Categories: Animal-welfare

  • Cermaq awarded for leading animal welfare

    The NGO Compassion in World Farming has awarded Cermaq with their Special Recognition Prize for Cermaq’s welfare practices for humane slaughter of its salmon.

  • Cermaq Group expands its Board of Directors with three Board members

    Cermaq Group AS announces that the company's Board of Directors is being expanded with three members who will strengthen the company's strategic position going forward. After the expansion, Cermaq's board of directors will be 8 people from 15 August 2024.
    “The new board members bring experience and knowledge from different sectors in Norway and internationally, and their insights will support

  • Cermaq warns of continued uncertainty for aquaculture in Canada

    Cermaq warns of continued uncertainty as the federal government announces 5 year-term aquaculture licenses and ban of open net farming from 2029.
    Cermaq remains deeply concerned about the future of our sector in British Columbia after yesterday’s announcement. The government of Canada announced a new 5-year licensing period to 30 June 2029 as well as a policy to move-away from traditional mar

  • Global Salmon Initiative Launches 2023 Sustainability Report

    With over 2,800 data points across 15 key sustainability metrics, GSI’s 11th annual Sustainability Report, provides over a decade's worth of transparent data from for all members in all regions.
    The report underscores GSI's collective commitment to aligned, open-access reporting since its inception in 2013.
    “The GSI sustainability reporting is a unique collaboration demonstrating transparenc

  • Joachim Wessel becomes new MD for Cermaq Chile


    Cermaq Chile's Managing Director, Pedro Courard, will step down from his role. His successor will be Joachim Wessel, effective from June 1.

    Pedro Courard will leave Cermaq Chile and start a position as Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Sapphire ASA, based in Miami, Florida.

    “Pedro has been a great asset to Cermaq since he joined Cermaq Chile as Production Director in August

  • Receipt of Statement of Objections from the European Commission

    Cermaq Group AS has received a Statement of Objections from the European Commission on January 25, 2024, concerning alleged violations of European competition laws in the Norwegian Atlantic Salmon aquaculture and marketing business.
    Cermaq Group AS will fully cooperate with the European Commission in their investigation. Cermaq Group AS disagrees with the preliminary findings from the Commissio

  • Antimicrobial resistance is not stopped by national borders

    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to human and animal health and welfare. We may not understand the value of antibiotics until we risk that they have lost their effectiveness. 18-24 November is the AMR Awareness WEEK (WAAW). Together we can avoid AMR.

  • Cermaq Norway uses laser against salmon lice

    Laser has proven to be effective against salmon lice and gentle on the salmon. After extensive evaluation at Cermaq in Finnmark and at Ballangen in Nordland, lasers will be put into use at suitable facilities in Nordland and Finnmark.

  • Pilot to identify plastic use

    To find the plastic footprint of salmon farming, Cermaq has registered all plastics used in a smolt facility, a sea site, and a processing plant over one year. Cermaq pilots this plastic project for Global Salmon Initiative.

  • Check out Cermaq’s sustainability report

    Is salmon farming sustainable? It is when done right. In Cermaq’s sustainability report we present how we address the challenges in producing healthy seafood in a sustainable way and our ambition to do more.

  • Cermaq has stocked fish in the third version of iFarm

    The iFarm project aims to improve the health and welfare of the fish in the net pens with the help of artificial intelligence. Fish have now been stocked for the third time in iFarm-net pens, and in this phase the focus is on machine learning.

  • Cermaq terminates purchased farming permits

    Cermaq terminates purchased farming permits. When the proposal for resource rent tax for aquaculture was presented, the authorities opened for returning permits purchased at fixed prices in 2022. Cermaq therefore terminates the purchase of 669 tons MAB at a value of NOK 134 million.

  • Sea the Solution

    The use of the ocean by many industries has not sufficiently respected the multiple roles and complex biodiversity in the ocean, Cermaq recognizes in launching Sea the Solution. As research unfolds fact and casual relationships, we are better positioned to move from harm to harmony. And we must all take part.

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