New money will help improve fish health As part of the +$200 million Ocean Frontier Institute collaboration between three top ocean-science universities in eastern Canada, the Atlantic Veterinary College will be focusing on researching innovative ways to improve fish health in aquaculture.
The pros and cons of net cleaning Net cleaning in certain circumstances can create conditions “not dissimilar to a harmful zooplankton bloom”, according to a leading fish vet.
Fouling/fish disease link explored The exact nature of possible links between fouling on netpens, the cleaning of nets and the infection of farmed fish has been the subject of a recent investigation.
Fresh threat detected The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that the deadly fish parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative agent of whirling disease, has now been detected in Canada.
Sanitary challenges dominate Q2 report Sea lice and SRS in Chile, mouth rot and plankton in Canada and CMS and HSMI in Norway have all been highlighted as key challenges facing Cermaq’s salmon farmers.
Chile’s SRS SOS In a bid to reduce the volume of antibiotics used to combat SRS in Chile, a new joint initiative, called Project Pincoy, has been launched by Skretting, Aquagen/Blue Genomics, Pharmaq, Centrovet, Cermaq, Blumar and Ventisqueros.
Protesters disregard fish welfare Sea Shepherd activists have been endangering the health of salmon in the Okisollo Channel, where low oxygen levels are currently making the fish more vulnerable to the stress caused by passing vessels.
ISA scare appears unfounded New tests have failed to confirm the presence of the pathogenic strain of the ISA virus at a salmon site in the Faroes, prompting speculation that earlier test must have picked up a non-virulent strain.
New on the vaccine scene The first vaccine to be developed entirely in-house by Benchmark has just been released for commercial field trials in the Mediterranean.
Vaccine sales surge A record 50.8 million doses of salmon vaccine were sold in Norway during June, up from 44.6 million in the same month last year.
Faroes on ISA alert A routine surveillance test has revealed the possibility of an ISA outbreak at a Bakkafrost site in the Faroe Islands.
Camanchaca lowers antibiotic use The Chilean producer reports that it has reduced the amount of active antibiotic ingredient per tonne of salmon produced in 2015 compared to previous years, although the number of treatments has increased.
Los Fiordos reduces antibiotic use In order to minimize the use of antibiotics and delousing agents, Los Fiordos is using vaccines to strengthen the immune systems of it salmon, as well as functional diets and breeding programs.
First global Aquatic Animal Epidemiology conference The Norwegian veterinary institute (Veterinærunstituttet) is hosting the first global conference in Aquatic Animal Epidemiology.
