NASDAQ: Norway salmon prices flat in week three
Spot prices for Norwegian farmed salmon fell by less than 0.1% in week three of 2022, according to the NASDAQ Salmon Index
2021 seafood M&A passes $6.5bn after explosion of outside investment
A remarkable 43% of all buyouts, mergers, investments and capital raises in the seafood sector were led by investment funds and private equity during 2021
Scottish salmon producer group blasts rent hikes
Salmon Scotland has urged the Scottish government to block plans to increase rents for salmon farms that will cost the sector 'tens of millions of pounds'
Norway smolt firm seals $2.7m contract with farmer Bolaks
Biofish said it had 'received a significant increase in requests for new deliveries of smolt' since losing, and 'more firm contracts are thus expected to be formalized'
Stolt-Nielsen CEO to step down after more than two decades at helm
Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen, CEO of the group that bears his name, will continue in charge until a successor is named
Norway’s Baring soon to start building 24,000t land-based salmon farm
The company is ready to build its recirculating aquaculture system, supplied by Billund, in Farsund, on the southern tip of Norway
DataSalmon: Chilean salmon prices spike for China, creep up to US
Spot prices for Chilean farmed jumped on the Chinese market in week two of 2022 while they went on rising for the US and Brazil
Mowi’s NTS deal could give company 22% share of global salmon production
If its bid worth $1.5bn for NTS' growing salmon farming operation in Norway and Iceland is accepted, Mowi stands to effectively double its production in the north of Norway
Benchmark strengthens genetics team with two new hires
UK-headquartered aquaculture services firm Benchmark Genetics has announced the hire of Grazyella Yoshida and Hans Ekvall as senior and junior geneticists
Einar Wathne joins board at Norwegian land-based salmon project
The former CEO of EWOS and president of Cargill Aqua Nutrition has joined Viking Aqua, which is building its 33,000t-per-year salmon facility
