Salmon Evolution reports profitable Q2

The Norwegian land based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution has chalked up another profitable quarter. It reported Q2 (April to June) revenues of NOK 170.5m (£12.3m) and a group EBITDA or operating profit of NOK 45.4m (£3.2m). 

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200,000 fish lost in farm site explosion

An explosion in the oxygen supply has led to the death of around 200,000 hatchery fish at a farming facility in Norway.
The regional newspaper Bladet Vesterålen reports that Trond Geir Reinsnes, the owner of the Sigerfjord Fisk site, described the incident as a “nightmare”.

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Blueprint for industry innovation published

Aquaculture features prominently in a new report setting out research priorities for the UK’s animal-based food sector.
Government-supported body the UK Agri-Tech Centre has published a report, “Livestock and Aquaculture innovation: the next ten years”, based on input from more than 150 stakeholders in the livestock and aquaculture industries.

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