Danish police have warned that there has been a release of the toxic substance iron chloride after the major fire in Atlantic Sapphire’s recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farm.

Yellowtail kingfish farmer The Kingfish Company has contracted Norwegian fish handling equipment maker Optimar to supply machinery for its new processing plant in the Netherlands.

Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca, which lost 1.6 million fish to algal blooms at sites in Los Lagos region earlier this year, is hoping to reduce the risk of a repeat by adjusting its operations.

Proper disposal and recycling of plastic is something that must be addressed by all industries, including aquaculture, and one organisation that can help is the Responsible Plastic Management (RPM) Program, a not-for-profit social enterprise and membership organisation set up by certification and sustainability experts to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. Ahead of a webinar on the subject organised by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), Dave Garforth, program manager for the RPM Program, outlines what the aquaculture industry is already doing and how it can go further.

Experts from the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) have contributed to an unprecedented global review of the aquatic foods sector that explores how fisheries and aquaculture can play a greater role in delivering healthy diets and more sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems around the world.

A record number of Sea Lice Conference participants attended last week’s Sealice Online event, with 1,200 individual logins registered.

BioMar has now produced 1 million tonnes of salmon feed containing omega-3 from microalgae, it said today. And it has credited Marks & Spencer salmon supplier Scottish Sea Farms as one of the customers enabling it to reach the figure, which it described as a major sustainability milestone.

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has condemned an anti-salmon farming group for “deliberately spreading false information” about the industry on roadside billboards.

Salmon farmer Nova Austral has been hit with fines totalling more than £1.1 million by Chile’s Superintendency of the Environment (SMA).

Rural skills training organisation Lantra Scotland is now accepting entries for its Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS), which will be presented at an event at the Hilton Dunblane Hydro on March 3 next year.

Calysta, which produces a single-cell protein ingredient for aqua and animal feed from bacteria that consume natural gas, has completed a $39 million (£28.2m) financing round to help fund its second manufacturing facility, which will be outside Asia.