Politics
Mowi addresses gender pay gap
SCOTLAND’S biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, said it is working towards closing the gender pay gap among its staff. The company’s human resources manager, Joanna Peeling, told Mowi’s May newsletter that they have equal pay for work of equal value, rewarding staff for the role not their gender. The company recently published statistics on its gender…
Read MoreIceland looks to Scottish salmon success
ICELAND should look to the success of fish farming in Scotland and other neighbouring countries as a benchmark for the future development of its own aquaculture sector, fishing industry chiefs heard recently. Jens Garðar Helgason, chairman of the Icelandic Confederation of Fisheries Companies, which has included fish farming firms since January, told his organisation’s annual…
Read MoreTop salmon farmer denies price fixing
MANY of Norway’s biggest salmon companies are being sued in the US over alleged price fixing, according to reports yesterday. The move follows raids by European Commission officials in February at the Scottish offices of Norwegian owned producers. Mowi, Leroy, SalMar, and Grieg are among those named in a class-action lawsuit alleging customers were harmed…
Read MoreIndustry talks to itself about growth
AQUACULTURE industry representatives from around Scotland are holding a meeting in Edinburgh today to discuss how to accelerate the sector’s growth. But despite industry leaders’ stated aim of improving transparency as a criteria of expansion, the gathering, of nearly 100 delegates, is to take place behind closed doors. The decision not to invite press and…
Read MoreWild salmon stocks at ‘crisis point’
WILD salmon catches in Scotland are at their lowest level since records began, according to Fisheries Management Scotland. The body, which represents fisheries boards, said figures due to be published later will show stocks of the fish are at their lowest levels since 1952 and at ‘crisis point’, the BBC reported this morning. Environment secretary…
Read MoreTromsø dilutes ban on sea farms
THE northern Norwegian city of Tromsø has rowed back on its controversial plan for an outright ban on open sea fish farms within its municipal area. The left leaning city council caused a big stir last November when it declared that all future development should be centred around closed, land based farms. The decision brought…
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