Salmonids

Benchmark is delighted to announce that it has won the prestigious AquaNor Innovation Award 2019 for CleanTreat, a new water purification system that removes medicines from treatment water before rele…

Mowi farm technician Clara McGhee discusses the crucial business of salmon feeding strategies and how these help to ensure a site remains profitable, environmentally sustainable and capable of produc…

The National Trust for Scotland has officially opposed Mowi’s proposed plans to establish a 2,500-tonne capacity organic salmon farm off the isle of Canna.

Scottish seafood exports to Japan rose to over 2,630 tonnes last year, up from 598 tonnes in 2017, and a contingent of seafood companies heading east for the Japan Seafood Expo 2019 (21 – 23 August) i…

Malcolm Pye, founder and CEO of Benchmark, the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, has announced that he will step down as CEO at the end of November.

A next generation net pen concept designed for producing salmon in offshore locations is set for its international launch at Aqua Nor. Marc Wilson, marketing manager at Gael Force, explains what makes…

A pioneering system that can automatically count sea lice – and potentially save thousands of man hours, as well as improve fish welfare – is in the running for this year’s Nor Fishing Innovation Awar…

Tesco is updating its salmon standards with the intention of reducing the amount of wild-caught fish that is fed to salmon in aquaculture.

The residents of one of Scotland’s smallest inhabited islands are undecided about whether to support a proposal by Mowi Scotland to build a 2,500 tonne organic salmon site off their shores.

AKVA has signed a deal to produce “several larger land based smolt projects” for Cooke Aquaculture.

Market forecasters estimate that the sector will reach $336 million by 2026.

New research has demonstrated that rainbow trout fed a diet supplemented with thyme essential oil had improved growth, weight gain, immune response and disease resistance.

Figures published today (9 August) by HMRC show that exports of Scottish salmon have risen by 25 percent in value to reach £319 million, while volumes increased by 25 percent to 47,000 tonnes, in the …

The Benchmark Animal Health team say they are eagerly awaiting Aqua Nor, after CleanTreat was shortlisted for the much-prized Nor-Fishing Foundation Innovation Award.

Atholl Duncan has been appointed as the new chair of the Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation (SSPO).

New Zealand King Salmon has announced plans to double its production by establishing new sites in the “open ocean”.

William Dowds, one of the Scottish aquaculture sector’s most dedicated supporters, passed away on 3 August.

The world’s largest Atlantic salmon producer has agreed to test the fish oil-free feed formula that wins the current F3 Fish Oil Challenge.

A self-propelled subsea robot that is designed to reduce net fouling by automatically cleaning nets up to 12 times a day has been nominated for this year’s Nor-Fishing Foundation Innovation Award.

A new study has compared the feed cost differences between high-fat and high-protein diets used in salmon farming and finds that high-protein diets could improve feed conversion and growth performance – saving producers money in the long-term.…