Archive for January 2024
Benchmark promotes Tziouvas to new UK role
Aquaculture biotech group Benchmark has promoted Harry Tziouvas – formerly Global Sales and Technical Manager for salmon – to the role of Commercial Lead UK and Global Land-Based. Tziouvas has been with Benchmark since June 2022 and was formerly Senior Biologist (North) with the Scottish Salmon Company (which now trades as Bakkafrost Scotland). Joining Tziouvas…
Read MoreLerøy farm saved from huge ice floe
Lerøy Seafood avoided a serious loss at the weekend after a large ice floe threatened one of its fish farming facilities in the Troms and Finnmark region. The floe measured more than 3,000 square metres and was bearing down on the site at Lyngenfjorden before the coastguard ship Bison was brought in to rescue the…
Read MoreBakkafrost Q4 Scotland harvest hits floor at 1,100 tonnes
Bakkafrost harvested less fish during the final quarter of last year, the latest trading update from the company shows. The fall was expected after a series of downbeat forecasts last year. Faroes-based Salmon producer Bakkafrost harvested a total of 17,100 tonnes of which only 1,100 tonnes came from its Scotland arm. This compares with 19,300…
Read MoreTuna sold for post pandemic record of £620,000
If you think the price of your tuna sandwich is too much, spare a thought for the buyers on Tokyo fish market earlier this week. They paid a post pandemic record 114.2 million yen – around £620,000 – for a 238 kilogram bluefish tuna at a New Year auction. It is the highest figure since…
Read MoreNorway year end salmon prices back over NOK 100 a kilo
The export price for fresh Norwegian salmon surged to more than NOK 100 per kilo during the final week of last year. Figures from Statistics Norway show there was a sharp increase between Christmas and New Year when, normally, demand for seafood tends to start slowing down as the festive season draws to a close.…
Read MoreLerøy Q4 harvest down after jellyfish attacks
The full damaging impact of the Perlesnorman (string jellyfish) attacks on some of Norway’s salmon farmers this winter became evident today in a 2023 final quarter trading update from the Lerøy Seafood Group. The company has announced a Q4 salmon and trout harvest of 47,500 tonnes, down by 5,800 tonnes on a year ago. Lerøy,…
Read MoreEntries open for top industry awards
Entries are now open for the Aquaculture Awards 2024. The awards are a glittering celebration of all the hard work of individuals, businesses and projects that work tirelessly to keep the aquaculture industry moving forwards. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Wednesday 15 May 2024 at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort, Scotland,…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution ends 2023 with record biomass
Land-based fish farmer Salmon Evolution recorded an all-time high biomass of more than 2,200 tonnes as 2023 drew to a close. The Norwegian company’s latest trading update also notes that last year saw record harvest volumes. As at 31 December 2023 the company had a standing biomass of more than 2,200 tonnes (LW) and had…
Read MoreSalmon rules as Norwegian seafood exports hit new annual record
Norway’s seafood exports last year hit a record NOK 172bn (£13bn) with aquaculture, and salmon in particular, still the main driver of that achievement. Figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council today show that the export value increased by NOK 20.7 billion (almost £1.6bn) or 14% on 2022. Seafood remains one of Norway’s most sought-after global…
Read MoreSouthern Chile hit by new toxic algal outbreak
Salmon farmers in the south of Chile are battling against another large toxic algal bloom which has already cost the sector thousands of tonnes in lost fish in the past few weeks. Losses are already approaching 3,000 tonnes in Atlantic and Coho salmon. So far, farms run by AquaChile and Blumar (pictured) seem to be…
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