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).

A new Wellboat Technical Standards Working Group has been established by Marine Scotland.

The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is currently inviting grant applications for its Commercial Aquaculture Development Scheme.

Fusion Marine has secured an order for 14 Triton 400 farm pens for The Scottish Salmon Company’s newest site at Sgeir Dughall, Loch Torridon, Scotland.

The Marine Harvest Group achieved an operational EBIT of NOK 276 million in the first quarter of 2012, compared to NOK 963 million in the corresponding quarter of 2011.

EU Fisheries minister Maria Damanaki has said that it was vital to identify and the main hurdles and bottlenecks that prevented Europe's aquaculture industry from flourishing.

With more than 2 million tons of certified seafood from aquaculture farms, theGLOBALG.A.P. program offers more products from certified farms than all other aquaculture labels combined.

THE AKVA Group and the Russian Sea Group have signed a deal for a complete AKVA Cage Farm to be installed this year in the operations of Russian Sea Aquaculture in the Murmansk region.

MARINE Harvest has announced a number of its results for the first quarter of 2012, which showed that – in terms of volume – its Chilean operations have overtaken those in Scotland.

A Scots Euro MP is to be work-shadowed at the European Parliament in Brussels by two interns from the Sustainable Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) Project,  funded under the EU-FP7 research programme.

Fish farmers must gather a great deal of information about their operation and the components on the farms in order to meet the many necessary technical requirements and safeguard equipment.

Marine Harvest ASA has entered into agreements with the largest European institute for applied research within fisheries, aquaculture and food, Nofima, and the leading Norwegian agricultural feed producer, Felleskjøpet Rogaland Agder, which opens up for establishing a leading Norwegian salmon feed company with a yearly production capacity of up to 500.000 tonnes of salmon feed.

NIFES is one of several institutions involved in a cooperation project  which will assist Cubans establishing a marine aquaculture industry.

Scottish Tory MEP, Struan Stevenson has condemned the red tape that is proving a barrier to growth within Europe’s fish farming industry, calling for the bureaucracy to be simplified.

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) and the Meridian Salmon Group have signed a pioneering three year agreement with Otter Ferry Seafish Ltd which will see Ballan wrasse* commercially farmed for use in salmon cages for the first time.

Aquaculture UK 2012 organiser David Mack reports excellent uptake of stand space at this year’s exhibition, to be held at the Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort on 23rd and 24th May 2012.

Iconic Scottish seafood business Loch Fyne Oysters has secured significant investment which will allow it to capitalise on its brand and penetrate new export markets.

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.

WITH the deadline for entries for the 2013 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards less than a month away, The Crown Estate has issued a reminder for entries and nominations from those who still wish to participate.

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.

The Research Council of Norway’s programme for aquaculture has allocated NOK 4.2 million for a three-year project about the legitimacy of the aquaculture industry at local level and conditions that influence access to area in the coastal zone.

An increasing amount of the employment linked to the aquaculture industry is found in companies that supply services to the industry. This is one of the findings of a report produced by Nofima, the Norwegian food research institute, on commission from the Troms County Council.

The French President’s chef has designed a Label Rouge Scottish Salmon dish for a prestigious national culinary competition in Paris.

The representative body for the salmon farming industry, Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, is to write to the University of St Andrews demanding an independent enquiry into the conclusion and promotion of a scientific paper published yesterday (7th November 2012), insisting that an apology and retraction is issued.

The public consultation period officially begins today (Monday 15th October 2012) in the licence application process for a deep sea fish farm in outer Galway Bay.

THE amount of time before the fish is bled is more important than the choice of bleeding method, according to Nofima scientists, who have carried out experiments involving bleeding methods and the impact of the time interval from capture to bleeding.

A new partnership between fish producers and researchers heralds a more efficient and sustainable future for the European aquaculture industry.

Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd has picked up the Benromach Award for Excellence in International Business at Friday, September 14’s Highlands and Islands Annual Dinner & Business Execellence Awards.

Argyll and Bute’s Loch Fyne took centre stage last week (Tuesday September 4) in BBC1’s The One Show.

The fourth Offshore Mariculture Conference will bring representatives from across the sector together to discuss topics such as the latest research on what species to farm, to be updated on the latest technologies and also to learn from the experiences of those already farming offshore.

