Aquaculture genetics, health and advanced nutrition company Benchmark Holdings has said demand for its salmon ova has not yet been materially affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, although it anticipates earnings will be hit in other parts of the business such as shrimp nutrition.

Bakkafrost harvested 10,700 tonnes (head on gutted equivalents) of salmon in the Faroes in the first quarter of this year, and a further 7,300 tonnes in Scotland (Scottish Salmon Company), the Faroese company said in a trading update today.

Mowi Canada West has called a temporary halt to plans to convert a processing plant in a remote area of British Columbia into a hot smoked fish operation.

IFFO RS, the global certification programme for responsible supply of marine ingredients used in feed, has been rebranded as the MarinTrust.

It’s round, yellow and huge and it’s built for offshore use – but the latest mega-cage to leave a Chinese construction yard isn’t a carbon copy of SalMar’s Ocean Farm 1 and it’s not going to hold salmon, although it is suitable for them.

Mowi Scotland has highlighted some of the measures it has taken to ensure staff stay healthy during the Covid-19 epidemic.

Norway’s seafood production levels and wild catches are continuing at a relatively normal level, the country’s Seafood Council said today.

Salmon farmers have been classified as “key workers” by Shetland Islands Council, as have contractors supporting animal husbandry and production of animal foodstuffs by providing essential/critical services and supplies.

Ten thousand annual truck journeys have been taken off Scotland’s roads by the opening of Mowi’s feed mill at Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye, the company has said.

Shareholders of Norwegian salmon farmer Grieg Seafood have rubber-stamped the company’s decision to buy separate Canadian operation Grieg Newfoundland (Grieg NL) in a deal that could be worth up to NOK1.55 billion (£130 million) depending on future harvest volumes.

Scotland’s salmon farmers are changing how they work in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic which has led to a partial lockdown in the UK.

Global giant Alltech has partnered with Canadian aquafeed nutrition company Corey Nutrition.

A competition to find the best-selling fish-free feeds for salmon, shrimp and other carnivorous fish has been extended because of the Covid-19 epidemic.