Welfare

The welfare of farmed fish and shellfish will be the focus of the first day of the Fish Vet Society’s Spring Scientific Conference, which is taking place on 26-27 March, near Edinburgh.

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…

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.

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 …

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 de…

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 an…

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, …

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.

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

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

Steve Bracken, who will soon be retiring from Marine Harvest, has been presented with a special award by the RSPCA for his contribution to the welfare of farmed salmon.

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.

Huw Golledge, senior scientific programme manager for the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA), explains some of the key the issues that helped inspire a £1.7 million donation to projects that improve t…

Eirik Sigstadstø, R&D director at the Norwegian Research Fund (FHF), has high hopes for next week’s sea louse control conference in Trondheim, in which the use of lumpfish and wrasse are set to be hig…

New trials that involved keeping net-caught cod alive on board a trawler have shown promising results, with 90 percent surviving.