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Beijing gives salmon covid all clear
SALMON is not the source of a new Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, Chinese authorities have declared. The announcement will come as a huge relief to fish farming companies in Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands who all export to China, because once a particular food or product becomes the subject of a scare the impact…
Read MoreChinese salmon case sends industry shockwaves
SEAFOOD shares on the Norwegian Stock Market fell last night following reports that a number of supermarkets in the Chinese capital Beijing have removed salmon from their counters after a chopping board at a wholesale market used to portion the fish was found to be infected with coronavirus. Mowi stocks were down by 5.2 per…
Read MoreMowi Scotland celebrates ASC lochs award
MOWI Scotland is celebrating the news that it has become the first aquaculture company in the world to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for freshwater lochs. The honour has gone to Loch Lochy and Glenfinnan and follows on from the ASC’s revised trout standard. This is a significant milestone towards the company’s stated ambition…
Read MoreSalmon prices starting to spike
SALMON prices are showing positive signs of hardening as more countries gradually start opening up their economies in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. In Norway, which often acts as a marker for neighbouring countries, the country’s statistics office this week reports fresh or chilled salmon was just over NOK 59 per kilo. This represents…
Read MoreM & S support for Scottish salmon farmers
TOP UK retailer Marks & Spencer has publicly pledged its support for Scotland’s salmon farmers. In a Covid crisis message to tens of thousands of on-line customers, titled \’See How We Support Our Salmon Farmers\’, the company said that message was now more important than ever, adding that its salmon was always 100 per cent…
Read MoreNorway salmon farmers facing new tax hit
NORWAY’S fish farmers are facing the prospect of a new production tax from next year. The government has announced proposals for a tax of NOK O.40 (40 øre or cents) per kilogramme on salmon, trout and rainbow trout which is expected to produce revenues of NOK 500 million for local and regional municipalities, mostly in…
Read MoreBiology blights Mowi Scotland results
CONTINUING challenging biological issues was the main factor which led to a large drop in operational EBIT or profits at Mowi’s Scottish operations during the first three months of this year, the group’s Q1 results show. The Scottish operational EBIT was 5.7 million euros compared with €35.8 million 12 months ago, and the equivalent of…
Read MoreSSPO comments on wild salmon report
After 18 months of deliberations, the first of a series of working groups to help protect wild salmonids has delivered its recommendations in a new report issued today. The Salmon Interactions Working Group, a collaboration between the Scottish salmon farmers, the wild fish sector and governmental bodies, has together agreed 42 recommendations that aim to:…
Read MoreMowi Scotland takes hit on Q1 harvest
MOWI Scotland has taken a major hit in its harvest volume for the first three months of this year in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, a trading update from the company shows. The output at its Scottish operations is the largest in the group, down from 15,500 tonnes between January and April 2019 to…
Read MoreSalmon farmers praised for market flexibility
The latest export statistics published by HMRC show that the Scottish salmon farming sector reacted swiftly to the impact of coronavirus as it began to spread through Asia and into Europe. The HMRC figures for exports in February 2020 show a drop of 2,700 tonnes compared to the same month last year. Valued at £32…
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