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Mowi\’s new lumpfish site delivers to Faroes
MOWI Scotland has delivered lumpfish to its sister company in the Faroe Islands for the first, after buying the cleaner fish company Ocean Matters earlier this year. The fish made their five-day journey to the Oyndarfjordur site, it was reported in The Scoop, Mowi’s monthly newsletter, published today. ‘This was the first ‘proof of concept’…
Read MoreMowi\’s new lumpfish site delivers to Faroes
MOWI Scotland has delivered lumpfish to its sister company in the Faroe Islands for the first, after buying the cleaner fish company Ocean Matters earlier this year. The fish made their five-day journey to the Oyndarfjordur site, it was reported in The Scoop, Mowi’s monthly newsletter, published today. ‘This was the first ‘proof of concept’…
Read MoreBakkafrost plans bid for all SSC shares
BAKKAFROST plans to bid for the entire shareholding of the Scottish Salmon Company, its chief executive said today. Yesterday, the Faroe Islands’ largest salmon farmer announced it had acquired a 68.6 per cent stake in SSC from Northern Link in a deal worth £517 million. But CEO Regin Jacobsen said in a presentation at the…
Read MoreNominations open for top learner awards
NOMINATIONS are now open for Lantra Scotland’s 2020 Awards for Land Based and Aquaculture Skills – or ALBAS, as the awards have been renamed. Rural employers, colleges and schools are being asked to put forward their top learners, and to help recognise and promote the industry’s best talent. The awards provide trainees of all ages…
Read MoreNew role for Scottish Sea Farms’ pioneer
LEADING salmon sector figure John Rea, Scottish Sea Farms’ long-standing production director, is to leave the company to focus on a new career in coaching and training. Rea, who has been in his role for 22 years, is to step down in early 2020. He plans to build on his experience nurturing and mentoring the…
Read MoreCooke buys Skretting’s UK feed plant
CANADIAN owned salmon farmer Cooke has bought Skretting’s Scottish feed mill in Invergordon, which ceased production in April this year. New Brunswick based Cooke announced today the establishment of Northeast Nutrition Scotland at the Easter Ross site. Skretting, owned by Nutreco, said last year that the decision to close its UK operation was due to…
Read MoreMinister vows to tackle fish farm licence delay
SCOTLAND’S Rural Economy Minister suggested yesterday that he would intervene to accelerate fish farmers’ licence applications. The current licensing system is a blockage to expansion that needs to be tackled head on, said Fergus Ewing, addressing the British Trout Association’s annual conference, held over two days in Stirling. The minister expressed his frustration over what…
Read MoreAlgae early warning system ‘boost for farmers’
AN early warning system to detect harmful plankton and algae is being developed in Scotland to help tackle one of the biggest challenges to fish health. A consortium – including technology company Otaq, the University of Aberdeen, SAIC (Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre), and Scottish Internet of Things centre CENSIS – is creating a low-cost sensor…
Read MoreAll the news in the latest Fish Farmer
THE size and ambition of the aquaculture industry was very much in evidence at the recent Aqua Nor exhibition in Trondheim – and now you can read about it in the latest issue of Fish Farmer. We bring coverage from the greatest event in the fish farming calendar, with reports on new products and services,…
Read MoreDon’t stress our fish, campaigners told
SALMON farmers have urged anti-aquaculture campaigners to find peaceful ways to voice their objections to the sector ahead of a planned stunt at west coast sites this weekend. Scottish Sea Farms said the proposed water based protest, which calls for swimmers, kayakers and boat operators to congregate uninvited at salmon farms, was dangerous to farm…
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