Going the distance: smolts successfully transferred to boat through 1km pipe Transferring fish by pipe is not unusual in salmon farming – unless that pipe runs for nearly a kilometre!
Former SalMar boss is new Benchmark chief Former SalMar chief executive Trond Williksen has been appointed as the new CEO of UK-based aquaculture genetics, health and advanced nutrition company Benchmark Holdings.
Feed producer reports ‘remarkable’ trial results Feed producer Aller Aqua and marine ingredients supplier TripleNine have reported “remarkable results” from a feeding trial of newly hatched rainbow trout.
Ava, 10, makes her mark on salmon farming Ten-year-old Ava Douglas from the Isle of Lewis has been crowned winner of a competition to name the Scottish Salmon Company’s new workboat.
SalMar Q1 harvest increases by 13% Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar harvested 40,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2020, it said in an update today. The harvest is an increase of 4,500 tonnes, or 13%, on the same period in 2019.
Lerøy Q1 harvest up 22% year on year Lerøy harvested 39,400 tonnes of salmon and trout in the first quarter of 2020, an increase of 7,100 tonnes (22%) of the same period last year.
Scottish Government throws £10m lifeline to processors The Scottish Government has announced £10 million of support to help seafood processors survive the economic pressures caused by the Covid-19 epidemic.
Orkney salmon farmer is right at home feeding fish 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.
September date set for Seafood Expo North America 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.
Covid-19 causes salmon farmer to halve dividend 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.
Ova demand unaffected by Covid-19, says Benchmark 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 harvests 18,000 tonnes in Q1 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.
Salmon smokery plans delayed by virus precautions 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 rebranded as MarinTrust IFFO RS, the global certification programme for responsible supply of marine ingredients used in feed, has been rebranded as the MarinTrust.
