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David Gregory, a highly experienced food industry director and former Chairman of Red Tractor Assurance, has been announced today as the new Chairperson of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (…

Dr Marcy Wilder, senior research scientist at the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), sees huge potential for the production of shrimp and other organisms in recirc…

Jeremy Dunn, executive director at the BC Salmon Farmers Association, is leaving the producers’ organisation to join Marine Harvest Canada's Public Affairs division.

Disease-related losses reduce global aquaculture capacity by over 40 percent, according to Dr Giana Gomes, a specialist in the early detection of ciliate parasites, who is determined to help this figu…

Responsible for all aspects of FVG’s commercial activities globally, the Commercial Director translates FVG’s strategy into a commercial plan covering all of FVG’s business activities.

An invitation to companies interested in the Fish Oil Challenge to join one of two upcoming webinars explaining the $100,000 contest has been issued today.

Lilian Elekwachi, research technician and catfish farmer at the United Ufuoma Fish Farmers Association (UUFFA) in Warri Delta State, Nigeria, believes that improved infrastructure and knowledge are es…

Aquaculture innovation, sustainability and food safety is set to be the main theme, and the theme of the first plenary speaker’s talk, at the forthcoming Asian-Pacific Aquaculture event, which is taki…

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…

Steve Bracken, Business Support Manager at Marine Harvest Scotland, has announced he will retire at the end of July, after 41 years’ service to Scottish salmon farming,

According to a 2015 review by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 70 percent of the global aquaculture workforce are female, occupying roles from fish production and processing to retail a…

The first interviewee in The Fish Site's new series is Conchita Milburn, head of Gariep Dam Hatchery and Aquaculture Technology Demonstration Centre, South Africa, who is playing a key part in various…

Loch Duart, the independent Scottish salmon farming company, showed a dramatic turnaround in financial fortunes in the year ending 31 March 2017.

Hatch, the world´s first start-up accelerator focused on the aquaculture industry, is now offering funding and business support for talented aquaculture start-ups.

Scottish politicians were offered a fresh insight into the importance of salmon farming to rural communities in an upbeat new film by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) which was launch…

Evidence is mounting that while aquaculture is a solid means for reducing global undernutrition, more needs to be done to build the case.

A new video case study campaign highlighting the way in which the Scottish aquaculture sector is embracing support to innovate and grow has been launched this week.

TomAlgae, the feed firm specialising in the production of freeze-dried algae to be used as feed in shrimp and oyster hatcheries, is looking to crack the North American oyster market.

The 2018 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards are now officially open for entry, enabling individuals and companies from all aspects of the industry to pit themselves against the crème de la crème of th…

Waste-to-nutrient up-cycler AgriProtein has been named as one of the most promising disruptive businesses of 2017.