Posts Tagged ‘europe-nordics’
Norway’s salmon giants facing welfare crackdown
Norway’s “big six” fish farming companies are set to come under close scrutiny from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority next year. Particular attention will be paid as to how well they handle fish welfare and health issues. It is hoped the move will lead to more effective welfare measures. The companies have not been named,…
Read MoreUS fund brings wellboat operators together
Two leading Norwegian-based wellboat businesses – AquaShip and Intership – are set to merge following a deal that has seen both of them taken over by a US investment fund. American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VII, LP, an investment fund managed by American Industrial Partners (AIP), has become the majority and controlling shareholder in both…
Read MoreGigante takes big step towards production
Norwegian land-based fish farmer Gigante Salmon has reached a major milestone for its new plant, with the farm’s nursery pool now filled with sea water. The company is building one of Norway’s most advanced RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) facilities, on the island of Lille Indre Rosøya in Rødøy, and flooding the nursery pool is an…
Read MorePD spreading in northern Norway, tests show
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reported that another case of pancreatic disease (PD) has been detected at a fish farm in the north of the country. The facility is operated by salmon farmer Nova Sea, which has been told that it will have to empty the facility quickly in order to reduce the risk…
Read MoreSmoked salmon back on European menus, says Seafood Council
Smoked salmon is now making a comeback in many European markets after sales dropped off during the pandemic, says the Norwegian Seafood Council. With Christmas less than three weeks away the peak season for smoked salmon sales is now approaching, with Poland leading the way in that growth. Poland is Norway’s largest processing market for…
Read MorePump error toll was worse than first feared
Salmon producer SalMar has admitted that it lost around 200,000 small fish in a “mechanical incident” at its Jovika site on the island of Senja, near Tromsø, Norway recently. The fish weighed around seven grams. The loss is thought to be considerably higher than the initial estimate, when the incident was first discovered. In a…
Read MoreLerøy products in second listeria scare
The Lerøy Seafood Company has been hit by two listeria scares involving salmon products, with outbreaks in Norway and Sweden. In the most recent, Lerøy’s salmon and game supply arm Laks & Vilt (Salmon & Game) in Oslo is withdrawing a batch of salmon gravlax with a latest consumption date of 8 December. The reason…
Read MoreSagging krone further boosts Norway’s salmon exports
Norway’s seafood exports for November totalled NOK 16.7 billion (£1.2bn), 17% up on November last year. Again farmed salmon was the main driver in this seemingly never-ending overseas sales surge. So far this year, Norway has exported seafood worth NOK 158.2 billion (£11.5bn) 15% up over the same period in 2022. The decline in the value…
Read MoreBjörk’s new song will help to fight salmon farming
Björk, Iceland’s best known international pop star, has continued her campaign against salmon farming in her country by dedicating her latest song to the cause. Working once again with the Spanish singer Rosalia, she said all the proceeds would go towards the fight against fish farming and open pen farming in particular. Björk has accused…
Read MoreArctic Fish opens new slaughterhouse
Arctic Fish’s new slaughterhouse in the north-west of Iceland opened last week in a ceremony watched by a crowd of more than 500 people. The Mayor of Bolungarvik, Jón Páll Hreinsson described the facility which is based near Drimla as “world-class”. He told the regional website bb.is it was one of the biggest investments in business…
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