Atlantic Salmon

The use of antibiotics in the global salmon sector has halved over the course of the last seven years, due to improvements in antibiotics stewardship, disease control and fish welfare, according to a new report.

Recent work on the impact of climate change on Norway's salmon sector, led by researchers at Nofima, may help both the Norwegian sector, and the wider aquaculture industry, prepare for the numerous climate change-related…

Adding krill meal to the finishing diets of farmed Atlantic salmon improves both their welfare and their fillet quality according to new research.

Whether the upswing in salmon sales in supermarkets during the Covid-19 pandemic will be maintained once restaurants reopen is the subject of debate among salmon producers.

Pablo Mazo, the former technical team manager at the salmon producer Ventisqueros, has taken up a position as general manager at Benchmark Genetics Chile.

Kvarøy Arctic and the James Beard Foundation have teamed up to launch a women in aquaculture scholarship that’s worth $10,000.

The global salmon sector is suffering from a rising discrepancy between the projected and actual harvests and producers can’t afford to be complacent about their ability to fulfil global demand for salmon.

The Scottish Salmon Company has become the first salmon producer in Europe to be recognised with a 4-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

AlgaPrime DHA, the omega-3-rich algae feed ingredient, has been given an honourable mention in the food category of Fast Company's 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards.

Stofnfiskur has recently completed the delivery of 400,000 salmon eggs to three customers in China - reflecting plans to expand the country's fledgling salmon farming sector.

AquaMaof has begun to work on the design of Pure Salmon’s planned land-based salmon farm in France.

A novel net that has been shown to reduce sea lice levels by up to 80 percent in salmon farms has made a major commercial breakthrough.

The coronavirus pandemic led to a 32 percent drop in Scottish salmon exports in February, although the sector is trying to adapt to the ever-changing COVID-19-related restrictions.

The salmon and shrimp sectors have been affected very differently by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gorjan Nikolik, senior seafood analyst at Rabobank.

Salmon produced by Kvarøy Arctic has received official certification by the American Heart Association for their high level of omega-3 fatty acids, due in part to the use of AlgaPrime DHA in their feeds.

The development of a biochemical monitoring tool that can be used to proactively manage fish health has been hailed as potentially transformational for the global aquaculture sector.

StofnFiskur has secured renewed approval to export Atlantic salmon ova to Chile – meaning that it remains the only foreign ova supplier to meet the country's strict biosecurity standards.

Frode Mathisen, head of Grieg Seafood's freshwater production, has been fondly remembered for his trailblazing attitude to adopting cutting-edge RAS techniques.

Microbiome scientists at Nofima are working on uncovering the complex cross-talk between the fish and its microbes and aim to improve the health of farmed fish.

Anecdotal evidence that triploid Atlantic salmon can outperform their diploid counterparts in low water temperatures has been questioned by new research conducted in Norway.