Higher-than-average landings of forage fish in Northern Europe during August offset below-average availability of raw material in Peru, Chile, South Africa and India, marine ingredients organisation IFFO announced today.

A Glasgow-based company has launched an oxygen gas generator which it says would eliminate the need for bulk gas deliveries to fish farms.

Canadian seafood farming spokesman Tim Kennedy is to help advise a panel of world leaders on the best ways to sustainably increase food production in the sea.

Extreme weather is one of the major causes of plastic ‘ghost gear’ from fish farms entering oceans and rivers and the increasing frequency and severity of tropical storms due to climate change could exacerbate the problem, a study published by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has said.

In a historic move the Canadian government has decided to draft a new aquaculture act to help modernise the current fish farming industry systems and the aquaculture industry is showing its support.

The first of nine community drop-in events offering people on the west coast and in the highland and islands the chance to find out more about the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s new Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan will be held this week.

Tilapia and cannabis may not appear to be an obvious match-up, but in Canada an aquaponics firm is using the nutrients from the warm-water fish to grow the drug for medical purposes.