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Prices give Camanchaca breathing space despite low oxygen problems

Prices give Camanchaca breathing space despite low oxygen problems

Record-high prices helped Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca make a first-quarter operating profit of US $3.7 million this year.

£1.7m study seeks to unlock secrets of salmon sea lice resistance

£1.7m study seeks to unlock secrets of salmon sea lice resistance

Scientists in Scotland have been given £1.7 million for a study to identify genes that could make Atlantic salmon resistant to sea lice.

Pasteurella 'more of a risk to lumpfish than to salmon'

Pasteurella 'more of a risk to lumpfish than to salmon'

Atlantic salmon appear to be less susceptible to pasteurellosis than lumpfish, the commonly used cleaner fish for the control of sea lice, new research suggests.

Algae-hit Camanchaca boosted by stronger harvest

Algae-hit Camanchaca boosted by stronger harvest

Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca harvested 15,002 tonnes (whole fish equivalent) of Atlantic salmon with an average weight of 4.5 kg in the fourth quarter of last year, along with 1,842 tonnes WFE of coho salmon with an average weight of 4.4 kg, the company said in a trading update today.

Scottish salmon production fell by 5.8% last year

Scottish salmon production fell by 5.8% last year

The volume of Atlantic salmon harvested in Scotland decreased by 11,752 tonnes (5.8%) to 192,129 tonnes (wet weight) last year, according to figures published by government agency Marine Scotland Science today.

Singapore salmon farmer agrees Benchmark deal

Singapore salmon farmer agrees Benchmark deal

Benchmark Genetics has signed a long-term agreement to deliver Atlantic salmon eggs to Singapore RAS, which plans a salmon recirculating aquaculture system facility in Singapore.

Low average harvest weight for Camanchaca

Low average harvest weight for Camanchaca

Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca, which was challenged by algal blooms in April, harvested 6,425 tonnes of Atlantic salmon with an average weight of 3.9 kilos (whole fish equivalent) in the second quarter of this year, it said in a trading update today.

Camanchaca harvested 9,163 tonnes in Q1

Camanchaca harvested 9,163 tonnes in Q1

Chilean salmon farmer Salmones Camanchaca harvested 9,163 tonnes (whole fish equivalent) of Atlantic salmon with an average weight of 4.7 kg wfe, it said in a stock market update today.

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.