Atlantic Salmon

Following the ban on seal shooting, which came into effect on 31 January, Scotland’s salmon farmers are seeking compensation for fish lost to seal attacks.

Former economics teacher Alf-Gøran Knutsen is a well-known champion of the aquaculture sector. His farm, Kvarøy Arctic, helped to define the Whole Foods Farmed Salmon Standard and is the only farm to have the ASC, SFW, B…

The Covid-19 pandemic has been seen as largely responsible for a £168 million reduction in the export sales of Scottish salmon in 2020.

A project exploring how sea cucumbers could help minimise the environmental impact of fish farming - and in turn allow the aquaculture sector to grow - has received vital investment.

Sea lice averages for the Scottish farmed salmon sector were 0.52 adult female lice per salmon during 2020 – the second lowest level on record.

Scottish salmon producers have called for a cross-border government taskforce to address the seafood industry's export problems.

Mowi Scotland has earned certification from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) for four seawater salmon farms in January, brining the total number of ASC certified farms in its portfolio to eight.

Grieg Seafood has become the first mainstream salmon producer to invest in an RAS site that will grow salmon to market size on land.

From May 2019 to May 2020 more than half a million farmed salmon in Scotland died as a result of seal attacks, according to the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO).

Poseidon Ocean Systems, a Canadian company specialising in the development of salmon farming infrastructure, has raised $5 million in Series A funding.

A new feeding system based on passive acoustics and artificial intelligence may improve the sustainability of the aquaculture industry.

Scottish Sea Farms has reported high fish survival and strong biological performance in 2020, despite pressures related to the ongoing pandemic and mortalities connected to harmful algal blooms.

Three days before the UK leaves the EU, Scotland’s salmon farmers are demanding seafood consignments at the Channel crossings are given priority by the UK Government.

If the Norwegian salmon farming sector used European, instead of Brazilian, soya in its aquafeeds it could reduce its CO2 emissions by 41 percent, according to new research.

Scottish salmon farmers have said that trucks of fresh fish need to cross the Channel soon to have any chance of reaching European customers after Christmas.

A project to recycle waste from a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) into nutrient-rich agricultural fertiliser has won an environmental business award.

Nineteen salmon farms off the west coast of Canada are due to be phased out within the next 18 months, following talks between the federal government and the local First Nations.

As 2020 draws to a close, Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik offers some valuable insights into the prospects of the shrimp, salmon and fishmeal sectors in the year ahead.

A novel means to assess sea lice levels is set to be trialled in Scotland in a project supported by the UK Seafood Innovation Fund.