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Salmon demand prompts investment in box factory

Salmon demand prompts investment in box factory

The new owner of a polystyrene box factory in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, is investing around £250,000 in new machinery and training to meet increased demand from the salmon farming industry.

Salmon farmer 'among Britain's most inspiring firms'

Salmon farmer 'among Britain's most inspiring firms'

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart Ltd has been named as one of the London Stock Exchange Group’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain.

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More revenue but less profit for Cooke Scotland in 2019

More revenue but less profit for Cooke Scotland in 2019

Salmon farmer Cooke Aquaculture Scotland made a post-tax profit of £32.67 million last year on a turnover of £169.3m, newly published accounts show.

AKVA predicts 25% growth in operating profit

AKVA predicts 25% growth in operating profit

Aquaculture supplier AKVA today revealed ambitious performance targets based on an expected increase in Atlantic salmon consumption of between 1-2 million tonnes by 2030.

Escaped Huon salmon had average weight of 4kg

Escaped Huon salmon had average weight of 4kg

The 50,000-plus salmon that escaped from a Huon Aquaculture site in Tasmania after a pen caught fire had an average weight of 4kg, the company said in a stock exchange statement today.

Fish farmers bid to lift an old shadow from aquaculture

Fish farmers bid to lift an old shadow from aquaculture

Scottish salmon farmers and UK trout growers have joined an international taskforce to promote a more positive message about fish farming.

New career in fish farming for offshore support vessel

New career in fish farming for offshore support vessel

Dutch boatbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has completed the conversion of a former platform supply carrier (PSV) into a fish feed carrier for Norwegian company Eidsvaag, which provides sea transport for salmonid feed manufacturers Skretting and EWOS Cargill.

NTS swaps Ice Fish Farm shares for more of NRS

NTS swaps Ice Fish Farm shares for more of NRS

Norwegian integrated aquaculture and shipping group NTS today increased its stake in Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) to just under 30% and outlined an ambition to produce 100,000 tonnes of salmon annually within the next three to five years.

50,000 salmon escape after Tasmanian cage blaze

50,000 salmon escape after Tasmanian cage blaze

Tasmaninan salmon farmer Huon Aquaculture has reported the escape of between 50,000 and 52,000 salmon after a fire broke out at a pen.

Students strike gold with AGD early warning work

Students strike gold with AGD early warning work

A student team from the University of Oslo has won a gold medal in an international biotechnology competition for its work in developing a theoretical system that will recognise amoebic gill disease (AGD) in fish before the disease spreads and creates further damage.

Where there’s muck there’s brass for salmon farmer

Where there’s muck there’s brass for salmon farmer

Dried fish sludge from a Norwegian land-based salmon farm has the potential to be used in growth media such as organic fertiliser and organo-mineral fertiliser for agriculture and gardening, a research report from the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) concluded.

AquaBounty gets go-ahead to issue 30 million shares

AquaBounty gets go-ahead to issue 30 million shares

Shareholders of transgenic-salmon producer AquaBounty Technologies yesterday approved plans to increase the number of common shares in the company from 50 million to 80 million.

China salmon RAS project raises £49m and confirms £44.7m AKVA contract

A Danish company which plans to produce up to 40,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon annually at an on-land farm in Ningbo, near Shanghai, China has raised €55.1 million (£49.4m) through a successful private placement of 7.2 million new shares.

Ocean data service goes mobile

Ocean data service goes mobile

Aquaculture data technology company Umitron has launched a mobile phone application for its Pulse product, which provides a variety of ocean environmental information for fish, shellfish and seaweed farmers.

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