Salmonids

The Steward Foundation and industry partners Oregon Aquaculture Association, Northwest Aquaculture Alliance and California Aquaculture Alliance have received a $197,000 grant as part of the USDA's Local Food Promotion Pr…

Cermaq Canada has reportedly slashed over 76,000 kg of CO2 emissions from their operations last year after adopting a new aeration technology from Poseidon Ocean Systems.

Researchers have demonstrated that omega-3 fatty acid DHA can limit the synthesis of melanin, a pigment that creates unwanted dark spots in farmed salmon fillets.

A new study from Northeastern University has found that the economic losses stemming from Covid-19 pale in comparison to costs related to climate change.

Mowi Canada West has made what it describes as a difficult decision to permanently close its fish processing plant in Surrey, British Columbia (BC) – “a direct result of the Liberal Government’s decision on 17 December 2…

A decision to uphold Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s permit to farm steelhead instead of Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound has been well received by the local aquaculture industry.

A short-term cod feeding trial indicates that the quality of wild fish around aquaculture sites is not harmed if they eat salmon pellets.

Cermaq AS and Benchmark Animal Health are partnering to develop a Tenacibaculum vaccine to address health and welfare challenges in farmed Atlantic salmon.

The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada has unveiled a new multi-million dollar facility that will study the impact of climate change on fish stress and bridge the gap between the lab and fieldwork.

Blue Aqua has announced that it’s looking to develop Singapore’s first high-tech rainbow trout farm as part of a plan to invest SGD $45 million to grow its aquaculture operations.

A Norwegian company is looking to develop deep geothermal energy projects in order to make land-based aquaculture facilities more sustainable.

Offshore salmon farming pioneer SalMar Aker Ocean has hired Roy Reite as CEO.

Plans to pre-empt and avoid health challenges that may result from climate change and growth in the farming of cod, salmon and lumpfish are currently being developed by Nofima.

Researchers in China caution that some commercial probiotics for the aquaculture industry may be mislabelled, and also contain cytotoxins and antibiotic resistance genes that can be passed to other organisms.

The United Nations is formally recognising the crucial role artisanal aquaculture and fisheries play in global food security by launching an international year.

Emerging research from the University of Valencia finds that farmed fish are not very susceptible to being infected with the anisakis parasite.

Though insect protein startups are generating splashy headlines and bringing new players into the aquafeed industry, single-cell and microbial proteins might be a key feed component in the future.

A blind taste test conducted by the University of Copenhagen shows that Danes prefer the taste of both conventionally and organically farmed smoked salmon over wild-caught – as long as they don’t know how it’s produced.

A novel high-tech method for scanning salmon fillets for defects at industrial speed is now being used by Mowi UK.

Researchers at Stanford University have identified an innovative process for converting methane into a potential fish feed ingredient.