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The June issue of Fish Farmer is out now online and you can read or download it here. If you’re wondering why your June magazine has a cephalopod on the cover, this month we are asking the question: Does farming Octopus vulgaris, the common octopus, represent an innovation too far? As Nicki Holmyard reports, opinion…

The April 2023 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online and you can read it here. Last year was a tough one in Scotland for salmon, and for salmon farmers. As part of Fish Farmer’s fish health special this month, we talk to the experts about the reasons behind the spike in mortalities we…

The March issue of Fish Farmer is out now online and you can read it here. In this issue, our feature on Cages, Nets, Pens and Moorings focuses on the trend to larger pens for salmon farmers, which is partly driven by the need to find more high-energy locations. Placing farms further offshore creates huge…

The February issue of Fish Farmer is out now online and you can read it here. In this issue we feature a tiny organism that has created big problems for fish farming: the humble sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Exactly how farmed fish, their wild equivalents and the sea lice interact has been a topic of…

The January 2023 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online and you can read it here. For fish farmers, if the upside for 2022 has been the premium prices their products have been fetching, the downside has been increased costs, especially when it comes to energy and feed. The latter is easily the…

Fish Farmer’s December edition is out now online, and you can read it here. Ukraine’s fish farmers are continuing to provide a vital food source even as the country’s infrastructure is under constant attack. In the latest issue, we tell the stories of two Ukrainian farmers who are planning for tomorrow as well as struggling…

The November issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online and you can read it here – you can now also download the issue as a PDF to read even when you are offline. This month, we take a look at the planning application process in Scotland, and in particular the stage of the…

Did you know that you can now read the online edition of Fish Farmer… offline? In the aquaculture sector you can often find yourself in locations where there is poor mobile reception, or none at all. But that doesn’t mean you can’t catch up with the latest industry news, features and opinion. The online version…

The October issue of Fish Farmer is out now online and you can read it here. In this month’s magazine we take a look at a branch of fish farming that has been tried before with limited success: Atlantic cod. Will the experience gained from past failures, and an intensive breeding programme, mean that this…