk announced at the weekend that it has agreed to become part of the larger whitefish group Vesterålen Havbruk AS. Statt Torsk disclosed last month that it had been hit by high mortalities and production costs during the second quarter. The Q2 losses had almost doubled to NOK 18m (£1.3m). It…
Read MoreThirty years of MERL
The Institute of Aquaculture’s Marine Environmental Research Laboratory has played a key role in the development of aquaculture over three decades For three decades, the Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL) has been at the vanguard of aquaculture research and innovation. Part of the University of Stirling’s world-leading Institute of Aquaculture (IoA), the coastal facility near…
Read MoreA SLICE® of science excellence
James Hutton Limited surpasses SEPA validation requirements for emamectin benzoate analysis James Hutton Limited continues to provide analytical services to help fish farmers attain the maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) of emamectin benzoate (EMB). Recent changes in legislation require analysis for EMB pesticide in marine water and sediments to detect levels 1,000 times lower than previously.…
Read MoreHearing dates set for Cooke’s Nova Scotia application
Public hearings to consider a licence application by Cooke Aquaculture for two new farm sites in Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia will take place in February next year, the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board has announced. The hearing dates have been set as February 05, 2024 to February 09, 2024. Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd (KCS), a…
Read MoreScottish Sea Farms to set out plans for Shetland site
Scottish Sea Farms is holding a public meeting next week to set out to the local community its plans for a large new salmon farm in Shetland. The proposed farm, at Billy Baa, west of South Whiteness, is part of the company’s plan to consolidate its farm. The strategy will involve closing some smaller facilities,…
Read MoreThirty years of MERL
The Institute of Aquaculture’s Marine Environmental Research Laboratory has played a key role in the development of aquaculture over three decades For three decades, the Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL) has been at the vanguard of aquaculture research and innovation. Part of the University of Stirling’s world-leading Institute of Aquaculture (IoA), the coastal facility near…
Read MoreReward offered for capture of Lerøy’s 15,000 escaped trout
Fish farmer Lerøy Sjøtroll is offering a bounty of NOK 250 (almost £20) a head to anyone who helps capture any of the estimated 15,000 rainbow trout which have escaped from one of its facilities. The company is part of the larger Lerøy Seafood group. So far around 2,000 fish have been recaptured but it…
Read MoreA SLICE® of science excellence
James Hutton Limited surpasses SEPA validation requirements for emamectin benzoate analysis James Hutton Limited continues to provide analytical services to help fish farmers attain the maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) of emamectin benzoate (EMB). Recent changes in legislation require analysis for EMB pesticide in marine water and sediments to detect levels 1,000 times lower than previously.…
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