Biosecurity

NORWAY - An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has been reported on a salmon and trout farm in Frya.

NORWAY - A suspected outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) at a farm in Frya has now been disproved.

NORWAY - A suspected outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has been reported in Frya municipality following sampling.

CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of Whirling Disease in fish in Johnson Lake in Banff National Park.

KENYA - An outbreak of infectious haematopoietic necrosis has been reported on a Kenyan rainbow trout farm.

NORWAY - Since the use of cleaner fish became widespread in salmon farming, in situ cleaning has become a more common method of biofouling management. In situ cleaning is often used in combination wit…

CROATIA - Outbreaks of bonamia exitiosa has been reported on a saltwater oyster farm in Medulinski and Malostonski, Croatia.

CANADA - A University of Toronto-led study has found that a combination of high ocean temperatures and poorly timed parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon …

US - Direct transmission of cancer among some marine animals may be more common than once thought, suggests a new study published in Nature by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC).…

NORWAY - An outbreak of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is suspected on two farms in Rdy municipality, Nordland county.

GLOBAL - In an effort to accelerate the food sectors movement towards improved long-term future sustainability, the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), supported by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The S…

ASIA - Fish Vet Group Asia is collecting data on the geographic spread and impact of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) as part of its work to further understand the disease.

US - Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems has announced the release of it Sweetwater Bead Filters which are specifically engineered to deliver both mechanical and biological filtration in one highly efficient …

SOUTH AFRICA - An outbreak of epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been detected in wild smallmouth bass in South Africa.

Two studies conducted at the University of Arizona showed that shrimp fed Calibrin-Z had survivability of 84% when challenged to induce Early MortalitySyndrome (EMS) vs. 5% for challenged shrimp not f…

The true cost of each disease outbreak is complicated by an intricate interplay of environmental and management-based factors, from the direct losses in stock, through to indirect losses in the downst…

AUSTRALIA - Two outbreaks of hepatopancreatitis have been reported on prawn farms in Queensland.

NORWAY - An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has been reported at sea site 11088 rnstolen Rdy municipality, Nordland county.

CANADA - A controlled laboratory study that has challenged Atlantic and Sockeye salmon with a fish virus known to be endemic to western North America has found the virus is not linked to any disease o…

SPAIN - Researchers at Azti-Tecnalia have used bacteriophages as a substitute for antibiotics to eliminate bacteria in fish farms.