Atlantic Salmon

Loch Duart, the salmon producer based in Sutherland and the Uists, has been named ‘Exporter of the Year’ at the 2019 Made in Scotland Awards.

The inventor of Stingray – a laser emitting device designed to kill sea lice in salmon farms – is in contention for a European Inventor Award.

Benchmark has appointed experienced aquaculture veterinarian Neil Robertson as its new head of CleanTreat.

The world’s main salmon producers have halved the amount of medical treatments used against sea lice over the course of the last six years.

Mowi’s Scottish salmon farming operations were the group’s most profitable in the first quarter of the year.

ASC-certified salmon is available in Brazil for the first time, after Swift supermarkets agreed to stock salmon from Cermaq’s certified Chilean sites in its 125 stores.

Bakkafrost, the largest salmon producer in the Faroes, believes that its current DKK 3 billion programme of investment is helping to deliver its long-term ambitions to expand.

Whether the salmon industry can continue to reap the rewards of its recent programme of huge investments is set to be one of the subjects covered in an illuminating presentation by Kolbjørn Giskeødegå…

New research reveals that farmed male salmon are less attractive to females than their wild cousins, due to the fact that the farmed versions have smaller kypes.

Cooke Aquaculture has agreed to pay $332,000 in fines after the collapse of pens at its Cyress Island facility in Washington state in 2017 led to the escape of 250,000 non-native Atlantic salmon into …

Plans to establish a salmon farm from which no treatment residues are emitted yet is capable of being situated in “any exposed area along the whole Norwegian coast where the outer ocean currents flow”…

Scotland’s salmon farming sector is worth over £2 billion to the country’s economy, according to a new report.

A Canadian company has secured regulatory approval for two products containing a range of natural ingredients, including black tea, which are designed to improve the health of fish and their eggs in a…

Scottish angling and environmental interests are deeply concerned after government statistics published this week reveal last year’s catches are the lowest on record.

Mowi has applied for 36 development licences for an unmanned, undersea “AquaStorm” salmon pen concept.

Salmon should be harvested during periods of low growth to ensure the best fillet quality, according to newly published research.

Mowi farm technician Clara McGhee discusses the main fish health challenges facing Scottish salmon farmers, the range of methods used to resolve them and some of the gross misconceptions surrounding t…

Plans to establish two submersible salmon farms in the Kattegat, off western Sweden, have come under fire from fishermen’s representatives.

Scottish salmon producer Loch Duart has been shortlisted in the Exporter of the Year category of the 2019 Insider Made in Scotland Awards.

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has today announced investments totalling £10 million in three major new freshwater projects.