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Kingfish Co buys site for US yellowtail RAS facility

Kingfish Co buys site for US yellowtail RAS facility

Dutch seriola farmer The Kingfish Company has concluded the purchase of land for its new 8,500 tonne recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Jonesport, Maine, in the United States, it said today.

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Benchmark raises £20.7m for headroom and investment

Benchmark raises £20.7m for headroom and investment

Aquaculture health, genetics and nutrition company Benchmark today said it had raised £20.7 million through a placing of more than 33 million new shares with existing and new investors.

Benchmark reduces losses as revenues rise

Benchmark reduces losses as revenues rise

Aquaculture health, genetics and nutrition company Benchmark increased revenue and adjusted EBITDA by 18% and 34% respectively in its 2021 financial year, reducing pre-tax losses to £9.2 million from £22.6m last year.

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Microbubble barriers scientifically proved to be effective for control of algal and microorganism blooms

Content marketing: Microbubble barriers scientifically proved to be effective for control of algal and microorganism blooms

Trials conducted by Plancton Andino revealed that microbubble barriers developed by the PSP group are highly effective in controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs).

PD vaccines linked to salmon deformity

PD vaccines linked to salmon deformity

Oil-based vaccines used to prevent pancreas disease (PD) in salmon can cause a deformity called cross-stitch vertebrae, Norwegian research institution Nofima says.

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MPI changes name to Mainstay and expands net cleaner product portfolio

Content marketing: MPI changes name to Mainstay and expands net cleaner product portfolio

BC salmon farm closures ‘haven’t altered lice levels’

BC salmon farm closures ‘haven’t altered lice levels’

A report analysing the results of five years of independent sea lice monitoring in the Discovery Islands region of British Columbia has concluded that lice levels remained low both prior to and after the Canadian government’s December 2020 decision to close 19 salmon farms.

Xelect and Martec develop world-first programme for spotted rose snapper

Xelect and Martec develop world-first programme for spotted rose snapper

Scottish aquaculture genetics services supplier Xelect is partnering Costa Rica fish farmer Martec to create the first large scale genetic breeding programme for spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus).

Last call for Lantra Scotland award nominations

Last call for Lantra Scotland award nominations

Aquaculture companies that wish to see the efforts of their trainees recognised are being reminded to nominate their top learners for Lantra Scotland’s 2022 Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS) before the deadline of December 3.

Hiddenfjord orders fourth semi-closed cage

Hiddenfjord orders fourth semi-closed cage

Faroese salmon farmer Hiddenfjord has ordered a fourth floating semi-closed cage from Norwegian supplier Fiizk following an initial order for two cages and associated equipment in June and the purchase of a third cage in August.

Gallagher steps down from SAIC board to focus on key year for SSF

Gallagher steps down from SAIC board to focus on key year for SSF

Scottish Sea Farms today announced that managing director Jim Gallagher has stepped down from the board of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) to focus on opportunities immediately ahead for the salmon farmer – including more than £40 million of key strategic investments next year.

Ace Aquatec chief joins call for action over seal attacks on fish farms

Ace Aquatec chief joins call for action over seal attacks on fish farms

Nathan Pyne-Carter, the chief executive of Dundee-based aquaculture technology supplier Ace Aquatec, has backed the salmon farming industry’s call for urgent talks with Scottish government ministers to find a solution to seal attacks that are costing salmon producers around £13 million a year in lost revenue.

November 2021

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Turning the tide on plastic waste in aquaculture

Turning the tide on plastic waste in aquaculture

Scotland shouldn’t waste emerging aquaculture opportunity

Scotland shouldn’t waste emerging aquaculture opportunity

A trip to remember: visiting a fish farm for the first time

A trip to remember: visiting a fish farm for the first time

How salmon farming can scale sustainably in Scotland

How salmon farming can scale sustainably in Scotland

AquaChile back in the black

AquaChile back in the black

The world’s second-largest salmon farmer, AquaChile, left last year’s losses behind by making an operating profit of more than US $251 million (£188m) in the first nine months of 2021 thanks to higher prices and demand.

Stirling University names new head of Institute of Aquaculture

Stirling University names new head of Institute of Aquaculture

A long-serving University of Stirling professor has been appointed head of its Institute of Aquaculture (IoA). Evolutionary biologist and immunologist Professor Simon MacKenzie, who has worked at the IoA since 2013, will begin his new role on January 1.

New funding opportunity for aquaculture innovators

New funding opportunity for aquaculture innovators

The Stirling-based Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has launched a new call for proposals for innovation projects that will help to increase the economic impact and reduce the environmental footprint of aquaculture.

Partner of drowned fish farm worker sues Mowi Scotland

Partner of drowned fish farm worker sues Mowi Scotland

Survey shows public backing for new fish slaughter laws

Survey shows public backing for new fish slaughter laws

Salmon farmers call for talks with ministers as seal problem grows

Salmon farmers call for talks with ministers as seal problem grows

Salmon farmers get animated over public image

Salmon farmers get animated over public image

Hybrid barge savings show a way ahead for Irish seafood

Hybrid barge savings show a way ahead for Irish seafood

Reductions in carbon emissions and fuel consumption achieved by using a hybrid-powered diving barge in Ireland show the potential for similar systems to be used in the country’s aquaculture and fishing industries, a college boss says.

Benchmark signs deal with tilapia giant Regal Springs

Benchmark signs deal with tilapia giant Regal Springs

Fish breeding specialist Benchmark Genetics today announced a deal with leading tilapia producer Switzerland-based Regal Springs AG.

Chilean salmon farmer links loan cost to sustainability

Chilean salmon farmer links loan cost to sustainability

Chilean salmon farmer Salmones Camanchaca has signed a new deal linking the interest it pays on loans to measurable sustainability targets.

Ocean Farm 1 taken out of use for months for improvement work

Ocean Farm 1 taken out of use for months for improvement work

Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar has discontinued use of its pioneering Ocean Farm 1 offshore cage until it has been upgraded to ensure, among other things, that it is more secure.

Institute of Aquaculture chief Stead going back to Yorkshire roots

Institute of Aquaculture chief Stead going back to Yorkshire roots

Professor Selina Stead, head of Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA), is leaving the role join the University of Leeds as executive dean of environment from the beginning of next year.

Australis joins global big hitters in Salmon Council

Australis joins global big hitters in Salmon Council

Salmon farmer Australis Seafoods has become the fifth member of Chile’s Salmon Council trade organisation, joining Mowi, AquaChile, and Cermaq – the world’s first, second and fourth largest Atlantic salmon farmers respectively - and coho farmer Salmones Aysén.