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Caught on camera: how AI will stop escaped salmon going upriver

Caught on camera: how AI will stop escaped salmon going upriver

Machine learning is being used to develop automatic sorting of wild salmon and fish farm escapees in Norwegian rivers.

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Chile: 4.7 million salmon escaped in last 10 years

Chile: 4.7 million salmon escaped in last 10 years

Around 4.7 million fish have escaped from Chilean salmon farms in 73 incidents between 2010 and 2020, according to a report from state aquaculture agency, Sernapesca.

Grieg adds familiar and new faces to sales force

Grieg adds familiar and new faces to sales force

Salmon farmer Grieg Seafood has announced five appointments to its new sales organisation which will operate from January 1, 2021.

GM salmon farmer targets $27.5m in share offer

GM salmon farmer targets $27.5m in share offer

Transgenic-salmon grower AquaBounty has revealed that it intends to raise $27.5 million from a share sale announced last night.

Better heart health in smolts raised more slowly

Better heart health in smolts raised more slowly

A new study in Norway shows that slower production of salmon smolts leads to larger and healthier fish.

70% ‘likely to try GM salmon’ says AquaBounty

70% ‘likely to try GM salmon’ says AquaBounty

Seventy percent of people who took part in a consumer research exercise by transgenic-salmon grower AquaBounty said they are likely to buy and try the company’s fish at least once.

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Is virus mutation to blame for Norway ISA increase?

Is virus mutation to blame for Norway ISA increase?

An increase in infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) outbreaks in Norway this year may be linked to changes in the ISA virus, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute suspects.

AquaBounty plans share sale as it posts $6.6m loss

AquaBounty plans share sale as it posts $6.6m loss

Transgenic-salmon farmer AquaBounty is intending to raise an unspecified sum by selling shares, it announced last night.

Order pipeline keeps flowing for water monitoring firm

Order pipeline keeps flowing for water monitoring firm

Norwegian aquaculture company Fishbase Group has enhanced its ability to monitor water quality in its recirculating aquaculture facility by buying equipment and a data service from Danish company Blue Unit.

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Virtual summit promises real interest for RAS professionals

Virtual summit promises real interest for RAS professionals

The “pioneers of sustainable seafood production” are to be celebrated at the first-ever 2020 RAS Virtual Summit on September 16.

Mowi among fish farmers suing Norway over production cuts

Mowi among fish farmers suing Norway over production cuts

All 25 salmon and trout farmers in one of Norway’s 13 fish farming areas are following up on a threat to sue the state after they were ordered to cut production through the “traffic light” system. They include Mowi, which has 19 farms in the affected area, and Scottish Sea Farms co-owner Lerøy, which has 10.

MSD adds DNA traceability to product list

MSD adds DNA traceability to product list

A company that provides DNA-based traceability for fish and meat products has been bought by MSD Animal Health.

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Aquaculture Canada and WAS America 2020

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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

There's no escaping the benefit of cage standards

AquaBounty borrows $4m for Indiana RAS improvements

AquaBounty borrows $4m for Indiana RAS improvements

Transgenic-salmon producer AquaBounty has taken out a $4 million loan to partially finance equipment for and improvements to its on-land recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Albany, Indiana.

The risks of re-floating sunken Blumar farm

The risks of re-floating sunken Blumar farm

Plans to re-float a sunken salmon farm lying nearly 1,000 feet below the surface of the sea are being considered by Chilean authorities, which have warned of potential risks in such an operation.

Certification seen to improve salmon farms, says ASC

Certification seen to improve salmon farms, says ASC

Measurable performance requirements show clear improvements at salmon farms certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), the organisation said today.

Norway exports more salmon but earns less for it

Norway exports more salmon but earns less for it

Financial kelp: seaweed farmer raises $1.5m for expansion

Financial kelp: seaweed farmer raises $1.5m for expansion

Merck aquaculture executive Beattie joins AKVA

Merck aquaculture executive Beattie joins AKVA

New kit offers rapid SRS detection on the farm

New kit offers rapid SRS detection on the farm

Blumar fish escape total topped 100,000, says Sernapesca

Blumar fish escape total topped 100,000, says Sernapesca

Almost 104,000 Atlantic salmon escaped from two cages at a Chilean farm that was wrecked in stormy weather, government aquaculture agency Sernapesca has estimated.

Prawn farm a step closer for Tassal

Prawn farm a step closer for Tassal

Approval has been given for a full environmental assessment to be carried out on a Aus$172 million (£94.2m) prawn farm planned by Australian salmon and prawn producer Tassal Group on the site of a former cattle property in Queensland.

US state approves $5m fund for aquaculture incentives

US state approves $5m fund for aquaculture incentives

A $5 million budget has been approved by senators in Massachusetts to fund an aquaculture incentive programme within the state’s Department of Agriculture Resources.

Wellboat owner buys into submersible cage developer

Wellboat owner buys into submersible cage developer

Wellboat operator Rostein’s parent company, Rofisk, is to be co-owner in Nekst AS, a company developing a new salmon cage system in Norway.

Mowi makes room for automation at Rosyth plant

Mowi makes room for automation at Rosyth plant

Mowi has applied for planning permission to extend its secondary processing facility at Rosyth in Fife to allow for a major investment in automation and expansion of capabilities.

Darbyshire handed wider role in SSF regions re-shuffle

Darbyshire handed wider role in SSF regions re-shuffle

Scottish Sea Farms has promoted long-standing Orkney regional manager Richard Darbyshire to the new role of Northern Isles regional manager with responsibility for the company’s Shetland and Orkney farms, supported by two new area manager roles.