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Salmon farmer invests £750,000 in gill health
SCOTTISH Sea Farms is to lead a research project focused on increasing understanding of gill health in farmed salmon. The £601,000 study – of which Scottish Sea Farms will fund 62 per cent – will be the salmon farmer’s second such collaboration with academics at the University of Aberdeen, feed specialists BioMar and the Scottish…
Read MoreRecord half year sales for Scottish Salmon Company
THE Scottish Salmon Company has announced a strong financial performance with record sales during the first six months of this year, despite facing a number of market related challenges. It was only two months ago that the Edinburgh based company, which operates some 60 sites on the west coast of Scotland and in the Hebrides,…
Read MoreSalmon farmer recognised for green VIBES
A LEADING Scottish salmon farmer has been shortlisted for an environmental award along with its partners in a local green energy initiative. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) teamed up with energy suppliers in the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project, which focuses on recycling fish waste. In the scheme, waste from the SSC’s processing…
Read MoreNational Trust ‘risks credibility’ over salmon claims
THE National Trust for Scotland has ‘exaggerated’ claims that a proposed salmon farm off the island of Canna will cause environmental damage, said Ben Hadfield, managing director of Mowi Scotland. Scotland’s largest salmon farmer was invited by the Canna Development Trust to investigate setting up a high energy site off the west coast island, following…
Read More‘Don’t underestimate importance of salmon farming’
SCOTLAND should never underestimate the importance of the salmon farming industry to rural areas, said MP Ian Blackford, the leader of the SNP in Westminster, as he opened new pier facilities at Mowi’s Kyleakin feed plant on Skye this morning. The newly refurbished and extended pier means both ingredients and the final feed product can…
Read MoreSalMar earns lower profits from Scotland
SALMON farming giants SalMar posted impressive second quarter operating profits of almost a billion kroner, but there were lacklustre results from its Scottish Sea Farms business which it shares with Lerøy Seafood. Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), or Norskott Havbruk as it is called in Norway, generated operating revenues of NOK 407.4 million (£37 million) during…
Read MoreScotland must get act together say prize winning pioneers
THE team behind the Scottish invention CleanTreat, which won the much prized Aqua Nor Innovation Award this week, have held high level talks to facilitate trials of the system in Scotland. So far, the breakthrough sea lice treatment system, which cleanses treatment water after delousing in well boats, has only been trialled in Norway. It…
Read MoreMowi reports major Q2 progress in Scotland
AS Mowi today announced its ‘best ever’ second quarter results, the world’s largest salmon farmer also reported major progress at its Scottish operations in both harvest output and earnings. Globally, Mowi achieved an operational EBIT of 211 million euros, compared with €175 million for the same quarter last year, but Scotland contributed almost a fifth…
Read MoreScottish political parties ‘united behind salmon sector\’
THE Scottish salmon sector has the backing of all the parties in the Scottish parliament, following the two inquiries held into the industry last year. Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy minister, said the upshot of the committee investigations into the further growth of salmon farming was that all parties ‘together united in support behind the…
Read MoreScottish political parties ‘united behind salmon sector\’
THE Scottish salmon sector has the backing of all the parties in the Scottish parliament, following the two inquiries held into the industry last year. Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy minister, said the upshot of the committee investigations into the further growth of salmon farming was that all parties ‘together united in support behind the…
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