Salmonids

A salmon farmer is looking to secure a patent for part of a system he developed in his own living room that is now being rolled out across 90 cages in Scotland and has had a hugely positive impact on gill health.

Gaskiya Diagnostics, which develops low-cost and easy-to-use diagnostic tests for aquaculture, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The Marine Institute’s newly-launched SALMSON smolt project aims to investigate the potential benefits of using recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) to help produce larger organic salmon smolts in Ireland.

SalMar’s subsidiary Ocean Farming AS has been granted permission to convert the eight development licences it was awarded for its Ocean Farm 1 concept into conventional salmon production licences.

Scottish tech entrepreneurs Chris van der Kuyl and Paddy Burns have invested in Dundee-headquartered aquaculture technology specialist Ace Aquatec.

A new technique that allows the 3D printing of fish such as salmon and tuna is currently being developed by a consortium of students.

BioMar Norway and Bio Feeder have announced plans for the design and build of Norway’s first battery-powered fish feed delivery vessel.

Aller Flow is a new feed designed for Atlantic Salmon raised in recirculated aquaculture systems.

Norway Royal Salmon ASA has reported a potential outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in its Dønnesfjord operating area.

The electrification of a single salmon farming site in Norway has resulted in the saving of 110,000 litres of diesel a year.

Mowi has pledged to only use deforestation-free soy in its own brand fish feeds from 2021.

The efficacy of using lumpfish in net pen salmon farms may have been questioned by a number of academics recently, but a new review offers strong support for their ability to reduce Caligus elongatus numbers on …

A competition designed to accelerate the development and adoption of fishmeal and fish oil substitutes in aquafeeds has doubled its prize fund to $70,000 per category.

Chileans have been warned not to eat any of the 875,000 escaped salmon that are currently at large in the Los Lagos area, as they have recently been treated with antibiotics.

A new study confirms that preventing sea louse infestations has key advantages over other strategies and identifies the most promising preventative methods.

Plans to install a novel semi-closed salmon farm in Canada, which would prevent interactions between wild and farm raised salmon, have been unveiled by Cermaq this week.

Nearly a million salmon have escaped from a farm operated by Blumar, Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) has confirmed.

Plans to produce 10,000 tonnes of organic salmon in a year in Dubai have been unveiled this week.

Marukin, which farms coho salmon in Miyagi prefecture, has become the first coho producer in Japan to acquire Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.