The stock exchanges in Oslo and Santiago have signed an agreement to facilitate the double listing of salmon farming companies in Norway and Chile.

Sutherland and Hebrides salmon farmer Loch Duart has suspended supplies of ballan wrasse from a south of England fisherman after the BBC filmed him apparently breaching a voluntary conservation agreement by operating in a no-fishing zone.

WorldFish, the body which aims to enhance the sustainability, productivity and access to fish in the developing world, has highlighted the “significant evidence” to support the case for aquaculture and fish as a crucial part of national and global efforts to improve nutrition and food security.

The Scottish salmon industry harvested a record-high 189,707 tonnes last year, an increase of 26,890 tonnes (16.5%) on 2016, according to the newly-released Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey.

Marine Harvest made a third-quarter operating profit of €204 million, up from €194m in the same period last year, it announced in a trading update today.

Workers from a Scottish salmon farming company will outline the benefits their jobs bring to the community tomorrow as the BBC once again turns its spotlights and cameras on the industry.

The price of salmon will be higher than previously predicted next year, according to analysts at Helsinki-based Nordea Bank, the largest financial group in northern Europe.

Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG), which jointly owns Scottish Sea Farms with SalMar, harvested nearly 9,000 fewer tonnes of fish in Norway in the third quarter of this year than in Q3 2017, figures released to the Oslo stock exchange today show.

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has visited Cooke Aquaculture’s Orkney headquarters in Kirkwall to hear about progress made at the company’s new high-energy salmon farming site at East Skelwick, North Sound, Westray.

Norwegian salmon farmer Midt-Norsk Havbruk (MNH) expects to put the first fish in its “Aquatraz” semi-closed concept cage next week.

Independent salmon farmer Wester Ross Fisheries is celebrating its second trophy in the space of eight days after picking up the Healthier Food and Drink accolade at the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink (HIFAD) Awards in Inverness on Friday.

Scotland’s best mussel and oyster producers of 2018 were chosen by a panel of judges at last week’s Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers conference in the Corran Halls, Oban.

Scotland’s aquaculture sector saw overall levels of compliance with Scottish Environmental Protection Agency regulations drop to 81.14% last year, against what SEPA called a “relative peak” of 85.75% in 2016.