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Moving fish farms away from beds of Posidonia oceanica has allowed colonies of this delicate and ecologically important seagrass species to recover, according to new research.

The Bangla adage mache bhate Bengali – ‘fish and rice make a Bengali’ – sums up the importance of fish in the diet of Bangladeshis. But with capture fisheries in decline, Bangladesh is increasingly lo…

A conference to analyse the role of marine ingredients across the aquaculture and animal feed supply chains is being organised by IFFO in Rome this October.

The Scottish SPCA has elected Ronnie Soutar, Head of Veterinary Services at Scottish Sea Farms, as its new chairperson.

How vertical integration and live fish sales have enabled Blue Ridge Aquaculture in Virginia to thrive in a market otherwise dominated by large-scale Asian and Central American tilapia producers.

Marks & Spencer has named Scottish Sea Farms’ salmon farming team at Wyre, Orkney as its Outstanding Producer of the year in the Farming for the Future Awards 2018.

Construction of a new mill capable of producing protein from ethanol for the aquaculture feed industry is nearing completion in Nebraska.

The Scottish salmon industry is predicted to grow faster than the salmon sectors of any other country in the next three years, according to a new report.

The Scottish Parliament has approved in principle a bill that will give local authorities and communities the opportunity to directly manage Scottish Crown Estate assets, including the sea bed and alm…

KnipBio has been awarded a grant to study how changes in diet can alleviate enteritis and other diseases in farmed rainbow trout.

A new initiative to help mitigate pressures on wild salmon has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Benchmark, the aquaculture health, genetics and advanced nutrition business, has recorded a £3.6 million profit for the six months up to 31 March 2018 – compared to a £8.2 million loss in the same per…

Scottish Sea Farms’ longest serving employee, Geoff Kidd, has celebrated 40 years with the company and says, despite retiring, he has plans to continue working with salmon.

Mark Bilsby has been named as the new CEO of the Atlantic Salmon Trust, replacing Sarah Bayley Slater who leaves the post after two and a half years.

Once seen exclusively as suppliers of Norwegian fish farming kit, AKVA’s Scottish operations are not only designing and developing their own equipment for the local sector, but they’re also looking to…

IFFO, the marine ingredients organisation, has announced the appointment of Petter Martin Johannessen as its new director general.

Julie Hesketh-Laird, the new chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producer’s Organisation shares her first impressions of the country’s salmon sector and how she plans to help it to evolve.

Marine Harvest Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms have reported a sustained improvement in fish health during the first five months of 2018, with a marked reduction in disease-related mortalities.

Natalie Clark, nursery manager at Hoopers Island Oyster Co in Maryland, explains how plans to reseed the Chesapeake Bay with 10 billion bivalves have not only given her a dream career, but can also he…

NOAA scientists are forecasting that this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – will be approximately 5,780 squar…