Salmonids

AquaMaof has begun to work on the design of Pure Salmon’s planned land-based salmon farm in France.

A novel net that has been shown to reduce sea lice levels by up to 80 percent in salmon farms has made a major commercial breakthrough.

The coronavirus pandemic led to a 32 percent drop in Scottish salmon exports in February, although the sector is trying to adapt to the ever-changing COVID-19-related restrictions.

The salmon and shrimp sectors have been affected very differently by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gorjan Nikolik, senior seafood analyst at Rabobank.

Salmon produced by Kvarøy Arctic has received official certification by the American Heart Association for their high level of omega-3 fatty acids, due in part to the use of AlgaPrime DHA in their feeds.

The development of a biochemical monitoring tool that can be used to proactively manage fish health has been hailed as potentially transformational for the global aquaculture sector.

StofnFiskur has secured renewed approval to export Atlantic salmon ova to Chile – meaning that it remains the only foreign ova supplier to meet the country's strict biosecurity standards.

Trials of a new vaccine against infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) in rainbow trout have shown promising results.

Frode Mathisen, head of Grieg Seafood's freshwater production, has been fondly remembered for his trailblazing attitude to adopting cutting-edge RAS techniques.

Up to 100 trout farmers and shellfish producers whose businesses are being threatened by the effects of COVID-19 are being offered hardship payments of up to £27,000 from the Scottish Government.

Microbiome scientists at Nofima are working on uncovering the complex cross-talk between the fish and its microbes and aim to improve the health of farmed fish.

Anecdotal evidence that triploid Atlantic salmon can outperform their diploid counterparts in low water temperatures has been questioned by new research conducted in Norway.

Russian Aquaculture, the country’s largest commercial fish farmer, trebled its output of farmed salmon to reach over 18,000 tonnes in 2019.

A new, cost-effective selective breeding method for improving how resistant salmon are to sea lice is being developed by a Scottish research consortium.

A veterinary scientist in the Faroe Islands has been credited with helping to halt the spread of Covid-19 in the archipelago by adapting tests previously used to detect infectious salmon anaemia (ISA).

Scotland’s salmon farming sector has welcomed the steps taken by industry regulators to adapt the rules governing sea lice treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diets containing functional marine ingredients have been shown to improve the heatlh and performance of juvenile rainbow trout.

Providing rainbow trout with enhanced oxygen and exercise levels leads to improved growth performance and cardiac health.

Researchers in Scotland are embarking on a project that aims to enhance the global aquaculture sector’s understanding and treatment of gill disease.

The levels of anti-sea lice medication residues in Norwegian farmed salmon and trout may be below the EU’s maximum residue limit (MRL), but a longer withdrawal period for emamectin should be considered.