Best practice health and welfare management for aquatic livestock

In focus

Tackling AMR in aquaculture

17 Jan 2020

A new online course on antimicrobial stewardship in the food chain aims to educate the livestock industry – including the aquaculture sector – on how to implement a more responsible approach to using antibiotics.

Data with destiny: sharing information in shrimp farms

17 Dec 2019

Ralf Onken, head of software development at FAI, explains how working with shrimp producers to manage key performance and sustainability metrics can improve transparency and accountability in the sector.

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How to tackle major shrimp diseases

22 Nov 2019

Andy Shinn, director of Fish Vet Group Asia, and a world renowned expert on aquatic parasites, believes that the shrimp sector can do more to limit the impact of those disease challenges that form the sector’s largest co…

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AMR in aquaculture: a fish vet’s perspective

18 Nov 2019

To mark both European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and the start of WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness week, Dr Chris Matthews, operations director at Fish Vet Group, talks to The Fish Site about antimicrobial resistanc…

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News

Going with the flow: searching for the optimum current speeds in RAS

13 Feb 2020

A new project from Nofima is attempting to ascertain what water speed in RAS can optimise growth rates without compromising fish welfare.

Study questions cleaner fish efficiency

10 Feb 2020

Claims that using cleaner fish to remove parasitic sea lice from farmed salmon can be economically or ethically justified are not backed up by “robust evidence” according to a new scientific report.

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Tackling microbial threats to trout health

8 Feb 2020

Researchers in the US have made a discovery which could help the trout farming industry’s battle against the mucosal parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, commonly known as Ich, and other microbial threats to fish healt…

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28 million more vaccine doses delivered to Norwegian salmon last year

6 Feb 2020

Norwegian salmon were given 397 doses of vaccines in 2019 - 28 million more than the previous year.

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Benchmark seeks millions more for novel sea lice treatments

30 Jan 2020

Benchmark has targeted raising £43 million in order to scale up and speed up the commercialisation of its novel sea lice treatment system CleanTreat.

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More news

Diseases

Fish health from the front line

22 Apr 2019

Mowi farm technician Clara McGhee discusses the main fish health challenges facing Scottish salmon farmers, the range of…

Why climate change could mean more disease for marine aquaculture

15 Apr 2019

Extreme weather events and changing ocean conditions are creating unpredictable outcomes for aquaculture. One area where…

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Streptococcus vaccine offers hope for tilapia sector

21 Mar 2019

Hopes for the development of an effective vaccine to protect tilapia from Streptococcus have been given a boost followin…

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Oral vaccine could save US catfish farmers millions

20 Feb 2019

New vaccination techniques developed by Mississippi State University (MSU) should help the state’s catfish industry save…

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Medicinal treatments

Grieg Seafood releases annual survivability results

12 Apr 2019

Grieg Seafood has released its 2018 Annual Report; discussing productivity results for its fish farms across the globe

Scots announce lowest sea lice levels for six years

26 Mar 2019

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has announced that sea lice levels in the industry are at their lowest…

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World’s largest wellboat nears completion

22 Feb 2019

The hull of the 116 metre Ronja Storm – the aquaculture industry’s largest wellboat – has arrived at Havyard yard in Lei…

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Essential oils outperform antibiotics

21 Jan 2019

Four plant-based essential oils have been shown to be effective alternatives to antibiotics for treating a range of comm…

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Non-medicinal treatments