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AquaBounty gives more fish to the needy in US

AquaBounty gives more fish to the needy in US

American on-land salmon farmer AquaBounty is donating 30,000 pounds (13.6 tonnes) of fish to the Gleaners Food Bank in Indiana, it announced today. The donation will provide enough fish for an estimated 125,000 meals.

Better feed keeping salmon in the pink, says Mowi

Better feed keeping salmon in the pink, says Mowi

More than 96% of the salmon harvested by Mowi Scotland last month was of “superior” grade, the company said in the latest issue of staff newsletter, The Scoop.

Mowi and Cermaq take Canadian government to court over farm closures

Mowi and Cermaq take Canadian government to court over farm closures

Mowi Canada West and Cermaq have each applied for a judicial review of the Canadian government’s decisions to close 19 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands in British Columbia by June 2022.

BioMar to supply 100,000-tonne Swedish salmon farm

BioMar to supply 100,000-tonne Swedish salmon farm

BioMar is to supply feed for Europe’s biggest on-land Atlantic salmon farm, planned in Sweden, it said today.

Cutting the lice problem with ‘genetic scissors’

Cutting the lice problem with ‘genetic scissors’

An international effort to discover if the resistance that Pacific salmon have to sea lice can be gene edited into Atlantic salmon has begun.

Chile harvested nearly 1m tonnes of salmonids in 2019

Chile harvested nearly 1m tonnes of salmonids in 2019

Chilean salmon and trout production reached a record high of almost 1 million tonnes during 2019, according to state aquaculture agency Sernapesca.

Blumar plunges from profit to loss in first half of 2020

Blumar plunges from profit to loss in first half of 2020

Chilean salmon farming and fishing company Blumar went from a profit of US $11.8 million in the first half of 2019 to a loss of $30.9m the same period this year.

Chilean salmonid export earnings fall 11.5% in H1

Chilean salmonid export earnings fall 11.5% in H1

The value of Chilean salmonid exports fell by 11.5% to US $2,379 million in the first half of 2020, compared to $2,689m in the same period last year.

Chile salmonid production up 8.5% in first third of year

Chile salmonid production up 8.5% in first third of year

Atlantic salmon production in Chile totalled 233,700 tonnes in the first third of 2019, a 5.1% increase on the same period last year, due largely to bigger harvests in the Aysén region.

BC First Nation files a lawsuit against Federal Government over salmon farms

BC First Nation files a lawsuit against Federal Government over salmon farms

The Dzawada'enuxw First Nation in British Columbia (BC) has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian Federal government.

Swiss fish farmer harvests first Atlantic salmon

Swiss fish farmer harvests first Atlantic salmon

When it comes to foodstuffs, Switzerland is famous for its cheese and Toblerones, but the land-locked country can now add Atlantic salmon to that list.

Genetic breakthrough in Pancreas Disease

Genetic breakthrough in Pancreas Disease

Scientists have confirmed the inheritable genetic component of Pancreas Disease in Atlantic salmon, which could make it possible to breed fish with natural resistance to the viral disease.