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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.

At Aqua Nor 2017 last week we took the opportunity to chat with a selection of attendees and exhibitors to ask why the Trondheim trade show is so important to them. Here's what they had to say:

Last week’s Aqua Nor exhibition attracted 27,110 visitors, from 71 countries – an increase of over 30 per cent compared to Aqua Nor 2015.

The world’s largest aquaculture technology exhibition

Aquaculture offers a raft of new opportunities for women in Latin America, according to Hideyoshi Segovia Uno, Commercial and Operations Manager of Spring Genetics.

Eleven fishing-related deaths have occurred in Alaska so far this year – the most in 13 years, following a 76 percent decrease in commercial fishing fatalities since the 1980s.