Salmonids

8F Asset Management, the impact investment firm behind land-based aquaculture company Pure Salmon, has reached a first close on its Aquaculture Southeast Asia Fund.

Instead of treating and discarding wastewater from food processing, Mark Rottmann, CEO of iCell Aqua, is integrating it with RAS – bringing the industry closer to achieving zero-waste and fully circular protein productio…

The CEOs of two of the world's largest salmon farming companies have stepped down this week.

Scotland’s aquaculture sector harvested 192,129 tonnes of Atlantic salmon in 2020, a 5.8 percent drop from the year before.

The gene editing tool CRISPR is now being used to generate a range of traits in a variety of farmed aquatic species – including salmonids, crustaceans and carp – but there is still a way to go before it is likely to be f…

The CFO of Atlantic Sapphire has blamed construction issues for most of the company’s difficulties to date, but asserted that they are now on track to fulfil the true potential of their salmon.

The Australian and Tasmanian governments have agreed to support a framework to deliver offshore aquaculture in Commonwealth waters off the coast of Tasmania.

Hooked Foods, which launched its vegan tuna product, Toonish, into Swedish retail earlier this month, has raised €3.8 million.

A gene affecting resistance to a viral disease in Atlantic salmon has been identified using CRISPR gene-editing technology.

The lack of policy support for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture is undermining food security for millions, say researchers with the Blue Food Assessment.

When it comes to fish vaccine doses, less is often more. Pharmaq’s Bjørn Brudeseth explains why micro-dose fish vaccines are a macro trend.*

A novel way of monitoring structural stress using fibre optic technology is going to be trialled on one of the world's most exposed fish farms, Salmar's Ocean Farm 1.

The aquaculture industry must continue in its quest to become more sustainable, with greater use of seaweeds in aquafeeds and production of herbivorous fish among two of the most promising avenues to achieve this.

Aquatic foods can address malnutrition, lower the environmental footprint of the food production system and provide livelihoods around the world, according to five newly-published papers.

Tributes have been paid to one of Washington state’s true aquaculture stalwarts, Dan Swecker, who passed away on 1 September, following a brief illness.

Recent reports have called into question the role that standards like those set by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) play in fish farming, but ASC Australia’s representative Duncan Leadbitter, says certification …

Up to 10 percent of the global salmon supply could be produced in offshore systems by the end of the decade, according to a new report published by Rabobank today.

BioMar has produced over 1 million tonnes of aquafeeds that contain microalgae, rather than fish oil, as the major source of omega-3 oils.

The UK’s Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss MP, visited Mowi’s salmon processing facility at Rosyth yesterday.

The Scottish salmon farming sector is due to face another round of criticism, with the launch of a new documentary, narrated by Kate Winslet, in September.