Posts by Jenny Hjul
Scottish Salmon Co boost for Bakkafrost Q4
BAKKAFROST today spoke about an exciting future ahead following its acquisition of the Scottish Salmon Company five months ago. The Faroese salmon farmer delivered significantly improved results for the final quarter of 2019, which includes SSC’s contribution from October 8, the date when consolidation was completed. The total operating EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) totalled 415.3…
Read MoreBetter days ahead for Scottish Sea Farms – Lerøy
THE Lerøy Seafood Group today predicted an improved outlook for its Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) operation which it shares with fellow Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar. Delivering its financial results for the final quarter of 2019, the company said costs are expected to decline in the current quarter when SSF’s new RAS facility at Barcaldine will…
Read MoreChina site for Calysta’s commercial scale-up
THE first commercial scale plant for Calysta’s single cell protein fish feed is to be built in China. The factory, with an eventual capacity of 100,000 tonnes, will produce the novel ingredient FeedKind, which is made by fermenting natural gas. The development is the result of a joint venture between FeedKind manufacturer Calysta and feed…
Read MoreGerman launch for Veramaris fed salmon
A GERMAN retailer is to become the first to sell salmon fed with Veramaris alternative fish oil made from marine algae. Kaufland, which will market its product under its own brand, ‘K-Blue Bay’, said its goal was to reduce the amount of wild fish used in feed to less than one kilogram for the production…
Read MoreNorway\’s \’salmon tax\’ dead in the water
NORWAY’S Labour Party has come out against imposing a 40 per cent flat rate tax – dubbed the salmon tax – on the country’s fish farming companies. Instead it wants to see a tax based on output or on how much land and fjord water a fish farm takes up, with most of the revenues going…
Read MoreNorway\’s \’salmon tax\’ dead in the water
NORWAY’S Labour Party has come out against imposing a 40 per cent flat rate tax – dubbed the salmon tax – on the country’s fish farming companies. Instead it wants to see a tax based on output or on how much land and fjord water a fish farm takes up, with most of the revenues going…
Read MoreProcessors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreProcessors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreIcelandic storm losses estimated at £2.5m
THE cost of a run of storms which hit Icelandic salmon farmer Arnarlax last week is estimated to be at least £2.5 million. The company said it had lost around 500 tonnes of stock – numbering 100,000 salmon – at its Westfjords site in in Arnarfjordur because extreme weather conditions prevented slaughtering taking place. Arnarlax,…
Read MoreAngling activists to boycott farmed salmon
A LOBBY group representing sports fishermen and river owners said it will boycott Scottish farmed salmon in protest over industry growth. Farmed salmon, which is the UK’s biggest food export and supports around 12,000 jobs in Scotland, was the subject of two parliamentary inquiries in 2018. These were prompted by a petition drawn up by…
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