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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.

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.

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Salmon farmers get the all-clear over translucent lice

Salmon farmers get the all-clear over translucent lice

Fears that lighter coloured and translucent sea lice may be harder to count and less vulnerable to cleaner fish have proved unfounded, according to fish health companies in Norway.

Norwegian salmon farmers end merger talks

Norwegian salmon farmers end merger talks

Norway Royal Salmon and Midt-Norsk Havbruk (Mid-Norwegian Aquaculture) have terminated discussions about a possible merger, NRS said in a market announcement today.

Solid quarter for AKVA

Solid quarter for AKVA

International aquaculture supplier AKVA group brought in more revenue in the third quarter of this year than in the same period in 2019 but was slightly less profitable.

Low prices and high costs hit NRS Q3 earnings

Low prices and high costs hit NRS Q3 earnings

Norway Royal Salmon today reported an operational EBIT of NOK 35 million (£2.86m) for the third quarter of this year, down from NOK 131m in the same period last year.

Wind and current ‘decisive’ for salmon lice spread

Wind and current ‘decisive’ for salmon lice spread

Wind and current are decisive in determining the number of lice on wild salmon when production of farmed salmon increases, according to new research from Norway.

Shipyard worker dies after wellboat fire

Shipyard worker dies after wellboat fire

A worker has died after being injured a fire in a wellboat being built in a Norwegian shipyard.

The complex path to creating novel fish feed

The complex path to creating novel fish feed

Novel ingredients for fish feed must not only contain the right nutrients but be technically suitable as well. And determining if and how those ingredients are suitable is the aim of advanced research by Tor Andreas Samuelsen and colleagues at Norwegian research institute Nofima.

Female lice more attached to their fish, shows study

Female lice more attached to their fish, shows study

Almost all the male lice seen on salmon during the course of a 15-day study moved or fell off the fish, but the females stayed put, the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Norway has reported.

Salmon price nudges up

Salmon price nudges up

The market-defining spot price of Norwegian salmon rose by NOK 2.63 / kg to NOK 45.27 / kg last week (week 42), but that was still NOK 5.18 below what it was in the same week a year ago, figures from salmon data provider Akvafakta show.

Lerøy harvests fewer fish in third quarter

Lerøy harvests fewer fish in third quarter

Norwegian fish farmer Lerøy, which co-owns Scottish Sea Farms, harvested 44,200 tonnes (gutted weight) of salmon and trout in the third quarter of this year, down from 46,000 gwt in Q3 2019, it said in a market update.

Salmon price dips but stays above last year

Salmon price dips but stays above last year

The spot price of Norwegian salmon fell by NOK 2.48 / kg to NOK 44.94 / kg last week (week 40), which is NOK 5.19 higher than in the same week last year.

‘Scottish’ salmon sickness bacteria identified in Norway for the first time

‘Scottish’ salmon sickness bacteria identified in Norway for the first time

The disease-causing bacterium Pasteurella skyensis has been confirmed in farmed salmon outside Scotland for the first time.

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