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Miss Mildred puts the heat on lice in eastern Canada

Miss Mildred puts the heat on lice in eastern Canada

Cooke Aquaculture has become the first salmon farmer in Atlantic Canada to use Steinsvik’s Thermolicer for treating sea lice.

FishFarmingExpert - 2018/1

FishFarmingExpert - 2018/1

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Grieg NL and Benchmark hatch deal for triploid ova

Grieg NL and Benchmark hatch deal for triploid ova

Grieg NL has agreed a deal with UK-owned Benchmark Genetics to supply it with triploid ova for its planned sites in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland over the next five years.

‘Rock ‘n’ roll salmon’ producer to bid for Pinneys within a week

‘Rock ‘n’ roll salmon’ producer to bid for Pinneys within a week

The owner of Annan salmon smoker St James Smokehouse has said he will put in a bid for the Pinneys of Scotland factory in the town by next Friday.

Cabinet Secretary: We fully support 2030 growth plans

Cabinet Secretary: We fully support 2030 growth plans

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has given unequivocal and emphatic backing to plans by the Scottish salmon industry to double production by 2030.

Researchers dig deeper into the value of quality

Researchers dig deeper into the value of quality

Can the value of salmon be increased in ways other than producing more or cutting costs? That’s the belief of Norwegian researchers, working in close cooperation with researchers at the University of Stirling, who are currently examining how different types of quality can increase the value of salmon products.

Queen’s Award for seal deterrent maker

Queen’s Award for seal deterrent maker

Aqua-electronics supplier Ace Aquatec has been granted a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the innovation category.

Super cool: companies launch new fish chiller

Super cool: companies launch new fish chiller

A new fresh fish chilling technology that is said to ensure preservation of quality, a longer shelf life, greater yield and a higher price in the market place is to be launched at next week’s Seafood Expo Global in Brussels.

SSPO chief set to broadcast salmon farming achievements

SSPO chief set to broadcast salmon farming achievements

Scottish salmon spokesperson Julie Hesketh-Laird will today champion the industry on BBC Radio 4’s consumer affairs programme You & Yours, broadcast at 12.15pm.

Assistant Farm Manager Erisort

Marine Harvest Scotland

Application deadline: 11.05.2018
Location: Erisort

Farm Technicians Erisort

Marine Harvest Scotland

Application deadline: 01.01.1970
Location: Erisort

Farm Technicians Skipport

Marine Harvest Scotland

Application deadline: 11.05.2018
Location: Skipport

Farm Technicians Seaforth

Marine Harvest Scotland

Application deadline: 11.05.2018
Location: Seaforth

Farm Technician Loch Ewe

Marine Harvest Scotland

Application deadline: 04.05.2018
Location: Loch Ewe

Casual Farm Technician Loch Ewe

Marine Harvest Scotland

Application deadline: 04.05.2018
Location: Loch Ewe

Engineering Technicians Feed Plant, Kyleakin

Marine Harvest Scotland

Application deadline: 14.05.2018
Location: Kyleakin, Scotland

Skye MSP defends new salmon farms from BBC critic

Skye MSP defends new salmon farms from BBC critic

Skye MSP Kate Forbes has told the BBC’s The One Show that there shouldn’t be a block on new salmon farms because rural communities must not “take the hit for the failure” of the industry to provide adequate information and research.

Grieg Shetland stabilises after ‘challenging’ 2017

Grieg Shetland stabilises after ‘challenging’ 2017

Grieg Seafood Shetland has blamed sea lice and algal blooms for an 11% decrease in harvest last year compared to 2016.

A welcome site: Loch Duart plans open days

A welcome site: Loch Duart plans open days

Sutherland and Hebrides salmon farmer Loch Duart is planning community open days after the success of two receptions it held for locals in Scourie and Uist.

April 2018

Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global 2018

Belgium, Brussel, BRUSSELS EXPO, Place de Belgique 1

IBM Watson Workshop in preparation for AquaHack

Norway, Bergen, Thormølensgate 51

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Wellboat saturation approaching?

Wellboat saturation approaching?

Benchmark backs Scots shellfish

Benchmark backs Scots shellfish

Holyrood ponders need for salmon super regulator

Holyrood ponders need for salmon super regulator

The question of whether Scotland requires a single regulator to oversee its salmon farming industry was central to the latest session of Holyrood’s salmon farming inquiry today.

Future science of salmon farming on display

Future science of salmon farming on display

The extent of high-level scientific research taking place to help the farming of Scottish salmon and other fish has been demonstrated at a conference at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA).

Maine attraction: Nordic Aquafarms chooses partner for huge RAS project

Maine attraction: Nordic Aquafarms chooses partner for huge RAS project

Marine Harvest feed plant millions of pounds over budget

Marine Harvest feed plant millions of pounds over budget

Careers event is just the job for aquaculture students

Careers event is just the job for aquaculture students

Marine Harvest misses Q1 volume target

Marine Harvest misses Q1 volume target

Closed cage developer in contract talks with farmers

Closed cage developer in contract talks with farmers

The developer of a closed cage salmon farming concept featuring tanks made of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) reinforced with steel has revealed it is in contract negotiations with several Norwegian salmon farmers.

SalMar buys into plan for huge high seas salmon farm

SalMar buys into plan for huge high seas salmon farm

SalMar, which owns the world’s first offshore salmon farm, Ocean Farm 1, has announced ambitions to be build an even bigger facility capable of holding more than 12,000 tonnes of fish.

Shipping operator setting up in Scotland in wake of Marine Harvest order

Shipping operator setting up in Scotland in wake of Marine Harvest order

Marine Harvest Scotland has signed ten-year charter contracts with Norwegian firm DESS Aquaculture for three new support vessels, signalling the entry of a new player in the service boat sector in Scotland.

Scottish export office helps AKVA increase profit

Scottish export office helps AKVA increase profit

Fish farming supplier AKVA’s Europe and Middle East region, which is run from Inverness, more than doubled order intake in 2017 compared to 2016, the firm has revealed in its annual report.

Navigation mistake blamed for wellboat accident

Navigation mistake blamed for wellboat accident

A navigation error caused the Solvtrans vessel Ronja Viking to ground when she was due to load fish from a Scottish Salmon Company site in the Outer Hebrides earlier this year, the Norwegian Maritime Directorate has concluded.

Scottish Salmon Company reveals £98m local spend

Scottish Salmon Company reveals £98m local spend

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) spent more than £98 million with Scottish suppliers last year, it has revealed in its annual report for 2017.

‘Snorkel’ cage cuts lice numbers by 80% in trials

‘Snorkel’ cage cuts lice numbers by 80% in trials

Early results of using so-called snorkel cages to farm salmon show that the number of lice found on fish has been reduced by 80%.

Gill health project seeks new diagnostic tools and feeds

Gill health project seeks new diagnostic tools and feeds

A new collaborative project has been co-funded by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) to help accelerate understanding of gill health issues in farmed salmon and identify new approaches to overcoming these issues.

Cooke shows its mettle with Platinum award

Cooke shows its mettle with Platinum award

Cooke Aquaculture has been named as one of Canada’s best-managed companies for the seventh consecutive year.