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Fast track – or road to ruin?
Science offers a way to bring about dramatic improvements in livestock – including salmon – but not everyone is happy about it, Robert Outram finds. Gene editing is a divisive...
What now for RSPCA Assured?
The RSPCA’s own President says it should drop its farming certification scheme, as Sandy Neil reports. The campaign group Animal Rising is calling on the RSPCA to drop its ethical...
Kingfish US project moves closer after Maine court success
The Kingfish Company has overcome a major hurdle against opponents trying to prevent the company building a yellowtail facility in Maine on the US East Coast. A group called Protect...
Faroes project to assess jellyfish threat
The Faroese Aquaculture Research Centre has announced the creation of GLOBECC, a newly funded project that will lay the foundation for monitoring jellyfish biodiversity in Faroese waters, with salmon farmer...
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Urchin aquaculture company forges new alliances
A company dedicated to restorative aquaculture through “ranching” sea urchins has announced deals with a major capital investor and the owners of one of Japan’s leading sushi chains. Urchinomics was...
Inverlussa takes on its first wellboat
Aquaculture services business Inverlussa has acquired its first wellboat. The vessel, which has been renamed Isaac McKinnon, will be working with salmon producer Mowi on the west coast of Scotland....
Off the hook
As Vince McDonagh reports, a study by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has added to the evidence that farmed salmon are not spreading diseases to their wild counterparts. Marine researchers...
Kingfish Company sees sales up 36% in Q2
Land-based fish farmer The Kingfish Company saw its sales volume leap by more than a third, year on year, in the second quarter of this year. In its latest trading...
Benchmark’s CleanTreat system arrives in Norway
Aquaculture biotech company Benchmark has welcomed the arrival of the first CleanTreat vessel in Norwegian waters, ahead of its first commercial deployment. The CleanTreat water purification system is heralded by...
Tackling tube worms
A new study aims to find an early warning for worm infestation, reports Nicki Holmyard. I am always amused when people looking to come into the mussel industry think it...
Arnarlax gets BRC seal of approval
Icelandic salmon company Arnarlax has been awarded the all-important British Retail Consortium (BRC) food safety certification for its processing operation in Bíldudalur in the Westfjords region. BRC Food Safety certification gives the...
NZ mussel farms count cost of storm damage
Many of New Zealand’s mussel farms are cleaning up after huge storms wreaked havoc across the South Island. The cost of the damage is reported to run into millions of...
