Scientists from the University of Stirling are to lead a £680,000 project that will use cutting-edge techniques to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Vietnamese catfish – a key challenge for the global aquaculture industry.

Scientists in Iran discovered that fish fed diets that included coriander seed extract showed higher specific growth rate (SGR), final weight and condition factor.

Aquaculture Management & Holding Co. based out of the United Kingdom announced this week that its subsidiary Aquabanq will be building a state of the art recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) plant in Maine, in the eastern United States. 

Feed ingredient developer KnipBio today announced a breakthrough in its fermentation research that enables the company to produce its single cell protein aquafeed ingredient, KnipBio Meal (KBM), from condensed distillers’ solubles (CDS).

Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) has announced that it is investing NOK 750 million (£68m) in a new smolt plant in Dåfjord in Karlsøy municipality, outside Tromsø.

A consortium of engineering experts is developing an innovative new anchoring technology for the Scottish aquaculture industry which would allow fish and shellfish farms to look at areas which are currently unsuitable for use.

The Norwegian-American company Aquabyte, which develops systems for automatic lice counting through machine learning, has set its sights on Scotland and Canada after announcing that it has raised $10 million in a financing round to strengthen its growth. 

Scottish salmon has regained its position as the UK’s most valuable food export following a successful first quarter of 2019.

The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is reassessing its risk management protocols by adopting a more science-based decision-making approach when it comes to the aquaculture industry.

The first fish farmer in Europe to use the DNA vaccine Clynav against pancreas disease in salmon has reported positive early results.

The name of fish vaccine and health products supplier Europharma is to disappear in a merger with its sister companies, Fishguard and ACD Pharma, to form a new company, STIM.

The French retailer Supermarché Match has begun selling salmon fed with natural marine algal oil produced by Veramaris.

Nordic Aquafarms Inc has named the construction managers for its land-based salmon farm in Belfast, Maine in the eastern United States.