Faroe Islands salmon farmer Bakkafrost has revealed that it lost approximately 750,000 fish in a mass mortality at a farm site last Thursday.

Two projects have been launched to understand the factors that cause gill problems in salmon farming and to provide concrete recommendations for preventive measures that can reduce the problems.

Marine Harvest has declared that 27.23% of the salmon that escaped from one of its farms in Chile during storms in July have been recaptured.

Norway’s former fisheries minister, Per Sandberg, has formed a consultancy which will focus mainly on seafood and aquaculture.

The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has appointed senior environmental regulator Anne Anderson to its newly-created post of sustainability director.

A Spanish company is spending €30 million on a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) to grow Atlantic salmon in the northern province of Cantabria.

Construction of Sølvtrans’ forthcoming vessel Ronja Storm, which will be the world’s largest wellboat, is proceeding as planned, according to Norwegian ship builder Havyard.

The head of Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Wes Ford, has called for greater transparency from the state’s salmon farmers after it was revealed that 120,000 fish escaped from a Huon Aquaculture farm in storms in May.

Chilean salmon farmer Invermar’s profits slumped by 59% in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 because of the effects of harmful algal blooms at the start of this year.

Norwegian fisheries minister Harald T Nesvik has held talks with his Westminster counterpart, George Eustice, as he seeks to ensure continued UK market access after Brexit.

Salmon farmers already have plenty of reason to be grateful to cleaner fish for helping battle sea lice, but Scottish Sea Farms can now also thank them for winning an award.

Removal of liquid and solid waste from the salvaged Chilean wellboat Seikongen should begin today or tomorrow, authorities have said.