Investment suggests confidence in salmon sector The latest economic report on Scotland’s salmon farming industry highlights a 16% increase in capital investment year-on-year, rising to £63.1 million during 2015 - a statistic which suggests the confidence in the long-term future of the sector.
Aquaculture helps fuel island's bioscience boom The Centre for Aquaculture Technologies Canada (CATC) is expected to hire 15 more people over the next year, helping to drive the bioscience boom currently being experienced on Prince Edward Island (PEI).
First roe reach new hatchery Marine Harvest has laid down its first batch of roe in its new hatchery facility at Fjæra, in Hordaland, despite the fact that the facility will not be completed until well into 2017.
100,000 tonne goal Olavur Gregerson, MD of Ocean Rainforest, aims to grow 100,000 tonnes of seaweed (S lattissma and A Esculenta) at sites around the Faroe Islands.
Producer backs island cancer charity The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has presented Arran Cancer Support (ArCaS) with almost £600, raised from its salmon-in-a-bun sales at the Brodick Highland Games.
Urchins offer a lifeline to First Nations Urchinomics, a Norwegian sea urchin farming firm, has signed an agreement with the Ekuanitshit Nation in Quebec for the initiation of a pilot project.
A broader view of sustainability Data on the environmental, economic and social repercussions of the aquaculture industry are currently being collected by scientists from Nofima and SINTEF in a bid to create a sustainability index for the sector.
Salmon BBQs raise six-figure sum Marine Harvest Canada has raised over $120,000 for charities with its salmon barbeque events over the last six seasons.
First fish stocked at Westerbister Scottish Sea Farms' new salmon site on Orkney, which will create six full time jobs, has been stocked for the first time.
Scots to double aquaculture output A group of leading businesses and organisations in Scotland’s aquaculture industry has come together for the first time to create an ambitious new growth strategy for the sector.
Scope for growth in Atlantic Canada Canadian officials offered backing to grow the salmon aquaculture industry on the country's east coast during the annual two-day forum of the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA) which took place this week.
Backing for sustainable aquaculture investments Up to $125 billion a year could be generated from the development of sustainable aquaculture projects by 2030, according to a new report.
China’s first home-grown salmon? The first fry have been stocked in a planned 20,000 tonne-per-year salmon farm in the Yellow Sea.
MH makes record donation Marine Harvest Canada has invested $250,000 to help fund a recreational project in northern Vancouver Island.
