The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers’ Association (ACFFA) is to host a ‘Women of Salmon Farming Symposium’ aimed at harnessing opportunities for women and improving gender equity in Atlantic Canada’s salmon farming sector.

A biennial smolt conference in Norway will return as a physical event in the autumn after being replaced by a webinar during the Covid pandemic in 2020.

On-land fish farmer Salmon Evolution has secured options to some potential sites for a large facility on the west coast of North America, chief executive Håkon Andre Berg said today.

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has outlined the financial and social benefits it brings to Orkney ahead of a planning meeting where councillors will decide whether to approve a new 3,850-tonne organic salmon farm.

Offshore fish farmer Salmar Aker Ocean’s Smart Fish Farm should be limited to a maximum biomass of 9,000 tonnes during its first production cycle at a proposed location 45 miles from the coast, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) has ruled.

Scottish biotechnology company MiAlgae, which produces omega-3 from microalgae fed on wastewater from low-value co-products from the food and drink industry, has secured new investment of £2.3 million.

Tavish Scott, the chief executive of trade body Salmon Scotland, will today set out the positive case for aquaculture in a keynote address at a global conference in Canada.

Global fish farmer Cooke Inc is to buy Australian salmon and shrimp farmer Tassal in an agreed deal that values Tassal at around 1.1 billion Australian dollars (£640 million / US $769 m).

Scottish salmon was the UK’s biggest fresh food export in the first half of 2022, new figures show, but the value of exports fell by 8% compared to the same period last year against a background of a 35% drop in the volume of fish exported and continued challenges following Covid and Brexit.

One of the world’s leading shrimp suppliers, Thai Union, has launched a plant-based shrimp product throughout Thailand.

A north American university is evaluating the safety of its aquaculture facilities after about 21,000 fish died of suspected chlorine exposure.