Atlantic Salmon

Grieg Seafood has released a statement on the impact that the coronavirus is having on the company so far, emphasising that “operations are currently, in light of the circumstances, running as normal”.

8F Asset Management has announced that it has raised $358.8 million – enough to finance the construction of Pure Salmon’s RAS facilities in Poland, Japan, France and US.

Export difficulties caused by concerns over coronavirus have been partially alleviated by growing domestic demand, as UK consumers seek to stockpile goods, according to a representative of the salmon sector.

BioMar is challenging a decision by an Olso court to fine it 16.5 million kroner, plus costs, for infringement of a patent held by STIM (formerly Europharma) relating to its SuperSmolt technology.

New research suggests that cleaner fish are nine times less effective at removing sea lice from salmon in pens surrounded by lice skirts, possibly due to the increased depth the salmon swim at in such pens.

Scotland's salmon farming sector had an average monthly survival rate of 98.60 per cent during 2019, according to the latest figures.

Hatch has appointed Tanja Hoel, the founder of Norway's Seafood Innovation Cluster, as their new innovation manager, as they seek to strengthen their ties to Norway's salmon farming sector.

Scottish Sea Farms is looking to trial Scotland’s first open ocean salmon farm as it seeks new locations in which to expand production capacity.

Shares in land-based salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire have plummeted in value by 16 percent in one day, following reports of the loss of 227,000 salmon at its Danish facility over the weekend.

A new study suggests that environmental and dietary changes are the key factors explaining why numerous seemingly healthy farmed salmon die in the run-up to harvest.

Land-based salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire is set to receive $5 million in grant funding over the course of the next 10 years.

100,000 salmon have been released in a novel pen designed by Atlantis Subsea Farming, which will keep them at least 30m below the surface of the sea.

A new tool that is designed to give salmon farmers advanced warning about outbreaks of sea lice and pancreas disease (PD) has been launched by Manolin today.

Trout produced by Truite Service fed with a Skretting diet that incorporates algal oil developed by Veramaris arrived on retail shelves in France this week.

Salmon farming in Scotland has achieved its best ever environmental performance, according to statistics collected for SEPA.

Mowi Scotland has reported the death of an unnamed individual following a “workplace incident” at one of its marine sites yesterday.

Benchmark Holdings, the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, has raised £43 million, as it seeks to scale up its CleanTreat sea lice treatment system.

A new project from Nofima is attempting to ascertain what water speed in RAS can optimise growth rates without compromising fish welfare.

Scottish salmon exports hit a record high of £618 million in 2019, according to figures published today.

Grieg Newfoundland Salmon (Grieg NL) has announced that it has been acquired by Grieg Seafood ASA, in a deal that could be worth up to could be worth up to 1.55 billion kroner (£130 million).