The organisers of the 13th International Sea Lice Conference due to be held in 2020 have announced that it will now be held in the Faroe Islands instead of Scotland.

Faroese salmon farmer HiddenFjord has reached a milestone for the company by putting out smolts with an average size of 650 grams – although some have been as large as 1.4 kilograms.

Bakkafrost, the largest salmon farmer in the Faroe Islands, harvested 6,200 tonnes in its Farming North segment and 1,000 tonnes in its Farming West segment in the third quarter of this year, it said in a market update.

Bakkafrost, the biggest of the three salmon farmers operating in the Faroes, harvested 12,900 tonnes in the second quarter of 2018, the company said in a trading update today.

An “eventful” first quarter of 2017 saw salmon producer Bakkafrost Group’s farming segment deliver an operational EBIT of DKK 373.2 million (£43 million) – up 43 per cent on Q1 in 2016.