Salmonids

An innovative new anchoring technology which could allow Scotland's aquaculture sector to move into high energy marine locations is being developed by a consortium of engineering experts.

Fish health and genetics are set to top the agenda at Benchmark’s seminar during AquaNor 2019.

Benchmark, the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, has completed the dissolution of its joint venture with AquaChile.

One of the UK’s best-known chefs has spoken out against the salmon farming sector at the launch of an initiative that aims to persuade diners to consider a more diverse choice of seafood.

BioMar has acquired the remaining shares in the Alitec Pargua feed mill from AquaChile.

Scottish farmed salmon has reclaimed the top spot as the UK's largest food export.

French retailer Supermarché Match has started to sell salmon fed with Veramaris’ innovative natural marine algal oil.

Friends of the Earth and Center for Food Safety have formally accused the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of violating the Endangered Species Act for funding “an industrial ocea…

Today the Scottish government announced plans to introduce legislation to make the weekly reporting of sea lice data statutory, one week in arrears, in a move that has been welcomed by the SSPO.

Benchmark, the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, has announced plans to use the Nordic investor network to help it refinance its existing $90 million credit facility.

This week, over 70 scientists and industry professionals from 16 countries gather in Tromsø, Norway to launch the EU funded AquaVitae project.

The capacity of Scotland’s salmon farming sector is set to increase by over 1,600 tonnes following the news that Scottish Sea Farms has been given the approval for a new site off the small Orcadian is…

FishGLOBE v5, a ground-breaking floating post-smolt production unit, is one step closer to commercial launch.

Benchmark has been given the opportunity to take sole control of the salmon breeding operation in Chile that it currently jointly owns with Agrosuper.

A record number of applications have been made for this year’s Nor-Fishing Innovation Award.

A map that allows fish farmers to monitor the impact of the algal bloom in Troms and Nordland has been launched by Manolin this week.

Benchmark's SalmoBreed Salten hatchery had its official opening under cloudless Arctic skies on 22 May.

Around eight million farmed salmon are thought to have been killed by a recent algal bloom in Norway.

Mowi has announced a €23 million plan to rebuild its smokery in Landivisiau, France, which burnt down in July 2018.

Benchmark’s state-of-the-art egg production unit opened to much fanfare at Salten today.