Salmon Farming

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Loch Long Salmon has secured planning permission to create the first semi-closed containment fish farm in Scotland in Loch Long, Argyll & Bute, saying the system will be transformative for the nation’s…

27th August 2025

Scotland’s first semi-closed containment salmon farm finally gets green light

27th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

MSD Animal Health, a division of North American company Merck & Co Inc, has launched a new generation of its Falcon vision technology to help optimise fish health and biomass production through…

20th August 2025

MSD Animal Health unveils next-gen Falcon

20th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norway-headquartered maritime group Trident Aqua Services has contracted a new live fish carrier and a premium service vessel, both powered by battery-hybrid technology. With these new additions, the company now has seven…

19th August 2025

Trident adding two new hybrid vessels to fast-expanding fleet

19th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has confirmed that advancements have been made in its AI-powered monitoring and harvesting solutions. These include five species-specific modules for its A-BIOMASS underwater camera for Atlantic salmon,…

19th August 2025

Ace Aquatec advances AI-powered aquaculture monitoring

19th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Exports of Scottish salmon could break through the GBP 1 billion barrier for the first time, with new figures finding that the total sales value for the 12 months to the end…

15th August 2025

Overseas sales of Scottish salmon near £1 billion

15th August 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Survival rates of farm-raised salmon in Scotland have reached record highs following a multi-million-pound investment in technology, according to new figures published by industry trade body Salmon Scotland.

12th August 2025

Record Scottish salmon survival rates

12th August 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Non-profit trade association Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has announced the official release of its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Salmon Farm Standard (SFS) Issue 3.0. The standard will become effective on 5 August 2026,…

6th August 2025

GSA releases new salmon farm standard

6th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Turkey’s seafood exports have reached record levels thanks to rapid growth in the country’s fish farming activities. According to Sinan Kızıltan, Chairman of the Turkish Fisheries Exporters’ Association, the country’s recent success…

6th August 2025

Aquaculture success sees Turkish seafood trade soar

6th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

While around 2.7 million tonnes of Atlantic salmon will be produced through aquaculture this year, less than 1% of that volume will come from land-based farming systems. Nevertheless, there’s still a lot…

5th August 2025

Producing salmon on land – the future’s looking brighter

5th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

HFS technology is emerging as a viable solution to help fish farmers meet fast rising market demand. Despite being a relative newcomer to sectors such as salmon production, HFS is showing huge…

5th August 2025

On-land aquaculture game changer from Finland

5th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

There are many attributes that support the concept of land-based aquaculture – no matter whether it’s a hybrid flow through or a full recirculation system, but one of the main underlying reasons…

5th August 2025

Land-based fish farming finds a new gear

5th August 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish government has launched a new initiative to tackle the environmental challenges posed by marine pen fish farms (MPFF), as part of Round 11 of the CivTech Scotland Accelerator programme.

30th July 2025

Scotland launches fish farm challenge

30th July 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

The issue of new shares in Samherji Fish Farming through equity private placement for financing its Salmon Garden, a new land-based aquaculture facility in Reykjanes, Iceland, has been increased from €125 million…

17th July 2025

Samherji Salmon Garden placement upsized

17th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

“We are very pleased to announce that Cermaq has entered into an agreement with Grieg Seafood ASA to acquire their operations in Finnmark in Norway and British Columbia and Newfoundland in Canada.…

17th July 2025

Cermaq acquires Grieg’s operations in Finnmark, British Columbia and Newfoundland

17th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Faroe Islands-based Bakkafrost Group has advised that preliminary results of the unaudited consolidated accounts for the second-quarter 2025 indicate a lower-than-expected operational EBIT of around DKK 65 million.

16th July 2025

Bakkafrost issues Q2 profit warning

16th July 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway’s MMC First Process has secured a contract with Samherji Fiskeldi for the delivery of a complete fish logistics system to new land-based aquaculture facility Eldisgarður (Salmon Garden), currently under construction in…

10th July 2025

MMC First Process lands Samherji salmon farm contract

10th July 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A pioneering salmon farming project in Wester Ross is turning fish waste into a valuable forestry product, backed by GB£630,290 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

8th July 2025

Fish waste fuels circular economy drive

8th July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon exporters are gearing up for a major push into India following a new trade deal set up to eliminate hefty tariffs.

7th July 2025

Scottish salmon’s major push into India

7th July 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Affordability and shifting trade dynamics are reshaping global seafood markets, with inflation and tariff pressures influencing consumer choices and supply chains, according to Rabobank’s latest aquaculture outlook.

2nd July 2025

Trade volatility bringing uncertainty to aquaculture

2nd July 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists in Norway have begun examining how farmed salmon and rainbow trout perceive the light in their environment, with the aim to provide recommendations to fish farmers on the use of lighting…

17th June 2025

Norwegian research illuminates the light needs of farmed salmon

17th June 2025