[ NEWS INTERNATIONAL ] Belgium: Bjørn Myrseth receives FEAP annual award for excellence in European aquaculture The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers’ (FEAP) has announced that the Federation’s annual prize for excellence in European aquaculture has been awarded to Bjørn Myrseth in recognition of his contribution to European aquaculture. Mr Myrseth has had a long and illustrious career in the aquaculture industry since he graduated from the University of Bergen in 1971. He founded Stolt Sea Farm which specialized in the production of salmon smolts first in Norway, then in Scotland, USA and Canada. Under his leadership the company produced marketsized fish in Canada and USA and started the production of sturgeon in California. Another company he started, Lax AS, had
investments in Greece, UK and Chile and later became Marine Farms AS, which he headed from 1987 to 2010. Mr Myrseth has been a long-time supporter of cooperation and openness in developing aquaculture and, already in 1976, was a co-founder of the European Mariculture Society – the precursor of the European Aquaculture Society (EAS). He was active in founding regional and national aquaculture associations in Norway, and was elected President of EAS in 1992. Today his expertise and experience as one of the pioneers of the modern fish farming industry are much sought after by his colleagues. Acknowledging the award Mr Myrseth expressed mild surprise at being selected for doing what he considered
to be his job – and added that he was not yet finished! FEAP’s annual award is supported by
MSD Animal Health known as Merck Animal Health in the USA and Canada.
From left, Arnault Chaperon, FEAP President; Bjørn Myrseth; and Robin Wardle, Director of Technical Services and Customer Support for MSD Aquatic Animal Health.
Denmark: Biomar hosts delegation of Armenian aquaculturists
His Excellency Mr Hrachya Aghajanyan, the Armenian Ambassador to Denmark.
Mr Aram Gharibyan (right), Senior Advisor to the President of Armenia.
A delegation of Armenian aquaculturists recently visited Denmark to meet their strategic partner Biomar, one of the leading suppliers of high performance fish feed to the
Kingdom, and Chile, and feed for trout, eel, sea-bass, and seabream in continental Europe. Mr Rahbæk also introduced some of the recent developments in the company including a new
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aquaculture industry. At the meeting Lars Rahbæk, Biomar’s Managing Director, presented the main business areas of Biomar, which are feed for salmon and trout in Norway, the United
feed for tilapia which will be produced in a newly built factory in Costa Rica. This visit by the Armenian aquaculturists was strongly supported www.eurofishmagazine.com
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