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Battling the blight
The in-depth knowledge of the Tom Morrow team is helping salmon farmers to protect their stock against sea lice “Sea Lice” are quite literally the dirty words associated with salmon farming. These unpleasant little crustaceans not only virtually eat the fish (and profits) alive, but sea lice infestations have caused fish farmers to be blamed…
Read MoreScots seafood producers bang the drum in Boston
Scottish fish and shellfish producers are heading for Boston, Massachusetts on a mission to raise awareness of the country’s seafood industry. They will be representing the best of Scotland’s marine produce at Seafood Expo North America (SENA), which starts this weekend and goes on to 15 March. The Crab Company, Loch Duart, Organic Sea Harvest,…
Read MorePower play
After the high drama around the NTS boardroom in recent weeks, no-one can say that fish farming is dull. It has been a tale with more twists and turns than TV’s media tycoon drama Succession – or an old Norse saga. As in all such tales, one man came out on top. It was Gustav…
Read MoreThe March 2022 issue of Fish Farmer is out now
The March issue of Fish Farmer is available now online and you can read it here. We are coming out at a time when the situation in Ukraine is causing grave concern, both for the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding and for the dangerous global situation that it has created. Inevitably, the crisis is having…
Read More30th anniversary for Label Rouge quality mark
Scottish salmon producers are celebrating 30 years of holding the prestigious “Label Rouge” quality mark in France. “Red label” status designates a food or farmed product of superior quality, with a very stringent set of standards prepared by a group of producers. Around 10,000 tonnes of exports to France each year come under the Label…
Read MoreTurning a blind eye
Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS) recently posted a news story from the Guardian newspaper about restoring Finland’s river ecosystems, although it doesn’t mention salmon. Earlier in January, FMS posted the news that the River Tay fishing season was to be opened by actors Robson Green and Jim Murray, and at the end of December they posted…
Read MoreSAIC projects set to boost industry’s revenue by £50m
Projects funded by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) will deliver additional turnover of £50m per annum for the companies involved by 2026, according to an independent economist’s report. Sixty projects funded by SAIC over its first and second phase were found to have a combined value of £52.7m, 60% of which – £31.4m –…
Read MoreMowi ends 2021 on a record high
Mowi ended 2021 with record revenues of just over €4.2bn (£3.5bn), the company declared today. It also sold 466,000 tonnes of salmon and a record high of 248,000 tonnes of value added products. Globally, Mowi reported an operational EBIT (earnings before interest and taxation) of €146m (£122m) in the fourth quarter of 2021, against €49m…
Read MoreNet washing revolution – The AutoBoss is changing net cleaning for the better
The AutoBoss is an automatic net washing machine that is easy to use and easy to maintain. There are no video cameras, no ROV controls, no monitors, and no sensitive or complex electronics. Place the AutoBoss in the pen, select the cleaning mode and press start. The robot will then wash the net automatically. It…
Read MoreThe February 2022 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The February 2022 issue of Fish Farmer Magazine is out now and you can read it online here. The first few weeks of 2022, while they have brought their share of turmoil both internationally and on the domestic front, have also brought us some grounds for optimism. So far the omicron variant’s fresh wave of…
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