Monday, April 8, 2013

08/04/13: Cooke Aquaculture buys share in Invermar; possible move for Cefas; behind the scenes at Grieg Seafood

Cooke Aquaculture is planning to spend $20 million on a 54 percent share in Chilean salmon farm,  Invermar. The acquistition is not Cooke's first purchase in Chile, the company has owned Chile’s Salmones Cupquelan since 2009 and has farms in a fjord in Chile’s neighbouring 11th Region.
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The Centre for Environment, Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (Cefas), UK could be leaving its Suffolk home, with a relocation of up to 400 jobs. Cefas has been at its Lowestoft site since 1955 but premises are costly to maintain and the building will soon be unfit for purpose.
Although the plans are in the early stages, there are four options: remain at current facilities with possible improvements, move to another site in Lowestoft, move to Norwich, and moving operations to another part of the country by merging with other science bodies.
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Follow Mike from Grieg Seafood as he talks about working at a salmon hatchery. There's a lot of work that goes into salmon farming - much of it we never get to see.

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