Salmonids

Virginia Iglesias, a veterinarian based at the Fish Vet Group’s Inverness office, explains the causes, diagnosis and control of the disease - which is a major problem in global salmonid aquaculture.

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific yesterday made what may be its final public pitch to lawmakers before they vote to approve a ban on Washington state’s existing salmon farming industry.

Australia’s largest salmon producer, Tassal, has become the 17th fish farm operator to join the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI).

The deployment of skirts to keep sea lice out of salmon pens is proving very effective for Scottish Sea Farms, with the salmon in the pens involved outperforming all previous year classes following th…

A line of aquafeed ingredients which contains bio-astaxanthin – the carotenoid that gives salmon, rainbow trout and shrimp significant health benefits as well as their characteristic pink colour – was…

A new report by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) suggests up to 500 escaped farmed Atlantic salmon entered rivers in Galway and Mayo last autumn.

Cermaq, the world’s second largest producer of salmonids, has reported survival rates for its fish varying from 94 to 96 percent.

Marine Harvest Scotland has announced record profits as exports of Scottish farmed salmon continue to grow, despite a challenging year for fish health.

The Scottish salmon farming industry could generate an additional £23.7 million a year if it used its salmon by-products more judiciously.

The world’s first wellboat that is powered by a combination of LNG propulsion and battery pack has been commissioned.

A new project that aims to speed up the development of a strain of salmon with higher tolerance against the infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) starts next month in Norway.

New figures show the highest ever value for Scottish salmon exports, which rose by 35 percent to reach £600 million last year.

A flotilla of white and orange robots is destined to arrive with one of Norway’s most progressive aquaculture operators this year, in a colourful – yet apparently practical – attempt to improve the pe…

Claims made in National Geographic that the aquaculture industry should aim for the total replacement of fishmeal and fish oil in fish feeds are “unjustified and damaging to the fish farming industry”…

A parliamentary committee has asked individuals and organisations to share their views on Scotland’s salmon farming industry, as part of its upcoming inquiry into the future of the sector.

The total value of Norwegian salmon exports last month were the same as in January 2017, despite a 23 percent increase in volumes, due to the average price per kilo falling by almost NOK 15 (£1.40).

Alan Tinch, technical services director in Benchmark's genetics division, explains the company's breeding strategy - including their hopes for applying gene editing techniques - for salmon, shrimp and…

Scottish Sea Farms, one of the country’s leading salmon producers, achieved record spend with local suppliers in 2017.

Cermaq, the world’s second larger salmon producer, is the first firm to sign up for a new UN-inspired sustainability initiative today.

Marine Harvest Scotland has been granted planning permission to build a new salmon farm off the island of Rum.