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Awards Treat as Scottish firm scoops top prize
SCOTTISH innovation was celebrated on the opening day of the world’s number one aquaculture show, when Edinburgh based Benchmark won the prestigious Aqua Nor Innovation Award this morning. The company picked up the accolade – along with a cheque for 100,000 kroner – for its breakthrough sea lice treatment system, CleanTreat, which cleanses treatment water…
Read MoreCooke plans to expand in Shetland
COOKE Aquaculture is planning to expand its Scottish operations with a proposed new farm in Shetland. The Canadian owned company has submitted an application for a 2,500-tonne, 12 x 120m circumference cage farm off Fetlar, the Shetland News reported. The development, at the Wick of Gruting, will cost more than £2 million and provide four,…
Read MoreYoung\’s paid Pinneys staff £7.7 million
YOUNG’S Seafood spent more than £7 million on redundancy payments to the 450 staff who worked at its Pinneys salmon site in Annan, the company’s annual report has revealed. The factory closed amid controversy last year after the company decided to move salmon production to Grimsby and abandon the manufacture of some loss making items.…
Read MoreYoung\’s paid Pinneys staff £7.7 million
YOUNG’S Seafood spent more than £7 million on redundancy payments to the 450 staff who worked at its Pinneys salmon site in Annan, the company’s annual report has revealed. The factory closed amid controversy last year after the company decided to move salmon production to Grimsby and abandon the manufacture of some loss making items.…
Read MoreRead all about it…in Fish Farmer’s August issue
THIS month, Fish Farmer features two special anniversaries – independent Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart turns 20 in August, while Highlands haulier Ferguson Shipping & Transport is celebrating 60 years in business. We visited both companies and bring reports of their continued success as they explore new markets and develop plans to grow, alongside the…
Read MoreBBC man is named as new SSPO chair
THE former head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland has been appointed chairman of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, it was announced today. Atholl Duncan replaces Gilpin Bradley, managing director of Wester Ross Fisheries, who who took on the role on a temporary basis two years ago. Duncan – who is currently the…
Read MoreGael Force to supply new Skye organic farm
GAEL Force Group has agreed an exclusive £4 million-plus deal with Scotland’s newest salmon farmer, Organic Sea Harvest, to supply its two new sites in 2020. The Inverness based company will supply turnkey solutions for two exposed sites at Invertote and Culnacnoc, off the coast of Skye, with a full range of marine equipment, technology…
Read MoreBrave William loses cancer battle
IT is with great sadness that Fish Farmer announces the death of William Dowds, our former commercial manager and a legendary figure throughout the industry for many years. William passed away on Saturday night, aged 52, after a long battle with cancer. Originally from Northern Ireland, he worked for international brands such as Coca-Cola, Diageo…
Read MoreMowi adds to portfolio with Norwegian acquisition
MOWI has moved to strengthen its Norwegian base by buying the family owned salmon business of K. Strømmen Lakseoppdrett AS. The company confirmed the 790 million kroner (£73 million) deal in a Oslo Stock Exchange announcement at the weekend which is being settled by 70 per cent in cash and 30 per cent through Mowi issuing new…
Read MoreMowi expects to move sites within two years
PLANS by Mowi Scotland to relocate two of its inshore farms to offshore sites could happen within two years, the company’s managing director, Ben Hadfield, told BBC Radio Scotland this morning. The proposals, announced by Mowi last week, to move the sites at Loch Ewe and Loch Duich were driven by the need to produce…
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