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A new programme that aims to use fisheries and aquaculture to assist 3.5 million people to exit poverty and reduce the number of people suffering from deficiencies in essential micronutrients by 2.4 m…

New research from Nofima shows that salmon diets need to contain more than 1 percent EPA and DHA marine omega 3 fatty acids in order to remain healthy.

A breakthrough which makes possible to breed fish with natural resistance to pancreas disease (PD) in Atlantic salmon has been made by Nofima, SalmoBreed and other partners.

The 2018 budget unveiled on May 23 by the Trump administration is bad news for anything that swims in or near US waters.

Skretting is launching its feeds in Honduras and Nicaragua this week, in a bid to support the growing need for sustainable shrimp feeds in both these important aquaculture markets and throughout Centr…

The impact that a 2 per cent increase in global Atlantic salmon production is likely to have on market prices is hard to predict, according to Damien Claire, President of Platina Seafood, due to marke…

One of the highlights of next months inaugural Aquaculture UK Conference is set to be the relaunch of the former Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards.

The West Greenland offshore Greenland halibut fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.

Farmed shrimp from Thailand, Vietnam, and India could be traced back to their countries of origin with more than 98 percent confidence through a process known as elemental profiling, according to a ne…

Salmon abundance in the North Pacific, as indexed by aggregate commercial catches, remains at near all-time high levels.

Seven Steinsvik feed barges have just been completed at the shipyard in Gdynia Poland, and are now en route for Canada.

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.

Today Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) has reported the highest quarterly operational EBIT (MNOK 205) and EBIT/kg (NOK 28.60) for a first quarter in the history of the group.

Bakkafrosts farming segment harvested 13,200 tonnes at an EBIT of NOK 34.27 per kg in the first quarter of the year an impressive margin despite facing a number of biological challenges.

Polish fish processor Seko SA posted sales of PLN 42.58 million (10.1 million) in Q1, an increase of 16.5% compared with the same period a year earlier.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada (CATC) has received a Certificate of GAP Good Animal Practice from the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) for its aquaculture research facility loca…

Salmon managers are hoping for the best and planning for the worst as lawmakers extend into a third special session to try and agree on a state budget. It is the third year in a row they have not fini…

A new range of high performance tilapia and African catfish feeds has been launched BioMar a sign of the growing importance and sophistication of the aquaculture sector in Africa.

Nearly 200 biology students were given an introduction to mussel culture at New Zealands Cawthron Aquaculture Park this month.

Sashimi derived from yellowtail fed a diet containing a novel fishmeal replacement has passed a consumer taste test with flying colours.