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Loch Duart and BioMar set up community fund
Independent salmon farmer Loch Duart has announced the first projects supported by the new community fund it has set up with feed giant BioMar. The Loch Duart and BioMar Community Fund has already helped a range of projects including schools initiatives and local sports clubs. The fund focuses on the communities local to Loch Duart’s…
Read MoreNorway maps out new offshore zones
Norway’s Fisheries Directorate has mapped out the three possible trial areas for offshore fish farming, with one of them more or less adjacent to Orkney and the north east coast of Scotland. In what could the next big step forward in salmon farming, a number of companies are either planning or considering setting up operations…
Read MoreStemming the tide
I recently participated in the Seafood Matters meeting held at Stirling University and co-hosted by Lancaster University and the University of Aberdeen. I was specifically asked to answer the following question – recognising salmon’s successes at reaching more consumers, why is seafood consumption still declining? What are we doing wrong? And have we broadly failed…
Read MoreMowi reports big jump in profit for Q2
Mowi more than doubled its operational profit, year on year, during the second quarter of this year the company disclosed in a trading update today, with Scotland producing an improved financial performance. Fuelled by higher salmon prices, the group’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxation) was €320m (£273m) against €137m (£117m) a year ago. For…
Read MoreDelivering the goods in every direction
With depots in Shetland, Orkney, Aberdeen, Inverness, Scrabster and Central Scotland – and access to the vessels and European terminals of parent company, SeaCargo AS – Northwards is proud to play an important role in the Scottish salmon farming industry’s supply chain. The company brings fish feed and essential equipment into the islands and carries…
Read MoreThe July 2022 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The July 2022 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now and you can read it here. This month’s issue focuses on Ireland, a country that could be described as a “sleeping giant” of aquaculture. While revenue in the Irish seafood seafood sector grew last year to €1.26bn (£1.08bn), there’s a strong sense that a…
Read MorePringle back to Mowi to head Canada East business
Former Mowi Scotland operations director Gideon Pringle has returned to the company he left almost three years ago. This time he is moving across the Atlantic to North America to become Managing Director of Mowi Canada East’s operations. Pringle is seen as an experienced and high profile fish farming figure who has had at least…
Read MoreQ2 harvests down for SalMar and Lerøy
SalMar and Lerøy Seafood have become the latest large salmon farmers to report lower second quarter harvests. In an Oslo stock exchange announcement yesterday, SalMar registered a total output for the April to June period of 32,400 tonnes against 36,600 tonnes 12 months ago. Today, Lerøy announced a harvest of just over 33,000 tonnes of…
Read MoreWester Ross Fisheries is sold to Mowi
Wester Ross Fisheries, one of the last independent salmon farmers in Scotland, appears to have been snapped up by the sector’s biggest fish – Mowi. A document posted on the Companies House website this afternoon, but dated 30 June, states that Mowi Scotland Ltd now exercises “significant control” with regard to Wester Ross. Technically this…
Read MoreBakkafrost expects reduced harvest figures
Bakkafrost says that its second quarter harvests for both the Faroe Islands and Scotland will be down this year. Presenting its 2022 Q2 update today, the company is forecasting a total harvest of 19,700 tonnes (heads on gutted) against 28,200 tonnes over the same April to June period last year. The figure for the Faroe…
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