Courard named new managing director of Cermaq Chile
Pedro Courard has worked in the salmon industry for more than 20 years, holding senior management positions for several companies and organizations
Norwegian fresh salmon export value kicks off 2022 with 33% increase
The average export value of fresh Norwegian salmon in the first week of the year was NOK 67.23 per kilogram; that's up 33% compared to the same period of 2021
Cermaq cancels Boston booth as US COVID cases rise
Norway-based Cermaq Group is the latest company to pull out of the Boston seafood show, which is set to take place March 13-15 amid rising cases of COVID-19
Russia’s largest salmon farmer boosts revenues on bigger harvest
Russian Aquaculture has reported a near doubling of sales in 2021 on the back of a 78% increase in harvested fish to 32,500t
AquaBounty pledges to stock large-scale Ohio farm by 2023
AquaBounty sold $455,397 worth of fish in the third quarter of 2021 but it also lost $6.8 million, it said in a November exchange filing
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
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