Allaying temperature tolerance concerns Fears that lice might be becoming more tolerant of warm water treatments such as Optilicers and Thermolicers are misplaced.
Flavobacteria-resistant trout eggs for sale A new strain of trout eggs that are resistant to Flavobacteria is being launched commercially by Aquagen next year.
PD test to be available “within 2-3 years” A new test that could allow for the rapid on-farm diagnosis of PD – and potentially other diseases such as HSMI and IPN – could be commercially available within 2 years.
Jury out on new louse treatment A new louse treatment that has been shown to be very effective in Chile may not be permitted for use in Norway and Scotland.
Gill assessment vital prior to peroxide The importance of assessing the health of fish gills prior to delousing with H2O2 should not be underestimated.
Triploids match diploids in commercial scale sea trials The 2.7 million triploids that have been stocked into marine pens by Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) this year are performing as well as the diploids in the nearby cages.
Challenging quarter for Grieg in BC Algal blooms have been partly blamed by the producer for a lower harvested volume in Q3 compared to the same quarter of 2015.
AGD vaccine trials approach A number of autogenous vaccines against amoebic gill disease (AGD) are shortly to be trialled by researchers at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture.
Treatments lead to hefty mortalities Nearly 200,000 salmon have been killed by Marine Harvest Scotland during sea lice and AGD treatments this year, according to an article published in the in the Sunday Herald.
Production costs surge by 36% The cost of salmon production in Scotland rose by 36% in the third quarter of the year, according to Marine Harvest.
HAB alert nears launch A data analysis system that should allow farm workers to pre-emptively react to threats posed by approaching harmful algal blooms (HABs) is approaching its commercial launch.
Cargill to focus on fish health Following a $10.5 million investment, Cargill’s new Innovation Centre, which will focus on functional feeds and salmon health issues, has been officially opened in Chile.
MH takes 19k tonne hit Marine Harvest expects its harvest volumes for 2016 to be 19,000 tonnes lower than originally forecast, due largely to biological challenges.
H2O2 treatment concerns Researchers from Quantidoc AS in Norway presented new results in Edinburgh this week which showed that delousing treatments with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) may compromise the health of fish for up to 2 weeks.
