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– Alaska seafood supplier Bristol Wave Seafoods has named Michael Guy vice president of finance.
Guy brings experience in financial management most immediately from the ski industry, working as vice president of finance for Crystal Mountain Resort in Washington state from 2021 to June 2024. Previously, was the CFO of Fisherman’s Finest, a seafood harvester and processor. He now brings his expertise to the largest U.S. harvester of Pacific cod.
Bristol Wave Seafoods was formed in 2019 after the Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC), an Alaska Native corporation, acquired control of Clipper Seafoods and Blue North Fisheries, both of which specialized in longline cod fishing.
– Norway’s First Seafood has appointed Tor Helge Aarseth business developer. Aarseth is a 20 year veteran of the industry who has worked in sales, marketing, and production.
First Seafood CEO Andreas Sundnes said the salmon supplier had “set ambitious goals."
"We are constantly working to improve all of our processes and rely on the best, most dedicated employees to succeed," he said. "Tor Helge brings significant experience and will strengthen an already powerful team from his first day of work.”
On LinkedIn, Aerseth said that First Seafood is “the most innovative player in salmon processing in Norway and Denmark” and that he looked forward to participating in a “forward-thinking organization full of knowledgeable and dedicated people who constantly deliver.”
– Norway-based RAS equipment supplier Endúr announced leadership changes at its subsidiary Artec Aqua, with Fredrick Emil Riise Langehaug appointed managing director, and Anne Ma Skorpen Tomren taking on the head of projects role. Langehaug has been Artec Aqua’s CFO for the past year, while Tomren is currently vice president of health, safety, environment, and quality.
Aqua Artec specializes in hybrid flow-through systems, and is the main contractor for major projects with Salmon Evolution and GeoSalmo. Additionally, it recently contracted with Sævareid Fiskeanlegg for a smolt production facility valued at NOK 600 million (USD 56 million, EUR 48 million).
– Alpha Aqua has named three former Billund Aquaculture executives to leadership positions.
The Danish RAS supplier has recruited Erik Gutzmann, formerly senior advisor and department manager at Billund, to the role of aquaculture biological architect. Russell will serve as grow-out supervisor, while Olsen has been named chief sales officer.
– The Soy Aquaculture Alliance (SAA) appoints Amrit Bart as its first research director.
Bart, a tenured professor at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department of Animal and Dairy Science, will work with industry stakeholders to drive research aimed at expanding the use of soy in aquaculture diets. He will also manage the scientific resources and library of the SAA, and identify crucial research gaps which could support the use of soy in aquaculture and benefit the soy farmers of America.
– Gun Peggy Knudsen will serve a six-year term as the managing director of the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. Knudsen is currently the assistant director of Norway's Institute of Public Health. Knudsen’s expertise is in medical genetics, and she brings extensive leadership experience from her work at the Institute for Public Health. The institute is currently involved in surveilling the resistance of farmed salmon to salmon lice medicines, among other projects.
Knudsen is known for her broad expertise, management experience, and familiarity with digitalization.
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute conducts applied research into the welfare implications of diseases, testing of equipment and procedures used at fish farms, and factors contributing to fish mortalities and injuries. It supports the Norwegian Food Safety Association in its work, and conducts research to provide science-based answers to fish welfare questions.