Fernando Flores, Novartis Animal Health gave an update of the sea lice situation in Chile at AquaNor 2011. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
A 22-month trial with Atlantic salmon in a commercial scale farm in Norway demonstrated the practicality of using feed with low levels of marine protein. The trial followed a complete generation of salmon from smolt to harvest.
The Chilean salmon industry is recovering surprisingly well following the 2007 ISA crisis, according to Patrick Dempster, General Manager of AquaGen Chile, Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
Coho salmon are returning from the ocean to spawn in the Russian River and its tributaries in numbers not seen in a decade, raising a glimmer of hope that a hatchery programme may be helping the endangered species.
