Archive for February 2024
The nation’s favourite fish
By Nick Joy I may be suffering a little bit, not as you may think from overindulgence for a change but because I went for a long hill walk with friends on New Year’s Day (suffering from the effects of overindulgence). So today my old bones are feeling rather sore from reminding myself just how…
Read MoreGrow your own
The coastal town of Grimsby has processed salmon for many years but now it will be producing them too, as Vince McDonagh reports Grimsby used to pride itself on being hailed the seafood capital of Europe. But that crown slipped some time ago, partly as the result of Brexit but mainly because the town lost…
Read MoreWild Fisheries Fund invites next round of grant applications
The latest phase of a conservation fund set up by Scotland’s salmon industry has started with a call for funding proposals for this year. The Salmon Scotland Wild Fisheries Fund was created to help save Scotland’s wild salmon by restoring habitats, providing protection from predators, and encouraging river restocking schemes. The fund will see £140,000…
Read MoreTasmania salmon farms ‘not harming environment’, study finds
A recent research project has found that the expansion of salmon farming around Storm Bay, Tasmania has had little or no adverse environmental impact. The survey was carried out by the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and supported by the Australian Government’s Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC). It was commissioned after environmentalists…
Read MorePolice decision to drop salmon escape investigation challenged
The Icelandic Veterinary Authority Mast is appealing against a local police decision not to prosecute Arctic Sea Farm over a large fish escape in the summer. More than 3,500 salmon got out of the farm in the Westfjords in August in what turned out to be one of the largest escape incidents in recent times.…
Read MoreMåsøval offshoot sold condemned fish
A subsidiary owned by the large Norwegian salmon farmer Måsøval has been selling frozen fish unsuitable for human consumption, it was disclosed today. The practice, which is emerging as a major scandal for the Norwegian industry, has apparently been going on for some time – before Måsøval even became involved with the business. The amounts…
Read MoreTrial for new consenting process gets underway
Scottish Sea Farms is the first of two salmon producers to submit a planning notification to help trial a new, improved process for farm consents. Scottish Sea Farms will be applying to merge four of its Shetland sites into one, while Mowi will be making an application to the Highland Council. The trial follows the…
Read MoreSmash and grab
Farmed salmon are facing a new threat in the form of hungry bluefin tuna, reports Vince McDonagh Norway’s salmon farmers are facing a new threat from a powerful predator. Large tuna fish are breaking into fish farm facilities, allowing thousands of salmon the opportunity to escape. It is no longer an isolated problem. Salmon companies…
Read MoreGimme shelter
Kelp forests are a cornerstone environmental resource. One seaweed farmer in the west of Scotland is doing its bit to restore them, reports Sandy Neil Highland coastal kelp forests are among seven major environmental projects being supported by Scotland’s salmon farmers to help save iconic wild salmon and sea trout. More than £118,000 has been…
Read MoreCermaq ordered to cut production in Nordland
Salmon farmer Cermaq has been ordered to reduce activities by a third at one of its sites in Nordland, Norway – and it is not happy. The instruction has come from the Nordland state administrator which has ruled that production must be reduced from 5,400 tonnes to 3,600 tonnes. Cermaq said that while the decision…
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