Salmon farmers join call for urgent talks over UK immigration plans The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation and the Scottish Seafood Association, which represents the processing sector, today made a joint call for urgent discussions with UK government ministers about the impact of Westminster’s post-Brexit immigration plans.
Algae-fed trout follows salmon on to French shelves Trout fed with a pioneering diet that incorporates algal oil has gone on sale in France this week.
Norway's first RAS-grown salmon on sale soon Norway’s first on-land salmon farm is approaching the inaugural sale of its fish several months earlier than expected, it has said.
Mowi fatality occurred in Kyle of Lochalsh area The Mowi Scotland sea site where a man lost his life in a workplace incident yesterday is in the Kyle of Lochalsh area, Police Scotland said today.
Salmon processors facing up to immigration crackdown Scotland’s salmon processors were today coming to terms with the UK government’s announcement of a new points-based immigration policy that could deprive them of a vital source of labour from the European Union.
More Scottish sites rated 'excellent' by watchdog Salmon farming in Scotland has achieved its best environmental performance, according to statistics collected for the Compliance Assessment Scheme (CAS) operated by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Fatality at Mowi Scotland fish farm Mowi Scotland last night reported the death of an individual in an incident at an unnamed marine site.
Chilean farmer questions Russian antibiotics find Salmon farmer Blumar has become the second Chilean producer to insist that exported fish alleged by Russia to contain the antibiotic oxytetracycline (OTC) have never been given the drug.
Algal bloom toxins ‘can be carried in the air’ Cyanotoxins from harmful algal blooms can enter the human body after being aerosolised and carried in the air, research in Florida has shown.
Aller Aqua claims feed can 'outcompete' pathogens Feed producer Aller Aqua has launched a new feed concept based on a blend of functional ingredients that it says promote growth and survival in fish as well as disease resistance and prevention.
Arnarlax blames cold for 500-tonne biomass loss Around 500 tonnes of salmon being grown in Iceland’s Westfjords by Arnarlax have died because of extreme weather, it has been reported.
Salmon executives join Canadian aquaculture alliance board New faces from the salmon farming industry have been added to the board of the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) following elections at the group’s annual general meeting.
Norway: Man falls into feed silo at Grieg site A worker has been taken to hospital after falling from a ladder into a silo on a feed barge at a Norwegian salmon farm.
Long-forecast Storm arrives in Tasmania at last It’s packed with technology, it runs more quietly than a dishwasher, and it’s the biggest of its kind. And finally – seven months behind schedule - the Ronja Storm has arrived in Tasmania.
Salmon spared US tariffs in aircraft subsidies row The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has expressed relief that the industry has avoided being dragged into a dispute between the United States and the European Union over subsidies to aircraft maker Airbus.
Mowi and SalMar face limits on lice-hit farms Salmon farmers Mowi and SalMar have been notified that the Norwegian Food Safety Authority is considering reducing production allowances at three of their farms because the number of sea lice on salmon has consistently breached limits.
AquaBounty nets $15.5m from share sale Transgenic-salmon farmer AquaBounty has raised around $15.5 million before expenses and fees from the sale of 10,350,000 shares, it said today.
AKVA Scotland moves from loss to profit year-on-year Aquaculture supplier AKVA has reported strong growth in Scotland in the last quarter of 2019, despite losses for the group overall. The Inverness-based Scottish branch finished in profit, having made a loss in the same period the year before.
The low FIFO fish with the high marine diet A new Norwegian salmon brand that’s produced with a remarkably low fish-in fish-out (FIFO) ratio of 0.48:1 is in fact given more marine ingredients than conventionally fed salmon.
Mowi lays off Chinese staff because of virus impact The world’s biggest fish farmer, Mowi, has laid off workers at a factory in China because of the effects of the outbreak of coronavirus there, Norwegian media outlet E24 has reported.
Irish oyster conference is a shell-out Ireland’s seafood development agency, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), was today hosting a seminar for the country’s oyster farming sector, which was valued at €43 million in 2018.
