Salmonids

As the search for the best way to produce sterile farmed fish stocks continues, novel methods such as germ-cell migration disruption could offer good alternatives to inducing triploidy, according to o…

Salmon managers in Washington State are encouraging anglers to fish for thousands of Atlantic salmon that recently escaped from a farm run by Cooke Aquaculture near the San Juan Islands.

Changes in the ecosystem of Lake Michigan suggest that it would be more suitable to stock with lake trout and steelhead rather than Chinook salmon, according to a new study.

The latest and largest Hydrolicer model, which can delouse 350 tonnes of salmon per hour, is on display at this year's Aqua Nor.

Interest in and uptake of Stingray's louse laser is continuing to gain momentum at an impressive rate, according to the company's General Manager, John Arne Breivik.

CleanTreat cleanses the treatment water after delousing in well boats, and the water is clean before it is released back into the fjords. The solution allows salmon farmers to use medical treatments a…

Rabobank's Gorjan Nikolik predicts a huge increase in demand for Atlantic salmon from China in a new analysis of the major seafood markets.

AquaGen has entered into an agreement to purchase 51% of the Danish breeding company AquaSearch ova, one of the world's leading suppliers of genetics for the portion-size trout market.

New figures confirm that exports of farmed Scottish salmon reached a record value of £346 million in the first half of the year – a 70 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

Roughly five tons (4.5 tonnes) of genetically engineered (GE) salmon were sold on the Canadian market in the second quarter of the year.

Russia’s leading farmed salmonid producer, Russian Aquaculture, has reported commercial fish production of some 8,400 tonnes in the first half of 2017, a 664% increase compared to the 1,100 tonnes it …

Chilean researchers expect to print the first prototype of human tissue using salmon skin by November, in a project that could revolutionize the 3D printing of human organs.

The Scottish Salmon Company, which produces up to 30,000 tonnes of salmon a year from 60 sites across the west coast of Scotland, has been awarded Friend of the Sea certification.

HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will attend the official opening of this year’s Aqua Nor trade show.

SalmoBreed has hired Thommy Holmvåg (35) as a key account manager in a bid to strengthen its sales team in Central Norway.

Salmon producers in British Columbia (BC) are concerned by plans by environmental activists to relaunch a camping that is liable to not only stress the farm operatives but also threaten the health of …

Global exports of wild salmon caught off the coast of Alaska are struggling to compete with the international sales of salmon farmed in Norway, according to a leading seafood promoter.

The Chilean pharmaceutical laboratory Centrovet is in the process of developing a new clay-based solution to the Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) that are increasingly affecting the aquaculture industry.

Aquaculture industry players from Russia’s Karelia and Leningrad regions, in the northwest of the country, have reported an increase in trout production.

Vard is looking to build more vessels for the aquaculture and fisheries industries, during the current slump in North Sea offshore oil & gas production.