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Breakthrough 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.
Read MoreWoman convicted of salmon smuggling ‘seriously ill’ in Chinese jail
A woman who had business links with salmon producer SalMar is reported to be seriously ill with paralysis and other major problems in a Chinese jail, where she is serving a sentence for smuggling seafood.
Her family fear that she could die in prison unless she receives proper treatment.
In 2022 Yimin Dong, a former Chinese national who is now a Norwegian citizen, was sentenced to 14 years, later reduced to 13 years, after being convicted of smuggling salmon into China through Vietnam, at a time when China had barred fish imports from Norway.
SalMar has always insisted she was acting privately and was never directly employed by the company.
Read MoreSalmon Scotland calls for urgent focus on growth
Scotland’s salmon sector has urged the country’s First Minister, John Swinney, to prioritise growth and job creation in tomorrow’s Programme for Government.
Trade body Salmon Scotland is also calling on the First Minister to cut the red tape hindering Scotland’s blue economy.
Bakkafrost starts work on Applecross clean energy supply
Salmon producer Bakkafrost Scotland has started work to install a 16-mile-long cable that will provide renewable energy to its freshwater facility in Applecross, Wester Ross. The works will mean the temporary closure, at night, of the famous Bealach na Bà road to Applecross.
Read MoreResearchers chart salmon reaction to hydrogen sulphide
A study has revealed how Atlantic salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) deploy natural defences against low levels of hydrogen sulphide.
The findings could help fish farmers to detect underlying problems with hydrogen sulphide (H2S) in RAS facilities.
Loch Duart set to make a splash at Singapore expo
Independent Scottish salmon producer Loch Duart will be making the case for what it calls its “unrivalled” product at a major trade show in Singapore this week.
Seafood Expo Asia takes place at Singapore’s Sands Expo and Convention Centre over 4-6 September.
Hearts and minds at TriNations 2024
The TriNations initiative brings together industry and academic experts to share the latest updates on farmed fish health. Chris Mitchell reports on latest TriNations event, held earlier this year in Bergen.
Read MoreMowi threatened with heavy fines over lice numbers
Mowi has become the latest large Norwegian salmon company to face the possibility of a large daily fine over high lice numbers.
Last week it was revealed that SalMar had been threatened with a penalty of more than half a million kroner a day (around £40,000 a day) over the issue.
Now the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has told Mowi it could incur a penalty of just over NOK 465,000 a day (around £33,000).
Read MoreHigh salmon prices hit Icelandic supplier’s sales
Seafood supplier Iceland Seafood International (ISI) has reported a positive turnaround during the first six months of this year, but high salmon prices early on in the period have continued to affect sales.
The group, which sold its Grimsby operation more than a year ago, reported revenues totalling €98.2m (£82m) which were only marginally down on the previous period in 2023.
Read MoreEverything has value
One person’s waste could be another’s valuable commodity, as the aquaculture sector is discovering.
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