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Aquaculture & Fisheries

Aquaculture & Fisheries

Faroe Islands’ longest sea cable for aquaculture installed

Earlier this month, electrical engineering firm JT Electric completed the latest installation of their 5.6-kilometer sea cable to a Bakkafrost fish farming site ...
By Local.foMarch 19, 20210
Aquaculture & Fisheries

Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen awarded ‘edie’ prize “Business Leader of the Year”

Great Britain’s foremost sustainability-themed award show, the ‘edie’ Sustainability Leaders Awards, saw Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen receive the “Business Leader of the Year” ...
By Local.foFebruary 23, 20210
Aquaculture & Fisheries

Fishermen’s Union ‘Pleased’ to See End of Rights Auctions

Unlike for other workers and officers in the Faroe Islands, there is no government-mandated health insurance for fishermen, according to Jan Højgaard, chairman ...
By Local.foDecember 10, 20200
Aquaculture & Fisheries

Bakkafrost signs contract with Norway’s Nofitech to expand Glyvradal smolt hatchery

As part of the its long-term investment plan, Faroese fish farming giant Bakkafrost has signed an agreement with Norwegian recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) ...
By Local.foDecember 8, 20200
Aquaculture & Fisheries

No pelagic magic on blue whiting off Faroe

Fishing for blue whiting in Faroese waters hasn’t been big hauls and short trips for the Icelandic pelagic fleet in recent weeks. In ...
By Quentin Bates / Hook & NetDecember 1, 20200
Aquaculture & Fisheries

Bakkafrost named top three producer of sustainable protein

The Coller FAIRR Index has published new data in a comprehensive sustainability assessment on the world’s major meat, fish and dairy producers, identifying ...
By Local.foNovember 27, 20200
Aquaculture & Fisheries

497 recovered out of 500 cases to date in the Faroe Islands: Covid-19 update

On Saturday, almost nine months after the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in the Faroe Islands, case number 500 was confirmed. The person ...
By Alda Nielsdóttir / Portal.foNovember 22, 20200
Aquaculture & Fisheries

Hiddenfjord becomes world’s first salmon farmer to suspend the use of air freight

Faroese salmon farmer Hiddenfjord has announced its suspension of all air freight as of 10th October 2020. With air freight emitting around 50 ...
By Local.foNovember 20, 20200
Aquaculture & Fisheries

Only 300 salmon retrieved out of 20,000 escaped from Mowi fish farm

Two weeks ago, 20,000 salmon escaped from a fish farming site at Sandsvág near the village of Sandur. According to seafood giant Mowi, ...
By Sverri Egholm / Portal.foNovember 12, 20200
Aquaculture & Fisheries

Bakkafrost declares all of its Faroe Islands salmon ASC certified

Following a 7 year assessment period, all Bakkafrost farms in the Faroe Islands are certified to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard for ...
By Local.foNovember 10, 20200

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    Bergfrost managing director Símin Pauli Sivertsen (Maria Olsen Photo) With an environmentally friendly power generation enabling it to consume 20 percent less energy compared to its competition, Bergfrost is one of the ecologically soundest, safest and largest cold stores in the Nordic Seas region.   [Bui Tyril] Fuglafjørður-based cold storage facility Bergfrost is not [...] The […]
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    FF Chairman Jan Højgaard (Maria Olsen Photo) The Faroe Fishermen’s Union (FF) says it’s ‘fairly satisfied’ with the Faroe Islands’ revised fisheries reform; but the introduction of a compulsory health insurance for fishermen is ‘long overdue’ according to chairman Jan Højgaard. [Bui Tyril] Unlike for other workers and officers in the Faroe Islands, [...] The […]
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    ASB managing director Eli Lassen (Maria Olsen Photo). Runavík’s Atlantic Supply Base has taken care of logistics and storage for offshore oil and gas exploration activities in the Faroe Islands for years; the company also manages stock for foreign vessels fishing in the Northeast Atlantic. [Bui Tyril] “Never say you can deliver unless [...] The […]
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