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Scottish salmon farmers to fund wrasse PhD

Scottish salmon farmers to fund wrasse PhD

Scottish salmon farmers are backing research into wrasse fisheries management with the offer of a fully funded PhD project.

Salmon farmers welcome consultation on wild wrasse

Salmon farmers welcome consultation on wild wrasse

Scotland’s salmon farmers have welcomed a consultation by Marine Scotland over whether there should be mandatory controls for the harvesting of wild wrasse for use as cleaner fish in salmon cages.

Milestone for Mowi’s Welsh wrasse facility

Milestone for Mowi’s Welsh wrasse facility

Mowi Scotland has begun production of wrasse at its newly developed recirculating aquaculture system facility in Anglesey, Wales.

Wrasse catch figures show sustainability commitment

Wrasse catch figures show sustainability commitment

More than half of the wrasse caught in Scottish waters for use as lice-eating cleaner fish in salmon cages are put straight back into the sea to ensure juvenile and breeding-age fish can sustain the population, new figures from the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation show.

Loch Duart suspends supply of wrasse from boat filmed in ‘no-take’ zone

Loch Duart suspends supply of wrasse from boat filmed in ‘no-take’ zone

Sutherland and Hebrides salmon farmer Loch Duart has suspended supplies of ballan wrasse from a south of England fisherman after the BBC filmed him apparently breaching a voluntary conservation agreement by operating in a no-fishing zone.

Wrasse breeders reach another milestone

Wrasse breeders reach another milestone

Scotland’s two largest salmon farmers, Marine Harvest and Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), have reported further success in a joint project to breed Ballan wrasse for use as cleaner fish.

Top of the class for wrasse

Top of the class for wrasse

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart has been praised by Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities in England for its conservative approach to sourcing wrasse for use as cleaner fish, the company has revealed.

Planners give green light for wrasse hatchery

Planners give green light for wrasse hatchery

Marine Harvest Scotland has been granted planning permission to build a wrasse hatchery at Machrihanish, near Campbeltown.

FHF cleaner fish guidelines now available in English

FHF cleaner fish guidelines now available in English

Updated guidelines on the best ways to transport, care for and use cleaner fish have been made available for salmon farmers to download from the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) website.

Big fall in medicinal spend in sea lice battle

Big fall in medicinal spend in sea lice battle

A new report for the Scottish salmon farming industry shows a dramatic decrease in the spend on medicinal treatments against sea lice.

Cleaner fish prices rocket

Cleaner fish prices rocket

The price of cleaner fish has leaped by almost 25 per cent in a year, according to new industry figures from Norway.

‘Landmark’ cleaner fish summit under way

‘Landmark’ cleaner fish summit under way

The first ever International Cleaner Fish Summit is under way at the Technology & Innovation Centre in Glasgow, with 180 industry practitioners from the Faroes, Iceland, Ireland, Norway and Scotland attending.

Wrasse steal the show in Brussels

Wrasse steal the show in Brussels

Wester Ross Salmon farmer gives a glimpse of aquaculture “behind the scenes” at world's biggest seafood show.

Lice fears grow as wild wrasse stocks hit

Lice fears grow as wild wrasse stocks hit

Wild populations of lice-removing wrasse are in serious decline, according to new research.