Salmonids

A panel of leading policymakers and researchers has emphasised the value of diverse aquatic foods as key components of sustainable healthy diets and as drivers of food security in the Global South.

Scotland’s salmon farmers exported a record amount of fresh fish to the European Union in the first quarter of 2021, despite significant post-Brexit disruptions to supply in early January.

AquaBounty has announced that purchase orders have been received for the entire first harvest of GM salmon from its Indiana recirculation systems (RAS) facility.

A system that gives fish farmers advanced warning of harmful algal blooms (HABs) is due to be commercially available within 18 months.

Heidi Kuehnle, founder and CEO of Kuehnle AgroSystems, has developed an innovative, patented means for producing natural astaxanthin – one of the key ingredients in feeds for species including Atlantic salmon and vanname…

The founder of Norway’s Seafood Innovation Cluster, who is now innovation manager at Hatch, has dedicated her career to fostering collaboration and innovation in the aquaculture industry.

EU aquaculture was set for higher sales values for the same production volumes, but disruptions stemming from Covid-19 stalled the sector's progress.

Poseidon Ocean Systems, ThisFish and Industrial Plankton receive honours at Aquaculture Innovation Awards in British Columbia.

The lack of transparency and stakeholder inclusion in some of the largest aquaculture eco-certifications in the global seafood marketplace is a threat to their legitimacy.

Benchmark Genetics is one of the main suppliers of salmon ova for land-based production facilities – both RAS and flow-through – around the world. This has given them a unique insight into how the sector is developing, a…

Scottish Sea Farms has achieved a major milestone last year, producing 24,000 tonnes of salmon without a single milligram of antibiotics being used in any of its farming operations.

A consortium of research partners in Scotland has been awarded a £250,000 funding package to revolutionise the collection, interpretation, and use of data on fish farms, with the development of a new digital platform.

Mowi Scotland has offered permanent roles to all three graduates who joined the salmon farming company's most recent graduate programme.

Solely focusing on fishmeal and fish oil replacement in aquafeeds may not yield long-term sustainability benefits, say researchers.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) is currently seeking to recruit a fish health study director who is “experienced, capable and passionate about the aquaculture sector”.

New recommendations to improve the process of exporting seafood from the UK to the EU have been welcomed by Scotland’s salmon farmers.

The value of Turkey's aquaculture exports exceeded $1bn for the first time last year, according to state sources.

The camera system used to survey the seabed beneath structures such as net pen fish farms, could be seriously underestimating disturbances to ecosystems, according to new research.

The RSPCA is currently inviting applications for a role as a senior scientific officer, who will develop and advise on the charity’s policy and strategy in relation to the welfare of farmed fish, particularly salmon and …

Trout farmers are being offered an "affordable one-stop genetic broodstock health check", following the launch of a new service from Xelect.