"We need to have a Big Brother watching you that we don't do anything that's not good for ourselves and also for the fish.". The world’s largest producer of Organic Salmon – 52 weeks a year supply . .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Salmon farming 'pays £100m in British taxes', Sea lice blamed for major fall in salmon tonnage, Scotland's wild salmon stocks 'at lowest ever level', One in five Scottish fish farms 'not meeting standards', Campaigners claim fish farms are to blame for wild salmon deaths, Inquiry finds 'insufficient evidence' for salmon farming moratorium. Analysis by AKVA group suggests production costs and freight rates enhance the competitive appeal of land-based salmon farms, with NOK 51-56/kg making them competitive in the US A NORWEGIAN salmon farm company has blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for its decision to quit Scotland and concentrate its operations in Canada and Norway placing uncertainty over 200 jobs. He says: "It was still on the high side and we were still telling the business that there was work that needed to be done but it was nothing out of the ordinary.". Lice prevention also means lost income. The Norwegian authorities had previously advised young and pregnant women to limit their consumption of oily fish to two meals a week so … The decision will cut Mowi’s salmon farming capacity by some 10,000-12,000 tonnes per year, it said. Norway has the largest population of wild Atlantic salmon, yet the number of farmed salmon is 250 to 700 times more than wild salmon. The EU is the biggest market for fish and seafood from Norway, taking some 65% of total export volumes in 2017, with Denmark and Poland as the main destinations. Norwegian Organic salmon- farmed, processed and sold by SalMar The world’s largest producer of Organic Salmon – 52 weeks a year supply SalMar is one of the world’s leading producers of organic salmon and is integrated from brood stock and smolt, to value added products and sales. A proposed salmon farm in Gouldsboro would draw $300 million or more in investment and create “hundreds” of jobs in the area, according to the Norwegian executive behind the proposal. But catches of wild salmon are at their lowest level since records began. The industry needs to continue evolving as new tools and findings emerge. Norwegian aquaculture equipment supplier AKVA group has broken down its analysis of what it takes for a land-based salmon farming project to be competitive in "normal" (pre-COVID) conditions. .css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link{color:#3F3F42;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{font-weight:bolder;border-bottom:1px solid #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:focus{border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:2px;color:#B80000;}@supports (text-underline-offset:0.25em){.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline #BABABA;text-decoration:underline #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;-webkit-text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-underline-offset:0.25em;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:focus{-webkit-text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:2px;text-decoration-thickness:2px;color:#B80000;}}The BBC Panorama programme - Salmon Farming Exposed heard of severe sea lice infestations on salmon in one loch, which were being essentially "eaten alive" by the parasites.