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Super-sized service boat focused on fish health

Super-sized service boat focused on fish health

A £1.9 million service boat built for Scottish Sea Farms has started operations this week, enhancing the company’s ability to respond to fish health challenges.

Vaccine developer names new fish division boss

Vaccine developer names new fish division boss

A former PhD student at Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture has been named managing director of Vaxxinova Norway and Vaxxinova Chile, which are focused on producing vaccines targeting the major disease challenges in cold-water species.

Building a healthy future in aquaculture

Building a healthy future in aquaculture

For the past three years, 29-year-old Harry Hamlin-Wright has being working as a company veterinarian for Dawnfresh Farms, a role that takes him to the company’s rainbow trout farms and hatchery located across Scotland and Northern Ireland. He tells Fish Farming Expert about his journey so far.

Chile fish health and growth best in five years

Chile fish health and growth best in five years

The Chilean salmon industry has recorded its best performance in the last five years, according to data from the Salmon Technology Institute (Intesal).

Investor buys half of fish health company Åkerblå

Investor buys half of fish health company Åkerblå

Seafood investor Broodstock Capital has bought a 50% stake in fish health company Åkerblå, which operates in Canada, Iceland and Spain as well as its home market of Norway.

Cermaq finds the ‘perfect speed’ for smolts

Cermaq finds the ‘perfect speed’ for smolts

Researchers at global salmon farmer Cermaq have identified what they believe is the optimal current speed to keep salmon smolts strong and healthy in freshwater tanks.

Knowledge swap opens up probiotic possibilities

Knowledge swap opens up probiotic possibilities

Salmon farmers may get new products to keep fish healthy after speciality chemicals giant Evonik teamed up with Chinese biotech firm Vland to work on innovations for probiotics in animal nutrition.

Cermaq builds welfare policy on FishWell framework

Cermaq builds welfare policy on FishWell framework

Salmon farmer Cermaq has implemented a new fish welfare policy based on the framework and recommendations in the FishWell report produced by Norwegian aquaculture research institute Nofima.

Stirling plans more short courses after debut success

Stirling plans more short courses after debut success

A new short course in fish health and welfare by Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) has been declared a success by organisers, who are now looking to develop more in-depth follow-on courses.

Gill, not kill: scientists develop disease detection without dissection

Gill, not kill: scientists develop disease detection without dissection

Scientists in Canada have developed two new technologies that enhance their ability to detect pathogens and diseases in wild and farmed salmon with a high degree of sensitivity and without necessarily requiring dead fish or destructive sampling.

Tipping the scales towards better skin health

Tipping the scales towards better skin health

Salmon and trout egg supplier AquaGen and research partners have started a project to produce fish with more robust skin health. The goal is to minimise handling damage and wounds in farmed salmon.

Innovation centre targets gill health

Innovation centre targets gill health

Three new projects focusing on gill health have been highlighted in a new report on the work of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) published today.

Non-destructive sampling breakthrough explained

Non-destructive sampling breakthrough explained

A discovery that should lead to the potential for fish farmers to conduct non-lethal on-site testing for a number of diseases is likely to transform how fish health is monitored at farm sites.

New money will help improve fish health

New money will help improve fish health

As part of the +$200 million Ocean Frontier Institute collaboration between three top ocean-science universities in eastern Canada, the Atlantic Veterinary College will be focusing on researching innovative ways to improve fish health in aquaculture.