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Atlantic Sapphire addresses incident causing US $3 million loss

Following an announced harvest of 250 tonnes for the second quarter of the year, as well as a biomass gain of 200 tonnes, Atlantic Sapphire’s facility in Hvide Sande, Denmark experienced an ‘incident’, which has resulted in a 400-tonne loss of salmon, and a US $3 million loss for the company. » Read more

Kingfish Company hires new sales VP for US market

The Kingfish Company signalled its is ramping up the production capacity of its United States operations with the hiring of new executive to lead the Dutch aquaculture firm’s plans to grow its presence in the country. » Read more

Proximar to source salmon eggs from Benchmark Genetics

Salmon eggs for Proximar Seafood’s land-based fish farm in Japan will be supplied by aquaculture genetics company Benchmark Genetics. » Read more

FEATURED STORY

Skretting overhauls website

Skretting has relaunched its website to offer more user-friendly and customer-focused features. » Read more

MANAGEMENT

Nordic investment firms dive deeper into aquaculture sector

Stockholm-based equity fund Summa Equity has partnered with Longship Fund II of Oslo in investing on a turnkey supplier of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) equipment. » Read more

Blue Star Food aims to scale-up production of Canadian RAS pioneer

West Palm Beach- based Blue Star Food Corp aims to boost the production capacity of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farmer Taste of BC Aquafarms Inc., following its acquisition of the family-owned Canadian steelhead salmon producer. » Read more

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