Flatsetsund Engineering (FLS) today gave visitors to Norway’s HavExpo trade fair a first look at its Caligus R500 delouser, a compact system designed for use on wellboats.

A new website and magazine devoted to land-based aquaculture was launched today by Norwegian publisher Oceanspace Media, which owns Fish Farming Expert and Chilean media outlet Salmonexpert.

Scottish aquaculture equipment supplier Gael Force expects to test a half-size floating semi-closed containment (SCC) enclosure next year, owner Stewart Graham has revealed.

Scottish satellite connectivity firm R3-IoT is this week launching a new solution designed specifically for the aquaculture industry.

Norwegian-owned salmon farmer Grieg Seafood has officially opened its hatchery and smolt operations in Marystown, Newfoundland, Canada, and its Placentia Bay marine operations.

Fish farmers are being offered increasingly sophisticated technology to provide ever more data on their stock, but much of it is useless without a reliable internet connection which can be hard to find in remoter parts of Scotland. It’s time to take advantage of satellites, says Kevin Quillien, co-founder of communications scale-up R3-IoT and former head of the spacecraft design team at AAC Clyde Space, where he successfully led the delivery of several satellite projects into orbit for commercial customers. At R3-IoT, he has led on projects aimed specifically at the aquaculture sector. Here Quillien, who will be speaking at a panel session entitled ‘Solving the connectivity challenge and digitising aquaculture’ on Wednesday, May 4 at 2pm at Aquaculture UK, explains why salmon farmers should reach for the stars.

Norway and Canada salmon farmer Grieg Seafood harvested 16,900 gutted weight tonnes of fish in the first quarter of 2022, it said in a market update today.

Norwegian salmon farmers SalMar and Lerøy Seafood, which co-own Scotland’s second-biggest salmon producer, Scottish Sea Farms, have announced harvest figures for the first quarter of 2022.

Scotland’s salmon farmers have added their collective voice to calls from the food and drink industry for more flexibility in the UK’s immigration system to help address labour shortages.

Scottish Sea Farms co-owner Lerøy has taken delivery of an upgraded model of a patented sludge collector for a salmon farm cage at Angelskaar in Norway.

Salmon farmer Grieg is targeting increased production of 35,000 gutted weight tonnes at its sites in British Columbia by 2025, despite uncertainty about whether licences for its sites in BC will be renewed later this year.

Scottish waste streams recycling company SEM, which makes a system for extracting useful products from salmon industry mortalities, has appointed a new chief financial officer as it seeks financing for expansion.