Farms aren’t to blame for blooms An unusually large bloom of toxic algae has resulted in fish kills in BC, causing activists to point fingers at salmon farmers, despite the fact that scientists say it’s a natural event.
Antibiotic league table published Nova Austral and Antártica have the lowest antibiotic consumption per tonne of fish produced in Chile, according to the new report by Sernapesca.
NGO backs antibiotics report A new report issued by Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) on the use of antibiotics in salmon farms has been welcomed by the Marine conservation organization Oceana.
Leap in May vaccines The Norwegian salmon industry bought 16.0 million doses of vaccines in May, up from 12.3 million in the same month last year, according to statistics released by Pharmaq today.
Domestic ova: "a false economy" The Chilean salmon industry's attempts to cut costs by using domestically produced roe is a false economy, according to the general manager of the roe supplier company Stofnfiskur.
Vaccinator shows Norwegian intent Aqualife, the Stirling-based vaccination and fish care firm, has established a Norwegian limited company.
Antibiotics use hits 9-year high An average of 660g of antibiotics was used to produce every tonne of Chilean salmon last year, according to a Sernapesca report.
Cleanerfish idiosyncrasies revealed Lumpfish tend to stay closer to the surface than salmon when it is sunny and warm, and often eat food other than sea lice, according to a new experiment undertaken by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research (IMR).
HSMI is (still) not in BC Scientists claim to have potentially found a case of HSMI in farmed salmon in BC – however, a careful look at the evidence suggests they are making a big deal about a disease that has already been reported.
MSD and Europharma join forces MSD Animal Health has signed deal with Europharma UK to become the exclusive distributor of the latter’s Aquavac trout products Aquavac ERM, ERM Oral and Relera.
Feed can slash lice levels A new functional feed that has been developed to help protect salmon from lice has been launched in Scotland this week.
Camanchaca loses a third of its fish Salmones Camanchaca has revealed that this year's harvests will be down by a third following losses caused by the blooms of Chattonella marina which affected salmon production Los Lagos region in February and March.
Farmed salmon hearing concerns Half of the world’s farmed salmon suffer from hearing loss due to a deformity of their earbones, according to new research published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Scots crack Russian market A team from Aqualife, the Stirling-based vaccination specialists, has just returned from the firm’s first foray into the Russian market.
