Posts by Vince McDonagh
Portuguese grocery giant increases stake in Norwegian salmon breeder
The giant Portuguese supermarket and food group Jerónimo Martins Agro-Alimentar, S.A has purchased two million shares in the Norwegian land based salmon company Andfjord Salmon for an estimated NOK 60 million (£4.3m).
Read MoreMSPs see salmon farming in action
A group of Scottish MSPs saw salmon farming in action during a tour of the west coast yesterday.
Read MoreNew Zealand looks to kingfish for aquaculture growth
New Zealand is planning to move into commercial Kingfish farming as part of a plan to further develop its growing aquaculture sector.
Read MoreCanada at last unveils draft BC transition plan
The Canadian Federal Government has finally published its transition plans to end open pen farming in British Columbia.
Read MoreOrganic Sea Harvest finally wins approval for new Skye fish farm
Organic Sea Harvest has been the go-ahead to create of a new fish farm off the coast of Skye just a few weeks after an earlier attempt had been turned down.
Read MoreCooke celebrates two decades in Maine
Cooke Seafood’s USA division is celebrating 20 years of aquaculture operations in the state of Maine.
Read MoreISA suspected at Benchmark facility – but in just one fish
Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) is suspected at a Benchmark Genetics facility in Northern Norway – but so far only a single fish seems to be affected.
Read MoreLice numbers in northern Norway ‘at worrying levels’
Fish farms in northern Norway are being hit by extraordinarily high salmon lice levels, say the authorities.
The situation is being caused by exceptional summer temperatures which have been up to five degrees centigrade higher than normal.
Read MoreSalmon companies face nervous wait following ‘cartel’ hearing
Some of Norway’s largest salmon companies are in for an anxious time as they await the European Commission’s next move over alleged price-fixing. A three-day hearing in Brussels with the EU’s competition authorities came to a close yesterday.
Read MoreUnder fire
From highway robbery to lawsuits from indigenous communities, as Vince McDonagh reports, the Chilean salmon industry is facing challenges on a number of fronts.
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