In a historic move the Canadian government has decided to draft a new aquaculture act to help modernize the current fish farming industry systems and the aquaculture industry is showing its support.

A report advising Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) on how to best carry out, use and communicate aquaculture science has been published.

The organiser of the biennial Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards has decided to hold the awards annually and throw them open to entrants from overseas.

Salmon farmer Wester Ross Fisheries has released details of a “catastrophic” loss caused by gill damage to fish at its Ardessie farm in Little Loch Broom in August.

New Zealand King Salmon has applied for permission to test two 3,600-hectare ocean sites off Otago to ascertain whether they are suitable for offshore salmon farming.

Aquaculture feed manufacturer Skretting and international non-profit research organisation WorldFish are collaborating to improve fish farming efficiency in Africa.

The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has today published a report showing that more than 700 young people between the ages of 17 and 30 are employed in the salmon farming sector. The majority work in Highlands and Islands communities and represent about a third of the workforce.

Researchers at global salmon farmer Cermaq have identified what they believe is the optimal current speed to keep salmon smolts strong and healthy in freshwater tanks.

Aquamonk, an India-based start-up that uses solar-powered sensor modules for real-time monitoring and data management for shrimp farming, has been voted Most Investible Business at the Hatch Accelerator Demo Day.

Former Cermaq Canada fish health technical manager Kathleen Frisch is to return to north America as the company’s fish health director after transferring to Cermaq’s R&D department in Norway in 2015 to complete an industrial PhD from the University of Bergen.

Exports of Scottish salmon fell by 20.1% in the first nine months of 2018, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said today.

Fish feed manufacturer Aller Aqua has joined a partnership to establish Denmark’s first industrial insect production. The goal is to produce 30 tons of insects per day four years from now.    

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) will today hold the last of its nine community drop-in events intended to give people in salmon farming areas an opportunity to speak with its staff about its proposals to tighten fish farming regulations.