Salmonids

A company that uses a pioneering egg-sorting system to guarantee at least a five percent improvement in growth rates, as well as improvements in feed efficiency, across a range of species has announced plans to concentra…

One of Scotland’s leading salmon farmers is encouraging locals to join them to collect shoreline litter as part of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Great British Beach Clean which takes place on 20-23 September.

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has been shortlisted in four categories at the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards (HIFAD).

Three new viruses – including one type that has never previously infected fish – have been identified in populations of both wild and farmed salmon off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Whole Oceans has received approval for its plans to build a land-based salmon farm on the site of a former paper mill in Bucksport, Maine.

Salmon farming companies dominated the top 10 of this year’s Coller FAIRR Protein Index, which ranks the sustainability standards of 60 of the world’s largest publicly-listed protein producers.

Female oyster farmers in India and trout farmers in Peru won two of the top three prizes awarded in this year’s Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI) film competition.

A new programme to train fish farmers in Iceland’s burgeoning aquaculture sector has been established by Arnarlax Ltd and the Icelandic College of Fisheries.

The debate over whether brown trout (Salmo trutta) constitute a single species or several may soon be resolved, following the completion of the brown trout reference genome.

A new report shows that between 2012 and 2016 an increasing amount of terrestrial raw materials are used in salmon feeds.

Over $100,000 is up for grabs in the latest edition of the Future of Fish Feed (F3) challenge.

Russian Aquaculture, the country’s leading salmon producer, has reported a record start to 2019.

A Scottish salmon farmer has been granted approval to build six new eco-friendly homes on the remote island of Eday in Orkney.

The new pier facilities at Kyleakin Feed Plant were officially opened today by local MP, Ian Blackford, yesterday.

A project to develop underwater vision technology for measuring aquaculture broodstock has been launched, following the signing of an agreement between Hendrix Genetics and Plant & Food Research.

A project that aims to determine the optimal water conditions for treating salmon with gill health issues has been launched by a consortium of Scottish aquaculture experts today.

Given the potential impact that climate change could have on the aquaculture sector, it’s encouraging to note that several on-farm developments are currently helping to reduce the carbon footprint of the industry.

The founder and CEO of a new cloud-based digital trading platform for seafood explains to The Fish Site how he aims to disrupt the seafood trading industry.

Over 28,000 people from 74 countries visited Aqua Nor in Trondheim over the four days of the exhibition, setting a new a record for the event.

Visitors to Aqua Nor were treated to virtual reality tour of Norway’s largest land-based salmon site this week.