Lower harvest hits Lerøy profits Norwegian salmon and trout farmer Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) – which owns half of Scottish Sea Farms - has reported a lower harvest volume and operating profit for the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year.
DNA sequences explain trout disease resistance A group of French researchers has probably found out why some rainbow trout are resistant to the disease-causing freshwater bacterium Flavobacterium psychrophilum, a bacterium that can cause major economic losses to breeders.
Chilean Atlantic salmon harvest grew 8.6% in 2018 The amount of Atlantic salmon harvested in Chile grew by 8.6% to 633,000 tonnes last year according to Subpesca, the government’s Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Chilean salmon farmer doubles profit in Q4 2018 Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca more than doubled its net profit to US$10.4 million in the last quarter of 2018 compared to the same period the year before.
Dawnfresh bids to double Scottish trout production Scotland’s biggest trout farmer, Dawnfresh, has revealed £16 million plans to substantially increase production and create 36 jobs.
Hot stuff: chilli shown to improve growth in trout Researchers in Italy and Turkey have shown that chilli oil affects the growth and haematological parameters of rainbow trout when it’s added to their diet.
Study: Ozone still out on its own as RAS water treatment A trial by researchers in the United States has shown that semi-continuous dosing of the industrial disinfectant peracetic acid (PAA) cannot be used as a direct alternative to low-dose ozone in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).
Aller Aqua joins Danish insect production project Fish feed manufacturer Aller Aqua has joined a partnership to establish Denmark’s first industrial insect production. The goal is to produce 30 tons of insects per day four years from now.
Single-cell protein ‘as good or better’ than alternatives KnipBio, the US company producing aquafeed ingredients from single-cell protein, has announced the successful completion of an extended series of trials studying the efficacy of its KnipBio Meal (KBM) in the diet of fingerling rainbow trout.
Supermarket chain launching insect-fed trout A French supermarket chain, Auchan, will start selling trout raised on insect meal in 52 of its stores next week, according to a report by Feed Navigator website.
AquaBounty adding trout to the transgenic menu AquaBounty, the US-based company which grows genetically modified salmon, has begun work on the production of transgenic rainbow trout.
Bigger and better boat paves way for Kames expansion Scottish trout grower Kames Fish Farming has taken delivery of a new £1.1 million landing craft, Tiffany of Melfort.
Chile doubles salmonid exports to China Chile more than doubled the amount of salmon and trout exported to China in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017.
Chilean salmon harvests leap by more than 20% Chile’s harvests of Atlantic and coho salmon increased by 21.6% and 25% respectively in the first half of 2018, according to the country’s Subsecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca).
