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New CEO for merged Intership/Aquaship
Intership and Aquaship, the aquaculture support services business which merged in December last year, have announced a change at the top of management and a name for the combined company: “Intership/Aquaship”.
Read MoreSeafood could be key wartime resource, experts say
Could Norway’s aquaculture and fishing sectors feed the country in the event of a European war? That was the serious question posed at a recent Seafood Norway debate – and the resounding answer is “Yes!”.
Read MoreFirst fish released into Marine Donut pen
Thousands of salmon have been placed into Norway’s novel Marine Donut fish farm for the first time.
Read MoreEscaped Lerøy salmon may be diseased, experts fear
Some of the fish that escaped from a Lerøy Seafood facility in Norway could be carrying serious diseases, it is being reported.
Read MoreNorway’s biological issues cut into Mowi’s Q1 profit
Mowi, the world’s largest farmer of Atlantic salmon produced an operational profit or EBIT of €201m (£173m) between January and March this year. This is well down on last year’s figure of €322m (£277m).
Read MoreSalmon Evolution heads into profit
Land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution has reported its first operational profit, in what the company has called a “significant milestone”. The Norway-based producer reported operating revenues of NOK 100.3m (£7.37m) in the first quarter of 2024 and a group EBITDA of NOK 24.1m (£1.77m).
Read MoreFarmed trout exports up by more than half
Trout is becoming the fashionable new farmed fish favourite in some parts of the world, figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council show this week. Trout exports totalled a healthy 4,177 tonnes.
Read MoreLerøy hit by new salmon escape incident
There were more problems for the Lerøy Seafood group today as the company found itself tackling a serious salmon escape. It is feared that an estimated 14,000 fish have got out of a Lerøy Midt facility in the Hitra municipality.
Read MoreNorwegian salmon exports return to value growth
Norwegian salmon exports were back on track in value terms last month, reversing the fall seen in March. The value growth, however, was just 2% up on April last year.
Read MoreBig jump in Bakkafrost Q1 profit as Scotland continues to improve
Bakkafrost today announced an increased 2024 first quarter operational profit or EBIT of 710m Danish kroner (£81.7m ). The company said biological performance in Scotland is continuing to improve.
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