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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Could lead to investments worth billions

1 week ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Ole Andreas Drønen

The construction of Aquafarm Equipments' next fish farming facility is approaching a new stage. The elements for the cage, which are currently being produced in Latvia, are scheduled to be shipped to Harstad, Norway towards the end of June. At the quay in Harstad, the cage will be assembled over a three-month period from July to September. Once the construction is completed, the cage will be launched and towed to its final location. This is planned to take place around mid-October.
'We've never seen a situation like this year'

1 week ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Ole Andreas Drønen

During a conference in Bergen, the seafood analyst from the Norwegian Seafood Council pointed to a historic development in the salmon market in recent months, reports Fish farming Expert's Norwegian sister site, Kyst.no. "The price has fallen, the volume has increased, and the difference between this year's and last year's May price is the largest we have ever measured," he said during the conference.
Bakkafrost plans 10,000m³ wellboat for Scottish salmon farming operation

1 week ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Salmon farmer Bakkafrost Scotland is to get a large newwellboat as part of Faroese parent company Bakkafrost Group’s DKK 5 billion(£571.5 million) capital expenditure between now and 2030. The wellboat will have similar size and capabilities to Bakkafrost’sflagship vessel, Bakkafossur, a 109-metre giant which has four wells with atotal capacity of 7,000m³ of sea water and other tanks can hold 3,000m³ offresh water produced on board.
Cooke consults public as it eyes Shetland opportunity

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Shetland and Orkney salmon farmer Cooke Scotland is holding an in-person publicconsultation event in Shetland next Tuesday, June 17, to gather feedback regardingsite selection for potential fish farms in Sullom Voe Harbour Area (SVHA).
Cooke consults public as it eyes new Shetland opportunity

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Shetland and Orkney salmon farmer Cooke Scotland is holding an in-person publicconsultation event in Shetland next Tuesday, June 17, to gather feedback regardingsite selection for potential fish farms in Sullom Voe Harbour Area (SVHA).
Norwegian parliament backs fish farming rule changes

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Ole Andreas Drønen

The Labour Party, Conservative Party, Centre Party, Progress Party, Socialist Left Party and Liberal Party have previously come together on an agreement that strengthens and clarifies the direction of the report, and in the agreement the parties also agreed not to promote alternative majorities in proposals or comments that challenge the consensus in this agreement, reports Fish Farming Expert's Norwegian sister site, Kyst.no. Download a translation of the agreement here.
Salmon farmer challenges SEPA discharge ban at hatchery

2 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Scottish Sea Farms has appealed a decision by the ScottishEnvironment Protection Agency (SEPA) to suspend permission for the salmonproducer to discharge water containing medicinal fungicide into Loch Creranfrom its £52million hatchery at Barcaldine, Oban. The partial suspension of the water discharge licence meansthat SSF – currently Scotland’s second largest salmon farmer – is having totransport the water by tanker to a licensed facility for disposal.
Grass protein in salmon feed a green breakthrough

3 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Ole Andreas Drønen

Staff at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)have been busy over the past week investigating the fish welfare and filletquality of grass-fed salmon. An experienced, professional chef alsoparticipated in the assessment. The results are encouraging. Grass, one of Norway's most accessible raw materials, can bean important contribution in making Norwegian farming moreself-sufficient and sustainable.
New feed source in the pipeline for Latin American aquaculture

3 weeks ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Jump to main content Finnish biotech company Enifer has announcedthat its proprietary Pekilo fermentation technology will be deployed for thefirst time in Latin America in collaboration with FS, one ofBrazil’s leading producers of ethanol.
Redundant Scottish salmon sites 'could host £50m halibut industry'

1 month ago | fishfarmingexpert.com | Gareth Moore

Scottish fish farm sites that are no longer suitable forsalmon farming could have a second life as halibut farms, aquaculture veteranAlastair Barge believes. Barge has spent years running Otter Ferry Seafish, which issituated on the eastern shore on Loch Fyne and is one of just a handful ofcompanies in the world producing halibut juveniles. The fish are being produced for Otter Ferry Seafish’s newowner Amar Seafoods and are being shipped to its grow-out facilities in Norwayand Atlantic Canada.