NTS swaps Ice Fish Farm shares for more of NRS Norwegian integrated aquaculture and shipping group NTS today increased its stake in Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) to just under 30% and outlined an ambition to produce 100,000 tonnes of salmon annually within the next three to five years.
Students strike gold with AGD early warning work A student team from the University of Oslo has won a gold medal in an international biotechnology competition for its work in developing a theoretical system that will recognise amoebic gill disease (AGD) in fish before the disease spreads and creates further damage.
Salmon farmer stops using air freight, saves 80% in costs Faroese salmon farmer HiddenFjord has stopped transporting its products by air, despite relying on export markets for virtually all its sales, including around 30% in the United States.
Salmon farmers get the all-clear over translucent lice Fears that lighter coloured and translucent sea lice may be harder to count and less vulnerable to cleaner fish have proved unfounded, according to fish health companies in Norway.
Grieg seeks to sell struggling Shetland operation Grieg Seafood has announced plans to sell its salmon farming operations in Shetland.
Sølvtrans signs up for two more wellboats The world’s biggest operator, Sølvtrans, today announced that it had contracted Norway’s Aas Mekaniske Verksted (Aas Mechanical Workshop) shipyard to build two new vessels.
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.
Salmon demand raises BioMar sales but profits dip Feed manufacturer BioMar today reported an 8% increase in volume sold and 4% increase in revenue for the third quarter of 2020 compared to Q3 last year.
Sølvtrans to spend £647m on 20 new wellboats The world’s biggest wellboat operator, Sølvtrans, plans to have 20 ships built over the next five years at a price tag of around NOK 8 billion (£647m).
Endangered kelp thriving next to salmon pens Giant kelp spores planted on ropes adjacent to salmon pens in Tasmania have grown much faster than spores planted elsewhere.
Female lice more attached to their fish, shows study Almost all the male lice seen on salmon during the course of a 15-day study moved or fell off the fish, but the females stayed put, the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Norway has reported.
Skye falls in on Grieg Seafood’s Q3 earnings A write-off of NOK 150 million (£12.4m) related to Grieg Seafood’s discontinued operations on Skye contributed to a third-quarter loss of NOK 187m, the Norwegian salmon farmer said today. That compares with an operating profit of NOK 154m in the same period last year.
Grieg puts Newfoundland post-smolt plant on ice Grieg Seafood has deferred the construction of a post-smolt unit at its freshwater facility in Marystown, Newfoundland, it said in a market update today.
Floating closed containment salmon farm planned for US A US-based company backed by a Norwegian investor has announced plans to farm Atlantic salmon, and possibly cod, in floating closed containment pens off the coast of Maine.
