Archive for December 2023
Samherji founders launch new venture in northern Iceland
The founders of the Icelandic fishing and aquaculture company Samherji have set up a new business, Drift EA, to invest in innovation and create jobs in the Eyjafjörður region of the country. At 40 miles deep Eyjafjörður is one of Iceland’s great fjords, with the northern regional capital Akureyri at the southern end. Samherji CEO…
Read MoreGarware Technical Fibres launches new coatable braided nets
Garware Technical Fibres has launched the industry’s first coatable HDPE braided knotted net that can be painted with traditional water-based antifouling paints. Nets made with HDPE fibres have low surface energy (poor wettability) thereby making it hard to paint using water-based antifouling paints, unlike nylon nets that have high surface energy (good wettability). As surface…
Read MoreTakeoff for GeoSalmo with financing completed
Land-based salmon company GeoSalmo has successfully raised ISK two billion (around £11.5 million) allowing it to move ahead very soon with its large-scale fish farm project in Iceland. The effort attracted an influential group of investors from across Scandinavia and northern Europe. GeoSalmo plans to build 24,000 tonne HFS farm (hybrid flow-through system) at Ölfus,…
Read MoreSeason’s greetings
The Fish Farmer offices will be closed from 5pm Friday 22 December for the Christmas/New Year break, reopening on Wednesday 3 January. On behalf of all at the magazine, may I take this opportunity to wish our readers, and everyone in the industry, “Merry Christmas, “God Jul” and “Feliz Navidad” – and all the best…
Read MoreJellyfish force SalMar into harvest forecast reduction
The salmon farming giant SalMar has been forced to lower its 2023 harvest forecast by 5,000 tonnes due to jellyfish attacks earlier this month. It has also had to prematurely destroy some 600,000 fish in Norway as a direct result of the attacks. Salmar’s 2023 forecast for central Norway is now 142,000 tonnes and 92,000…
Read MoreInvesting in the future
Bakkafrost Scotland’s drive to be the leading sustainable salmon producer Bakkafrost Scotland is one of the largest employers in the Outer Hebrides with more than 500 staff across 45 locations on the West Coast of Scotland and Hebridean Islands. It continues its commitment to become Scotland’s leading salmon producer with a sustainable approach to business.…
Read MoreScottish Sea Farms’ accounts show cost of biological challenges
The 2022 audited accounts for salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms, published this week, show a “year of two halves” which saw profit margins slashed thanks to fish health problems in the autumn and winter. Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), also known as Norskott Havbruk, is jointly owned by Norwegian salmon giants SalMar and Lerøy. Group turnover…
Read MoreNorwegian salmon prices in late Christmas lift
Fresh salmon prices in Norway have surged to their highest level for almost six months, in the run up to Christmas. Figures from Statistics Norway, which monitors prices on a weekly basis, show they reached NOK 87.82 per kilo (£6.73), in week 50, a peak not seen since July. They had been hovering around the…
Read MoreProximar’s salmon reach first post-smolt grow-out stage
Proximar Seafood AS has just announced that the first batch of Atlantic salmon has been successfully transferred from the nursery department to the post smolt grow-out facility (PSG). The fish will be harvested at the company’s Oyama facility near Mount Fuji during the third quarter of 2024. Chief Operating Officer (COO) Dharma Rajeswaran said: “It…
Read MoreCooke’s Scotland arm deploys a third hybrid barge
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has deployed its first hybrid feed barge in Shetland, in a move which the company says will further reduce its carbon footprint. The new hybrid diesel-electric system, built by Fjord Maritime UK, for the Copister salmon farm site in Yell, Shetland, is the third to be implemented by Cooke Scotland in its…
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