Norwegian integrated aquaculture and shipping group NTS today increased its stake in Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) to just under 30% and outlined an ambition to produce 100,000 tonnes of salmon annually within the next three to five years.

Tasmaninan salmon farmer Huon Aquaculture has reported the escape of between 50,000 and 52,000 salmon after a fire broke out at a pen.

A student team from the University of Oslo has won a gold medal in an international biotechnology competition for its work in developing a theoretical system that will recognise amoebic gill disease (AGD) in fish before the disease spreads and creates further damage. 

Dried fish sludge from a Norwegian land-based salmon farm has the potential to be used in growth media such as organic fertiliser and organo-mineral fertiliser for agriculture and gardening, a research report from the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) concluded. 

A Danish company which plans to produce up to 40,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon annually at an on-land farm in Ningbo, near Shanghai, China has raised €55.1 million (£49.4m) through a successful private placement of 7.2 million new shares.

Aquaculture data technology company Umitron has launched a mobile phone application for its Pulse product, which provides a variety of ocean environmental information for fish, shellfish and seaweed farmers.

Faroese salmon farmer HiddenFjord has stopped transporting its products by air, despite relying on export markets for virtually all its sales, including around 30% in the United States.

Grieg Seafood has announced plans to sell its salmon farming operations in Shetland.

Scottish aquaculture technology supplier Ace Aquatec said today that it has seen demand soar for its electric stunners for fry and parr as consumers opt for more premium pet foods while they spend more time at home with their pets due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Chile’s government aquaculture agency, Sernapesca, has been given an increased budget of almost 33.2 billion pesos (£32.8 million) for 2021, enabling it to enhance salmon farm inspections.

Norway Royal Salmon and Midt-Norsk Havbruk (Mid-Norwegian Aquaculture) have terminated discussions about a possible merger, NRS said in a market announcement today.

A new model of lice skirt trialled at a Mowi Chile salmon farm reduced the number of parasites by between 55-60% and halved the bath treatments required in a 13-month production cycle.

The world’s biggest operator, Sølvtrans, today announced that it had contracted Norway’s Aas Mekaniske Verksted (Aas Mechanical Workshop) shipyard to build two new vessels.