Arctic char

Cermaq has transferred its first batch of smolt into the world’s largest flexible closed containment system, which has the capacity to hold 400 tonnes of salmon.

Salmon waste is helping to provide power to the Isle of Lewis, thanks to a recent upgrade of its main waste processing facility.

An outbreak of algae – possibly caused by agricultural run-off – is suspected as the cause of 750,000 mortalities at a salmon farm in the Faroe Islands last week.

A three-year project that aims to help alleviate gill disease in farmed salmon, largely by focusing on net management strategies, has been launched today.