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The importance aquaculture will play in helping to provide protein for the growing global population was emphasised at the 10th session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, which started in Trond…

Visitors to Aqua Nor were treated to virtual reality tour of Norway’s largest land-based salmon site this week.

The value of adopting blockchain technology in the aquaculture sector was the subject of a special seminar at Aqua Nor this week.

A telemetric helmet which will allow vets to assess fish health remotely has been launched by Stim this month.

A new closed-containment system that has been hailed by Nofima as having “considerable potential” to be economically viable has been launched in Norway this week.

Successful disease management methods developed in salmon are being piloted in shrimp, tilapia and pangasius farming in Indonesia.

A new disinfection system that could dramatically reduce the amount of downtime live harvest vessels need for cleaning and disinfection is due to be trialled commercially in Norway next week.

How the recent proliferation of sea lice, and new methods for ensuing salmon are not infested with them, is driving up the cost of Norwegian salmon production was the subject of a compelling talk at A…

Hatch, the world’s first accelerator for sustainable aquaculture startups, is half way through raising its first €8 million fund.

The need to ensure that new technological systems are actually safe to trial on salmon was the central strand of a talk by Åsa Espmark at yesterday’s Nofima conference at Aqua Nor.

Benchmark is delighted to announce that it has won the prestigious AquaNor Innovation Award 2019 for CleanTreat, a new water purification system that removes medicines from treatment water before rele…

Mowi farm technician Clara McGhee discusses the crucial business of salmon feeding strategies and how these help to ensure a site remains profitable, environmentally sustainable and capable of produc…

The National Trust for Scotland has officially opposed Mowi’s proposed plans to establish a 2,500-tonne capacity organic salmon farm off the isle of Canna.

Scottish seafood exports to Japan rose to over 2,630 tonnes last year, up from 598 tonnes in 2017, and a contingent of seafood companies heading east for the Japan Seafood Expo 2019 (21 – 23 August) i…

Malcolm Pye, founder and CEO of Benchmark, the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, has announced that he will step down as CEO at the end of November.

The Aquaculture Innovation Showcase is coming in September. Ahead of the event in London, The Fish Site spoke to TransAlgae’s VP of research and development, Ofra Chen, to discuss how algae can revolutionise the health and nutrition of farmed fish.…

A next generation net pen concept designed for producing salmon in offshore locations is set for its international launch at Aqua Nor. Marc Wilson, marketing manager at Gael Force, explains what makes…

Scientists studying gilthead seabream have identified groups of genes associated with weight, body fat and length-to-width ratio in the species, bringing researchers closer to understanding the genetic mechanisms that could improve aquaculture productivity.…

A pioneering system that can automatically count sea lice – and potentially save thousands of man hours, as well as improve fish welfare – is in the running for this year’s Nor Fishing Innovation Awar…

Leaders of Ghana’s aquaculture industry recently held a consultation with the influential Association of Ghana Industries, principally in a bid to overcome problems facing tilapia farmers on Lake Volt…