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Certain tilapia families have been shown to be completely resistant to tilapia lake virus (TiLV), offering hope that breeding programmes can combat one of the worst diseases to hit the global fish farming industry in rec…

Organizers of Aquafeed Horizons 2020 conference, which was due to take place on March 24, in Bangkok, have cancelled the meeting due to concerns over coronavirus.

A land-based coho salmon farming venture in New York state has plans to roll out production across 10 sites in the US.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has finalised a deal to acquire a 46,000 square foot aquatic animal research facility in Victoria, Prince Edward Island, from Elanco Animal Health.

100,000 salmon have been released in a novel pen designed by Atlantis Subsea Farming, which will keep them at least 30m below the surface of the sea.

Xelect, the independent aquaculture genetics specialist, has launched a new range of rapid response services that cover ploidy testing, sex determination, gene expression, genotyping and relatedness analysis.

Norwegian cod-farming venture Norcod has successfully raised NOK 105 kroner (€10.5 million) as it seeks to become the world's leading producer of responsibly farmed cod.

Bluestar Adisseo and Calysta have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) named Calysseo to develop a facility capable of producing 100,000 tonnes of FeedKind, for the Asian aquafeed market.

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have bestowed the UK’s highest academic honour upon the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture.

Pacific oysters can reach market size in a mere five months given the right conditions, according to the results of a new trial.

A new tool that is designed to give salmon farmers advanced warning about outbreaks of sea lice and pancreas disease (PD) has been launched by Manolin today.

Two of Scotland’s largest seafood organisations united today to call for urgent discussions with UK Government ministers amid concerns about the impact of post-Brexit immigration plans.

Trout produced by Truite Service fed with a Skretting diet that incorporates algal oil developed by Veramaris arrived on retail shelves in France this week.

Salmon farming in Scotland has achieved its best ever environmental performance, according to statistics collected for SEPA.

Mowi Scotland has reported the death of an unnamed individual following a “workplace incident” at one of its marine sites yesterday.

The first super-intensive indoor shrimp farm in Qatar is being constructed by Blue Aqua International and ITQAN.

A series of functional aquafeeds which include ingredients that promote growth and survival in a range of fish species has been launched by Aller Aqua today.

A project billed as "Singapore's first-ever smart floating fish farm", which is equipped with a S$1 million integrated artificial intelligence (AI) and video analytics system to detect fish health and growth rates, was o…

The ASC’s Shrimp Standard has been officially endorsed by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), one of the world's leading seafood industry benchmarks.

Benchmark Holdings, the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, has raised £43 million, as it seeks to scale up its CleanTreat sea lice treatment system.