NSC appoints new UK, Portugal envoys
The Norwegian Seafood Council has shifted Victoria Braathen and Trond Rismo, currently employed by the council, to be its new envoys to UK and Portugal
DataSalmon: Chile salmon price spikes on Brazilian market in week 52
Chile salmon prices to the US and China crept up in the final week of 2021, but jumped significantly on the Brazilian market
Chile’s Salmones Austral latest to report algae bloom impact
Salmones Pacific Star, a subsidiary of Salmones Austral, has also been hit by harmful algae blooms at one of its grow-out centers, Centro Ester
USDA awards $500,000 to build aquaculture workforce training in Maine
'Maine’s aquaculture industry is vital to our state’s economy but needs a skilled workforce to continue to grow and innovate' -- US representative Chellie Pingree
NRS, SalmoNor merger creates world’s sixth-largest salmon farmer
Norway Royal Salmon will acquire 100% of the shares in SalmoNor from NTS, valuing SalmoNor at almost $1 billion
Benchmark, Cermaq given funds for Tenacibaculum vaccine research
The companies have received NOK 4.2m from the Research Council of Norway to support a research project for a vaccine against salmon diseases caused by Tenacibaculum bacteria
Cargill bullish on flow-through prospects after Salmon Evolution investment
The feed giant is also working on a set of solutions to the sea lice issues plaguing traditional farmers, according to aqua nutrition president Helene Ziv-Douki
Other Chilean salmon farmers activate contingencies for algae bloom
Chile's Sernapesca has noted that nine of 13 salmon farming centers in the Aysen region have activated their contingency plans
Blumar still totaling damage as algal blooms cost it at least $3.3m
The three farms contained some 2.55m salmon valued at $23.7m but losses to date have reached around $3.3m and are insured
Blue Aqua plans $33m RAS trout farm in Singapore
BAI's facility will use Danish RAS technology supplier Assentoft Aqua's ModulRAS system to produce 1,088 metric tons of trout annually following a three-year buildout