Benchmark to supply eggs to NAP salmon farm in China Nordic Aqua Partners (NAP), which is building an on-land salmon farm in Ningbo, China has signed a five-year contract with Benchmark Genetics for the supply of 9.5 million ova.
Benchmark signs five-year ova deal for US on-land project Salmon ova producer Benchmark Genetics has signed a five-year agreement to supply AquaCon, the Norwegian company planning to produce around 50,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon annually in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facilities in Maryland in the eastern United States.
Three-day hatching for Benchmark’s flagship salmon egg facility Benchmark Genetics will officially open its new salmon egg production facility, SalmoBreed Salten, with three days of events next week.
AquaGen buys Dumfries hatchery from Scottish Sea Farms for broodstock site Salmon egg supplier AquaGen has signed a deal to buy Scottish Sea Farms’ freshwater hatchery at Holywood near Dumfries in south-west Scotland for an undisclosed fee and revealed long-term plans to produce 50 million ova per year at the facility.
SalmoBreed earnings take a dip in 2017/18 Salmon egg supplier SalmoBreed, part of UK-based aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business Benchmark, had lower turnover and operating profit in the last financial year than in 2016/17.
Imported eggs ruling 'makes a mockery of Scottish salmon' The head of the Scotland’s largest independent salmon egg producer has hit out at the Scottish government for refusing to ban imported eggs from Norway and Iceland.
Domestic ova: "a false economy" The Chilean salmon industry's attempts to cut costs by using domestically produced roe is a false economy, according to the general manager of the roe supplier company Stofnfiskur.
