Salmonids

According to a new government report, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s campaign pledge to ban ocean net pen farming in British Columbia faces several challenges.

Norwegian salmon were given 397 doses of vaccines in 2019 - 28 million more than the previous year.

New research demonstrates that supplementing low fish meal diets with black soldier fly larvae meal leads to better performance on growth and nutrition indicators in Atlantic salmon.

Norway’s Fisheries Minister announces an increase in output capacity for salmon and trout producers in nine of the country’s 13 ocean farming regions.

AKVA has signed an agreement to acquire at least 70 percent of Newfoundland Aqua Service (NAS)

This week’s launch of a new workboat for Inverlussa Marine has been hailed as a clear demonstration of the wider economic benefits of the Scottish aquaculture industry.

Benchmark has targeted raising £43 million in order to scale up and speed up the commercialisation of its novel sea lice treatment system CleanTreat.

It might pay for Norway's salmon sector to concentrate on growing its value instead of growing its volumes, according to the leaders of a new project.

Pure Salmon Poland has become one of the first land-based Atlantic salmon farms to receive Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

Cooke Aquaculture has won approval to transition up to seven of its Atlantic salmon farms in Washington state to the production of triploid rainbow trout.

Plans by Organic Sea Harvest to establish a 12-cage salmon farm near Flodigarry, in north-east Skye, have been refused by the local council.

A new employment campaign has been launched today to encourage young people in Scotland to take up careers in the aquaculture sector.

Mowi Scotland has confirmed that 73,600 salmon averaging 1.9 kilograms escaped from their site off the island of Colonsay after a pen was damaged by storm Brendan.

Pure Salmon, the land-based salmon farming specialist, has announced plans for a new 10,000 tonne recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility to be built in Boulogne-Sur-Mer.

Maruha Nichiro Corporation, the world's largest fishery firm, has invested in Umitron’s latest smart feeding device, the Cell2, in its rainbow trout farming operations in Japan.

Saithe that eat formulated feed pellets from beside salmon cages as part of their diets have significantly lower flesh quality according to new research.

AquaBounty has announced plans to produce 50,000 tonnes of transgenic salmon annually by 2027 as it bids to raise $9.2 million from investors.

Mowi Scotland has confirmed the appointment of Meritxell Diez-Padrisa as its new production director, starting February, following the departure of Gideon Pringle to Scottish Sea Farms.

A new range of starter feeds for trout, which aims to “provide key nutrients while improving water quality” has been launched by Alltech Coppens this week.

A new project has been launched to investigate the use of new technologies – such as blockchain, internet of things and artificial intelligence – for seafood businesses in the far north of Europe.