Health & welfare

Over a quarter of the sites farmed by the 12 companies that are part of the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) were Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified by the end of 2016 a 60% increase compa…

A hi-tech piece of lab equipment that could be used for the first time to help breed disease-resistant algae for the seaweed-growing industry has been delivered to the Scottish Association for Marine …

Following the successful deployment of a number of species notably lumpsuckers and ballan wrasse as cleanerfish in salmon cages in the eastern Atlantic, the aquaculture industry in BC has been seeki…

Lower international prices and outbreaks of disease in some leading producing countries meant that global production of farmed shrimp in 2016 remained stagnant, or even fell, compared to the year befo…

SEPA to enforce louse treatment reduction, but biomass limits might be increased.

Investments in cleanerfish and mechanical sea lice removal pay off.

Details of an application for a patent concerning a neonicotinoid-based in-feed sea louse treatment have been recently published in the US.

A ground-breaking sea lice treatment is due to be launched by Benchmark in the coming months, according to a trading report released by the group today.

A new 4-year project to investigate optimization of feeds used for cleanerfish – such as wrasse and lumpsuckers – in salmon cages has kicked off in Norway.

Vaccines and traditional control methods have failed to stop SRS from threatening Chile’s aquaculture industry. But a research student in Canada might just have found a simple solution to the devastat…

Following the successful deployment of a number of species notably lumpsuckers and ballan wrasse as cleanerfish in salmon cages in the eastern Atlantic, the aquaculture industry in BC has been seeki…

Innovative ways to manage salmon behaviour so they are less likely to be infected by sea lice was the subject of a fascinating talk by Dr Frode Oppedal at last weeks Fish Vet Society conference in Edi…

Some fish can pool their experience to solve problems collectively, according to new research from scientists at the University of St Andrews.

New research suggests the the creation of marine reserves can cause fish to adapt their behaviour in a way that makes them less likely to stray from areas with low fishing pressure.

Climate change can have a different impact on male and female fish, shellfish and other marine animals, with widespread implications for the future of marine life and the production of seafood. But a …

A rare fish that is thought to be from the Ice Age has been caught on video for the first time at a lake in Cumbria.