Researchers using an electronic “sensor fish” to measure any damage Hydrolicer delousing may cause farmed salmon believe that corralling the fish into a small area before treatment is likely to put more mechanical stress on them than the delousing process itself.

Norwegian salmon farmer Midt-Norsk Havbruk (MNH) will take delivery of its second Aquatraz semi-closed cage next month, with two more due later in the year.

Salmon farmer Mowi has reported that one its feed barges sank in the early hours of yesterday morning near Lochboisdale, Uist after taking on water during a storm that generated two-metre swells.

Norway has banned the use of tarpaulin bath treatments on salmon farms within 500 metres of shrimp or spawning grounds.

Politicians in the world’s second-largest salmon farming country, Chile, have dropped plans to insist on the removal of sediments from beneath salmon farms, choosing instead to concentrate on the recovery of farm sites.

A company that manufactures and services nets for the salmon farming industry has taken delivery of the largest net washer in the country as part of an investment in bigger, more modern equipment.

Mowi’s operations in Norway and Ireland made the biggest operating profit per kilogram in the final quarter of 2018, with Scotland not far behind.

The Dzawada'enuxw First Nation in British Columbia (BC) has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian Federal government. 

  The Duck Lake Hatchery in Powell River, British Columbia is dealing with the death of 700,000 salmon fry that were destined for local water ways.

New experiments in Norway show that it is almost 40% more profitable to use copepods as a starting feed for lumpfish production. 

The Chilean salmon Ventisqueros has confirmed the escape of nearly 27,000 salmon from a site in Tubildad in the Quemchi district of Chiloe.

Two Scottish consortiums, backed by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), are embarking on initiatives valued at a combined £3.5 million to improve gill health and resilience among farmed Atlantic salmon – one of the industry’s most significant challenges.

Agrosuper, the Chilean company seeking to become the world’s second-largest salmon farmer by acquiring AquaChile, has called an extraordinary meeting of shareholders to approve plans to raise US$403 million to help fund the deal.