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Young's eyes China amid sale speculation
YOUNG\'S Seafood is looking to China and Europe as its next move on the international stage, its CEO has confirmed. As products from the Grimsby and Scottish based business began to make their debut across hundreds of stores in the United States this week, company...
Search for fishermen scaled back
THE search for two missing fishermen feared lost when their boat sank in Loch Fyne on Thursday evening has been scaled back, mainly due to bad weather. Reports suggest the missing men may have been trapped in the stern when the...
Feed main driver in salmon costs
PRODUCTION costs for Norway\'s aquaculture industry rose by 50 per cent in the four years between 2012 and 2016, reports Nofima, Norway\'s Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research. And the main culprit seems to be the rising price of...
Aquaculture debate goes nationwide
NORWAY\'S ongoing debate about how plans for huge future growth in aquaculture should be managed has taken on a nationwide focus. During the last few days and into this week, more than 20 organisations from the industry, research groups and the...
Young’s welcomes new executives
YOUNG’S Seafood today announced the appointment of Duncan McIntyre as group operations director. He has worked in the food and consumer facing industries for 26 years. Prior to joining Young’s Seafood, he was a supply chain director at Nomad Foods,...
Top apprentices make awards shortlist
AQUACULTURE finalists Scott Forder and Alan Tangny have been shortlisted for Lantra Scotland’s Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards. Scott, aged 26 from Kinlochewe, has been doing a Modern Apprenticeship in Aquaculture through Inverness College UHI, while working...
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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
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...
Salmon tax starts to bite
The so-called “ground rent tax” on Norway’s fish farmers is taking its toll, Vince McDonagh finds. The great thinker Albert Einstein once said he found tax was the hardest thing...
Wind, waves and sun
As Sandy Neil reports, moves are afoot to find greener energy sources for fish farming operations. The fish farming industry relies heavily on diesel generators which, of course, cause CO2...
Opinion
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,...
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...
Events
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...
Shellfish Growers conference set for return to Oban
The key players in shellfish aquaculture in Scotland will be returning to Oban this autumn for the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers (ASSG) Conference 2024, on 29-30 October. The theme...
Qingdao to host World Aquaculture 2025
The World Aquaculture 2025 event (WA2025) is set to take place in Qingdao city, China. The conference and trade show will be held at the Qingdao International Convention Centre, from...
Hearts and minds at TriNations 2024
The TriNations initiative brings together industry and academic experts to share the latest updates on farmed fish health. Chris Mitchell reports on latest TriNations event, held earlier this year in...
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