Sea Lice

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

German biotechnology company AquaNab has secured investment from Nordic Foodtech VC to advance its nanoantibody technology for more sustainable aquaculture and salmon farming.

12th August 2026

AquaNab’s unlikely weapon against sea lice

12th August 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Hamburg-based biotechnology company AquaNab is developing a feed-based nanoantibody technology aimed at tackling sea lice, one of the aquaculture industry’s most persistent and expensive challenges.

11th August 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Nanoantibodies offer new sea-lice hope

11th August 2026

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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New research has revealed that an early immune response is the key to natural sea lice resistance in some Pacific salmon species, offering fresh hope for combatting one of aquaculture’s most persistent…

18th June 2025

Pacific salmon outsmart sea lice

18th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and the Oceans Marianne Sivertsen Næss has announced a new white paper titled “Future aquaculture – sustainable growth and food for the world”, which outlines steps the government…

16th April 2025

Norway sets out new aquaculture strategy

16th April 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

New research conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima) has enhanced the understanding of why sea lice are predominantly attracted to salmon. The study investigates the chemicals…

11th December 2024

Nofima: Salmon secretions attract lice

11th December 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The latest Salmon Welfare Scorecard, published by Compassion in World Farming, has found that 62% of the farmed salmon producers that it assessed have improved their reporting and policies on welfare compared…

4th December 2024

Salmon Welfare Scorecard – Small improvement in industry transparency

4th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian biotech company Vestland Pharma, which has patented a drug against salmon lice, has received fresh backing, with venture company Sarsia and the seafood company Coast Seafood becoming shareholders.

27th November 2024

Salmon lice drug secures new funding

27th November 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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Lerøy Seafood Group has reported solid results for the second quarter of 2024 despite a reduction in wild catch and a decline in salmon prices.

22nd August 2024

Innovation at Lerøy yields solid results

22nd August 2024

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Brunvoll AS has secured another contract with AquaShip/Intership for the delivery of a comprehensive propulsion, thruster and dynamic positioning (DP) system combination for a new live fish carrier.

20th August 2024

AquaShip/Intership award wellboat propulsion contract

20th August 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A consortium of researchers from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are working on a new benchmark testing tool to help better validate the predictions of the dispersion of sea lice in…

23rd July 2024

Collaborative effort to standardise sea lice modelling

23rd July 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Through policy reform and innovation support, the UK government wants to realise its vision of a thriving and sustainable fishing and seafood industry and a healthy marine environment, according to Lord (Richard) Benyon, Minister of State…

22nd May 2024

Lord Benyon: I want UK salmon farming to lead the way on sustainability

22nd May 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

As the fastest-growing food sector today, aquaculture has become a huge industry, with production accounting for over 50% of total global aquaculture and fisheries output. But as farmers densely pack offshore pens,…

4th April 2024

Aquaculture: Disease prevention without the chemicals

4th April 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Research into the optimal formulation and delivery of vaccines to safeguard ballan wrasse from bacterial disease has been given a funding boost following a successful first phase, in a project which could…

4th April 2024

Funding injection for cleaner fish vaccination project

4th April 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A team of experts investigating the potential of a vaccination against sea lice has secured funding to take its research to the next stage.

27th March 2024

Novel sea lice vaccine research progresses

27th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

With fish cage skirts increasingly becoming a integral tool for improving prevention strategies against Caligus infestations, acting as a physical barrier between farmed salmon and sea lice challenges, Garware has developed its…

30th January 2024

Garware’s new skirt raises sea lice protection

30th January 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A multidisciplinary team of scientists has been awarded GBP 1.5 million to develop an oral vaccine to combat sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon, with the project hailed as a “pivotal step” towards…

23rd January 2024

Revolutionary salmon vaccine to undergo trials

23rd January 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered aquaculture tech company Innovasea has introduced FlowFeeder, a waterborne feeding solution that gently delivers feed to fish below the surface, thereby minimising the pellet damage and loss that can be…

14th April 2023

Innovasea launches greener feeding solution

14th April 2023

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Cermaq, BioSort and Scale AQ’s third version of iFarm has been installed in Norway. This small step could become a giant leap for salmon farming if the technology proves successful.

3rd April 2023

High hopes as iFarm Version 3 gets underway

3rd April 2023