Gifford Cooke on a rowing boat

Cooke Seafood mourns co-founder

Gifford Cooke, the Canadian marine mechanic who created one of the world’s largest seafood businesses, has died. He was co-founder of the Cooke Seafood group, which turned a local New...
FarCargo plane on airport runway

Bakkafrost air service takes off this week

Bakkafrost’s new air cargo service, FarCargo is due to begin operations this week. FarCargo was set up as an associated company by Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost to ensure a more...
Fresh seafood on crushed ice at fish market. Raw salmon fillet on display counter at store.

Norway February salmon exports value up, but volume down

Norway’s seafood export boom continues but there are signs things could be slowing down, according to the latest figures. The export value total last month was NOK 13.3bn (just short...
STIM AS

Swedish private equity firm buys fish health specialist

Fish health business STIM has been acquired by Swedish investment firm Summa Equity, in a move STIM’s founder said would help the company to grow. STIM is the aquaculture industry's...
Arnarlax farm, Iceland

Expansion go-ahead for two Icelandic salmon companies

TWO major Icelandic salmon farming companies have been granted licences to produce an extra 18,000 tonnes of fish. MAST, Iceland’s veterinary authority, has given Arnarlax the go-ahead to farm an...
Fisheries ministers Mark Spencer (UK) and Cecilie Myrseth (Norway) at the UK-Norway Seafood Summit 2024

Ministers praise Norway-UK partnership

Fisheries ministers from Norway and the UK have stressed the mutual importance of the seafood trading relationship between the two countries – but trade body Salmon Scotland has said the...
Fish Farmer February 2024 cover, net pens in winter with snow

The February 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online

Mowi worker in overalls in the Fort Willam plant shows off the new machinery

Mowi processing plant upgrade nears completion

Salmon producer Mowi and food processing systems business Marel are putting the final touches on Mowi Scotland’s Fort William processing plant upgrade. The project includes the installation of state-of-the-art food...
BioMar feed pellet bags

BioMar sees record profits on lower volumes for 2023

Aquafeed group BioMar achieved record revenue and profits on slightly reduced volumes for 2023, the company’s update for Q4 shows. BioMar saw revenue for the full year 2023 up by...
Lobster and Crab Traps_Wales

Welsh grant scheme opens 2024 application round

Applicants have up until 10 May to apply for a share of £1m in Welsh Government funding for the marine, fisheries and aquaculture industries. The support comes from the Welsh...
Fresh chilled salmon on ice

Salmon prices on the rise again

Salmon prices in Norway appear to be on the rise again after a period of relative stability. Last week (week 8) figures from Statistics Norway, which monitors prices on a...
Atnatic Sapphire Florida phase 2 (render)

Atlantic Sapphire raises a further £27m for Florida site

Florida-based land salmon company Atlantic Sapphire raised around NOK 369m (£27.5m) in a new share issue in Oslo, where the company is listed, last night. The issue at NOK 1.20...
Barramundi Group farm, Singapore

Barramundi raises £8.8m for growth in Brunei

The Barramundi Group has raised the equivalent of £8.8m to expand its fish farming operations in Brunei. The company announced yesterday that it had secured the credit facility, of BND...
Fresh atlantic salmon on the supermarket counter

UK supermarkets join price fixing action against salmon giants

A number of British supermarkets are suing Norway’s main salmon companies following a European Union investigation into price fixing. This latest development was disclosed yesterday by the Lerøy Seafood Group, one...
Lerøy site and vessel

Lerøy hit by new fish escape

Up to 5,000 mature salmon are feared to have escaped from a Lerøy facility in central Norway in the past few days. Lerøy Midt says it has informed the authorities of...
Loch Linnhe

But where are the lice?

Modelling for the supposed prevalence of sea lice is not backed up by samples taken in the field, says Dr Martin Jaffa Congratulations to the Fish Farmer magazine team for...
from left Brian Rigney, CEO CAI Software; Odd Arne Kristengård, CEO Maritech; and and Wesley Jiang, Vice President STG.

Processing software business Maritech acquired by US firm

Seafood processing and logistics software business Maritech has been snapped up by US high-tech group CAI Software. Maritech is a leading cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) provider for the seafood...
Salmon pens in a blue sea with blue sky

Lerøy in positive mood despite a challenging year

Despite a number of biological challenges, the Lerøy Seafood group delivered better than expected 2023 fourth quarter results, with only a slight dip in profitability. Although lower than a year...
Aquaculture UK 2022 - awards dinner

Aquaculture Awards attract more entries than ever

The Aquaculture Awards 2024 have attracted a record number of entries, up more than 20% on last year’s event. The shortlist has been published today. The awards, to be presented...