Health

The exact nature of the link between sea temperature and blindness in salmon has been established by scientists at Norways National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES).

New research from Nofima shows that salmon diets need to contain more than 1 percent EPA and DHA marine omega 3 fatty acids in order to remain healthy.

A breakthrough which makes possible to breed fish with natural resistance to pancreas disease (PD) in Atlantic salmon has been made by Nofima, SalmoBreed and other partners.

A ground-breaking sea lice treatment is due to be launched by Benchmark in the coming months, according to a trading report released by the group today.

Bakkafrosts farming segment harvested 13,200 tonnes at an EBIT of NOK 34.27 per kg in the first quarter of the year an impressive margin despite facing a number of biological challenges.

INVE has signed an agreement that will result in a range of its tilapia products being distributed by one of Thailands largest quality tilapia fry and feed providers, Manit Farm.

Salmon harvests in Shetland were at historically low levels in the first quarter of the year while the archipelago usually produces around 40,000 tonnes annually, which equates to roughly a quarter o…

Returns of wild adult salmon can be reduced by more than 50% in years following high lice levels on nearby salmon farms during the smolt out-migration, according to the results of a new study.

A combination of good prices and lowered operating costs at sea has seen Marine Harvest Scotland experience a record start to the year, despite CMS outbreaks at two freshwater sites leading to 700,000…

Scottish Sea Farms harvested no fish from its Shetland operations in the first quarter of the year, due to the ongoing impact of high lice levels in the region.

Understanding the natural behaviour of lumpfish is likely to be the key to devising a strategy for how best to deploy them as cleanerfish in salmon cages.

Overviews of the use of cleanerfish in Scotland, Norway, Iceland, the Faroes and Ireland made for a fascinating first afternoon of the inaugural International Cleaner Fish Summit, which kicked off in …

New outbreaks of white spot disease have been found in the wild prawn populations of Moreton Bay, Queensland, prompting fears that an additional number of shrimp farms in the area could face closure.

Salmon farmers and equipment providers are backing the value of using closed containment systems both on land and in at sea just over a year into a project which is investigating the potential pros …

Salmones Blumar has announced it has completed its plan to enter all of its production sites into aquaculture improvement projects and, ultimately, earn 100% certification of all their salmon farms to…

A call to halt the supply of live wild-caught wrasse to the salmon aquaculture sector has been issued by the Angling Trust.

Following the successful deployment of a number of species notably lumpsuckers and ballan wrasse as cleanerfish in salmon cages in the eastern Atlantic, the aquaculture industry in BC has been seeki…

Last year proved to be the most profitable on record for the worlds largest salmon producer, Marine Harvest, which achieved an operational EBIT of 700.2 million, up from 346.8 million in 2015, mainly …

The pressing need to deal with sea lice, which contributed to an 8.7% rise in Marine Harvest's production costs last year, was one of the major themes running through the group's annual report, which …

Fish farmers in Norway will now be able to choose from at least two PD vaccines, after the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled that MSD had no right to a monopoly.