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Feed plant open day held at Kyleakin

Feed plant open day held at Kyleakin

Around 50 people attended an open day held by Mowi in the Skye village of Kyleakin on Saturday to let locals learn more about the company’s nearby feed mill at the Altanavaig quarry site.

Fishfarmingexpert - 2019/5

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Vindheim takes over as Alf-Helge Aarskog leaves Mowi

Vindheim takes over as Alf-Helge Aarskog leaves Mowi

Mowi has appointed a new chief executive after parting company with Alf-Helge Aarskog.

Norway Royal Salmon triples harvest volume

Norway Royal Salmon triples harvest volume

Norway Royal Salmon tripled its harvest volume in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year, and almost quadrupled operational EBIT.

Potted shrimp: Benchmark offers crustacean insight

Potted shrimp: Benchmark offers crustacean insight

UK-based aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business Benchmark was today launching a new publication offering expert insights into the key challenges and opportunities in shrimp aquaculture.

Fish farm concept firms lose their appeals

Fish farm concept firms lose their appeals

Two Norwegian companies have lost their appeals against the rejection of development permits for novel salmon farms.

New chair and board due for Scottish Salmon Company

New chair and board due for Scottish Salmon Company

The Scottish Salmon Company PLC will get a new chairman and directors at an extraordinary general meeting on December 9 following the purchase of more than 80% of the firm’s shares by Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost.

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Gill Health Initiative calls for abstracts for 2020 meeting

Gill Health Initiative calls for abstracts for 2020 meeting

The international Gill Health Initiative has issued a call for scientists to submit abstracts for its next meeting, GHI2020, which will take place in the Stirling Court Hotel in the grounds of Stirling University on April 1-2 next year.

Success on a plate for chef in salmon recipe contest

Success on a plate for chef in salmon recipe contest

Student chef Paul McLean has netted a day in the kitchen with Michelin-starred chef Martin Wishart after winning the #LoveScottishSalmon recipe competition.

Mowi boss says sorry for Newfoundland fish die-off

Mowi boss says sorry for Newfoundland fish die-off

Mowi has published a letter of apology written by the company’s chief executive, Alf-Helge Aarskog, to Newfoundland and Labrador premier Dwight Ball and fisheries minister Gerry Byrne.

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Development Manager

Loch Duart

Application deadline: 30.11.2019
Location: Highlands

Seawater Health Manager

Mowi Scotland Limited

Application deadline: 01.12.2019
Location: Fort William

Bakkafrost makes offer for remaining SSC shares

Bakkafrost makes offer for remaining SSC shares

The Scottish Salmon Company’s new majority owner, Bakkafrost, has announced a mandatory offer the 19.23% of the company that it doesn’t already own.

Newfoundland salmon farmers happy to go public

Newfoundland salmon farmers happy to go public

The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association (NAIA) has welcomed new rules being announced today that make it obligatory for fish farmers to publicly and quickly report any “incident event” such as the recent die-off of 2.6 million farmed salmon being grown by Mowi subsidiary Northern Harvest Sea Farms.

Salmon farmers third on Chile prompt payers’ list

Salmon farmers third on Chile prompt payers’ list

Chile’s salmon industry is one of the better sectors for settling bills from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) quickly, according to a ranking by the country’s Products Bag, a South American marketing mechanism for agricultural products and other commodities.

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A trip to remember: visiting a fish farm for the first time

A trip to remember: visiting a fish farm for the first time

How salmon farming can scale sustainably in Scotland

How salmon farming can scale sustainably in Scotland

There's no escaping the benefit of cage standards

Don't make fishmeal the fall-guy for algae

10,000t salmon RAS plant planned for Vietnam

10,000t salmon RAS plant planned for Vietnam

A 10,000-tonne on-land salmon farm and processing plant is being planned for Vietnam.

Cermaq given two more lease options for Nova Scotia

Cermaq given two more lease options for Nova Scotia

Salmon farmer Cermaq today announced that it has been granted options for lease for the Mahone Bay and and St Margaret’s Bay areas in the South Shore region on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia.

Mowi chief Aarskog to meet with NL ministers today

Mowi chief Aarskog to meet with NL ministers today

Mowi chief executive Alf-Helge Aarskog is due to meet with Newfoundland and Labrador premier Dwight Ball and fisheries minister Gerry Byrne in Canada later today to talk about the way forward for the company in the province – including how it can lift the suspension of 10 farm licences.

BioMar raises earnings forecast for second time

BioMar raises earnings forecast for second time

US nutrition supplier buys fish feed producer

US nutrition supplier buys fish feed producer

Baek takes over at IFFO

Baek takes over at IFFO

Better smolts boost salmon survival for Grieg Shetland

Better smolts boost salmon survival for Grieg Shetland

Floating salmon pool given go-ahead in Norway

Floating salmon pool given go-ahead in Norway

Plans for a floating concrete closed containment salmon farm have been given the go-ahead by Norway’s Fisheries Directorate, but with a much smaller biomass than requested.

Norway sets new October seafood export value record

Norway sets new October seafood export value record

The value of Norway’s seafood exports reached a record high for October, helped by a weak krone and higher salmon harvesting.

Biomass and losses both increase for AquaBounty

Biomass and losses both increase for AquaBounty

Transgenic-salmon producer AquaBounty now has a biomass of 77 tonnes at its farm near Albany, Indiana, it said in its third-quarter and nine-month report today.

Skretting appoints 'novel ingredients' manager

Skretting appoints 'novel ingredients' manager

Feed manufacturer Skretting has created a new position of category manager novel ingredients, which is to be filled by its raw material development project manager Jenna Bowyer.

Bakkafrost reaches for last portion of Scottish Salmon

Bakkafrost reaches for last portion of Scottish Salmon

The Scottish Salmon Company’s new majority owner, Bakkafrost, expects to make a mandatory offer for the shares of other investors by the end of this week.

On-land salmon farmer recruits finance chief

On-land salmon farmer recruits finance chief

Salmon Evolution, which plans to build Europe’s largest on-land salmon farm in an island in northern Norway, has appointed an experienced chief financial officer, completing its executive recruitment.