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Trout find omega-3-rich feed tastier, study shows

Trout find omega-3-rich feed tastier, study shows

Rainbow trout prefer feeds containing higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids and can discriminate between diets containing different levels of the acids, research in France has shown.

Peat bog fish farm does the spadework for sustainability

Peat bog fish farm does the spadework for sustainability

A project investigating the possibility of growing trout and perch in ponds in former peat extraction land in Ireland is seeing good results halfway through a two-year experiment.

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University shuts down trout facility after fish deaths

University shuts down trout facility after fish deaths

Vancouver Island University (VIU) has temporarily stopped using its trout facility after almost 400 fish died due to human and mechanical error.

Unrest dents Chile’s salmonid export earnings

Unrest dents Chile’s salmonid export earnings

The value of salmonid exports from Chile fell 17.8% to US $427 million (£324m) in November amid problems caused by widespread social unrest at rising inequality in the country.

Scottish salmon farmers reduce antibiotic use

Scottish salmon farmers reduce antibiotic use

Antibiotic use in Scottish salmon farming fell from 16.1 mg/kg in 2017 to 6.5 mg/kg last year.

Lower prices and higher costs cut Lerøy earnings

Lower prices and higher costs cut Lerøy earnings

Scottish Sea Farms co-owner Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) today blamed lower salmon prices and high ex-cage costs for a NOK 159 million (£13.5m) drop in operating profit for the third quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year.

Norway sets new October seafood export value record

Norway sets new October seafood export value record

The value of Norway’s seafood exports reached a record high for October, helped by a weak krone and higher salmon harvesting.

‘More than half of shoppers’ know RSPCA Assured label

‘More than half of shoppers’ know RSPCA Assured label

The RSPCA Assured label used on much of Scottish salmon has become much more recognisable since it re-branded from Freedom Food four years ago, the accreditation organisation has revealed.

Quebec aquaculture industry receives clean technology funding

Quebec aquaculture industry receives clean technology funding

The federal government of Canada has provided funding for aquaculture farms in Quebec that want to adopt clean and sustainable technologies.

Photographers hooked by trout farm’s ospreys

Photographers hooked by trout farm’s ospreys

A trout farm in England has found an unusual way of offsetting losses caused by ospreys preying on its stock - by turning the predators into a paying attraction for wildlife photographers.

Dawnfresh ups inspections after 33,000 fish escape

Dawnfresh ups inspections after 33,000 fish escape

Scotland’s biggest trout farmer, Dawnfresh, has increased the frequency of net inspections using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) following the escape of more than 33,000 fish from a pen at Loch Etive last month.

Dawnfresh to count fish to work out Etive escape total

Dawnfresh to count fish to work out Etive escape total

Trout farmer Dawnfresh will use a wellboat to count the fish in a cage at its Etive 4 farm at Inverawe, Loch Etive tomorrow following an escape discovered on June 13.

Lower harvest hits Lerøy profits

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

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.

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