Post-harvest

A group of 20 fish farmers, university professors and technical analysts from Brazil visited Puerto Montt last week, as part of a mission to learn from Chile’s aquaculture sector.

Marine Harvest’s shareholders have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company changing its name to Mowi.

Waste from the salmon farming sector will help to fuel the world's oldest cruise line.

Salmon prices are to remain high during 2019, while the outlook for shrimp prices looks less promising, due to the continued recovery of global production figures, according to a new report from Rabob…

A new project is investigating how consumer products made from seafood by-products, such as mussel shells, can be more effectively marketed.

Marine Harvest hopes that its rebranding strategy will increase their profits by €100 million a year by 2025.

Marine Harvest, the world's largest salmon farming company, has announced plans to revert its name to Mowi, as the company was originally called.

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has become the first salmon producer in the UK to be awarded a 2-star Best Aquaculture Practice (BAP) certification.

Marine Harvest reports its best ever third quarter results, achieving an operational EBIT of €207 million in Q3 2018, compared to €194 million in the corresponding quarter of 2017.

One of the oldest marine finfish hatcheries in Europe has also become one of the most innovative, following a change of ownership in 2016.

The EU has approved the import of aquaculture products from Myanmar, in a move that has been welcomed by aquaculture producers in the Southeast Asian country.

Tilapia farming was a hot topic in Ghana last week after photos and videos of large numbers of dead tilapia at the Asutsuare farm of a Chinese company, China Fujian, went viral on social media.

Scientists at the University of Stirling have challenged concerns around the consumption of imported farmed shrimp - with new research indicating that it is as safe as any other seafood product.

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.

While biotechnology may draw mixed responses from consumers, producers and regulators around the world, it has a crucial role in ensuring the sustainable development of global aquaculture.

Salmon waste is helping to provide power to the Isle of Lewis, thanks to a recent upgrade of its main waste processing facility.

Shweta Vakil, director of one of India's largest aquaculture companies, explains how her role involves working with hatcheries, farmers and the post-production sector to take shrimps “from farm to for…

Cermaq’s new state-of-the-art salmon processing factory was officially opened by Norway’s State Secretary Roy Angelvik yesterday.

The true value of small-scale commercial aquaculture as a means of generating rural development and reducing poverty has been revealed in a new academic study.

The Scottish Salmon Company has paid its shareholders a dividend for the first time in seven years, following a marked improvement in its performance.