Salmonids

Aquaculture researchers, companies and startups are being invited to submit proposals for the third round of the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF).

Three advocates of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) are using research in a bid to back up their beliefs in the values of the concept.

Mowi Scotland is seeking a permanent injunction against Don Staniford to protect the health and safety of employees and fish at the company's salmon farming sites.

Three of the eight aquaculture startups to take part the Yield Lab's inaugural Global Aquaculture Challenge were awarded significant prizes at a pitching event to mark the end of the conference.

Funding worth $1.4 million is set to be allocated to 40 marine startups in Canada, including at least seven that are relevant to the aquaculture sector, as part of this year’s Ocean Startup Challenge.

Projects that aim to produce an aquafeed ingredient from hemp and to investigate the use of microalgae in cattle feeds have each landed $10 million in funding from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Following a €3.7 million deal, Agtira is poised to produce salmon, cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs in an aquaponics facility beside the Östersund branch of Sweden’s largest supermarket chain, Maxi ICA.

Scottish Sea Farms has been shortlisted for a major environmental award, chosen from over 100 entries.

A project to develop an energy and cost-efficient power management system for the aquaculture sector has secured up to £129,428 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

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.*