Farmer funds special needs charity Marine Harvest Canada has donated $2000 towards a charity that helps kids in BC with special needs.
Blockades stop Chilean exports Demonstrations and road blocks organized by Chilean fishermen are impeding the transportation of salmon from processing plants in Chiloe Island.
Centre of attention Plans to create the Scottish aquaculture industry’s first visitor centre for more than three decades have been revealed by Marine Harvest.
Global taste for salmon increasing All the world's largest salmon markets, but Russia and Japan, have experienced an increased consumption of Atlantic salmon over the past four years.
Sweet FA One of the key exporters of Scottish salmon to France, FAO27, has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, in recognition of its impressive record in international trade.
5,000 layoffs expected At an extraordinary session of the Fisheries Committee of Chile's Chamber of Deputies, Felipe Sandoval, president of Salmonchile, predicted that 5,000 salmon industry jobs will be lost during Q2.
Richards scoops regal award Professor Randolph Richards CBE, an Emeritus Professor at Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture, is the recipient of this year’s Queen’s Medal – the highest honour a veterinary surgeon can receive.
East coast output on the rise Aquaculture production in Canada’s easternmost province is increasing considerably year-on-year.
Timorese tilapia boost A hatchery that will produce up to 5 million genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) a year has been opened in Timor-Leste.
Labour shortages are costing Canadian aquaculture According to the latest assessments, aquaculture has the largest relative impact from losses due to unfilled vacancies compared to any other food-production sector in Canada.
Canadians back Congolese project A project backed by Canadian salmon farmers, including Cooke Aquaculture, has been instrumental in helping to revitalize the fish farming sector in the northwest region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Vegas proves popular Over 2700 participants from 88 countries came to the Aquaculture 2016 conference in Las Vegas.
Tilapia top-up for food banks For every fish taco eaten at the Regal Springs booth at this year's Seafood Expo North America, 5lb of tilapia will be donated to SeaShare, a charity dedicated to supplying healthy seafood to food banks across the US.
Scotland’s Green cuisine Mark Greenaway, the renowned Edinburgh chef, will be managing the Seafood from Scotland bar at Seafood Expo North America (SENA), which takes place in Boston from 6-8 March.
