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Norwegian researchers have developed an electronic “sensor” fish to measure how mechanical delousing impacts salmon.

Feeds containing high levels of zinc and omega-3 can enhance barrier properties in salmon skin, particularly improving the health and welfare of smolts when first transferred to sea pens, according to new research.

Investment in the latest anti-predator nets in Scotland has seen a reduction in the number of seals culled to protect farmed salmon stocks, according to new figures.

Good feed and the right environment during their hatchery phase are key for lumpfish to be effective as cleaner fish in salmon farms once transferred to sea.

How an aquaculture training initiative in the Niger Delta is helping Nigerian fish farmers to earn a good living.

Ensuring the improved performance of barrier tissues - such as skin - in smolts at the time of seawater transfer could improve fish health and save the aquaculture industry millions, according to new research.

The emeritus professor of functional ecology at the University of Glasgow, who is one of the world’s preeminent experts on fish behaviour, discusses salmon welfare, nesting sticklebacks… and a near death experience while…

Stocking farmed tilapia at high densities could be beneficial to their welfare and help safeguard against negative ecological consequences should they escape, according to new research.

Stress slows wound healing in salmon, according to new research undertaken by Nofima scientist Lene Sveen at Nofima.

A moratorium on further expansion of the Scottish fish farming industry has been called for today, as part of a new campaign which aims to improve the welfare of the trillions of fish – both farmed and wild – that are us…

A manual that explains how best to assess farmed salmon welfare has been published in English for the first time today.

Too many fish farmers are failing to learn from past mistakes and the health and welfare of salmon post-smolts is too often prioritised below the pressure to meet construction and commercial targets, according to Aud Skr…

The Global Coalition for Animal Welfare (GCAW), the world’s first food industry-led initiative aimed at advancing animal - including farmed fish – welfare globally has been launched today.

Many fish and shrimp farmers who are interested in using Halamid, for protection of their valuable crop, ask how this will interfere with the probiotics they use, directly dosed into a pond/tank or sometimes via the feed…

A type of fish feed designed to trigger the smoltification process in juvenile Atlantic salmon is on the cusp of receiving a patent following a four-year application process.

Sarah Last explains how she helped to transform the fortunes of one of the most isolated, technologically challenging and logistically complicated salmon farms in Scotland.

Cermaq has implemented a new fish welfare policy based on the recommendations published in the FishWell report.

Shrimp producers and processors must learn from the salmon sector by diversifying their product range and increasing demand if they are to avoid a prolonged price crash, according to a new report.

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

Jim Treasurer, editor of the first ever comprehensive review of the use of wrasse, lumpsuckers and other cleanerfish species on salmon farms, explains the significance of the new book