Posts Tagged ‘fish health and welfare’
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 Bergen.
Read MoreMowi 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 MoreTriple solution
Growing shrimp, oysters and seaweed together creates a natural balance, a study by the University of New Hampshire has found.
Read MoreHilton to end eye stalk ablation in farmed shrimp
UK based Hilton Seafoods has adopted a new crustacean welfare policy which includes stopping the practice of putting a stop to eye stalk ablation within two years.
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 MoreRoller coaster prices hit Måsøval Q2 profits
The large Norwegian fish farmer Måsøval has reported higher second quarter revenues, but lower profits during the period.
The company recorded revenues of NOK 935 million (£67m) against NOK 804 million (£57m) last year.
Read More‘Feed from gas’ project launches pilot
A project aiming to transform food production and supply chains by creating animal feed from carbon dioxide and hydrogen gases has taken another big step forward with the opening of its first pilot facility.
Read MoreBakkafrost explains Scotland turnaround
Bakkafrost has outlined how an early harvest policy and sourcing smolts from its own in-house production helped to achieve a significant improvement in its Scottish division.
Read MoreFaroese strike hits Bakkafrost hard but Scotland producing higher profits
A long-running general workers strike in the Faroe Islands has proved costly for the salmon farmer Bakkafrost.
The company said the action, which took place in the Spring this year, severely impacted on the second quarter (April to June) results.
Read MoreHands-on farming
Mowi acquired Wester Ross Fisheries in 2022. Robert Outram asks: has the move changed the company’s unique approach?
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