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Volumes down, costs up in MH Scotland
MARINE Harvest today announced a strong performance for the second quarter of this year, with an operating profit or EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) of €175 million. But there was a ‘significant decrease’ in harvest volumes in Scotland and biological costs were up 33 per cent compared to the same period last year. The…
Read MoreSalmon farmer a top investor in people
INVESTMENT in jobs and skills within Scotland’s rural communities has helped earn one of the country’s leading salmon farmers a rare accolade. Scottish Sea Farms has won an Investors in People (IIP) platinum accreditation, the highest possible IIP status. At the same time, the company has retained its Investors in Young People Good Practice Award…
Read MoreSalmon farmers publish mortality data
SCOTLAND’S salmon farmers have published their monthly mortality figures on a farm-by-farm basis today for the first time in a move to improve transparency in the industry. The data, which covers 100 per cent of Scottish salmon farms, shows that for the first four months of this year, survival rates on farms ranged between 98.5…
Read MoreSalmon ‘godfather’ marks 40 years at SSF
SCOTTISH Sea Farms’ longest serving employee, Geoff Kidd, has celebrated 40 years with the company and says his love of working with salmon is as strong as ever. Newly retired Kidd, nicknamed ‘the Godfather’ by managing director Jim Gallagher, joined colleagues past and present for a special dinner at the Argyllshire Gathering Halls in Oban…
Read MoreCharles’ fishery advisor to chair salmon body
A NEW ‘salmon interactions’ body that will bring together the farmed and wild salmon sectors is to be chaired by Prince Charles’ advisor on fisheries, John Goodlad. The group, announced by rural economy minister Fergus Ewing last month at the Aquaculture UK show in Aviemore as part of Scotland’s Farmed Fish Health Framework, will include…
Read MoreScotland’s biggest barge for biggest farm
THE largest feed barge in Scotland has been delivered to Marine Harvest’s Carradale site, the company’s – and Scotland’s – biggest seawater farm. The Akva wavemaster AC 650 Panorama is fitted with many smart technology features, including the Akvaconnect 8 line feeding system. The barge, which is 35m long and 12m wide and can hold…
Read MoreSalmon exports to China take off
SCOTLAND’S largest salmon farmer is taking advantage of the first direct flight from Scotland to China. Marine Harvest sent 161 boxes (approximately 3,300 kilos) of fresh salmon on the Hainan Airways inaugural flight to Beijing from Edinburgh today. Georgina Wright, head of sales at Marine Harvest, said: ‘It’s extremely fitting that one of Scotland’s top…
Read MoreHealthiest fish yet at Scottish salmon farms
SCOTLAND’S two leading salmon farmers, Marine Harvest Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms, have reported a sustained improvement in fish health during the first five months of 2018 with a marked reduction in disease related mortalities. Figures for both salmon farmers show that the number of fish that died as a result of disease fell by…
Read MoreFaroes and Greenland agree wild salmon ban
GREENLAND and the Faroe Islands have agreed to halt all commercial salmon fishing for the next few years in an effort to allow wild stocks to recover, including those in Scotland’s River Tweed. In the case of the Faroe Islands, which is well established as a major salmon farming country, the government in Torshavn has…
Read MoreTop salmon companies attack tax plan
TWO of Norway’s leading salmon farming companies have joined the growing chorus condemning government plans for a new tax on the seafood sector. Following publication of its recent first quarter results, Lerøy Seafood said the reports were leading to increased uncertainty. And Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO of Marine Harvest, told the business news website E24.no that any proposal that led…
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