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Breakthrough tech turns fish waste to ‘fillets’
A Finnish food tech company has developed a process to turn fish processing sidestreams into a high quality fillet-like consumer product.
Hailia Nordic’s “Nyhtökirjolohi” (rainbow trout) is based on trout sidestreams, but the company says the concept could be applied to other finfish.
Read MoreWoman convicted of salmon smuggling ‘seriously ill’ in Chinese jail
A woman who had business links with salmon producer SalMar is reported to be seriously ill with paralysis and other major problems in a Chinese jail, where she is serving a sentence for smuggling seafood.
Her family fear that she could die in prison unless she receives proper treatment.
In 2022 Yimin Dong, a former Chinese national who is now a Norwegian citizen, was sentenced to 14 years, later reduced to 13 years, after being convicted of smuggling salmon into China through Vietnam, at a time when China had barred fish imports from Norway.
SalMar has always insisted she was acting privately and was never directly employed by the company.
Read MoreResearchers chart salmon reaction to hydrogen sulphide
A study has revealed how Atlantic salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) deploy natural defences against low levels of hydrogen sulphide.
The findings could help fish farmers to detect underlying problems with hydrogen sulphide (H2S) in RAS facilities.
Mowi threatened with heavy fines over lice numbers
Mowi has become the latest large Norwegian salmon company to face the possibility of a large daily fine over high lice numbers.
Last week it was revealed that SalMar had been threatened with a penalty of more than half a million kroner a day (around £40,000 a day) over the issue.
Now the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has told Mowi it could incur a penalty of just over NOK 465,000 a day (around £33,000).
Read MoreHigh salmon prices hit Icelandic supplier’s sales
Seafood supplier Iceland Seafood International (ISI) has reported a positive turnaround during the first six months of this year, but high salmon prices early on in the period have continued to affect sales.
The group, which sold its Grimsby operation more than a year ago, reported revenues totalling €98.2m (£82m) which were only marginally down on the previous period in 2023.
Read MoreNew regime for Norway’s land-based fish farms
The Norwegian authorities are proposing a number of major changes for land fish farming operations as part of an attempt to create a more sustainable sector.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries has assured the industry that any new proposals will be open to consultation.
Some of the proposals revolve around biosecurity and salmon allocation regulations.
Read MoreFormer Salmon Evolution chief joins Iceland’s GeoSalmo
Icelandic land-based salmon farmer GeoSalmo has appointed former Salmon Evolution chief Håkon André Berg as its new Executive Chairman.
Read MoreSalmon prices on floor – but worst may be over
Fresh salmon prices slumped to the lowest level of the year in Norway last week, according to the latest data.
Statistics Norway, which monitors prices on a weekly basis, says they fell to NOK 76.82 per kilo, the lowest figure for almost 12 months when they bottomed at NOK 75.15 per kilo.
Read MoreSalmon company threatened with £40,000 plus daily fines over lice numbers
The salmon giant SalMar is being threatened with fines of more than half a million kroner a day over high lice numbers, according to reports.
Read MoreStorms hold up salmon shipments in northern Norway
Severe storms have hit northern Norway, seriously disrupting the movement of salmon from fish farms.
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