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Lack of housing a major issue for Faroes aquaculture
Salmon farming on the Faroe Islands will continue to expand, but more must be done to accommodate the extra overseas staff the industry will need, says a report from the island’s economic council.
Read MoreFresh water ‘may be answer to salmon disease’
The bacterium that causes pasteurellosis in farmed salmon does not survive for long in fresh water, new tests have shown. Experiments with fresh water were carried out after an epidemiological investigation showed that the probability of an outbreak of pasteurellosis increases significantly after thermal or physical de-lousing with seawater, but not after freshwater-based de-lousing.
Read MoreGood Farm Animal Welfare Awards celebrate achievements in aquaculture
Tilapia producer Regal Springs, salmon farmer Cermaq and retail giants Marks & Spencer and Albert Heijn were among the winners at the Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards (GFAWA) in Paris today. The awards, hosted by not-for-profit organisation Compassion in World Farming, recognised 49 winners from over 15 countries for their leadership in improving farm animal…
Read MoreFresh thinking
Europe loves to import shrimp, but would we be better off growing our own? Robert Outram investigates.
Read MoreAkaroa is first king salmon producer to adopt BioMar’s Blue Impact feed
New Zealand’s Akaroa King Salmon has become the first king salmon producer globally to adopt the innovative Blue Impact feed program developed by BioMar. This initiative supplements wild-caught fish in their formulations with cultivated algal oil, fish trimmings, and insect meal.
Read More£1m plan to tackle complex gill disease in salmon
Norway’s aquaculture and fisheries fund has launched an initiative to discover more about the growing problem of complex gill disease in salmon.
Read MoreBuyer found for Skaginn assets
An agreement has been reached for the purchase of the assets of the Icelandic seafood processing equipment company Skaginn 3X, which filed for bankruptcy in the summer.
A group of investors with the firm KAPP, another Icelandic technology company, will buy all the equipment and liquid assets of the Skaginn estate in Akranes.
Skaginn 3X, was a well-known name in the world of seafood processing equipment, but it filed for bankruptcy four months ago after Baader, its German parent company, failed to turn the business around.
Read MoreNordic Halibut sees sales prices continuing to rise
Nordic Halibut has reported third quarter sales prices for its premium farmed fish up 11% year-on-year, continuing the rise seen earlier this year. In its Q3 (July to September) operational update the company said the increase was consistent across size categories compared to the same quarter last year and demonstrates the strong demand for halibut…
Read MoreShellfish cooperative scoops sustainability award
A seafood cooperative representing Scottish shellfish producers was named as Supplier of the Year in the Marine Stewardship Council awards, held last night in Plymouth.
Read MoreFish Said Fred, Sainsbury’s and Lyons Seafoods are ASC winners
The annual Aquaculture Stewardship Council UK awards were announced last night, with accolades for Fish Said Fred, Sainsbury’s and Lyons Seafoods.
Fish Said Fred was the winner of the ASC Brand of the Year award, now in its second year. Sainsbury’s won the ASC UK Retailer of the Year award for an impressive third year in a row, recognising its commitment to source 100% ASC certified farmed seafood, and Lyons Seafoods bagged the ASC UK Retail Supplier of the Year award.
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