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Salmon feed sales help BioMar post solid results

Salmon feed sales help BioMar post solid results

Increased sales to salmon farmers were largely responsible for feed manufacturer BioMar Group making slightly higher revenue and earnings last year than in 2019, it said today.

More shoppers recognising RSPCA Assured label

More shoppers recognising RSPCA Assured label

RSPCA Assured - the RSPCA’s ethical food label - is now recognised by 64% of its target market of young professionals and families less than six years after it was rebranded from Freedom Food, the organisation said today.

SSPO chief leads work to unblock Brexit bottlenecks

SSPO chief leads work to unblock Brexit bottlenecks

A group led by Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) chief executive Tavish Scott has begun work to identify measures that can ease seafood export problems cause by Brexit.

New delousing vessel starts work for Cermaq Canada

New delousing vessel starts work for Cermaq Canada

A newly arrived vessel fitted with a patented delousing system has started work in British Columbia for Cermaq Canada.

Huon launches strategic review after corporate offers

Huon launches strategic review after corporate offers

Cash-strapped Tasmanian salmon farmer Huon Aquaculture is considering a sale after receiving approaches from potential strategic partners and investors.

Scottish Sea Farms' profit fell 38% to £21.1m last year

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.

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.

Mowi begins fish cull and layoffs as closure decision starts to bite

Mowi begins fish cull and layoffs as closure decision starts to bite

Mowi Canada West has begun to cull almost a million juvenile salmon following December’s decision by Canadian fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan to close 19 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands in British Columbia. It has also started to lay off employees.

Multiexport consolidating at 100,000 tonnes a year

Multiexport consolidating at 100,000 tonnes a year

Cristián Swett, the new chief executive of Chilean salmon farmer Multiexport Foods, aims to maintain a harvest volume of 100,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon for the company, without ruling out continuing to produce coho salmon and rainbow trout.

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.

Scottish Sea Farms increases Q4 earnings by 55%

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.

Disarmed salmon farmers call for compensation for seal attacks

Disarmed salmon farmers call for compensation for seal attacks

Scotland’s salmon farmers today asked Scottish Government ministers to consider financial compensation for the £13 million annual losses caused by seal attacks on their fish.

Mowi Scotland shines as fish health improves

Mowi Scotland shines as fish health improves

Mowi Scotland outperformed all the company’s other farming operations except Ireland in the last quarter of 2020, mainly due to lower costs following improved biological performance.

Loch Duart buys ‘world’s best’ steel cages from Canada

Loch Duart buys ‘world’s best’ steel cages from Canada

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart is to install a state-of-the-art Canadian-built steel cage assembly at its Badcall site, close to the company’s headquarters in Scourie, Sutherland.

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