A management framework has been worked out for the four Chilean companies that are being merged to become the world’s second-largest salmon farmer.

The Chilean salmon industry has recorded its best performance in the last five years, according to data from the Salmon Technology Institute (Intesal).

Transgenic salmon producer AquaBounty has revealed the pricing of a previously-announced share offer to raise the working capital to grow the first batches of its AquAdvantage salmon at its on-land farms in the US state of Indiana and in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 

A co-founder of Sea Chips, a company that makes snacks from salmon skin, has been named in the 2019 Maserati 100, which celebrates innovation in British business.

Nordic Aquafarms, which plans to develop a 33,000-tonne on-land salmon farm in the US town of Belfast, Maine will hold a public meeting next week to talk about its permit applications for the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility.

Japanese-owned salmon farmer Cermaq is attempting to differentiate its Norwegian product in the market by giving it a new brand name, “True Arctic Salmon”.

Around 120 jobs will be created at the former Pinneys of Scotland plant in Annan in south-west Scotland after it was bought by a Russia-based Indian businessman, Keshav Bhagat, 66.

Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has revealed that it is to spend more than £3 million with suppliers throughout Scotland as it prepares to open its forthcoming new salmon farm off Lober Rock in the Scapa Flow, Orkney.

Cermaq has released its quarterly sustainability figures for operations in Canada, Chile and Norway.

The Institute of Marine Research in Norway has just published its final report on the FHF project “deep light and feeding”, which shows that feeding and lighting in the depth can be beneficial to avoid lice, but that salt content and temperature must also be taken into consideration.

Salmon farmer Mowi has been thanked by the communities of Maraig and Rhenigidale on the Isle of Harris for a donation to fund a potentially life-saving automated external defibrillator (AED) in each of the villages.

Scotland’s finfish and shellfish farmers are awaiting today’s next chapter in the UK’s long-running Brexit saga following the House of Commons’ rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal to leave the European Union.

A legal battle has been boiling in Canadian waters about the testing policy for Piscine Orthoreovirus (PRV).  The office of the Minster of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard has finally released a statement.