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Grieg data platform 'will offer a window on the ocean'

Grieg data platform 'will offer a window on the ocean'

Grieg Seafood has partnered with Californian company Scoot Science to launch an ocean analytics and data management platform that will provide real-time data on ocean environmental conditions to Grieg’s salmon farms.

Trees might help reduce harmful algal blooms

Trees might help reduce harmful algal blooms

A new study from Australia indicates that trees might help prevent or reduce harmful algae blooms (HABs).

Algal blooms harmful to Invermar’s profits

Chilean salmon farmer Invermar’s profits slumped by 59% in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 because of the effects of harmful algal blooms at the start of this year.

Algal bloom kills 250,000 salmon in Canada

Algal bloom kills 250,000 salmon in Canada

A harmful algal bloom has killed 250,000 fish – approximately 1,000 tonnes – at two Grieg Seafood salmon farms in British Columbia, the company said in a statement today.

Algae fish death toll tops 4,000 tonnes in Chile

Algae fish death toll tops 4,000 tonnes in Chile

The volume of farmed salmon killed by harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Chile has now passed 4,000 tonnes.

Chile HAB fish death toll rises to 3,250 tonnes

Chile HAB fish death toll rises to 3,250 tonnes

The amount of salmon lost to harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Chile has risen above 3,000 tonnes. Fisheries authority Sernapesca accounts for 2,450 tonnes of total fish losses due to HABs in the regions of Los Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes, but if the 800 tonnes that Invermar has not yet registered with the authority are added, the figure increases to 3,250 tonnes.

Invermar loses $8m of fish as Chilean HABs spread

Invermar loses $8m of fish as Chilean HABs spread

Chilean salmon farmer Invermar has lost 1,600 tonnes of fish worth US$8.25 million to mortality caused by harmful algal blooms (HABs), it said in an announcement to financial regulators.

Chile: 20 farms report salmon deaths from algae

Chile: 20 farms report salmon deaths from algae

Twenty sites spread over five companies in Chile have so far reported salmon deaths as a result of a resurgence of toxic microalgae.

Chilean salmon farmers on alert for HAB resurgence

Chilean salmon farmers on alert for HAB resurgence

The levels of a toxic microalgae that caused the death of 360 tonnes of salmon in the Aysen region of Chile earlier this month seem to have down, but the aquaculture industry is prepared for a recurrence.

Lice and algae hit Grieg Shetland earnings

Lice and algae hit Grieg Shetland earnings

The costs of countering sea lice and algal blooms have slashed Grieg Seafood’s earnings per kilo in Shetland by almost two-thirds.

Grieg turns to technology to tackle algal blooms

Grieg turns to technology to tackle algal blooms

Grieg Seafood Shetland is to use industry-leading particle analysis instrumentation to stay ahead of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and keep fish stocks healthy.

Feat of clay: new bid to tackle harmful algal blooms

Feat of clay: new bid to tackle harmful algal blooms

A method developed by Chinese scientists is being applied in the fight against harmful algal blooms (HABs) that have cost the salmon industry millions.

Fresh algal alert

Fresh algal alert

Hundreds of thousands of salmon aboard wellboats traveling through the Gulf of Penas have been killed by blooms of Karenia mikimotoi microalgae.

HAB alert nears launch

HAB alert nears launch

A data analysis system that should allow farm workers to pre-emptively react to threats posed by approaching harmful algal blooms (HABs) is approaching its commercial launch.