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SalMar has become the majority shareholder in Arnalax, Iceland’s largest salmon producer, in a deal worth £16 million.

2018 was a record year for SalMar, with operating revenues in excess of 11.3 billion kroner and an Operational EBIT of almost 3.5 billion kroner.

Mowi reports that profits (EBIT) for 2018 were €753 million, making it the group’s second-best year ever financially.

A record fourth quarter helped make 2018 the most profitable year in Norway Royal Salmon’s history.

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co has committed $100 million to Minh Phu Seafood Corporation, Vietnam’s largest shrimp processing company.

Vietnam aims to increase the value of its aquaculture exports by 10 percent next year, reaching $10.5 billion.

Hendrix Genetics, in partnership with Nutreco and Ecuacultivos, will invest in Ecuador to establish a state-of-the-art shrimp hatchery.

Biofloc systems could allow shrimp farmers to double stocking densities without impacting growth rates, according to the results of a new study.

Plans to establish a $30 million eel farm in Detroit have been unveiled by Aqua Vida Aquaculture.

The Federation of Maltese Aquaculture Producers (FMAP) has demanded the continued suspension of Malta’s fisheries director, Andreina Fenech Farrugia, following allegations that she helped illegally-ca…

Mediterranean-based fish health specialists and farmers are being invited to join a discussion on tenacibaculosis, in a bid to help combat the devastating bacterial disease.

Josh Goldman, founder and CEO of Australis, delves into barramundi production, how to overcome the challenges of land-based farming and how catering for millennials is the key to his continued success…

According to a recent article in Issues in Science and Technology, octopus aquaculture raises significant welfare and environmental concerns

Dennis Hedgecock, founder of Pacific Hybreed, hopes to bring cutting-edge breeding science to the US west-coast shellfish sector, to ensure the long-term success of a pivotal industry.

A new study identifies ways that shellfish could revolutionise human health research

The recurring boom-and-bust cycles in aquaculture production, where upscaling leads to diseases and eventual production collapse, have been one of the key factors in the declining rate of the industry…

Good feed and the right environment during their hatchery phase are key for lumpfish to be effective as cleaner fish in salmon farms once transferred to sea.

The emeritus professor of functional ecology at the University of Glasgow, who is one of the world’s preeminent experts on fish behaviour, discusses salmon welfare, nesting sticklebacks… and a near de…

Although lagging behind Norway, research into the use of Pacific cleaner fish species to combat lice issues is showing some promise.

The salmon farming industry must look into ways of only using sterile lumpfish that have been produced from captive broodstock in order to retain the volume and genetic integrity of local stocks, acco…

Vietnam aims to increase the value of its aquaculture exports by 10 percent next year, reaching $10.5 billion.

Cambodia’s trade in farmed aquatic species - such as shrimp, pangasius and tilapia - is under threat after the EU announced it might suspend the Southeast Asian country’s preferential trade access agr…

Every prison in Ghana is due to have its own fish farm as part of a governmental initiative that kicked off this week.

Papers on the use of aeration in catfish culture, how bioflocs contribute to shrimp nutrition and why standardisation is vital for successful cryopreservation to safeguard key aquaculture stocks were …

Josh Goldman, founder and CEO of Australis, delves into barramundi production, how to overcome the challenges of land-based farming and how catering for millennials is the key to his continued success…

A Japanese microalgae producer has become the first in the world to attain certification to the new ASC-MSC Seaweed (Algae) Standard.

Seaweed aquaculture is prominent across Japan, but in the southern prefecture of Saga it has a particularly successful history. Home to seaweed farming for more than a century, Saga faces the Ariake …

Researchers in Norway are investigating whether diets containing microalgae can make salmon more resistant to sea lice.

Sturgeon farming in Russia is booming, which is reflected by the increasing number of investment projects it is attracting, as well as growing attention from the state being directed towards the probl…

Victoria Chomo, secretary of the FAO's European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) and the Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission (CACFish)…

Croatian firm Poljana has unveiled plans to launch the country’s only beluga sturgeon farm and processing plant, in an investment worth some €3 million ($3.6 million).

A new feed mill has been opened in Russia’s Karelia region in a move that will help boost the region’s aquaculture industry, according to senior state officials.