Scotland’s salmon farmers today published monthly mortality figures on a farm-by-farm basis to increase transparency and understanding of the sector.

Aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group has been shortlisted for three honours at the annual Highland Business Awards.

Danish feed producer Aller Aqua is to re-launch its Futura EX GR feed for early life-stage rainbow trout and other salmonids later this month after trials at its German research centre showed benefits of a higher-energy composition.

Rainbow trout can be labelled and sold as salmon in China, according to a new standard issued by a Chinese government-run fishery organisation and 13 fishery companies.

Sølvtrans society and media manager Harald Tom Nesvik has been appointed Norway’s new fisheries minister.

Wellboat operator Sølvtrans recorded a substantial increase in both revenue and operating profit for 2017.

Staff at Marine Harvest Scotland’s headquarters in Fort William are playing their part in showing young people that there is “no wrong path” when it comes to careers.

Cooke Aquaculture has confirmed the escape of between 2,000 and 3,000 Atlantic salmon from Hermitage Bay on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, last month, according to CBC News.

Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation chief executive Julie Hesketh-Laird has said the industry is confident of realising future opportunities and determined to ensure the quality of its fish keeps demand high “no matter what post-Brexit rules apply”.

Transgenic salmon grower AquaBounty has stocked its on-land farm in Indiana with traditional salmon eggs while it awaits approval to import eggs for its genetically modified AquAdvantage fish into the United States.

A Norwegian plan to develop semi-submersible salmon cages that can hold 3,000 tonnes of fish and withstand 15-metre waves in the open sea has reached the final phase of preliminary design and testing.