Salmonids

A new study suggests that while Scottish salmon producers are already doing more to protect the environment than is legally required, they could benefit from adopting a more coherent approach to their actions, in order i…

Some of the world's largest salmon farmers, including Mowi, Grieg Seafood, SalMar and Lerøy are all facing subpoenas from the US Department of Justice as they investigate allegations of price fixing.

Norwegian fish farming company Kvarøy is in line to save up to €200,000 per production cycle, thanks to the installation of a bank of specialist storage batteries in its feed barges.

Cooke Aquaculture used an open house event at their Nova Scotian feed mill to reflect on the fact that the company had increased its turnover ten-fold in the space of only 12 years.

Ace Aquatec, whose inventions include an electric stunner, 3D biomass estimation cameras and a sea lice removal system, has recently received investment from aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark.

Scottish Sea Farms is set to take delivery of a £1.9 million workboat in a bid to increase response times to gill health issues across its sites.

Seafood investor Broodstock Capital has acquired an additional 36 percent of Maritech Systems, a leading supplier of software and digital solutions for the seafood industry.

Ivan Vindheim has replaced Alf-Helge Aarskog as the CEO of Mowi today after the latter decided to step down after almost 10 years in the role.

Mowi has pledged to make a number of significant changes to its operations in Newfoundland and Labrador after reviewing the causes behind the death of 2.6 million salmon at its sites in Fortune Bay during September.

AquaBounty has announced that it expects to harvest the first of its genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon from its farm in Indiana by the end of 2020.

Whether the UK aquaculture sector is on track to achieve goals set by the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA), has been revealed by new figures published last week.

Following a recent report from the FAO on the threats posed by the production of invasive (potentially non-native) species in aquaculture, Gregg Yan and Jonah van Beijnen argue that a number of measures are needed to ste…

Having just completed her first year on Mowi's salmon site off the Isle of Muck, farm technician and Fish Site columnist Clara McGhee reflects on some of the key things she has learned.

Higher than average sea temperatures have been blamed for large scale losses at a number of Mowi Scotland sites during the third quarter of the year.

Benchmark is due to receive US$8.75 million and sole ownership of the Ensenada broodstock facility as its joint venture with AquaChile comes to a close.

A new study finds that feeding black soldier fly larvae to salmon at the sea-water stage did not impair the physio-chemical quality of the finished salmon fillets.

The strain of sea louse most closely linked to the spread of disease and mortalities in both farmed and wild Atlantic salmon is unlikely to be adversely affected by the increasing acidification of the oceans.

Iranian officials say that the country’s aquaculture output is likely to exceed 1.25 million tonnes in the 12 months up to March 2020 – a figure very similar to that of Norway.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation has called on Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Minister Derrick Bragg to restart the environmental assessment process for Mowi’s planned salmon aquaculture expansion in the province.

Anna Sonesson has been appointed as the new research director at Nofima’s breeding and genetics division.