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Loch Long Salmon kicks off planning process
In a long-awaited move, Loch Long Salmon (LLS) has submitted a planning application to develop Scotland’s first semi-closed fish farm. The proposed farm site is at Loch Long near Beinn Reithe in Argyll. LLS submitted the application to the Loch...
641-mile challenge for Loch Duart staff
Staff at independent Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart will be collectively walking, running, hiking, swimming and cycling 641 miles for HEART UK’s “Great Cholesterol Challenge”. They will be looking to raise funds and awareness for the UK’s only charity focused...
Mowi seeks interdict against anti-salmon farming campaigner
Scotland’s largest salmon farmer, Mowi, is seeking a permanent interdict in the courts to prevent activist Don Staniford from accessing its farm sites without permission. Mowi said that it had commenced proceedings to apply for the interdict – the Scottish...
BioMar names chief for Vietnamese subsidiary
Multinational aquafeed group BioMar has appointed Franck Bodin as Managing Director for the new BioMar Viet Uc feed business unit in Vietnam. Franck Bodin is an established figure in the Vietnamese aquaculture industry as the founder of the aquafeed company...
SEPA to take on bigger aquaculture role
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is set to take on more powers as the lead authority for protecting wild salmon, including a key role in assessing whether new fish farms present a threat to wild fish. The announcement comes as...
Bakkafrost Q3 Scottish harvest down by 3,600 tonnes
Bakkafrost has announced an increase in its third quarter (July to September) harvest volumes. However, output from its Scottish operation was down, the company says in the latest trading update. Its total harvest (heads on gutted) for the period is...
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FIAP’s Alu series is light but strong
FIAP GmbH from Bavaria, Germany, has for many years offered a range of light but sturdy aluminium landing nets for fish farmers to facilitate their work. The FIAP profinet Alu...
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Ocean Ecology – Principal and Senior Health Consultants – Oban, Scotland
WHY OCEAN ECOLOGY? We are a leading marine environmental consultancy specialising in providing survey, technical and advisory services to organisations delivering and governing the global blue economy. Together with Åkerblå,...
Digital Feeding Consultant – AKVA Group
AKVA group is the world's largest supplier of solutions and services to global aquaculture. Driven by passion, commitment and a deep understanding of the complexity in our industry, we can...
Features
Green solutions on the menu
AQUA 2024 brought together different stakeholders in aquaculture to share the latest knowledge and insights. Robert Outram reports. Watch our video from the show here: https://youtu.be/dFCYnrAQ1ho Scandinavia is famous for...
Under fire
From highway robbery to lawsuits from indigenous communities, as Vince McDonagh reports, the Chilean salmon industry is facing challenges on a number of fronts. Of all the major fish farming...
Scotland strengthens ties with Japan
Adam Wing reports from a key trade show in Tokyo, where the Scottish seafood industry was well represented. In August, a team from Seafood Scotland co-hosted a delegation of eight...
Recruitment and diversity
This month our Careers feature focuses on the Aqua Agenda webinar, which addressed recruitment and diversity in aquaculture. THE PANELLISTS Liz Barron-Majerik Liz Barron-Majerik is Scotland...
Opinion
Fact-free campaigns
The reputation of salmon farming has suffered as a result of criticism that does not have much to back it up, says Martin Jaffa. The reputation of farmed salmon in...
Where has the time gone?
By Nick Joy This month, I hope you will forgive a subject a little closer to home, as an important milestone has just passed for me. Twenty-five years will have...
What price differentiation?
By Nick Joy The climate for fish sales and prices globally is generally set fair, with the odd bump. This is in stark contrast to the outlook for production globally,...
Events
Green solutions on the menu
AQUA 2024 brought together different stakeholders in aquaculture to share the latest knowledge and insights. Robert Outram reports. Watch our video from the show here: https://youtu.be/dFCYnrAQ1ho Scandinavia is famous for...
Kingfish CEO confirmed for Aqua Agenda webinar
The Chief Executive of an innovative land-based fish farming business is the latest panellist to be confirmed for Fish Farmer’s webinar – taking place on 16 October – on land-based...
Valencia is the venue for Aquaculture Europe 2025
The historic Spanish town of Valencia will host Aquaculture Europe 2025, the annual conference of the European Aquaculture Society (EAS), in September next year. Taking place over 22-25 September, this...
Digital solutions on the agenda at A3 Scotland
Key players in Scotland’s animal health, agritech and aquaculture sectors will be meeting this week in Inverness at A3 Scotland, to find out more about how technology can help their...
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