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Cooke salmon teams join Newfoundland fire fighting operation
Cooke Seafood’s Canadian aquaculture division has sent specialist teams and equipment to help communities cut off by potentially devastating wildfires in Newfoundland. Cooke Aquaculture said the aid includes vessels and a dozen crew members from its Hermitage-based salmon farming operations. They are helping to supply rural coastal Newfoundland communities as fire fighters battle two massive…
Read MoreThe August 2022 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The August 2022 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now and you can read it here. Our cover this month celebrates Kames Fish Farming, which this year is marking a half century of raising steelhead trout. For one of the pioneers in Scotland’s fish farming industry to be still operating as an independent, family-owned…
Read MoreResearchers report salmon mixing success
Research scientists in Norway have made important progress in their efforts to solve the problem of farmed salmon mating with wild salmon when they escape. By turning off a special gene with the CRISPR method (a genetic engineering technique in molecular biology by which the genomes of living organisms may be modified), a team at…
Read MoreBAADER hires Jón Birgir Gunnarsson as CSO
Jón Birgir Gunnarsson has joined BAADER as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer (CSO), for Skaginn 3X and BAADER Ísland as of August 8, 2022. He will be based in Reykjavík. Gunnarsson is well acquainted with Skaginn 3X as he led the successful development of its new brand identity and image when he led sales and…
Read MoreCooke swoops for major European shrimp processor
The Cooke Seafood group, one of the world’s largest salmon farming companies, has acquired Morubel NV the leading shrimp and prawn processor in Western Europe. Belgium based Morubel cultivates, processes, packs and distributes shrimp and other seafood products. It also distributes its market-leading organic and frozen products to retail, foodservice and food industry customers across…
Read MoreDeadly fish disease discovered at Norwegian salmon farm
A highly infectious fish disease known as furunculosis has been discovered at a salmon farm in Namsenfjorden in central Norway. There is also a suspected case at nearby farm belonging to the same company, says the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. Both locations have been sealed off. The Authority said all the classic signs of the…
Read MoreEx SalMar chief joins new offshore project
A former top SalMar executive has been recruited by Lovundlaks, a medium sized Norwegian salmon company to help expand its offshore farming plans. With a licence to produce up to 8,000 tonnes of biomass a year, Lovundlaks is a relatively modest salmon industry player. But it set up a new business last year known as…
Read MoreUnderwater 3D imaging helps to give deeper understanding of seabed
Experts in underwater imaging technology are trialling the use of a first-of-its-kind system that could see 3D digital models used by Scottish seafood producers to map out and monitor complex marine environments and habitats. Led by Oban-based Tritonia Scientific, with support from the Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University, seafood producer Mowi, and the Sustainable Aquaculture…
Read MoreSAIC bolsters team with new appointments and promotions
The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has appointed Jillian Couto-Phoenix as its new head of skills and talent, to lead its range of career development programmes and help attract the next generation of talent into the sector. Jillian joins SAIC from the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), where she was a programme manager for the…
Read MoreBenchmark Holdings announce new Commercial Lead
The aquaculture biotechnology group, Benchmark Holdings plc, has appointed Preben Matre as Commercial Lead for its Animal Health business area, focusing on sea lice solutions. Matre, previously Northern Europe Regional Manager at ACE Aquatec, has been appointed to lead the commercialisation of Benchmark’s recently launched sea lice medicine Ectosan® Vet and CleanTreat® in Northern Europe,…
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