Archive for August 2024
Everything has value
One person’s waste could be another’s valuable commodity, as the aquaculture sector is discovering.
Read MoreWomen in Scottish Aquaculture network finds new host
The future of Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA), the network established to support the growth and development of women in the sector, has been secured with the news that skills body Lantra Scotland is to take over as its new host.
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Sunken salmon farm vessel safely raised
Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms’ landing craft, the Julie Anne, which sank in the Sound of Mull last month without warning, has been safely raised.
There is still no explanation as to why the vessel sank, but experts hope to find more clues now that it has been recovered.
Read MoreUK Fisheries Minister visits SSF Shetland sites
Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms played host to the UK’s new Fisheries Minister, Daniel Zeichner, who visited one of the company’s farm sites and a processing centre in Shetland. The minister toured Scottish Sea Farms’ Vidlin salmon farm and processing facility at Gremista, Lerwick. Zeichner praised the sector’s vital role in supporting local communities and…
Read MoreNew regime for Norway’s land-based fish farms
The Norwegian authorities are proposing a number of major changes for land fish farming operations as part of an attempt to create a more sustainable sector.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries has assured the industry that any new proposals will be open to consultation.
Some of the proposals revolve around biosecurity and salmon allocation regulations.
Read MoreFormer Salmon Evolution chief joins Iceland’s GeoSalmo
Icelandic land-based salmon farmer GeoSalmo has appointed former Salmon Evolution chief Håkon André Berg as its new Executive Chairman.
Read MoreTriple solution
Growing shrimp, oysters and seaweed together creates a natural balance, a study by the University of New Hampshire has found.
Read MoreSalmon prices on floor – but worst may be over
Fresh salmon prices slumped to the lowest level of the year in Norway last week, according to the latest data.
Statistics Norway, which monitors prices on a weekly basis, says they fell to NOK 76.82 per kilo, the lowest figure for almost 12 months when they bottomed at NOK 75.15 per kilo.
Read MoreHilton to end eye stalk ablation in farmed shrimp
UK based Hilton Seafoods has adopted a new crustacean welfare policy which includes stopping the practice of putting a stop to eye stalk ablation within two years.
Read MoreSalmon company threatened with £40,000 plus daily fines over lice numbers
The salmon giant SalMar is being threatened with fines of more than half a million kroner a day over high lice numbers, according to reports.
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