Irish firms land €1.8m in grants Eight aquaculture enterprises in the Republic of Ireland have today been awarded €824,000 in grants from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme for the seafood sector.
Fish farm licence overhaul looms The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is proposing to overhaul the way fish farms are licensed.
Roadmap reveals ‘urgent’ innovation needs A roadmap for growth in the Scottish aquaculture sector published today has identified several urgent innovation needs that it says should be treated as a priority.
£2.4m funding for six Scots firms Six Scottish aquaculture organisations have won grants totalling more than £2.4 million in the latest round of funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the Scottish Government.
A million tonnes a year Given the right regulations Chile could produce a million tonnes of salmon a year, according to the head of farming at Salmones Magallanes, Óscar Garay.
Seaweed sector strangled by bureaucracy Marine regulations are handicapping Norway’s nascent seaweed industry, according to Harald Sveier from Ocean Forest, the kelp growing enterprise established by Lerøy Seafood Group and the Bellona Foundation.
Aqua minister faces corruption allegations Chile’s Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Raúl Súnico Galdames, has resigned following allegations that he accepted bribes from commercial fishing companies.
Uncertainty lingers over lice laws Scottish salmon producers seem to remain uncertain of the precise implications that new legislation - which is likely to lead to enforced harvesting of fish at sites that exceed certain lice levels - will have for the sector.
"With the right standards, our future is bright" Per-Roar Gjerde, general manager of Marine Harvest Chile, who will shortly leave the role to take over as the firm’s COO Farming for Norway and Chile, looks back on an eventful 12 months for the firm.
Norwegian scope for growth unveiled Norwegian farmers in regions with the lowest lice levels will be offered the possibility to increase production this year, while no decreases in production for the poorest performing areas will be enforced until 2019 at the earliest.
Tide turns for shellfish sector A £1.3 billion project that could create vast opportunities for the UK’s shellfish growing sector has been backed by a government-commissioned review this week.
Call for stricter reforms The President of SalmonChile, Felipe Sandoval, believes that the changes in legislation the Chilean government plans to make this year are insufficient to ensure the health of the country’s salmon industry.
