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The health, welfare and deployment of cleaner fish on salmon farms were the subjects of a Q&A session at today’s Aquaculture UK conference in Aviemore.

Aker BioMarine, the largest producer of krill-based products in the world, was named the most innovative company in Europe in this year’s European Business Awards.

The winners of the new Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards were announced last night in front of 600-strong capacity crowd at the Aquaculture UK exhibition.

A platform for some of the UK’s best aquaculture early career researchers to showcase their cutting-edge work directly to industry stakeholders took place as part of the Aquaculture UK conference this…

Today at Aquaculture UK, the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) announced a new skills initiative and funding for four PhD projects worth over £500,000.

Aquaculture UK has been formally opened by the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing this morning.

Following 12 months of design, engineering and trials, Underwater Contracting Limited (UCO) will for the first time be exhibiting its mort recovery system, the Foover, at Aquaculture UK this week.

An initiative that aims to enhance the sustainable sourcing of marine ingredients by industries such as the aquafeed production sector has been launched today.

Profiles of the most popular aquaculture species on the UK seafood market have been drawn up by Seafish to create an easy-to-use online tool to inform seafood buyers.

Both importers and exporters of aquaculture in the UK continue to contribute a significant portion to the country’s GDP. Over the 10 years through 2022-2023, industry value added is forecast to grow a…

A new booklet which aims to debunk some of the myths surrounding Scotland's salmon farming sector has been distributed to key decision makers today.

Steve Bracken, who will soon be retiring from Marine Harvest, has been presented with a special award by the RSPCA for his contribution to the welfare of farmed salmon.

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.

HS.Marine, the Italian marine cranes specialist, is currently quadrupling their production facilities.

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…

​On April 17th, Hipra organised a theoretical training course in health and prevention, known as Hipra University, in Palma de Mallorca (Spain).

Harvest volumes of Scottish farmed salmon have been forecast to reach only 155,000 tonnes this year, an 11 percent drop compared to 2017.

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…

Low sea water temperatures and rough conditions combined to contribute to a tough start to the year for Arnalax, Iceland’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon.