Biosecurity

EUROPE - Carp edema virus, also known as koi sleepy disease (CEV/KSD), is a special form of sleepy disease affecting koi and common carp. Long known only in Japan, the disease was recently detected in Europe.

NORWAY - There is a suspected outbreak of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) at sea site 13784 Hydal Vika in ksnes municipality, Nordland county.

CROATIA - An outbreak of infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) has been confirmed in a rainbow trout farm in Croatia.

FRANCE - Corrosion is a significant problem with aggressive disinfectants, in particular acidic Peroxygen - Persulfate types. Users find that prolonged use of peroxygen-based disinfectants can result quite quickly in cor…

A type of microsporidian parasite is severely affecting aquaculture in Asia. This report by Dr Stephen Newman addresses best practice in reducing the pathogen. Taken from the Global Aquaculture Advocate, a Global Aquacul…

NORWAY - A new outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has been reported on a farm in the Hadsel municipality, Nordland county.

CANADA - An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has been confirmed on a New Brunswick farm.

Feed additives may help to reduce the impact of early mortality syndrome on shrimp stocks, according to a report from Minh Phu AquaMekong Shrimp Vet Laboratory in Vietnam and Nutriad International in Belgium.

US - Sockeye salmon highly infected with sea lice are much less successful at consuming food than lightly infected fish, according to new research from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the University of Toronto.

AUSTRALIA - An outbreak of infection with perkinsus olseni has been reported on an Australian oyster farm.

US - A new method to detect a bacterium that has contaminated New England oyster beds and sickened consumers who ate the contaminated shellfish has been discovered by researchers at the University of New Hampshire.

NORWAY - A new outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is suspected at sea site 10224 Korsneset in Halsa municipality, Mre og Romsdal county.

NORWAY - An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Aneamia (ISA) has now been confirmed in Hadsel, Nordland, after it was suspected on 20 March 2015.

US - LA Star Seafood Company Inc. has been told by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to halt operations over concerns about food safety.

SCOTLAND, UK - The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced grants worth almost 950,000 to two research projects initiated by the salmon industry. Combined industry and academic contributions to the pr…

NORWAY - A suspected outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) has been reported at sea site 13782 in Hadsel municipality, Nordland county.

ANALYSIS - Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials has been linked to the emergence and spread of organisms resistant to them, rendering treatments obsolete and threatening public health.

ANALYSIS - Norwegian salmon farming company, Marine Harvest, is investigating the potential to use coniferous trees as a fish feed.

Each year the shrimp industry suffers losses of more than US$1 billion dueto early mortality syndrome or acute hepatopancreatic necrosis (EMS/AHPND), anemerging disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Pe…

CHILE - The National Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sernapesca) has confirmed an outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) on a farm in central Ballena 1, southern Aysen region.