Like all of Scotland’s salmon farmers, Scottish Sea Farms has asked everyone who can work from home to do so as part of efforts to halt the spread of Covid-19.

A new date has been announced for the postponed Seafood Expo North America (SENA), which had been due to take place in Boston in March.

Norway Royal Salmon has cut its proposed shareholder dividend for 2019 from NOK 10 per share to NOK 5 to ensure its plans for the future remain on course in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

Salmon farmer Loch Duart is contemplating selling its fish directly to the public for the first time after its food service markets were decimated by the Covid-19 outbreak.

A switch in demand from fresh to frozen fish caused by the Covid-19 outbreak has prompted a surge of interest in freezing technology from producers including the farmed salmon industry, according to Icelandic processing equipment manufacturer Skaginn 3X.

Scotland’s salmon farmers have welcomed a temporary relaxation of regulations that will allow them to exceed biomass limits if they are forced to delay harvests because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

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.