Scottish Sea Farms is to get £1.28 million from Scottish Enterprise to support research and development into fish welfare and green initiatives.

Marine Harvest today announced it is changing its name to Mowi (pronounced Murveh) from January 1 and is launching a branded MOWI product range.

A Canadian scientist is using blue mussels to detect harmful algae blooms.

Aquafeed producer BioMar has upped its profit guidance for 2018 after a strong third quarter in its non-salmon divisions.

Marine Harvest Scotland has ordered a new Hydrolicer that will be the biggest in operation in the country, the machine’s Norwegian manufacturer has revealed.

The first of nine community drop-in events offering people on the west coast and in the highland and islands the chance to find out more about the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s new Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan will be held this week.

The team behind plans for a self-propelled fish farm that can operate in the open sea have obtained a patent from the National Institute of Intellectual Property of Chile (Inapi), taking the concept closer to being realised.

The annual Canadian Farmed Salmon Seafood Policy conference will be taking place in Ottawa, Canada.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) held an outreach event at a Marine Harvest salmon farm on the west coast of British Columbia.

Salmon feed producer Skretting today announced that the company intends to cease production in the UK at the end of 2019, with the likely loss of around 100 jobs.

Sealice 2018, Chile: The lice drug based on lufenuron initially works by preventing the parasite synthesising a new shell. Now researchers have found that it also affects lice in other ways, even long after the fish was originally medicated.

Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) today reported an operational EBIT of NOK 35 million (£3.2m) for the third quarter of 2018, a big drop compared to the NOK 192m (£17.6m) made in the corresponding period last year. This was due to harvest volumes 76% lower than in Q3 2017.

Faroese salmon farmer and fish feed producer Bakkafrost Group has announced total earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of DKK 434.2 million (£51m) for the third quarter of 2018.