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SEPA boss quits over conduct allegations

SEPA boss quits over conduct allegations

Terry A’Hearn, chief executive of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), has resigned following conduct allegations, SEPA announced this afternoon.

Trout farmer buys closed pen for bigger post-smolts

Trout farmer buys closed pen for bigger post-smolts

Norwegian trout farmer Firda Seafood Group has become the latest company to order a floating semi-closed containment system (SCCS) for growing smolts to a larger size before stocking them in net pens.

OTAQ appoints aquaculture business development manager

OTAQ appoints aquaculture business development manager

Marine technology supplier OTAQ has appointed former Vaki area manager Gareth Hammond as business development manager for its aquaculture division.

Cooke chief confident of ‘safe and successful’ seafood trade show in Boston

Glenn Cooke, chief executive of salmon farmer Cooke Inc., has given his backing to the staging of Seafood Expo North America (SENA) in March, following the decision of high-profile companies such as Cermaq, Mowi, and Peter Pan to pull out of the event because of the risks posed by the omicron variant of Covid-19.

Greener farm tech enables Cermaq to slash emissions

Greener farm tech enables Cermaq to slash emissions

Salmon farmer Cermaq Canada reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 76 tonnes last year by using a new fish farm aeration technology now also being trialled in Scotland.

Chilean farmers stay on algae alert after losses

Chilean farmers stay on algae alert after losses

Salmon farmers in the Aysén region of Chile are remaining on the alert for a fresh occurrence of an algal bloom and low dissolved oxygen levels that killed 3,350 tonnes of fish at the beginning of this month.

Norway salmon price topped NOK 70 last week

Norway salmon price topped NOK 70 last week

The spot price of Norwegian salmon last week topped NOK 70 for only the fourth time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Salmon spill slows traffic in Moray

Salmon spill slows traffic in Moray

Traffic between Elgin and Fochabers in Moray was delayed today after a lorry carrying salmon shed part of its load on the A96 at Threaplands Garden Centre.

Scottish salmon 'now an even healthier choice'

Scottish salmon 'now an even healthier choice'

A new nutritional analysis of Scottish salmon carried out by the University of Stirling has found that a single 140g portion is healthier than previously thought and provides more than 70% of daily vitamin D needs.

Salmon by-product used to make greener cleaners

Salmon by-product used to make greener cleaners

Scottish start-up Eco Clean Team is undertaking a research project with experts from the University of St Andrews to develop a new process that uses by-products from fish farming to produce surfactants – one of the main components in detergents and other industrial and institutional cleaning products.

US start-up bids to grow oysters from cells

US start-up bids to grow oysters from cells

A US start-up, Pearlita, has announced the opening of a research laboratory to grow oysters from cellular agriculture.

Fish farm workers rescued after boat capsizes

Fish farm workers rescued after boat capsizes

Three men working for Norwegian salmon farmer Lerøy spent half an hour in the sea today after their workboat capsized.

Cooke Scotland plans 3,850t offshore salmon farm

Cooke Scotland plans 3,850t offshore salmon farm

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has applied for planning permission for its second fully offshore salmon farm following the success of its first at East Skelwick, Orkney.

ASC certification is a flatfish first for Dutch turbot farmer

ASC certification is a flatfish first for Dutch turbot farmer

Dutch turbot farmer Seafarm has become the first in the world to achieve certification against the standards of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s Flatfish Standard.

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