Grieg Seafood reports "disappointing" financial results

GRIEG Seafood - a salmon farming company with operations in Norway, the UK and Canada - has attributed its "disappointing" third quarter financial results to a sharp drop in salmon prices and fish health issues.

Wild or farmed? Salmon eaters want to know

What could unite such fierce competitors as Bristol Farms, Costco, Safeway, Albertsons, Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's? A group of fish-eating consumers who want to know whether the salmon in the stores' ...

Escapes from Salmon Farms Reveals Magnitude of Global Problem

"Until we have proof that open net cage fish farms do not harm the ocean environment or the life within it, farmed fish including salmon should not be allowed to carry the coveted USDA organic label"

The Pure Salmon Campaign has presented a paper that provides, for the first time, an international inventory of reported escapes from open net cage salmon farms and calls for the U.S. to prohibit fish raised in ... via KSBI Oklahoma City

Salmon campaigners urge US board to reject organic bid

THE Pure Salmon Campaign yesterday reiterated its call for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prohibit fish raised in open net cages from carrying its organic label.

A Review of Research on the Causes and Quantities of Farmed Fish...

A Review of Research on the Causes and Quantities of Farmed Fish Escapes From Open Net Cage Systems and a Literature Review of the Impact of Escapes on Wild Fish Populations, Using Farmed Salmon as a Case Study ...

New Data on Escapes from Salmon Farms Reveals Magnitude of Global Problem

On November 27, at an organic aquaculture symposium hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Standards Board , the Pure Salmon Campaign presented a paper [PDF] that provides, for the ...

Funding boosts Shetland's seafood sector

A SHETLAND-BASED salmon hatchery and mussel farm are set to benefit from a major funding boost.

Salmon prices down by 8%

THE price of salmon has fallen by eight per cent in global markets during the past two months.

BC salmon farm spends $1million on predator nets

A TOFINO-BASED fish farm that last year found 110 drowned sea lions trapped in its nets, has spent more than $1million improving its net pens and the spacing between layers of nets.

World's largest wellboat delivered to Norwegian transporter

THE world's largest wellboat has been delivered to Norwegian salmon and smolt transport company, Rostein.

Stinging jellyfish swarm hits Scotland

MILLIONS of stinging baby jellyfish have been spotted off Scotland just days after another swarm wiped out Northern Ireland's only salmon farm, the Marine Conservation Society said on Friday.

Save our salmon, pleads chef who cooked for Queen

Celebrity chef Richard Corrigan ? who cooked Glenarm salmon for the Queen's birthday last year ? has urged the Agriculture Minister to find funds to bail out the gourmet salmon company devastated by a huge ...

Cod aquaculture on its way

Canada - November 6, 2007 - While salmon aquaculture projects in Atlantic Canada have been ongoing for the past 25 years or so, there has been little development in raising other fish species.

Salmon wars as anglers attack net catchers

THE organisation which represents the UK's 100,000 salmon and trout anglers yesterday called for "robust" action by Holyrood against the coastal netting stations it claims threaten fragile stocks of the king of ...

Minister Reacts to Salmon Farm Ad

DESPITE AN AD IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER, THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR FISH FARMING IN BC SAYS THE PROVINCE IS TAKING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AROUND WILD SALMON SERIOUSLY.

Aquaculture gains momentum in Latin America

AQUACULTURE is gaining momentum in Latin America, according to Glitnir's latest seafood report, boosting exports of farmed salmon and tilapia to the US, and fishmeal to China.

Marine Harvest reveals flotation plans

MARINE Harvest, the leading salmon farming company in the world, has revealed that it will float Pan Fish Scotland (PFS) and the Stornoway-based Outer Hebrides Seafood (OHS) on the Norwegian stock market under the new name Lighthouse Caledonia Group.

Second major salmon coy. admits Chile ISA problems

Chile - November 22, 2007 - Following the example of industry leader Marine Harvest, a second major salmon company has now broken a virtual vow of silence that for months shrouded ongoing sanitary problems in Chile's US$2.4 billion farmed fish sector.

Irish salmon farm wiped out in jellyfish attack

The only salmon farm in Northern Ireland has lost its entire stock of more than 100,000 fish to a spectacular jellyfish attack, its owners announced today.

