Scottish salmon exports dropped by 32% year-on-year in February as the spread of coronavirus devastated markets in Asia, an analysis of export figures carried out by the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has shown.

Single cell protein developer KnipBio has announced that its patent titled Methylotrophs for Aquaculture and Animal Feed has been approved for grant by the European Patent Office. The patent offers broad-based protection for the company’s intellectual property rights in the use of methylotrophic bacteria to produce single cell proteins for animal feeds.