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Mowi hails fall in mortalities over August
Mowi Scotland recorded a significant year-on-year drop in salmon mortality during August, which the company said could be down to falling sea temperatures as part of the El Niño cycle.
Read MoreQingdao to host World Aquaculture 2025
The World Aquaculture 2025 event (WA2025) is set to take place in Qingdao city, China. The conference and trade show will be held at the Qingdao International Convention Centre, from 24-27 April 2025.
Read MoreSeafood helps Hilton to profit growth for H1 2024
Continued improvement in the seafood sector has helped Hilton Foods achieve growth in profits for the first half of this year.
In its interim results for H1, Hilton reported revenue of £1.9bn and adjusted pre-tax operating profit of £33.5m, representing respectively a revenue fall of 8.4% year-on-year and profit growth of 25.3%.
Read MoreA life in oysters
The path to achieving of the biggest native oyster restoration projects has not been easy, as Nicki Holmyard reports.
Read MoreNorwegian seafood exports hit August record
Seafood exports from Norway achieved the highest August result yet last month, totalling NOK 12.6bn – or just over £1bn in sterling terms.
Despite lower prices, once again salmon was at the forefront, with overseas sales totalling NOK 10.8bn or £770m.
Farmed cod may be reclassified as ‘white salmon’, says company
Norwegian farmed cod may be repositioned as “white salmon” if a new marketing experiment takes off.
Norcod, one of the country’s largest producers, says there has been a gradual increase in average sales prices with a few fluctuations along the way.
The company said: “Commercially, Norcod has stepped up its efforts to develop the market and position our product in a premium niche category, with corresponding sales prices and contracts. This is our main task at hand going forward.
“To position our farmed at a more premium position than the wild-caught cod market level, we have launched the Snow Cod product brand in selected markets.
“We are now working with the Norwegian Seafood Council and industry players to leverage this brand position and develop a premium, differentiated brand worldwide.”
Read MoreAquaBounty to sell off Canadian hatchery
Land-based salmon farmer AquaBounty Technologies has announced plans to sell off its farm and hatchery at Rollo Bay on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Read MoreMajor salmon farm planned close to Iceland’s capital
Icelandic aquaculture business Aurora fiskeldi ehf is looking to build a large land-based salmon farm just north of the capital, Reykjavik.
Aurora, a relatively new company, eventually hopes to produce 14,000 tonnes of fish per year at Katanesi in Grundartanga.
Read MoreSting operation
Two projects are looking to unravel the secrets of the string jellyfish, as Vince McDonagh reports.
Read MoreBreakthrough tech turns fish waste to ‘fillets’
A Finnish food tech company has developed a process to turn fish processing sidestreams into a high quality fillet-like consumer product.
Hailia Nordic’s “Nyhtökirjolohi” (rainbow trout) is based on trout sidestreams, but the company says the concept could be applied to other finfish.
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