Edinburgh-based wild fish NGO the Atlantic Salmon Trust (ATS) has announced the appointment of experienced fisheries manager Mark Bilsby as its new chief executive.

Eating farm-grown mussels may be a greener option than becoming a vegan, according to a study by the Ecological Society of America.

IFFO, the marine ingredients organisation, has appointed former Cargill executive Petter Martin Johannessen as its new director general.

Marine Harvest Scotland is taking advantage of the first direct flight from Scotland to China.

Air accident investigators were due to arrive in the Western Isles today to determine the cause of a helicopter crash in which a pilot transporting a load for the Scottish Salmon Company died.

Scotland’s two biggest salmon farmers, Marine Harvest Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), have reported a sustained improvement in fish health during the first five months of 2018, with a marked reduction in disease-related mortalities.

Farmed salmon has become a staple of healthy and affordable diets around the world, the International Salmon Farmers’ Association (ISFA) says in a new report charting the forward progress of the industry.

UK-based Benchmark Holdings and Chile’s biggest salmon producer, AquaChile, have signed an agreement to form a £19 million breeding and genetics joint venture.

Animal welfare experts have expressed disappointment after they were denied the opportunity to appear as witnesses at two Scottish Parliamentary inquiries into salmon farming.

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart has been placed at number 78 in the annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table.

Researchers from Chile’s Technological Institute of Salmon (Intesal) and the University of Minnesota have concluded that prolonging the duration of bath treatments with anti-lice medicine azamethiphos increases its effectiveness in the field.

A harmful algal bloom has killed 250,000 fish – approximately 1,000 tonnes – at two Grieg Seafood salmon farms in British Columbia, the company said in a statement today.

The Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) committee now expects to publish the report into its inquiry into Scottish salmon farming in the early autumn, convener Edward Mountain said today.

A Scottish start-up company that uses waste water from whisky distillation to produce omega-3 for salmon feed has raised £500,000 for expansion.

Wellboat and service boat provider Johnson Marine is to merge with Norwegian counterpart GripShip AS to form a new company, AquaShip AS.