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Marine Harvest claims 27% recapture after mass escape

Marine Harvest claims 27% recapture after mass escape

Marine Harvest has declared that 27.23% of the salmon that escaped from one of its farms in Chile during storms in July have been recaptured.

FishFarmingExpert - 2018/5

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Net cleaning: Avoid downtime - get the job done

Content marketing: Net cleaning: Avoid downtime - get the job done

We see that the durable equipment that handles rough conditions fits well into this part of the country.

Double bid to improve gill health

Double bid to improve gill health

Two projects have been launched to understand the factors that cause gill problems in salmon farming and to provide concrete recommendations for preventive measures that can reduce the problems.

Norway’s ex-fisheries minister starts seafood consultancy

Norway’s ex-fisheries minister starts seafood consultancy

Norway’s former fisheries minister, Per Sandberg, has formed a consultancy which will focus mainly on seafood and aquaculture.

Fish health at forefront of aquaculture accelerator programme

Fish health at forefront of aquaculture accelerator programme

A Chilean company developing oral biotherapeutics to combat diseases in salmon farms is one of six start-ups taking part in an aquaculture business accelerator programme in Ireland.

SEPA regulator to become Scottish salmon sustainability chief

SEPA regulator to become Scottish salmon sustainability chief

The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has appointed senior environmental regulator Anne Anderson to its newly-created post of sustainability director.

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Atlantic salmon to be farmed in northern Spain

Atlantic salmon to be farmed in northern Spain

A Spanish company is spending €30 million on a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) to grow Atlantic salmon in the northern province of Cantabria.

Farmers splash out on data buoys

Farmers splash out on data buoys

The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA) has begun accepting proposals from contractors who are interested in building two new buoys with sensor technology.

Accelerator programme ready to Hatch in Cork

Accelerator programme ready to Hatch in Cork

Ireland’s first accelerator programme for aquaculture start-up companies will be launched this afternoon.

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We’d struggle without EU workers, warns Grieg Shetland chief

We’d struggle without EU workers, warns Grieg Shetland chief

Grieg Seafood Shetland managing director Grant Cumming has reiterated Scottish salmon farming’s concerns about the effects of Brexit, warning that “we would really struggle without our EU workers”.

Times journalist joins SSPO as engagement director

Times journalist joins SSPO as engagement director

The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has appointed Scottish political journalist Hamish Macdonell to the newly-created role of strategic engagement director.

Newfoundland government stumps up £17.5m to help Grieg salmon project

Newfoundland government stumps up £17.5m to help Grieg salmon project

Grieg NL has received an equity investment of CAD30 million (£17.5m) in repayable financial assistance from the Newfoundland and Labrador government for its project to grow 30,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon per year in Placentia Bay.

September 2018

02 06 Sep - Apr

8th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health

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There's no escaping the benefit of cage standards

Don't make fishmeal the fall-guy for algae

Wellboat saturation approaching?

Wellboat saturation approaching?

Benchmark backs Scots shellfish

Benchmark backs Scots shellfish

A shell of good show by oyster champ Reekie

A shell of good show by oyster champ Reekie

Chef Gordon Reekie, of Glasgow pop-up restaurant concept That’s Yer Dinner, has been crowned Scotland’s 2018 oyster shucking champion after beating nine other contestants at the Stranraer Oyster Festival at the weekend.

Cermaq Canada orders state-of-the-art Hydrolicer

Cermaq Canada orders state-of-the-art Hydrolicer

Liquid handling and pump specialist PG Flow Solutions will supply its PG-HydroFlow fish pumping solution to a salmon delousing barge that Dutch shipbuilder Neptune Marine will build for Cermaq Canada.

No ban yet on hydrogen peroxide after Norway shrimp alert

No ban yet on hydrogen peroxide after Norway shrimp alert

Norway’s fisheries minister Harald Tom Nesvik has said it is too soon to change rules about the use of hydrogen peroxide in salmon farming following new research showing that the lice-killing chemical can also damage shrimp.

Management milestone for Cooke employee

Management milestone for Cooke employee

Salmon chief slams BC ‘municipal virtue signalling’

Salmon chief slams BC ‘municipal virtue signalling’

World’s biggest wellboat on track for 2019 delivery

World’s biggest wellboat on track for 2019 delivery

Tasmanian salmon farmers urged to be less secretive

Tasmanian salmon farmers urged to be less secretive

Algal blooms harmful to Invermar’s profits

Chilean salmon farmer Invermar’s profits slumped by 59% in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 because of the effects of harmful algal blooms at the start of this year.

Minister seeks to keep Norway-UK trade door open

Minister seeks to keep Norway-UK trade door open

Norwegian fisheries minister Harald T Nesvik has held talks with his Westminster counterpart, George Eustice, as he seeks to ensure continued UK market access after Brexit.

Aquaculture firms honoured by Excellence Awards

Aquaculture firms honoured by Excellence Awards

Salmon farmers already have plenty of reason to be grateful to cleaner fish for helping battle sea lice, but Scottish Sea Farms can now also thank them for winning an award.

Solution found for emptying of re-floated Seikongen

Solution found for emptying of re-floated Seikongen

Removal of liquid and solid waste from the salvaged Chilean wellboat Seikongen should begin today or tomorrow, authorities have said.

Hello Mate! 'Sophisticated' feed barge delivered to Scottish Salmon Company

Hello Mate! 'Sophisticated' feed barge delivered to Scottish Salmon Company

The Scottish Salmon Company has taken delivery of a 400-tonne SeaMate feed barge for its site at Portree, Skye.

Scientists seek to get measure of RAS gas problem

Scientists seek to get measure of RAS gas problem

New measurement methods will make it easier to measure and monitor levels of hydrogen sulphide in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).