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SSF freshwater chief snapped up by Mowi Norway

SSF freshwater chief snapped up by Mowi Norway

The fish farmer who overhauled Scottish Sea Farms’ freshwater production strategy and played a key role in the delivery of its new hatchery at Barcaldine has joined Mowi after returning to his home country of Norway.

Fish health is the real dividend for salmon farmer

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

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.

Scottish Sea Farms reports 92% survival rate for 2020

Scottish Sea Farms reports 92% survival rate for 2020

Scottish Sea Farms achieved an average annual fish survival rate of 92% across its 42 marine farms in 2020, it said today. The figure brings SSF’s average annual fish survival rate for the last five-year period to 91%.

Lerøy harvest figures up for Q4 and whole of 2020

Lerøy harvest figures up for Q4 and whole of 2020

Norwegian salmon and trout farmer Lerøy Seafood harvested both more in the fourth quarter of 2020, and in total for the year, compared with 2019.

SalMar harvested 43,600 tonnes in Q4

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.

Loch Duart orders Scotland’s first hybrid feed barge

Loch Duart orders Scotland’s first hybrid feed barge

Sutherland and Uists salmon farmer Loch Duart will become the first in Scotland to use a “hybrid” feed barge, supplier ScaleAQ said today.

Salmon farmer delivers £18,000 Christmas gift to communities

Salmon farmer delivers £18,000 Christmas gift to communities

Forty-three community groups and local causes across Scottish Sea Farms’ farming regions are set to benefit from grants of up to £500 from the salmon producer’s Heart of the Community Trust as farm managers play catch-up with a Christmas giveaway of more than £18,000.

Looking back, thinking ahead: Ronnie Soutar

Looking back, thinking ahead: Ronnie Soutar

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 Ronnie Soutar, head of veterinary services for salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms.

Good VIBES for salmon farmer’s recycling efforts

Good VIBES for salmon farmer’s recycling efforts

Scottish Sea Farms’ work to recycle hatchery waste into agricultural fertiliser has been recognised with a VIBES Scottish Environment Business Award.

Project dives deeper into sea lice lives to target treatment more precisely

Project dives deeper into sea lice lives to target treatment more precisely

A study into the feasibility of enhancing sophisticated marine modelling software for more targeted control of sea lice is to take place.

Salmon farmer helps nursery children weather the winter

Salmon farmer helps nursery children weather the winter

Outdoor types say there’s no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothing, and a donation from a Scottish salmon farmer has helped children at a nursery prove that adage.

RAS hatchery cuts two months off fish time at sea

RAS hatchery cuts two months off fish time at sea

Scottish Sea Farms is celebrating the harvest and sale of the first smolts from its new recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) hatchery at Barcaldine, near Oban.

Better fish health and EBIT for Scottish Sea Farms

Better fish health and EBIT for Scottish Sea Farms

Scottish Sea Farms made an operating profit of NOK 101 million (£8.43m) in the third quarter of this year, based on good fish growth and biological performance.

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