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Grieg Newfoundland Salmon (Grieg NL) has announced that it has been acquired by Grieg Seafood ASA, in a deal that could be worth up to could be worth up to 1.55 billion kroner (£130 million).

Aquaculture UK – the UK’s leading trade show dedicated to the growing aquaculture sector – has been bought by Diversified Communications UK.

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.

The Brexit deal being pursued by the UK Government is likely to place “huge unnecessary burdens” on the UK’s biggest food export – Scottish salmon – according to the trade body for the sector.

A new tool incorporating the latest advancements in genetic marker information for whiteleg (vannamei) shrimp has been launched this week.

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…

According to a new government report, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s campaign pledge to ban ocean net pen farming in British Columbia faces several challenges.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has made an additional $5 million in funding available for researchers exploring the economics of aquaculture in the US.

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

Scotland’s seafood processors are demanding continued tariff-free trade and access to labour in any Brexit deal reached between the UK and the EU.

Adding fermented date palm seed meal to tilapia feed can improve factors including growth and immune response.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has strengthened its Independent Scientific Panel (SISP) by including five industry experts on the board, providing objective scientific opinion when consulting on the innovation centre's projects. …

The new plant, Ecuador’s first, will supply 66 percent of Ecuador’s market for aquafeed.

Norway’s Fisheries Minister announces an increase in output capacity for salmon and trout producers in nine of the country’s 13 ocean farming regions.

A new project has been launched to increase the profitability of tilapia farms in Kenya and Tanzania.

The University of Maine has accepted a proposal to work with the Dutch company Kingfish Zeeland to build an aquaculture facility in Jonesport.

Frass – the byproduct of the larval meal industry – has potential as a protein source in catfish diets according to new research.

AKVA has signed an agreement to acquire at least 70 percent of Newfoundland Aqua Service (NAS)

This week’s launch of a new workboat for Inverlussa Marine has been hailed as a clear demonstration of the wider economic benefits of the Scottish aquaculture industry.

An unmanned solar-powered ocean drone, which has been designed to collect detailed data on the krill biomass in Antarctic waters, has been launched this week by Aker BioMarine