Salmonids

Cleaner fish were widely adopted as a “natural” solution to sea lice in salmon aquaculture, but large-scale evidence now shows inconsistent efficacy, poor welfare, and high mortality. Our recently published review argues that cleaner fish use represents a case…

A young biologist has achieved nothing short of a miracle: singlehandedly building the only RAS farm for Arctic char in the Netherlands. Focusing on short supply chains and a strong product story, he makes a decent living from his Dutch char as well.

In a sector where no two farms look alike, Wittaya’s modelling tools promise a common language for benchmarking performance, from shrimp ponds to salmon cages.

The production of natural algal astaxanthin – at a scale and price that make it an affordable aquafeed ingredient – is tantalisingly close, according to Claude Kaplan, CEO of Kuehnle Agro Systems (KAS)*. 

A new paper details how molecular tools such as CRISPR could be effectively used to increase the resistance of Atlantic salmon to sea lice – improving fish welfare and reducing costs for the salmon farming sector. 

A Norwegian-led company is convinced it can help Namibia become a salmon producer of international significance – thanks to the cool waters of the Benguela Current, a stable and supportive government and the comparatively low costs of establishing a farming bu…