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Cooke Aquaculture helps to fund local sailing club
Scottish salmon farmer Cooke Aquaculture has donated more than £7,000 to buy boats and equipment for a community sailing club at Loch Shin, in the north west Highlands. Loch Shin Sailing Club used the funds to purchase two Bahia sail boats and three stand-up paddleboards. The grant from Cooke’s community benefit fund also enabled the…
Read MoreA long road ahead
Some of the post-Brexit problems faced by UK seafood exporters have been fixed but there is still plenty to be done, reports Sandy Neil It’s one thing after another. No sooner had the seafood industry started to recover from the export crisis caused by Brexit than another one, a fuel crisis, added to the list…
Read MoreIsrael Corp takes bigger holding in AKVA group
Investment company Israel Corp has increased its stake in the AKVA Group, the Norwegian aquaculture services and equipment provider. About a month ago Israel Corp said it was taking a 15% share in the business, but yesterday that was raised to 18%. AKVA’s main shareholder, Egersund Group, will remain the majority owner. This earlier investment…
Read MoreSSF hopes ‘home-grown’ eggs will mean healthier fish
Scottish Sea Farms is set to take delivery of the first batch of salmon eggs grown from selected stock from its own marine farms. The company hopes that the “home-grown” eggs will produce a more robust generation of salmon, better able to cope with climate change and with marine conditions in Scotland. The Scottish salmon…
Read MoreMowi Q3 results hit by Canadian biological issues
Mowi today announced a third quarter global operating profit of around €131m euros with Scotland almost trebling its average per kilo return. The EBIT (operating profit) figure is about €5m down on what analysts had been expecting, largely due to extraordinary biological problems on both Canadian seaboards. Issues with a plankton bloom in Canada West…
Read MoreCommon purpose
Anglers and farmers are united in a desire to help wild salmon survive, writes Hamish Macdonell It was the angler who first introduced me to the Tweed who came up with it. We were fishing Middle Pavilion, the broad, unhurried beat that sweeps down from Galashiels to Melrose and where, under his guidance, I was…
Read MoreThe October 2021 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
In a few weeks’ time the eyes of the world will be on Glasgow as leaders gather for the UN COP26 Climate Change Conference. The impact of global warming on aquaculture also features in the October issue of Fish Farmer magazine, which is out today online. The oceans are right on the front line of…
Read More641-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 on supporting people with high cholesterol. Loch Duart Salmon announced a partnership with HEART UK…
Read MoreSEPA 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 part of the Scottish Government’s response to the final report of the Salmon Interactions Working…
Read MoreBakkafrost 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 21,800 tonnes, made up of 14,900 tonnes from the Faroe Islands and 6,900 tonnes from…
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