Ice Fish Farm eyes potential 72,000t harvest as Laxar takeover takes shape
The companies have set out their joint management structure, and hope that in time their maximum allowed biomass can surpass 70,000t
NRS adjusts 2022 Icelandic harvest guidance down after Arctic Fish mortalities
The company has now guided for 10,100t out of subsidiary Arctic Fish this year, and a total group harvest of 45,100t, down 10% on last year
Norwegian fresh salmon export value hits all-time high in week seven
The average export value of fresh Norwegian salmon continued to rise during the seventh week of 2022
Bristol Bay processors add capacity but shortfall still possible
Salmon processors in the US state of Alaska are making preparations to collectively handle 10m more sockeye this year than they did in 2019
Russian salmon catches forecast to reach 264,000t in 2022
The year-on-year drop of 51% would be fairly normal, with Russia's odd-year fisheries often double the landings seen in an even year
Despite salmon deaths, Faroes more than offsets Scottish losses for Bakkafrost in Q4
Bakkafrost reported mortality costs of DKK 45m in the Faroes on top of DKK 179m in Scotland, but the former still more than offset the latter with an EBIT margin of 25%
Grieg appoints fomer Peter Pan, Mowi exec to head North American sales
Norwegian salmon farmer Grieg Seafood has appointed Ken Taylor as managing director of its North American sales division
Ectosan, CleanTreat sales propel Benchmark to impressive start to FY2022
Sales at the UK company's health division were up 347% following the release of the firm's 'next-generation' salmon treatment system last summer
Mowi ‘very optimistic’ about 2022 salmon markets amid global supply constraints
The company's price achievement in Q4 was hampered by size distribution, quality downgrading in Norway, and challenging biology in Canada East
Brazil paid a lot more for its farmed seafood imports in 2021
Brazil's total aquaculture import value rose by 4% in volume and 55% in value year-on-year to 130,989t worth $727m in 2021, data from Brazil's fish farming association Peixe BR shows