Salmon Farming

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Intership has taken delivery of its second newbuild from Zamakona with the handover of the hybrid-powered, Salt-designed Inter Scotia.

2nd January 2024

New wellboat for Intership

2nd January 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A more positive production outlook is expected across the shrimp and fin-fish aquaculture sectors next year, according to the findings of the latest seafood industry survey conducted by Rabobank and the Global Seafood…

28th November 2023

Less turbulence, more optimism for aquaculture in 2024

28th November 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group is to supply one of its latest Triogen ozone generators to new salmon farm being developed in Chile by Cermaq.

21st November 2023

BIO-UV wins new salmon farm contract

21st November 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following a consultation period, Scottish government has confirmed it will not be introducing Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) to 10% of the country’s seas.

7th November 2023

Scottish salmon industry relieved as HPMA plan is scrapped

7th November 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

GreenFox Marine AS has had its Norwegian patent application for automatic sex sorting of farmed fish approved, with the expectation that the solution can help improve conditions for fish at hatcheries and…

7th November 2023

Patent given to farmed fish automatic sex sorter

7th November 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farming companies in Scotland have dramatically reduced antibiotic medicine use by more than half in the space of a year, according to a new UK government report. 

6th November 2023

Scotland’s salmon farmers slash antibiotics usage

6th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

High value mackerel from Irish waters should be used for human consumption in Ireland, and not utlised as an animal feed ingredient in other countries, the country’s fishing industry has insisted ahead…

31st October 2023

Fishers insist mackerel shouldn’t go to animal feeds

31st October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Farmed wolffish could start appearing on fish counters – offering consumers a new variety of tasty whitefish – but it does require somewhat different farming conditions from that of salmon, finds a new thesis from the University of…

31st October 2023

Farmed wolffish – a future alternative to salmon?

31st October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi achieved a company-wide salmon harvest of 135,000 tonnes in the third-quarter of this year, representing a volume increase of 1,000 tonnes compared with the corresponding period of 2022.

18th October 2023

Mowi’s Q3 harvest edges up, earnings drop

18th October 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture digital platform Aquafacts has introduced a new feature called “Historical track” that assists salmon companies in verifying invoices from vessel operators.

18th October 2023

Aquafacts delivers tool to support salmon farm invoicing

18th October 2023