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Feeding farmed salmon a mineral extracted from the bones of blue whiting can help them absorb the astaxanthin in their diets and therefore improve the colour of their fillets a new study has discovere…

Nofima and Calysta have agreed to launch a series of trials in which salmon are fed diets containing a novel protein made from single celled organisms rather than fishmeal.

AKVA group has today entered into an agreement to acquire Egersund Net, in a deal worth NOK 750 million (£68 million).

AKVA group ended the quarter with an order backlog of NOK 1.43 billion (£130 million) and, looking ahead, expects market conditions to remain favourable – particularly in Chile, Eastern Canada, Icelan…

Inspired by the early trials of the world’s largest operational salmon farming pen, SalMar is now determined to head even further offshore, with plans to build a system that can withstand wave heights…

Sales of salmon vaccines in Norway ended at 13.1 million doses, up from 12.8 million doses in April 2017.

A conference that focuses on smolt production in RAS and closed-containment systems is scheduled to take place in Norway in October.

Benchmark has reshuffled its new genetics division (formerly Benchmark breeding & genetics) in a bid to help its salmon, shrimp and tilapia breeding programmes continue to evolve

Immersing farmed salmon in warmed water as a means of removing sea lice presents serious fish health and welfare issues according to a new study.

AKVA group has announced that it will now represent all Egersund Net products in its export markets outside of Norway.

A recently launched satellite monitoring programme suggests that a voluntary international trawling moratorium off the coast of the Svalbard archipelago is proving effective.

A new project looking into how different types of quality can increase the value of farmed salmon products has been recently launched.

Linn Therese Skår Hosteland, the current web editor at www.kyst.no, will be leaving to take on a new role as industry and business policy adviser for Norway’s Kystrederiene in June.

Norwegian cod exports achieved a record value in the first quarter of the year, topping NOK 3 billion (£273 million).

A new vessel which has been modified and fitted with an increased capacity for the use of Benchmark’s CleanTreat system set sail for Norway from Scotland this week.

AKVA group has signed a contract for the delivery of four Polarcirkel work boats to Bremnes Seashore. With a value of more than NOK 10 million (£927,000), this is AKVA group’s largest independent boat…

Permission to grow almost 6,000 tonnes of salmon in two novel semi-submersible salmon farm systems has been granted to Arctic Offshore Farming by Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries.

A drop in the overall value of salmon exports compared to February last year, was partly to blame for an 8 percent decrease in the export value of Norwegian seafood last month.

Larger salmon post-smolts do not grow as well in marine cages as traditional 100g smolts, according to new research.

Dr Solveig van Nes, Marine & Maritime Director of Creuna, Norway, has played a key role in initiating a digital education platform that teaches Norway's next generation about the vast potential of the…