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Summit seeks aquaculture growth by collaboration

Summit seeks aquaculture growth by collaboration

Around 90 delegates from Scotland’s aquaculture industry were due to meet behind closed doors at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre today to debate how to accelerate the sector’s growth.

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Eco-lawyers bid to block Mowi hatchery expansion

Eco-lawyers bid to block Mowi hatchery expansion

Canadian environmental law charity Ecojustice has filed a lawsuit to stop the expansion of Mowi’s Indian Head hatchery near Stephenville, Newfoundland.

Skretting functional diet 'best against SRS in trial'

Skretting functional diet 'best against SRS in trial'

Skretting’s Protec product proved the most effective functional feed used against Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia (SRS) in a study coordinated by the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), the company has said.

Internet of fins: 200 log on to online fish welfare course

Internet of fins: 200 log on to online fish welfare course

An online fish welfare course run by the NAFC Marine Centre UHI in Scalloway, Shetland has attracted more than 200 students, including some from Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Canada, since it was launched a little over two years ago.

Insect meal can fly in changing market says BioMar

Insect meal can fly in changing market says BioMar

Feed manufacturer BioMar has said insect meal “shows promise” as an alternative protein source for farmed fish following more than three years of testing in the lab and on farms.

Mowi proposes plans for deep-sea salmon farms

Mowi proposes plans for deep-sea salmon farms

Mowi has put forward an ambitious proposal for an alternative way of farming salmon up to 100 kilometres offshore.

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Salmon veteran Whyte named feed plant boss

Salmon veteran Whyte named feed plant boss

BioMar has appointed experienced aquaculture industry executive David Whyte as managing director of its under-construction fish feed plant in Tasmania.

Second Queen’s Award in a row for Ace Aquatec

Second Queen’s Award in a row for Ace Aquatec

Aquaculture technology innovator Ace Aquatec has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation for the second year in a row, this time for its Humane Stunner Universal (HSU).

Hatch says aloha to Hawaii

Hatch says aloha to Hawaii

Aquaculture accelerator programme Hatch Blue has begun recruiting for its third cohort of start-up companies.

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Best-ever Q1 export earnings for Chilean salmon farmers

Best-ever Q1 export earnings for Chilean salmon farmers

Chile’s salmonid industry has recorded the best first quarter in its history in terms of the value of its exports.

Lower salmon harvest limits Irish seafood earnings

Lower salmon harvest limits Irish seafood earnings

Ireland’s seafood development agency, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), has pointed to 2018’s reduced harvest of farmed salmon as a key reason for a slowdown in the growth of the seafood economy, although it still increased by €40 million (+3.4%) to reach a total value of €1.25 billion.

'Cutting-edge' wellboat makes a splash in BC

'Cutting-edge' wellboat makes a splash in BC

The biggest and most technologically advanced wellboat in Canadian aquaculture history has sailed into British Columbia waters.

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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

DNA sequences explain trout disease resistance

DNA sequences explain trout disease resistance

A group of French researchers has probably found out why some rainbow trout are resistant to the disease-causing freshwater bacterium Flavobacterium psychrophilum, a bacterium that can cause major economic losses to breeders.

Mowi Scotland buys cleaner fish producer Ocean Matters

Mowi Scotland buys cleaner fish producer Ocean Matters

Salmon farmer Mowi Scotland has bought cleaner fish producer Ocean Matters, located in Anglesey, north Wales.

AquaBounty considers ‘labelling options’ for GM salmon in Canada

AquaBounty considers ‘labelling options’ for GM salmon in Canada

Transgenic-salmon producer AquaBounty is considering labelling the Canadian-grown fish it will sell in Canada as a genetically modified product, according to a report on the country’s CBC news site.

Loch Duart shortlisted for export award

Loch Duart shortlisted for export award

Predator nets made legal requirement for Tassal farm

Predator nets made legal requirement for Tassal farm

Mowi speeds Rum into the fibre internet age

Mowi speeds Rum into the fibre internet age

SSC puts down more roots with £10m freshwater investment

SSC puts down more roots with £10m freshwater investment

Cleaner fish training ‘raises lice eating by 125%’

Cleaner fish training ‘raises lice eating by 125%’

A company formed by students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) believes it has the solution to make cleaner fish more effective lice eaters. Now it wants to patent the system.

Salmon farmers are given Brexit breathing space

Salmon farmers are given Brexit breathing space

Scottish salmon farmers were breathing a collective sigh of relief today following a decision by EU member countries to grant the UK a flexible extension to Brexit until October 31.

Ace Aquatec chief shortlisted for three awards

Ace Aquatec chief shortlisted for three awards

Aquaculture innovator Ace Aquatec’s chief executive Nathan Pyne-Carter has been nominated for three Director of the Year awards by the Institute of Directors Scotland.

World-first as Grieg installs renewables at salmon farm

World-first as Grieg installs renewables at salmon farm

Grieg Seafood has become the first salmon farmer to install a wind turbine and solar panel array at a salmon farm, to reduce the use of a diesel generator.

Mowi dives in to help swimming pool roof fund

Mowi dives in to help swimming pool roof fund

A Highlands swimming pool is well on the way to getting a new roof after salmon farmer Mowi Scotland kicked off a fund-raising campaign with a £13,500 donation.

Scottish salmon products in Brussels award finals

Scottish salmon products in Brussels award finals

Two Scottish salmon products have been named among the 39 finalists in the Seafood Excellence Global awards competition.