SalMar harvested 36,900 tonnes in Q1 Scottish Sea Farms co-owner SalMar harvested 36,900 gutted weight tonnes of salmon in Norway and Iceland in the first quarter of this year, it said in a market update.
SalMar seeks to raise €250m with green bond issue Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar, which co-owns Scottish Sea Farms, is seeking to raise up to €250 million (£215m) through a bond issue.
How SalMar has halved lice treatment mortality A strong focus on details and teamwork has helped Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar almost halve the number of fish that die as a result on mechanical delousing operations.
Scottish Sea Farms' profit fell 38% to £21.1m last year Scottish Sea Farms made a pre-tax profit of NOK 143 million (£21.1m) last year, a drop of almost 38% on the NOK 229m made by the Norwegian-owned salmon producer in 2019.
Scottish Sea Farms increases Q4 earnings by 55% Scottish Sea Farms made an operating profit of around NOK 76 million (£6.43m) before biomass adjustment in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of 55% compared to the NOK 49m earned in the same period in 2019.
SalMar signs contract for world’s biggest smolt plant Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar has signed a contract with recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) specialist Krüger Kaldnes AS for the construction of the world’s largest smolt facility.
Fish health is the real dividend for salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms’ owners chose to use profits for growth and fish health instead of taking dividends in 2020, the company’s newly published 2019 annual report shows.
SalMar applies for open sea site for 19,000t fish farm Salmon farmer SalMar has applied for permission to site its planned Smart Fish Farm (SFF) in an area of open sea between 30 and 70 miles off the Norwegian coast.
SalMar harvested 43,600 tonnes in Q4 Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar – which co-owns Scottish Sea Farms – harvested 43,600 tonnes gutted weight (tgw) of fish in Norway and Iceland in the final quarter of 2020, it said in a trading update today.
11,500 fish escaped from SalMar site last month An escape incident at a SalMar salmon farm in Norway last month led to the release of around 11,500 fish, the company said this week.
SalMar plans dividend after strong Q3 Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar has bucked the industry trend of lower year-on-year results by reporting an increased operating profit of NOK 646.8 million (£53.9m) for the third quarter, a 5% increase on the NOK 613.5m made in the same period last year.
Mowi is most sustainable protein producer - again Four companies that operate salmon farms in Scotland have been named among the top 10 most sustainable animal protein producers in the world, with Mowi ranked No.1 for the second year in a row.
Cutting the lice problem with ‘genetic scissors’ An international effort to discover if the resistance that Pacific salmon have to sea lice can be gene edited into Atlantic salmon has begun.
Icelandic Salmon ups share offer after strong interest from investors The board of Iceland’s biggest salmon farmer, Icelandic Salmon AS (formerly Arnarlax) has increased the size of a share offering to institutional investors after the original private placement yesterday attracted huge interest.