Aquaculture not the way to save salmon

United States - November 7, 2007 - The finest fish do not come cheap and the species that chefs and consumers covet grow scarcer each year. Aquaculture has been proffered as a solution, but all is not right in that world, which presents a real dilemma for us.

LNS sets 2012 target at 300m eggs a year

LANDCATCH Natural Selection Ltd, (LNS), the Scotland and Chile-based salmon breeding company, has committed to a five-year development programme, which will increase the global production of Landcatch eggs to 300 million and the global production of Landcatch smolts to 15 million.

Lou Jones

While I appreciate arguments against farm raised salmon based on the increased suffering of the salmon , and while I oppose the tremendous amount of pollution salmon farms generate, nothing convinces me to ...

King Salmon's new Farm Barge – a perfect fit!

New Zealand - November 21, 2007 - The most sophisticated barge ever commissioned by The New Zealand King Salmon Co Ltd was assembled in a lift of absolute precision at Nelson slipway today.

Marine Harvest to close diseased salmon farms in Chile

Chile - November 21, 2007 - Hit hard by the so-called "biological situation" in Chile, Norwegian-owned Marine Harvest – the world's largest farmed salmon company – plans to close several Chiloé-area farms and move operations south toward the less-crowded, disease-free waters of Region XI

Environmental Stakeholders Blocked from Attending ISA Conference

On November 19, SalmonChile, an industry trade association, and Sernapesca, the Chilean national fisheries service, began its two-day workshop on ISA, a highly contagious disease affecting farmed salmon, but ...

No fund available to assist jellyfish-hit salmon farm

NORTHERN Ireland's Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew has said that there is no fund available to assist a salmon farm that has had its entire stock wiped out by a shocking jellyfish attack.

Launch of major new campaign to end coastal salmon netting

A MAJOR new campaign, aimed at conserving wild salmon stocks in Scotland’s rivers, was launched yesterday.

Jellyfish wipe out salmon farm

A JELLYFISH invasion has wiped out Northern Ireland's only salmon farm, killing more than 100,000 fish.

Chile: Marine Harvest to close ISA-hit salmon farms

MARINE Harvest – the world’s largest farmed salmon company – has announced plans to close several Chiloé salmon farms and move operations south toward the less-crowded waters of Region XI (Aysén).

Jellyfish wipe out salmon farm

A JELLYFISH invasion has wiped out Northern Ireland's only salmon farm, killing more than 100,000 fish.

Chile: Marine Harvest to close ISA-hit salmon farms

MARINE Harvest – the world’s largest farmed salmon company – has announced plans to close several Chiloé salmon farms and move operations south toward the less-crowded waters of Region XI (Aysén).

Marine Harvest : results for the third quarter of 2007

LOW prices for salmon, the biological situation in Chile, currency effects and non-recurring items challenged the third quarter results of Marine Harvest, according to figures released today.

Campaigner’s call for seal-friendly salmon this Christmas

A NUMBER of local, national and international animal protection groups have come together to call on British retailers to only sell ‘seal-friendly’ Scottish salmon.

No victory for Norway in salmon dispute

NORWAY has failed to win decisive support from an international trade body in its battle against EU salmon trade provisions.

Norway claims to have won salmon trade dispute

WITH the World Trade Organisation (WTO) due to announce its verdict on the EU-Norway salmon price dispute today, Norway is again claiming victory.

Out from the deep

Earlier, we reported the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association would soon be making some media buys in support of the salmon aquaculture industry. via Public Eye Online

Salmon production leaps on islands

SALMON farming is making a dramatic recovery in Orkney following a period of serious decline, according to new figures.

Salmon will be protected, Agriculture Minister says

Agriculture Minister Pat Bell says the B.C. government is committed to protecting wild salmon.

Farm-raised Loch Duart salmon gaining fans

Scotland/United States - November 7, 2007 - With all the knocks against farm-raised salmon, it might come as a surprise that there's at least one variety that has won over some top U.S. chefs and a Scottish environmental organization.

Chile: Production problems challenge salmon industry

CHILE'S salmon farming industry continues to be challenged by production problems, according to a major aquaculture company.