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What happens to lice when nets are washed?

What happens to lice when nets are washed?

In the salmon farming industry there is a suspicion that lice reside in fouling found on net cages and cleaner fish hides, and that it they can be spread in the site during net cleaning. But research carried out by Norwegian science and technology organisation SINTEF has come to a different conclusion.

Aquaculture Innovation Centre bids for £26.1m

Aquaculture Innovation Centre bids for £26.1m

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) is targeting £26.1 million in funding as part of the Stirling City Region Deal.

Study may open door for more and bigger farms

Study may open door for more and bigger farms

A collaborative project to improve understanding of the effects of salmon farming on the seabed in high-energy waters is under way in Orkney, with co-funding from the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).

Ocean Farm 1 becomes a floating laboratory

Ocean Farm 1 becomes a floating laboratory

The world's first offshore salmon farm, Ocean Farm 1, will be used as a floating laboratory by a company developing systems for computer modelling of the external and internal status of farmed salmon.

Ready, steady, grow: first fish for Ocean Farm 1

Ready, steady, grow: first fish for Ocean Farm 1

Salmar chief executive Trond Williksen has confirmed that the first fish are now in place in the world's first offshore salmon farm, Ocean Farm 1.

‘Push-cage’ tests salmon readiness for wilder water

‘Push-cage’ tests salmon readiness for wilder water

Researchers have developed a cage pushed by a boat to recreate strong currents and test how salmon fare in high-energy conditions.

Picture special: Anchoring the offshore fish farm

Picture special: Anchoring the offshore fish farm

Three anchor handling vessels have been working with the world's first offshore fish farm, Ocean Farm 1, off the coast of Norway over the past week - and here are pictures of the work.

Study: Land-based salmon farming 'can be viable'

Study: Land-based salmon farming 'can be viable'

A new analysis concludes that "land-based farmed technology can be an interesting and economically viable way of producing salmon".

Pomegranate bears fruit in bid to keep fillets fresh

Pomegranate bears fruit in bid to keep fillets fresh

Researchers in Iran and Italy have discovered that pomegranate peel extract combined with chitosan - derived from the chitin shells of shrimp and other crustaceans - can help maintain the properties of frozen trout fillets for up to six months.

Coming to a rooftop near you - urban fish farms

Coming to a rooftop near you - urban fish farms

Fish farms could be created in urban environments such as parks, unused rooftops and other community spaces, if a concept by two Singapore companies comes to fruition.

Singapore seeks more closed containment systems

Singapore seeks more closed containment systems

The Lion State's aquaculturalists are turning to closed containment systems after an oil spill and two algae blooms killed off tonnes of fish in cages submerged in the sea.

Genes 'useful markers' of plant-loving fish

Genes 'useful markers' of plant-loving fish

Scientists have identified 63 genes that may be useful markers for selecting fish with a greater tolerance to a plant-based diet.

Brass net maker shows its mettle

Brass net maker shows its mettle

German copper specialist Wieland-Werke AG and Norwegian fish farming services operator Lerow AS have formed a joint venture, BlueSea Technology AS, for the development and manufacture of brass nets and cages for aquaculture.

Atlantic Sapphire digs deep into past for water

Atlantic Sapphire digs deep into past for water

Ambitious land-based fish farmer Atlantic Sapphire will draw Jurassic-age salt water from 2,000 ft below ground to supply a huge new RAS facility in Miami, Florida.

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