Salmonids

The emeritus professor of functional ecology at the University of Glasgow, who is one of the world’s preeminent experts on fish behaviour, discusses salmon welfare, nesting sticklebacks… and a near de…

Nordlaks is ordering its second LNG / battery hybrid wellboat as it continues to roll out a programme to reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide nitrogen oxides.

Aquaculture and environmental consultants Jonah van Beijnen and Gregg Yan outline some of the key developments they expect to take place in the Asian aquaculture sector in the year ahead.

The Norwegian salmon sector purchased 34.9 million doses of salmon vaccines in November – up from 33.0 million in the same month last year.

The Canadian government has been called upon to “to designate an agency that formally has the mandate to support the growth of the seafood farming sector.”

At least 10 of the 17 salmon farms currently operational in the Broughton Archipelago area of British Columbia (BC) are going to be shut down, following an agreement designed to protect wild salmon st…

Following the publication of the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee’s report on salmon farming, Dr Suzi Billing explains why Scotland’s salmon sector – and EU aquaculture i…

Umitron, a producer of AI-based feeding systems, has secured US $2 million in funding for a project that aims to improve the efficiency and sustainability of rainbow trout farmers in Peru.

Plankton and high sea temperatures combined to wipe out around half of the salmon at two sites run by Wester Ross this summer.

A group of 20 fish farmers, university professors and technical analysts from Brazil visited Puerto Montt last week, as part of a mission to learn from Chile’s aquaculture sector.

Aquaculture leases contributed over half the £9 million paid to the Scottish Government by Crown Estate Scotland last year.

Over third of the people directly employed in Scotland’s salmon farming sector are under the age of 30, according to a report released today.

Rainbow trout raised on a diet containing insect meal are now available to French consumers, creating “a landmark moment for aquaculture worldwide”, according to the companies involved.

AquaMaof has signed a deal to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) capable of producing 2,500 tonnes of market-size Atlantic salmon a year.

In the third installment of the series, farm technician Clara McGhee explains how both her own farm site, and the Scottish salmon industry in general, are embracing change.

Three recommendations for salmon diets have been given by Nofima researcher Jens-Erik Dessen following a number of extensive field trials.

Plans for a land-based farm in South Africa that’s capable of producing 4,800 tonnes of salmon a year have been unveiled by West Coast Salmon (WCS).

Aquaculture equipment supply firm Gael Force has secured almost half a million pounds in funding towards a project to develop fish farming pens that can be used in offshore environments

Fish feed producer Aller Aqua is taking part in a project that aims to produce 30 tonnes of insects a day by 2022.

Researchers in Norway are investigating whether diets containing microalgae can make salmon more resistant to sea lice.