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Following the positive reaction from private shareholders of Cermaq to its hostile take-over bid, Marine Harvest has said it will remove the previously announced condition that its bid for Cermaq will require acceptance for the sale of the government's shares.
The Marine Science and Technology Department of the NAFC Marine Centre has been shortlisted in two categories in the Crown Estate’s Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards 2013.
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has been working with The Applecross Trust and Dulas Hydro Generation to develop a 500KW hydro-electric scheme at Kishorn on the Russel Burn.
Metal-free mooring grid gains momentum
A growing number of independent and trained certifiers are ready to start their audits. By the end of the year salmon products with the ASC logo for responsibly farmed will appear on the market.
Farmed salmon continues to be one of Scotland’s greatest economic success stories, according to new figures released today by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO).
The GSP-1700 is the most advanced handheld portable satellite phone available today.
A new Wellboat Technical Standards Working Group has been established by Marine Scotland.
Bookings opened for trade stands at Aquaculture UK 2014 at the beginning of March this year and within two weeks, more than two thirds of the space had been sold!
A genetic, biotechnical and breeding partnership have announced that they are the first to genotype more than 900,000 markers per sample from the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), thereby achieving the capability to implement genomic selection and improve their salmon breeding programme at Aqua Gen.
The overall value of Norwegian seafood exports in February was 300 million Norwegian kroners (NOK) lower than the same month last year. However, significantly higher salmon prices are continuing to lead a recovery in the fish farming sector.
The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is currently inviting grant applications for its Commercial Aquaculture Development Scheme.
Sixteen-year-old Ross MacDonald from Fort William has beaten off stiff competition to become the first apprentice in a new scheme run by Scotland’s largest aquaculture company.
Sparsholt College has officially opened its £500,000 Salmonid Rearing and Trials Centre, a teaching and research centre that aims to help bolster the UK's aquaculture industry.
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