Welfare

A device which renders fish unconscious before they even leave the water – decreasing stress levels and offering a more humane alternative to traditional mechanical stunners – is in the running for on…

There is increasing evidence that farmers can augment brain growth in their fish by mimicking aspects of their natural habitat in farm sites. But, from a welfare point of view, are bigger brains a ble…

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).

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada (CATC) has received a Certificate of GAP Good Animal Practice from the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) for its aquaculture research facility loca…

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 …

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 …

Plans to dramatically upgrade a laser delousing device were revealed at this weeks Fish Vet Society conference in Edinburgh.

Anaesthesia protocols and a debate on possible refinements of routine procedures with ornamental, farm, wild and laboratory fish are the key themes for this weeks Laboratory Animal Science Association…

COLOMBIA - The Global Aquaculture Alliance and Federacin Colombiana De Acuicultores (FEDEACUA) have announced the first pilot of the draft Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Biosecurity Area Management …

CHILE - Congratulations to Chiles Marine Farm Tornagaleones S.A., which is now capable of offering four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) salmon, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in late …

CHINA - Please join the Global Aquaculture Alliances Best Aquaculture Practices division in welcoming the worlds first BAP-certified crawfish facility to the third-party certification programme, the o…

US - A joint effort of NOAA, California Sea Grant, and the Aquarium of the Pacific, the report provides recommendations for the growth and expansion of offshore marine aquaculture in Southern Californ…

GLOBAL - Over the last few weeks, researchers at the University of Lincoln in the UK announced that they have won a major new grant award, worth over 300,000, for a study that will help to improve the…

UK - Researchers have won a major new grant award for a study that will help to improve the welfare of live fish used in scientific tests.

SWEDEN - What makes young salmon decide to leave their rivers and head out to Sea has been a hot topic for decades now. Current research from Ume University in Sweden shows that the young salmon's des…

INDIA - The African catfish (Clarias gariepinus), a banned variety of fish in India as it has been posing a threat to indigenous varieties, appears to be making its way across the country. Farmed ille…

UK - Aquaculture experts from the University of Stirling and the Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA) in Catalonia, have found the way fish, Senegalese sole, cope with st…

EUROPE - The period of transfer from the hatchery to the sea cage, is a challenging time for marine fish fry. Young fish are more prone to disease and stress after travelling long distances to the sea…

Although cleaner fish are proving an effective and environmentally friendly way of removing sea lice on salmon farms, they can carry pathogens that can cause disease in both the cleaner fish and salmo…