From morts to meal About 27,733 tonnes of salmon - 72% of the total mortalities caused by recent harmful algae blooms (HABs) in Chile - have now been processed into fishmeal.
To HAB and to HAB not A group of eminent microbial experts assembled at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) this week to address the problem of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can both cause biotoxins in seafood and lead to the death in fish.
Harvest volumes drop 11% Total salmonid harvest volumes in Chile decreased in January - even before the high mortalities caused by recent algae blooms - compared to the same month of 2015, due largely to a steep drop in coho harvests.
To bean or not to bean? The Soy Aquaculture Alliance (SAA) was present at Seafood Expo North America, educating attendees on the utilization of soybeans in aquaculture feeds.
Roe embargo lifted Chilean salmon producers are once more able to import salmon eggs from Stofnfiskur, after the Icelandic company received Sernapeca approval for all four of its sites.
For peat’s sake Hebridean Smokehouse, which specialises in producing peat-smoked scallops, salmon and sea trout, has reached the shortlist of the Best Food Producer Category at BBC Radio 4’s Food & Farming Awards.
Keep Kvarme and carry on Andreas Kvarme, CEO of Grieg Seafood, believes that the company can increase production by 10% a year over the next four years and that its Shetland operations will be radically improved after 2015 ended in "disaster".
Algal disaster to lead to layoffs Salmonchile expects job losses due to the harmful algal blooms (HABs) affecting the northern part of Los Lagos, where officials estimate that around 90,000 tonnes of fish have already died.
Don’t chicken out of using poultry products Scotland’s salmon industry could slash its feed bills by £40 million a year if it was to include avian ingredients in its feed formulas, according to a leading fish nutritionist.
Morts top 12 million A meeting between representatives of Sernapesca and Chile's Minister of Economy has revealed the true scale of the salmonid losses caused by the recent wave of harmful algae blooms (HABs).
Bloom and bust Marine Harvest revealed this morning that it has lost nearly 3 million fish due to a severe algal bloom that has affected three of its sites in Chile’s Region X, while other companies have also reported devastating mortalities.
App tracks louse numbers Aquabench has recently launched an App that shows sea lice abundances in farms across Chile.
Further mass mortalities Blumar and Marine Harvest are the latest companies to report extensive mortalities caused by Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) in Chile.
Algae kills 1.5 million 1.5 million fish at 3 sites operated by Salmones Camanchaca have died recently due to harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the Chattonella marina variety.
