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Mowi promotes Nolan to lead Scotland processing plant expansion

Mowi promotes Nolan to lead Scotland processing plant expansion

Mowi Scotland has promoted processing development manager Scott Nolan to processing director to lead the redevelopment of the company’s Blar Mhor primary processing facility in Fort William.

Covid measures ‘didn’t affect farmed salmon welfare’

Covid measures ‘didn’t affect farmed salmon welfare’

A newly published study has found no evidence of the Covid pandemic impacting salmon welfare in Scotland. The study, which has been published in the journal Veterinary and Animal Science, examined whether sea lice numbers and mortality rates in salmon farms had changed over the three-year period from 2018-2020.

Half-kilo smolts will halve time at sea for Scottish Salmon Company fish

Half-kilo smolts will halve time at sea for Scottish Salmon Company fish

Scottish Salmon Company owner Bakkafrost intends to reduce the time SSC’s fish spend in the sea by almost half by growing smolts to 500 grams before they are stocked in net pens.

Bakkafrost confident it can 'turn SSC around'

Bakkafrost confident it can 'turn SSC around'

Scottish Salmon Company owner Bakkafrost has restated its faith that its large-smolt strategy can solve biological problems that plunged SSC into the red in the second half of last year.

Scotland salmon farm lice average fell in 2020

Scotland salmon farm lice average fell in 2020

Figures published today by the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) show that the number of sea lice in the Scottish farmed salmon sector averaged 0.52 adult female lice per salmon in 2020.

Scottish Salmon Company harvested 35,000t last year

Scottish Salmon Company harvested 35,000t last year

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) harvested 35,000 gutted weight tonnes of fish last year, new figures from Faroese parent company Bakkafrost show.

Looking back, thinking ahead: Alex MacInnes

Looking back, thinking ahead: Alex MacInnes

Fish Farming Expert has asked individuals connected to the salmon farming industry about their year, and what they hope for in 2021. We continue the series today with Alex MacInnes, director of Scotland’s newest salmon farmer, Organic Sea Harvest Ltd (OSH).

Looking back, thinking ahead: Heather Jones

Looking back, thinking ahead: Heather Jones

Fish Farming Expert has asked individuals connected to the salmon farming industry about their year, and what they hope for in 2021. We continue the series today with Heather Jones, chief executive of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).

Sludge treatment specialist targets Scotland

Sludge treatment specialist targets Scotland

Norwegian aquaculture sludge treatment specialist Blue Ocean Technology AS is to renew plans for a sales drive in Scotland after receiving interest from fish farmers in the country.

PatoGen plans laboratory in Scotland

PatoGen plans laboratory in Scotland

Fish health and diagnostics company PatoGen Ltd is establishing a laboratory in Oban to expand its services to the Scottish aquaculture industry.

On-land salmon farm developer bets on simulation to save millions

On-land salmon farm developer bets on simulation to save millions

A company planning a large on-land salmon farm in Norway will use computer simulated “digital twins” of the plant and the electrical system to optimise design and operation before it is built, and save time and money on construction.

Automatic lice counting on trial at Scottish farms

Automatic lice counting on trial at Scottish farms

An automatic lice-counting system that is said to give a much more accurate figure than manual counting is on trial at two salmon farm sites in Scotland.

New bosses for Mowi in Canada and Faroes

New bosses for Mowi in Canada and Faroes

Mowi Scotland’s chief operating officer, Ben Hadfield, has today taken on responsibility for Mowi’s salmon farming operations in the Faroe Islands as part of a management reshuffle.

‘Scottish’ salmon sickness bacteria identified in Norway for the first time

‘Scottish’ salmon sickness bacteria identified in Norway for the first time

The disease-causing bacterium Pasteurella skyensis has been confirmed in farmed salmon outside Scotland for the first time.

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