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Aquaculture sustainability in spotlight at online summit

Aquaculture sustainability in spotlight at online summit

Seven webinars exploring the potential for increased sustainability in aquaculture take place today and tomorrow.

Satellite link promises digital revolution for remote Scottish fish farms

Satellite link promises digital revolution for remote Scottish fish farms

A consortium of research partners in Scotland has been awarded a £250,000 funding package to revolutionise the collection, interpretation, and use of data on fish farms, with the development of a new digital platform that will enable insights farmers can act on.

Fumes-to-feed project given €2.5m to scale up for trials

Fumes-to-feed project given €2.5m to scale up for trials

A company turning industrial emissions into novel protein sources for fish feed has been given €2.5 million to scale up the production process.

Equality award for aquaculture institute

Equality award for aquaculture institute

The Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) at Stirling University has been awarded an Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) bronze award for its good practice in gender equality.

Cooke Scotland joins £10m push for insect-based feed

Cooke Scotland joins £10m push for insect-based feed

Salmon farmer Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has joined a group of companies and organisations backing the development of the UK’s first large-scale industrial insect farm.

Salmon farming ‘produces as much fish as it uses’

Salmon farming ‘produces as much fish as it uses’

A more sophisticated method of calculating the amount of forage fish required to grow a set weight of farmed fish shows that most aquaculture species groups assessed are net producers of fish, while salmon and trout aquaculture are net neutral, according to a new report.

Salmon farmers invited to have their say on fish welfare

Salmon farmers invited to have their say on fish welfare

Scotland’s fish farmers are being asked to give their views on how on-farm salmon welfare assessments might be improved to benefit both the fish and production.

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.

GM and algal oil benefits to salmon health studied

GM and algal oil benefits to salmon health studied

Researchers have begun a study into how well omega-3-rich oils from microalgae and genetically modified oilseed crops in salmon feed benefit the health of the fish.

Study will test if bioactive feed can combat lice

Study will test if bioactive feed can combat lice

A new £300,000 study involving University of Stirling experts and a leading animal feed manufacturer is aiming to explore how certain feed ingredients can reduce infections in farmed fish.

Trout fry vaccine to be trialled in Scotland

Trout fry vaccine to be trialled in Scotland

Scotland’s biggest trout farmer, Dawnfresh, and Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) are leading a consortium that is taking a significant step towards the development of a commercial vaccine for rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS).

Stirling leads new fight against resistance to antibiotics

Stirling leads new fight against resistance to antibiotics

Scientists from the University of Stirling are to lead a £680,000 project that will use cutting-edge techniques to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Vietnamese catfish – a key challenge for the global aquaculture industry.

Triple triumph for Scottish Sea Farms at 2019 Awards

Triple triumph for Scottish Sea Farms at 2019 Awards

Scottish Sea Farms scored a triple triumph at last night’s Aquaculture Awards 2019, which also featured overseas winners for the first time.

Industry casts a net for talent at careers day

Industry casts a net for talent at careers day

Speakers from salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms and Scotland’s second-largest trout grower, Kames, are among those lined up to make presentations at the annual Aquaculture Careers Day at Stirling University today.