Salmon Farming

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Despite industry claims to the contrary, the global aquaculture sector has an increasing dependence on wild fish for use in feeds. Added to this, the growing consumer appetite for farmed salmon could…

17th October 2024

Study: More wild fish being used in aquafeeds than previously estimated

17th October 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A new environmental-DNA (e-DNA) approach for monitoring the seabed conditions around marine fish farms has been developed, with the hope it can significantly speed up the assessment of sediment samples and subsequently…

15th October 2024

DNA modelling breakthrough for farm site seabed sampling

15th October 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Nanobubble technology leader Moleaer Inc has reported that significant results were achieved from its recent collaboration with Lødingen Fisk, a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Norway and early adopter of the…

1st October 2024

Norwegian RAS venture boosted by nanobubbles

1st October 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

With its farming division expected reach the milestone salmon production volume of 500,000 tonnes this year, Mowi has presented plans for continued volume growth to 600,000 tonnes as well as further cost…

26th September 2024

600,000 tonnes in 2029: Mowi outlines growth plans

26th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Members of the Scottish parliament’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee have visited Scottish Sea Farms as part of the ongoing inquiry into Scotland’s salmon farming sector.

25th September 2024

MSPs see salmon farming in action

25th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A programme of investment, consolidation and restructuring has produced “game-changing” results in Shetland since Scottish Sea Farms acquired Grieg Seafood almost three years ago, according to the salmon producing company.

24th September 2024

Scottish Sea Farms: Shetland reaping the rewards of integration

24th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A draft plan has been published by the Government of Canada outlining the transition of the salmon farming industry in British Columbia (BC) away from open net pens to closed containment and…

24th September 2024

Canadian government lays out salmon farming transition plan

24th September 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Dundee, Scotland-based aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has expanded the presence of its products into Oceania, with New Zealand-based king salmon producer Mount Cook Alpine Salmon seeing great benefits from the award-winning…

18th September 2024

Ace Aquatec extends biomass technology to New Zealand

18th September 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Aquaculture tech provider Innovasea has made its land-based systems available in Iceland, with its debut in the market coming through Thor Salmon’s installation of Innovasea’s Gas Management Towers (GMT) at its Icelandic…

18th September 2024

Innovasea extends land-based aquaculture solutions to Iceland

18th September 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Cermaq, Mowi and Salmones Austral are now using Garware’s anti-caligus skirts in Chile, with the non-pharmacological alternative becoming part of their health strategies to control infestations in their operations.

11th September 2024

Anti-caligus skirts going down well in Chile

11th September 2024