Health

After several years of poor performance the profitability of the Chile’s salmon sector is now catching up with its conterpart in Norway, according to a new analysis by Rabobank.

Scotland’s salmon industry should publish their farm-by-farm sea lice levels in real time, rather than waiting three months.

Immersing farmed salmon in warmed water as a means of removing sea lice presents serious fish health and welfare issues according to a new study.

A blanket vaccination programme appears to have significantly reduced the occurrence of pancreas disease (PD) in farmed salmon in northern Scotland.

Cooke Aquaculture is set to deploy a range of mechanical sea lice removal systems, including their in-house “Cooke R”, over the coming months.

Sea lice, co-infections, research with zebrafish and some novel diseases in esoteric species all featured at this year’s Eastern Fish Health Workshop (EFHW).

Members of the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) have reduced their use of sea lice medicines by 40 percent in the last five years, according to a new report.

A new collaborative project to help accelerate understanding of gill health issues in farmed salmon and identify new approaches to overcoming these issues has been launched this week.

With sea lice an increasingly tough problem for salmon farmers to treat, new research suggests that managing water temperature might be more effective than blitzing the parasites with more chemicals

The first ever comprehensive book on the use of cleaner fish in aquaculture, edited by Jim Treasurer, former Research Director at Ardtoe Marine Research Facility, has been published today.

The inaugural cohort of companies to take part in HATCH – the first ever aquaculture-focused start-up accelerator programme – has been announced today.

A new film by Scottish Sea Farms illustrates the development of the use of wrasse to pick parasites off salmon in marine pens.

A vaccine to help protect sea bass against Vibriosis and Pasteurellosis was launched on the Greek market by Hipra this month.

​MSD Animal Health (known as Merck & Co in the US and Canada) has strengthened its aquaculture team with the appointment of a new UK aquaculture business manager.

In the second installment of a two-part review of amoebic gill disease (AGD), John Angles explores current challenges posed by the pathogen and a variety of innovative means to combat it.

A talk on the evolution of a number of key fish viruses that are currently emerging and evolving globally was the keynote address at today’s Fish Vet Society’s annual conference.

Marine Harvest increased the harvest volumes of their Scottish salmon farms by a third – from 45,000 to 60,000 tonnes – in 2017.

Aquaculture producers and researchers have been asked to provide feedback on a project that aims to improve the sustainability of shell- and finfish aquaculture - as well as fish welfare - by developi…

Over 80 species of microsporidia are known to infect fish and aquatic invertebrates, explains The Fish Vet Group’s Anna Herrero.

In the first installment of a two-part review of amoebic gill disease (AGD), John Angles explores the history of the pathogen, which has emerged to become one of the most significant global health cha…