Atlantic Salmon

New research suggests that tapeworms often found in the gut microbiome of Atlantic salmon can host their own microbial communities – potentially rewriting the parasitic treatment methods currently used in the aquaculture…

A new initiative has been launched in Scotland to encourage school pupils to eat farmed salmon.

Stephen Woods, who has been with Scottish Sea Farms for 27 years, and farm manager of Charlotte’s Bay near Oban for the past 12 of those, was named Finfish Farmer of the Year at the recent Aquaculture Awards in Aviemore.…

The aquaculture arm of Iceland's Samherji has unveiled a $26 million capital increase and appointed former Mowi CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog to its board.

Mowi Scotland has added the first electric cars to its fleet, as it seeks to move to a zero emission/hybrid vehicle policy by 2025.

The body which represents the Scottish salmon farming sector has raised fears that a “trade war” with the EU could have a devastating impact on Britain’s export market.

In a market announcement, land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire said that it plans to put its insurance pay-out from a fire at its Danish facility towards its new RAS in Florida.

Deep Branch and BioMar have signed a long-term technical and commercial partnership to optimise salmon feed using Proton, a single cell protein developed by Deep Branch for the feed industry, as a primary protein source.…

Local reporting shows that the Huon Aquaculture site accounted for 18 of the 23 of seal deaths in the region’s aquaculture sites.

Salmon Scotland is welcoming newly released food and drink export figures that show strong growth in salmon aquaculture exports in 2021.

Aquaculture’s technology spotlight tends to focus on offshore cages, satellites, AI sensors and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) for major finfish species – but this narrative overlooks aquatech’s ability to revol…

Though fewer sea lice counts are a key benefit of semi-closed fish farms, researchers say that using clean smolt and designing deeper water intakes could address additional fish health challenges during production.

The winners of this year’s Aquaculture Awards were announced in front of a sell-out crowd on 4 May as part of the Aquaculture UK event in Aviemore, Scotland.

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has gained recognition at the Aquaculture Awards for its ongoing efforts to foster a diverse and inclusive work culture, saying that the strategy is safeguarding the long-term viability…

The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA) has granted Ectosan Vet a marketing authorisation that allows producers to re-use treatment water as they tackle sea lice.

Increasing the size of post-smolts in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is not necessarily as wise as many in the salmon sector think, according to a leading aquaculture consultant.

R3-IoT has launched its new Connected Seafarm system at this week's Aquaculture UK exhibition.

Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has today reaffirmed the Scottish Government’s commitment to reform the country's salmon aquaculture regulations.

In a world first, a fuel produced from waste from Scottish salmon farms has been successfully used to power a motor launch.

Applications are now open for Kvarøy Arctic’s third scholarship programme – which offers two annual scholarships that support the further education, research and career development of women in the aquaculture sector.