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Norway salmon exports hit record £6bn
NORWAY exported a million tonnes of salmon last year, the highest volume on record, figures for 2017 released today show. The value at 64.7 billion kroners (almost £6 billion) was also a record and up five per cent or NOK 3.4 billion...
Conquer disease with gene editing: Gove
BRITAIN could see a new approach to genetically edited crops and animals after Brexit, Environment Secretary Michael Gove suggested yesterday. Gene editing – which speeds up the practice of selective breeding but, unlike genetic modification, does not introduce new genes...
Brexit threat to Scottish recruitment
SCOTLAND\'S seafood processors are far more dependent on European workers than those elsewhere in the UK, new figures from Marine Scotland show. And efforts to recruit UK workers were now becoming more challenging. The survey found that around 58 per...
Fish Update Briefing, Friday, January 5
NORWAY SALMON VOLUMES ON THE RISE THE volume of salmon in cages at Norwegian fish farms, as measured by weight, rose by nine per cent year-on-year during November, said Seafood Norway. The industry lobby group, which represents most of the country\'s seafood companies, said...
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Mort collection solution sees Aviemore debut
Aquaculture 2024 in Aviemore was the first outing for Scottish ROV company MoROV to showcase their new mortality collection ROV (remotely operated vehicle). With the company’s base conveniently located in...
Reed Mariculture partners with INVE Aquaculture
Reed Mariculture Inc has announced a ground-breaking partnership with INVE Aquaculture to distribute Inve products in the United States and Canada. INVE is a global leader in providing specialised nutrition...
RS Aqua installs farm management solution for Scottish Sea Farms in Orkney
Scottish Sea Farms’ Shapinsay is the latest site in Orkney to complete the installation of Innovasea’s comprehensive environmental solution, aquaEnvironment. Supplied and installed by RS Aqua, this advanced system comprises...
Energy-efficient low-pressure air for aquaculture
As automated fish feeding becomes more sophisticated, so do the demands for ultra-reliable, efficient, and low-maintenance blower systems. Blowers can also be found on specialist feed boats and supply vessels...
Features
Seafood in an insecure world
A new collection of academic essays explores global food security issues and the role of aquaculture. Food security has come again to the fore as a policy issue, underlined by...
Battle over the fjords
Iceland’s elected representatives are weighing up the arguments for and against further growth in the country’s salmon farming sector. Vince McDonagh reports Iceland's fish farmers could be heading for confrontation...
Shucking champs and naked clams
Despite the absence of politicians thanks to the election, the SAGB Conference covered the whole range of the UK’s shellfish sector, as Nicki Holmyard reports There's always room for the...
Turning a corner
As Vince McDonagh reports, Lerøy Seafood Group says it is finding solutions for the many challenges that beset the business last year The Lerøy Seafood Group is celebrating its 125th...
Opinion
Activism and its effects
By Nick Joy So here I am trying to concentrate whilst looking after my extremely active granddaughter. My thoughts are punctuated with “Granddad, granddad can you come and…” To a...
One sided
A new podcast on the future of wild salmon features numerous guests, but only one narrow viewpoint, argues Dr Martin Jaffa. Aquaculture UK at Aviemore was a celebration of the...
Protecting human rights
Chris Ninnes, CEO of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, offers an overview of the challenges faced by the seafood sector and what can be done to improve the social performance of...
Counter argument
Dr Martin Jaffa asks: Is the consumer’s reluctance to try different fish actually the fault of the industry and retailers? An article in the Guardian newspaper looked at why people...
Events
Plenary speakers confirmed for Latin American Aquaculture Congress
Plenary speakers have been confirmed for the Latin American Aquaculture Congress, taking place in Medellin, Colombia this September. They are Dr Benjamin Le Frentz of the US Department of Agriculture,...
Story telling
Aquaculture needs to get better at explaining itself, but there were plenty of great narratives at the Blue Food Innovation Summit, as Robert Outram reports The Blue Food Innovation Summit,...
Faroes hosts leading seaweed sector event
The Seagriculture EU 2024 conference, the premier event for Europe’s seaweed industry, was successfully held in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, from 18 - 20 June 2024. Under the unifying theme "Bridging...
Avie-more than ever
The political weather might be stormy, but the Highland weather was kind for Aquaculture UK. Robert Outram reports The sun was (mostly) shining on the Scottish Highland resort of Aviemore...
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