Salmonids

A Californian court has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has violated core environmental laws in approving genetically engineered salmon.

A new research project hopes to develop a treatment for amoebic gill disease (AGD) by exploiting a vulnerability in the parasite that causes it.

Award-winning Scottish aquaculture technology supplier Ace Aquatec has announced the opening of its new Norwegian division, in Bergen.

Bluefront Equity, a private equity fund that aims to invest in companies that make the seafood value chain more sustainable, has been launched by Kjetil Haga and Simen Landmark today.

Newly published research into Atlantic salmon has highlighted a hitherto untapped resource of genetic variation that could help unlock even greater aquaculture production benefits.

The causes of fish mortality, the impact of climate change and the development of treatments will be the focus for the newly refreshed Farmed Fish Health Framework.

Though Latin American aquaculture hosts major aquaculture exporters, like Ecuador and Chile, industry leaders fear that the lack of regional governance and fit-for-purpose regulations could hinder the sector’s sustainabl…

Registration for the Second Symposium on Welfare in Aquaculture (SWELA 2020), which is free to attend online on 26 November, is now open.

A new study has found that areas surrounding active salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago and the Discovery Islands were 2.72 times more likely to contain DNA from disease-causing viruses and bacteria.

The impact that novel ingredients have on the physical structure of feed pellets is currently the subject of a new research project.

A new project will use the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to assess why Pacific salmon species are less susceptible to sea lice than Atlantic salmon.

FishGlobe, a novel fish farm design that is also “the largest construction ever made in polyethylene”, is showing early signs of promise.

Plans to attract more investors to the aquaculture sector have been announced by Hatch Blue, the aquaculture venture company, and the law firm Thommessen.

Results from the first 18 months of production at Norway’s first land-based salmon farm have been revealed today.

The dream of operating floating closed containment aquaculture systems at sea is at risk of becoming “a dead case” in Norway, due to regulatory constraints.

Surprisingly little research into establishing the optimal lighting conditions for salmon in RAS facilities has been published. As a result, and given that light plays a key role in the development of Atlantic salmon, re…

Scotland’s salmon farming sector has reported a record harvest for 2019, topping 200,000 tonnes for the first time.

The University Austral de Chile has appointed fish behaviour and welfare specialist Dr Sunil Kadri as an honorary adjunct professor, as part of its ambition to develop closer links with the aquaculture industry.

American Aquafarms is considering establishing sites in Maine for a salmon hatchery, grow~out pens and a state-of-the art processing plant.

Research into how LED light levels in closed-containment recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) impact the physiology of salmon is the subject of a new study by Nofima scientists.