Fish Farming Expert

Fish Farming Expert, located in Edinburgh, has been delivering valuable insights and news to the salmon industry worldwide since 2007. This publication focuses on the English-speaking market and offers technical expertise alongside industry updates. With six editions published each year and contributions from writers on three different continents, it maintains a global perspective while centering on the UK's salmon farming sector.

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Trump makes new move to boost US seafood production

1 week ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

United States president Donald Trump has issued an ExecutiveOrder aimed at increasing domestic seafood production. It directs the Department of Commerce to immediatelyconsider suspending, revising, or rescinding regulations that “overly burden UScommercial fishing, aquaculture, and fish processing industries”.
Gael Force boss buys Dawnfresh assets off Mowi for trout farming venture

1 week ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Jump to main content A company founded last year by aquaculture supplier GaelForce Group’s owner Stewart Graham has bought trout producer Dawnfresh Farmingfrom salmon heavyweight Mowi Scotland. SeaQureFarming Ltd was created to farm fish using Gael ForceGroup’s SeaQureFarm semi-closed containment system but is a separate company toGael Force.
Norway proposes to link fish farm biomass limits to sea lice levels

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Ole Andreas Drønen

The Norwegian government proposing a new management system forfish farming that it says will make it more profitable to operate with lowenvironmental impact and good animal welfare, Fish Farming Expert's Norwegian sister site, Kyst.no, reports. A White Paper published this afternoon describes the stepsthe government will take to ensure that the aquaculture industry “can continueto create value from the sea and contribute to vibrant local communities alongthe entire coast”.
Norway proposes to scrap biomass cap for farmers who keep lice and mortality low

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Ole Andreas Drønen

The Norwegian government proposing a new management system forfish farming that it says will make it more profitable to operate with lowenvironmental impact and good animal welfare, Fish Farming Expert's Norwegian sister site, Kyst.no, reports. A White Paper published this afternoon describes the stepsthe government will take to ensure that the aquaculture industry “can continueto create value from the sea and contribute to vibrant local communities alongthe entire coast”.
Activist asks court to throw out Mowi £83k legal costs claim

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford is attempting tohave Mowi Scotland’s near-£83,000 claim for legal costs against him thrown outof court because it was submitted after a four-month deadline. The bill for £82,761.15 covers the money that thesalmon farmer spent on lawyers during its successful effort to win an interdict(injunction) against Staniford and his subsequent attempts to overturn theinterdict, which failed.
Salmon spot price 'may drop to €6 per kilo' in second half of 2025

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

A market analyst today predicted that spot prices for farmedsalmon will trend lower in the second half of this year, with €6-6.5/kg likelybecoming the new norm, compared to the €8/kg average seen in 2023. The forecast by Kontali chief analyst Philip Scrase comesagainst the background of new tariffs on imports to the UnitedStates. From tomorrow, the US will implement duties of 20% on EUsalmon, 15% on Norwegian salmon, and 10% on salmon from Scotland, Iceland, theFaroes, and Chile.
Salmon Evolution set a biomass production record in Q1, but harvested little

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Pål Mugaas Jensen

The company, which operates a hybrid flow-through/recirculation facility in Norway, summarises its operations in the first quarter of 2025 as follows:New record standing biomass of 2,939 tonnes live weight at the end of the quarter, an increase of 45% since Q4 2024 – standing biomass is now at targeted production level. New production record of 1,624 tonnes live weight, up 7% from Q4 2024, continuing the trend of steadily increasing production.
Governments urged to help salmon sector offset impacts of US tariffs

3 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Scotland’s salmon farmers have asked the Scottish and UKgovernments to make changes that would help offset the impact that US presidentDonald Trump’s 10% import tariff will have on the sector. The suggested measures include reduced red tape, the introduction ofdigital export health certificates (EHCs) for all salmon exports to theEuropean Union, and what appears to be a request for a reduction in marine siterents paid to Crown Estate Scotland.
Governments urged to help salmon sector offset imapcts of US tariffs

3 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Scotland’s salmon farmers have asked the Scottish and UKgovernments to make changes that would help offset the impact that US presidentDonald Trump’s 10% import tariff will have on the sector. The suggested measures include reduced red tape, the introduction ofdigital export health certificates (EHCs) for all salmon exports to theEuropean Union, and what appears to be a request for a reduction in marine siterents paid to Crown Estate Scotland.
Fish farmers cheer Conservative opposition to protected area plan

3 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA), which representsfarmers, feed producers, and service and support organisations, has expressedits appreciation for comments by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre indefence of seafood sector and coastal jobs in the region. While on the camapign trail in St John’s in Newfoundland this week,Poilievre said: "Bureaucracy has been propelled by this Liberal government to block harvesters from producing.