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Deal signed for 8,000-tonne RAS salmon farm

Deal signed for 8,000-tonne RAS salmon farm

A Norwegian company planning to build an 8,000-tonnes-a-year on-land salmon farm near Bergen expects to start construction early next year after signing a contract with Danish supplier Graintec.

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AquaGen boss Santi to step down next year

AquaGen boss Santi to step down next year

Salmon ova producer AquaGen AS today announced that chief executive Nina Santi is to step down from the role during 2022.

Scottish salmon exports eclipse 2020 in nine months

Scottish salmon exports eclipse 2020 in nine months

The amount of Scottish farmed salmon exported in the first nine months of this year has exceeded the volume sent abroad in the whole of 2020.

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Microbubble barriers scientifically proved to be effective for control of algal and microorganism blooms

Content marketing: Microbubble barriers scientifically proved to be effective for control of algal and microorganism blooms

Trials conducted by Plancton Andino revealed that microbubble barriers developed by the PSP group are highly effective in controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Kingfish Co buys site for US yellowtail RAS facility

Kingfish Co buys site for US yellowtail RAS facility

Dutch seriola farmer The Kingfish Company has concluded the purchase of land for its new 8,500 tonne recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Jonesport, Maine, in the United States, it said today.

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MPI changes name to Mainstay and expands net cleaner product portfolio

Content marketing: MPI changes name to Mainstay and expands net cleaner product portfolio

Benchmark raises £20.7m for headroom and investment

Benchmark raises £20.7m for headroom and investment

Aquaculture health, genetics and nutrition company Benchmark today said it had raised £20.7 million through a placing of more than 33 million new shares with existing and new investors.

Benchmark reduces losses as revenues rise

Benchmark reduces losses as revenues rise

Aquaculture health, genetics and nutrition company Benchmark increased revenue and adjusted EBITDA by 18% and 34% respectively in its 2021 financial year, reducing pre-tax losses to £9.2 million from £22.6m last year.

PD vaccines linked to salmon deformity

PD vaccines linked to salmon deformity

Oil-based vaccines used to prevent pancreas disease (PD) in salmon can cause a deformity called cross-stitch vertebrae, Norwegian research institution Nofima says.

BC salmon farm closures ‘haven’t altered lice levels’

BC salmon farm closures ‘haven’t altered lice levels’

A report analysing the results of five years of independent sea lice monitoring in the Discovery Islands region of British Columbia has concluded that lice levels remained low both prior to and after the Canadian government’s December 2020 decision to close 19 salmon farms.

Xelect and Martec develop world-first programme for spotted rose snapper

Xelect and Martec develop world-first programme for spotted rose snapper

Scottish aquaculture genetics services supplier Xelect is partnering Costa Rica fish farmer Martec to create the first large scale genetic breeding programme for spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus).

Last call for Lantra Scotland award nominations

Last call for Lantra Scotland award nominations

Aquaculture companies that wish to see the efforts of their trainees recognised are being reminded to nominate their top learners for Lantra Scotland’s 2022 Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS) before the deadline of December 3.

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Opinion

Turning the tide on plastic waste in aquaculture

Turning the tide on plastic waste in aquaculture

Scotland shouldn’t waste emerging aquaculture opportunity

Scotland shouldn’t waste emerging aquaculture opportunity

A trip to remember: visiting a fish farm for the first time

A trip to remember: visiting a fish farm for the first time

How salmon farming can scale sustainably in Scotland

How salmon farming can scale sustainably in Scotland

Hiddenfjord orders fourth semi-closed cage

Hiddenfjord orders fourth semi-closed cage

Faroese salmon farmer Hiddenfjord has ordered a fourth floating semi-closed cage from Norwegian supplier Fiizk following an initial order for two cages and associated equipment in June and the purchase of a third cage in August.

Gallagher steps down from SAIC board to focus on key year for SSF

Gallagher steps down from SAIC board to focus on key year for SSF

Scottish Sea Farms today announced that managing director Jim Gallagher has stepped down from the board of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) to focus on opportunities immediately ahead for the salmon farmer – including more than £40 million of key strategic investments next year.

Ace Aquatec chief joins call for action over seal attacks on fish farms

Ace Aquatec chief joins call for action over seal attacks on fish farms

Nathan Pyne-Carter, the chief executive of Dundee-based aquaculture technology supplier Ace Aquatec, has backed the salmon farming industry’s call for urgent talks with Scottish government ministers to find a solution to seal attacks that are costing salmon producers around £13 million a year in lost revenue.

AquaChile back in the black

AquaChile back in the black

Stirling University names new head of Institute of Aquaculture

Stirling University names new head of Institute of Aquaculture

New funding opportunity for aquaculture innovators

New funding opportunity for aquaculture innovators

Partner of drowned fish farm worker sues Mowi Scotland

Partner of drowned fish farm worker sues Mowi Scotland

Survey shows public backing for new fish slaughter laws

Survey shows public backing for new fish slaughter laws

A survey of more than 2,000 UK adults by an animal rights group showed that 71% of those who responded believe fish should have the same legal right to humane slaughter as other farmed animals.

Salmon farmers call for talks with ministers as seal problem grows

Salmon farmers call for talks with ministers as seal problem grows

Salmon farming trade organisation Salmon Scotland has urged Scottish Government ministers to sit down with sector leaders to talk about the problem of predation by seals.

Salmon farmers get animated over public image

Salmon farmers get animated over public image

Scotland’s salmon producers today launched the first of eight animated films made to better inform the public about the sector.

Hybrid barge savings show a way ahead for Irish seafood

Hybrid barge savings show a way ahead for Irish seafood

Reductions in carbon emissions and fuel consumption achieved by using a hybrid-powered diving barge in Ireland show the potential for similar systems to be used in the country’s aquaculture and fishing industries, a college boss says.

Benchmark signs deal with tilapia giant Regal Springs

Benchmark signs deal with tilapia giant Regal Springs

Fish breeding specialist Benchmark Genetics today announced a deal with leading tilapia producer Switzerland-based Regal Springs AG.

Chilean salmon farmer links loan cost to sustainability

Chilean salmon farmer links loan cost to sustainability

Chilean salmon farmer Salmones Camanchaca has signed a new deal linking the interest it pays on loans to measurable sustainability targets.