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Mowi buys up Norwegian salmon farmer

Mowi buys up Norwegian salmon farmer

The world’s biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, is extending its capacity in Norway by agreeing to buy K Strømmen Lakseoppdrett AS for NOK 790 million (£73.8m).

Nova Austral lied about smolt numbers to create mortalities ‘buffer’

Nova Austral lied about smolt numbers to create mortalities ‘buffer’

Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral lied about the number of smolts it put to sea in order to create a “buffer” in the mortality figures it was reporting to regulator Sernapesca, it has been revealed.

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Analysts: Norway algae crisis will push up Q4 salmon price

Analysts: Norway algae crisis will push up Q4 salmon price

The deaths of 8.2 million farmed salmon killed by algal blooms in northern Norway earlier this summer is likely to nudge year-on-year prices up in the fourth quarter of 2019, market analysts in Norway believe.

Try, try again: Spidercage turns the tide after rejection

Try, try again: Spidercage turns the tide after rejection

Norway’s Fisheries Directorate has changed its mind about a fish farm concept designed to open up new areas for aquaculture.

Seaborne bacteria blamed for ‘sudden and powerful’ disease outbreak

Seaborne bacteria blamed for ‘sudden and powerful’ disease outbreak

Scientists have highlighted the threat of the seawater bacterium Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi to post-smolts after it was described as the cause of a salmon disease outbreak in Norway for the first time.

49,000 salmon escape from Norwegian farm

49,000 salmon escape from Norwegian farm

Norwegian salmon farmer SinkabergHansen has calculated that 49,000 salmon with an average weight of 2.6kg escaped from its farm at Oksbåsen, near Trondheim at the weekend.

Feed system makers share data to speed salmon farming progress

Feed system makers share data to speed salmon farming progress

Four suppliers of fish feeding systems to Norwegian salmon farming are making feeding data available to other technical suppliers in the industry, opening up more advances in technology.

Norway’s algae-hit salmon farmers given extra capacity

Norway’s algae-hit salmon farmers given extra capacity

Salmon farmers who lost thousands of tonnes of fish because of harmful algal blooms in northern Norway can apply to increase production over the next five years, Norwegian fisheries minister Harald T Nesvik has announced.

Lerøy harvests more than expected in second quarter

Lerøy Seafood Group, which owns a 50% share of Scottish Sea Farms, harvested 37,100 tonnes gutted weight of salmon in the second quarter of 2019, it said in a market update today.

SalMar Q2 harvest figure up by 7,300 tonnes on 2018

SalMar Q2 harvest figure up by 7,300 tonnes on 2018

Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar, which owns a 50% share of Scottish Sea Farms, harvested 41,400 tonnes gutted weight of salmon in Norway and Iceland in the second quarter of this year, it announced in a market update today.

Salmon the key as Norway breaks export value record

Salmon the key as Norway breaks export value record

Norway exported seafood worth a record-breaking NOK 51.2 billion (£4.8bn) in the first half of 2019, with the increase largely due to salmon farming, the Norwegian Seafood Council has reported.

Development permits issued for self-propelled Havfarm

Development permits issued for self-propelled Havfarm

Norwegian salmon farmer Nordlaks has been granted eight development licences for a self-powered version of its Havfarm concept, allowing it to grow 6,240 tonnes of fish.

Cleaner fish entrepreneurs named best in Europe

Cleaner fish entrepreneurs named best in Europe

A student company that developed a concept to “train” cleaner fish so they would be more efficient lice eaters when transferred to salmon cages has won a contest to find the best student company in Europe.

Norway considers zero emissions for service boats

Norway considers zero emissions for service boats

The Norwegian government is considering zero and low emission requirements for aquaculture service vessels, it said in a green shipping action plan launched yesterday.

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