India’s String Bio, an biotech company focusing on sustainable manufacturing, announced that its animal nutrition product – PRO-DG – has been successfully tested and validated in Salmon feed by BioMar, a global leader in sustainable aquaculture feeds.

String is one of the world leaders in gas fermentation, scaling up economical and modular fermenters that enable the production of high-quality ingredients from greenhouse gases.

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council has released an updated version of its salmon standard with a new approach to sea lice monitoring that environmental groups have criticized.

ASC released version 1.4 of its salmon standard on 5 September, following a science-based review process. The new edition of the standard has a specific scope on sea lice management

Author: Emma Desrochers / SeafoodSource | read the full article here

Marine products are well represented in the shortlist for this year’s Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards, with three salmon companies and a seaweed snack specialist.

The Scottish Salmon Company – now operating as Bakkafrost Scotland – has been shortlisted for the Sustainability award and also in the Primary Producer category.

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Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd has welcomed the Orkney Islands Council Planning Committee’s decision approving the creation of a six-cage salmon farming site located offshore of East Moclett, Papa Westray, in the North Sound.

“We appreciate that the Planning Committee was guided by and accepted the thorough technical and scientific reviews of all the statutory consultation bodies which filed no objections,” said Joel Richardson, Vice President of Public Relations for Cooke Aquaculture Scotland. 

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The idea for the donut-shaped closed containment aquaculture facility ‘Marine Donut’ came about in 2015. And it was in 2019 that Mowi received two development permits from the Norwegian Government Directorate of Fisheries. For various reasons, the project was never carried out, and in June of this year it was revealed that Bluegreen had bought the permits from Mowi.

It has been Bluegreen Group -specialized in thermoplastics and with experience in floating closed containment systems in the sea as well as in farms on land-

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After the summer holidays, millions of Spaniards return to their daily routines in their jobs and study centers, and with it a time in which it is more relevant than ever to maintain a balanced diet based on fish, without giving up gastronomic pleasure . In this context, the Norwegian Seafood Council again emphasizes the consumption of fish as a healthy option, and especially salmon, "which helps us in the recommended daily intake of many of the essential nutrients of our body" .

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Poole Harbour Commissioners have pulled the plug on Greenpeace plans to load boulders from their harbour on the south west coast of England.

Yesterday, Wednesday 07 September, Greenpeace defiantly announced that they would be loading more boulders from Poole Harbour that would then be dumped in the marine conservation zone of the South West Deeps approximately 170 kilometres off Land’s End.

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Investment bank Berenberg lowers price target.

Both the salmon price and Mowi’s share price have fallen heavily recently. In a turbulent period on Oslo’s stock exchange, Mowi has fallen significantly more than the overall index.

On Thursday morning, Mowi is traded at a rate of NOK 195. You have to go all the way back to February to find a lower share price for the salmon giant.

Author: Aslak Berge / SalmonBusiness | read the full article here

The president of the Commission for Agriculture and Fisheries of the Congress himself said: «Today is the day of Galicia». Because the majority of those who appeared yesterday to give their opinion on the Sustainable Fisheries Law either represented Galician fishing, or were Galician representing the Spanish sector as a whole. Like the general secretary of Fishing, Alicia Villauriz, or the president of the brotherhoods of Spain, Basilio Otero.

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Through a pilot plan that began in January of this year, Multi X began the installation of high-speed Internet satellite antennas with Starlink, with the purpose of exploring new connectivity options. The purpose of the plan, implemented by the company's IT Management, is to allow sea centers and fish farms located in remote areas to join technological systems used mostly in urban areas.

To date, nine areas have joined the initiative, which correspond to two fish farms and seven sea centers

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