The future of salmon farming in South Connemara, Ireland, has received a considerable boost from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

The Marine Harvest Group achieved an operational EBIT of NOK 231 million in the second quarter of 2012, compared to NOK 894 million in the corresponding quarter of 2011.

Commenting on the developments announced today in the management of the Crown Estate and the implication for Scottish Crown Estate assets, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said:

FISH feed manufacturer Skretting is using X-rays and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR/MRI) to examine fish feed pellets.

The River Carron Restoration Project has made significant progress with this year’s first batch of salmon smolts now released successfully into the river.

Jørgen Kristian Andersen steps down from his position as CFO in Marine Harvest ASA as from end of July.

Aurora Marine Ltd., based in the Shetland Islands, at the crossroads of where the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean meet, has recently taken delivery of a new workboat built by Viknaslipen A/S of Roervik in Norway. 

IFFO (the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation) has just announced that, with the recent addition of factories in both Chile and Norway, it has reached a figure of 60% of the products produced by its members being certified to its independent Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS) for Fishmeal and Fish Oil.

Scotland’s premium salmon brand is to seek export growth in Middle East markets later this week, as Label Rouge Scottish Salmon takes centre stage in a major gastronomic competition hosted at Gulfood, the world’s largest food and hospitality show, in Dubai (19th – 22nd February).

THE Norwegian seafood industry has got off to a bright start for the New year with the value of exports up by 34 million kroners  (4.24-million euros or £3.5 million sterling) to 4.2 billion kroners (557-million euros or £468-million sterling).

West Coast River Carron Project Funding Confirmed.

Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc. (OTCBB:UMAM), a holding company of fish farms supplying sashimi-grade Northern Bluefin Tuna to the global market, today announced its second quarter financial results for the period ended December 31, 2011.

YSI’s most durable and easy to use handheld conductivity instrument has reached the market.

As with all the events organised by the European and World Aquaculture Societies, our AQUA 2012 event in Prague in September will focus on how science plays a fundamental role in the development of the global aquaculture industry.

The Scottish Salmon Company has unveiled plans to create over 100 jobs across the West Coast and islands of Scotland within the next five years.

Following the introduction of new measures in 2011 to protect seals, including strict licensing conditions for seal shootings, indications are that the first year has worked well.

TWO FIRMS fined after horror deaths at a Lorn fish farm had their penalties slashed almost in half by appeal judges last week.

Aquaculture is an integral part of North Carolina’s economy, generating more than $50 million annually and supplying healthy, affordable protein options for consumers.

Kofi Annan, for 10 years Secretary-General of the United Nations, will be the main speaker at AquaVision 2012, 11–13 June in Stavanger, Norway.

Friend of the Sea Absolute Performance Score, according to the Seafood Ecology Research Group study, was better than all major sustainable aquaculture schemes operating at international level:

THE global aquaculture company, EWOS is celebrating reaching one million tonnes of fish feed production in a year for the first time in its history.

Calvisius Caviar (www.calvisius.it) and its farmed white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) from Agroittica Lombarda have recently passed their second full Friend of the Sea audit since their initial approval in 2008.

Marine Harvest CEO, Robert Riethmüller, has said the company will not expand in 2011 or in 2012 because of the Chilean health situation after the crisis caused by the virus of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) since 2007.

RUSSIA has banned products from three Norwegian farmed salmon and trout producers  - claiming that the country's veterinary service has found evidence of listeria in the fish.

The minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Keith Ashfield, and the minister of Agriculture and Agrifoods from Canada, Gerry Ritz, have issued a joint statement referring to the news on ISA virus findings in British Columbia, Canada.

THREE of Britain's leading supermarket chains have strongly defended their farmed fish buying policy, stating they comply to the highest standards.

SCOTLAND'S growing and commercially successful fish farming industry was today still baffled why it has suddenly come under the spotlight with government warnings that its activities may be curtailed.

SEAFOOD giant Marine Harvest has released an update of its trading performance for the third quarter of 2011.

Encouraging interests to work together.

School children throughout Scotland are to learn about the wealth of career opportunities in fish and shellfish farming.

The Scottish Salmon Company has appointed Ronnie Leggett as Commercial Director.

Four new jobs advertised by The Scottish Salmon Company for its expanding operation on Harris attracted a flood of applicants.