Regulations

A recently developed high protein product, Prairie AquaTech’s Me-Pro, is now authorised to be sold as an ingredient for aquafeeds in Europe.

Ten of Mowi Canada’s farming licences have been suspended after 2.6 million salmon died due to low oxygen-related issues in Newfoundland.

Helping UK shellfish producers to cope with the possible impact of a no-deal Brexit will be the subject of a one-day workshop organised by the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) next week.

A joint venture to produce sablefish (black cod) and triploid rainbow trout at a former Atlantic salmon production site has been formed by Cooke Aquaculture Pacific and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.

Scotland’s salmon farmers have rejected a proposal by SEPA – Scotland’s environmental regulator - to introduce a limit on the amount of feed they can use at each site.

Following the successful application for a muti-trophic aquaculture installation near the isle of Scalpay, Mowi Scotland has agreed to close its existing salmon site Loch Ewe.

Plans to move all salmon production in British Columbia to land-based sites have been hailed as being “highly irresponsible with potentially serious and far-reaching negative consequences for Canadian…

UN panel states that increasing food production in the ocean is a key strategy in reaching the climate goal set in the Paris Agreement.

The Indigenous Monitoring and Inspection Plan (IMIP) establishes a formal process for First Nations oversight of fish farms operating in the Territories of the ‘Namgis, Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis, and …

Whole Oceans has received approval for its plans to build a land-based salmon farm on the site of a former paper mill in Bucksport, Maine.

The CEO of Kampachi has launched a rugged defence of his plans to establish the first finfish aquaculture installation in US Federal waters outside Hawaii following objections from a leading environme…

The Danish Government has announced plans to prevent the development of any new finfish farms in its coastal waters, due to its concerns over the environmental impact of net pen farming at sea.

More work needs to be done to understand the global seaweed industry, according to United Nations delegates who were attending the recent FAO Sub-Committee on Aquaculture in Trondheim.

The Colombian authorities have granted Spring Genetics a licence to import a new high performance tilapia strain in a bid to reinvigorate the country's aquaculture sector.

The National Trust for Scotland has officially opposed Mowi’s proposed plans to establish a 2,500-tonne capacity organic salmon farm off the isle of Canna.

Crown Estate Scotland has announced plans to launch “a comprehensive ‘root and branch’ review of how Scotland’s seabed is leased for aquaculture” in order to “promote sustainable development and wider…

Fresh insights into Brazil’s burgeoning tilapia farming sector are offered in a new report from the FAO.

Politicians “routinely exaggerate” the economic impact of Tasmania’s salmon farming sector, and are missing out on up to $2 billion of state revenue, according to new research.

Campaigners are due to deliver a 40,000-signature petition to Marine Scotland today that demands "emergency" inspections of all salmon farming operations.

The prospect of establishing “marine industrial parks” in Norwegian waters could help to create more space for aquaculture, according to a new report.