Government agency Marine Scotland will formally take responsibility for the publication of sea lice figures from Scottish salmon farms from next month, the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) said today.

Seafood specialist Cumbrae Oysters Ltd has struck a deal with Peel Ports on a new 15-year lease at Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) on the Clyde coast.

Iceland’s biggest salmon farmer, Icelandic Salmon, has signed purchase agreements for two smolt/post-smolt facilities at Hallkelshólar and in Þorlákshöfn (Thorlakshofn) in the south west of the country as it gears up for an expected increase in capacity.

Salmon industry supplier AKVA Group’s Land Based segment was the most encouraging performer for the Norwegian company in the first quarter of the year, although its Caged Based segment remains its primary revenue generator.

Feed manufacturer Skretting is a step closer to validating a new mycoprotein ingredient for use in aquaculture. 

Increased sales of salmon feed in Norway, Scotland and Australia helped feed manufacturer BioMar largely offset shortfalls in Chile in the first quarter of 2021, it said today.

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms achieved its goal of zero antibiotic use in any of its farming operations last year, it reported today.

Mowi Scotland has hired all three graduates who joined the company 18 months ago on its graduate programme.

Kip Anderson, the producer of discredited documentary Seaspiracy, and animal rights charity PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have called on US President Joe Biden to reverse predecessor Donald Trump’s Executive Order designed to promote fishing and aquaculture.

A small Norwegian company has developed a compact system for filtration of lice, lice eggs and lice larvae from seawater that is now is use with Mowi.

Aquaculture America 2021, which was rescheduled to be held August 11-14, 2021 will go forward on these dates with an in-person conference and trade show, organisers have confirmed.  The event will be held at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas.

The launch of a new salmon farming delousing vessel built for Scottish company Inverlussa Marine Services is to be streamed live on the internet later today.

The Puerto Montt branch of doctors’ union the Medical College of Chile has called for a review of salmon farming regulations in an area hit by harmful algal blooms (HABs) that killed more than 6,000 tonnes of farmed salmon.