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The tenth anniversary Lindsay Laird Award was presented to Fransisco Guardiola at today’s European Aquaculture Europe (AE2017) event in Dubrovnik.

A study that could aid the search for the development of a vaccine against sea lice in salmon, how environmental enrichment can impact cleanerfish welfare, and plans to further the scientific assessme…

At the Aquaculture Innovation Europe summit in London, The Fish Site caught up with Morten Nordstad, President of Pharmaq, to understand why supporting innovative start-ups is important for Pharmaq an…

Fish Vet Group Norge has recently hired Marta Alarcón – a fish health specialist with a strong background in researching cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) in Atlantic salmon and diseases in lumpfish.

The judging panel for the 2018 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards has been announced today, at a time when aquaculture companies across the UK are busily preparing their entries and nominations for ne…

Three aquaculture students at the NAFC were among the 17 award-winners at the Shetland college’s annual prize-giving ceremony last week.

Aquaculture companies Gael Force Group​ and Marine Harvest Scotland​ won four prizes between them at an awards ceremony attended by the Highlands and Islands’ most influential and important business l…

The value of British Columbia’s farmed salmon industry has increased by 37 percent over the past three years, resulting in the creation of over 1,600 jobs, according to an independent economic analysi…

Jason Cleaversmith has been appointed General Manager of AKVA group Scotland, at a time when their Scottish operations are being given an important international role.

Eight of the 40 companies to reach the finals of this year’s Fish 2.0 competition are involved in, or have links to, the culture of bivalves – a measure of the innovative ideas emerging from, and bein…

A new initiative that aims to promote inclusive and sustainable aquaculture in Africa as a means to achieve human development, food and nutrition security has been launched this week.

Farmed salmon has the scope to become the most sustainable source of healthy protein in the world, according to a representative of the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI).

2018’s Aquaculture UK exhibition is set to be the largest ever aquaculture event to be held in the British Isles.

Over a few short decades, the shape of Shetland’s salmon aquaculture sector went from small-scale crofting by prosperous local heroes to corporate mega-business. Tom Morton surveys the industry landsc…

Marine Harvest and Aquascot were among the winners of this year's Highlands and Islands Business Excellence Awards.

The tenth Lindsay Laird Innovation in Aquaculture prize will be awarded to the student with the best poster presentation at Aquaculture Europe 2017.

The organizer of this year’s GOAL conference, which takes place in Dublin on 3-6 October, hopes it will help to highlight trends and outline technologies that should inspire the international aquacult…

A world leader in speciality additives for fish and shrimp, Nutriad sponsored the Asia Pacific Aquaculture 2017 (APA) exhibition which was held recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nutriad health exper…

A Norwegian researcher with an enviable track record for securing EU funding for fisheries- and aquaculture-related projects has published a number of tips on how to write a successful application.

Trondheim tradeshow marks a major milestone for Scottish firm's international ambitions.