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Ova contract signed for 100,000-tonne salmon farm in disused mine

Ova contract signed for 100,000-tonne salmon farm in disused mine

World Heritage Salmon (WHS), which plans to produce Atlantic salmon in discontinued olivine mines in Sunnylvsfjorden, Norway, has entered into a five-year contractual agreement with Benchmark Genetics for salmon eggs adapted to land-based farming.

New lice treatment method close to commercial launch

New lice treatment method close to commercial launch

Aquaculture biotechnology company Benchmark is on track to commercially launch its novel lice treatment for salmon in the second quarter of this year, it said in a financial report today.

Norway ‘traffic light’ verdict due in mid-March

Norway ‘traffic light’ verdict due in mid-March

A verdict in the case between the Norwegian state and a group of salmonid farmers challenging an order to reduce production will be delivered on or around March 17.

Lice lethality level to smolts challenged in court

Lice lethality level to smolts challenged in court

The expert group that decides on fish production levels under Norway’s “traffic light” system is wrong when it concludes that more than 0.3 lice per gram of body weight always leads to death of wild smolts, former Nofima researcher Solveig van Nes believes.

Traffic light trial: smolt trawls ‘carried out correctly’

Traffic light trial: smolt trawls ‘carried out correctly’

A senior researcher at Norway’s Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has defended the smolt trawling methods used in connection with the state’s “traffic light” system that determines salmon production levels based on lice risk to wild fish.

‘Traffic light’ experts 'have got smolt migration wrong'

‘Traffic light’ experts 'have got smolt migration wrong'

The expert group that determines whether production should rise or fall in Norway’s 13 salmon farming areas missed significant factors when they imposed a 6% cut on production area 4 (PO4), a court has heard.

New role for Benchmark Genetics fish health chief

New role for Benchmark Genetics fish health chief

Salmon ova producer Benchmark Genetics has promoted its head of fish health, Rudi Ripman Seim, to the newly created position of head of production Norway and global fish health.

Salmon spot price stable

Salmon spot price stable

The spot price for salmon remained almost unchanged last week (week 5) at NOK 43.90 (£3.77) per kilo, falling by just 8 øre (less than £0.01), Norwegian data provider Akvafakta reported.

Norway's fish farm impact modelling ‘inaccurate and wrong’, court told

Norway's fish farm impact modelling ‘inaccurate and wrong’, court told

Predictive models used to show that lice from farmed salmon have a significant effect on wild fish are inaccurate and have little in common with each other, and the most critical models are wrong, a Norwegian court has heard.

Norway: Fish farmers go to court to fight biomass cut

Norway: Fish farmers go to court to fight biomass cut

Salmon and trout farmers in one of Norway’s “traffic light” aquaculture areas have begun a legal fight against an order to reduce fish production.

Second chance for floating enclosed salmon farm plan

Second chance for floating enclosed salmon farm plan

A huge floating enclosed salmon farm concept is to be looked at again by Norwegian authorities following an appeal.

Norway’s January salmon exports worth 23% less

Norway’s January salmon exports worth 23% less

The value of Norwegian salmon exports fell by NOK 1.5 billion (£27.8 million), or 23 per cent, last month compared with January last year, when prices averaged NOK 75.53 per kilo. In contrast, the average price for fresh whole salmon last month was NOK 48.79 per kg.

Laksesystemer wins feed system contract for 36,000t salmon farm

Laksesystemer wins feed system contract for 36,000t salmon farm

Norwegian technology provider Laksesystemer AS has been chosen to supply the feeding system for one of Europe’s biggest on-land salmon farms.

£8.5m raised for first phase of on-land salmon farm

£8.5m raised for first phase of on-land salmon farm

A company planning a land-based salmon farm on an island off the Norwegian coast has raised NOK 100 million (£8.5m) through a share issue to fund the first construction phase of the development.

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