Posts Tagged ‘fish health and welfare’
RSPCA standards extended to cover cleaner fish
A new version of the RSPCA Assured standards for farmed Atlantic salmon welfare comes into effect from 19 May this year, with more than 300 new standards and amendments. The standards will apply to the vast majority of salmon production in Scotland. The new standards include a new set of rules covering non-medicinal treatments for…
Read MoreScottish Sea Farms situation beginning to improve, SalMar reports
Scottish Sea Farms could be turning the corner with its biological problems, new figures suggest today. The business has still to get back into profit, however. SalMar, which jointly owns the business with the Leroy Seafood Company, says in its 2023 fourth quarter report that SSF (also known as Norskott Havbruk) showed an improvement from…
Read MoreSolid Q4 performance from SalMar
SalMar, the world’s second largest Atlantic salmon farmer, produced “very solid results” during the final quarter of last year, figures published today show. The company plans to pay NOK 4.6bn (around £345m) in dividends for the whole year. SalMar announced a Q4 group operational EBIT or operational profit of NOK 2.16bn (£162m), up nearly 115%…
Read MoreGigante cuts production after fish losses
Norwegian land-based fish farming company Gigante Salmon has announced that it is reducing its production by around 300,000 fish — almost half of the stock released into its tanks last month. This is the second batch for the company at its newly completed site at Rødøy in northern Norway. Gigante revealed at the end of…
Read MoreMowi Scotland battling back against severe biological issues
Mowi Scotland continued to be plagued by biological problems during the final quarter of 2023, company figures show today. Challenges were unusually intense, with a high level of amoebic gill disease (AGD) which the company said was linked to the El Niño cyclical climate phenomenon and all-time high seawater temperatures. Jellyfish had also contributed to…
Read MoreNew jellyfish attacks leave scientists baffled
Jellyfish attacks were responsible for the deaths of at least three million salmon and trout last year, says the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, and tackling the problem is perplexing marine scientists. It has already been reported that 62 million fish died from various causes in Norwegian fish farms in 2023 – six million more…
Read MoreNorwegian salmon mortality rate up again
A record 62 million farmed salmon died in the sea phase in Norway last year, an official survey has shown. The figure is six million higher than in 2022, according to the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, corresponding to almost 17% of the total number of released in Norway that year. Edgar Brun, Director of Fish Health…
Read MoreMåsøval to challenge compensation award
The Norwegian salmon farmer Måsøval has decided to appeal for more compensation after the company was awarded almost £1m against the Norwegian government over an incorrect pancreatic disease diagnosis. Måsøval had originally claimed NOK 29.8m (£2.3m) over the incident which took place in August 2019. The company was forced to slaughter tens of thousands of…
Read MoreAqua Agenda: Fish Health webinar
Thanks to all who attended Fish Farmer’s first Aqua Agenda webinar this week. We had a great panel – Iain Berrill, Head of Technical with Salmon Scotland, Charles Allan, head of the Scottish Fish health Inspectorate and Ronnie Soutar, Head of Veterinary Services with Scottish Sea Farms – addressing the pressing issue of fish health…
Read MoreISA suspected in a fish at Benchmark breeding site
Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is suspected at a key breeding centre in Norway where Benchmark Genetics has a facility. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority is testing samples from the site 60 miles south of Narvik, which is one of the world’s most advanced land based facilities for the production of salmon ova. Only a few…
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