Sea Lice

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