When Magnus Gjerde was appointed skipper of the brand new wellboat Seihav, he thought he was captaining a vessel that would be the pride of the Norwegian fleet for at least a decade. Two years later, however, he’s not so sure
Clara McGhee has recently started working on a salmon farm off the Isle of Muck. In the second installment of her series for The Fish Site she describes powerboat training, production systems and public perception of the salmon sector.
Linn Therese Skår Hosteland grew up helping her family produce salmon, cod and halibut on a farm in western Norway. Despite wanting to escape the sector at 15, she has no regrets at returning in 2014 – first as a journalist, most recently as communications off…
Hydrogen peroxide could help to save the lives of millions of farmed fish, following a breakthrough discovery about the causes of harmful algal blooms (HABs).
A leading Norwegian salmon farmer took a swipe at the government’s development licence initiative today, as it was prompting firms to design systems that could remove the country’s natural salmon producing advantages.
Two weeks ago Spanish newspaper El Confidencial released a major story on a large investigation by the Guardia Civil, targeting Spain’s largest tuna farmer Richardo Fuentes y Hijos and several processing companies. The authorities apparently uncovered a large …
Clara McGhee has recently started working on a salmon farm off the Isle of Muck. In the first installment of a new series for The Fish Site she describes the route that took her one of the most isolated and exposed fish farms in Scotland
