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AQUA 2024 brought together different stakeholders in aquaculture to share the latest knowledge and insights. Robert Outram reports. Watch our video from the show here: https://youtu.be/dFCYnrAQ1ho Scandinavia is famous for...
Kingfish CEO confirmed for Aqua Agenda webinar
The Chief Executive of an innovative land-based fish farming business is the latest panellist to be confirmed for Fish Farmer’s webinar – taking place on 16 October – on land-based...
Cooke celebrates two decades in Maine
Cooke Seafood’s USA division is celebrating 20 years of aquaculture operations in the state of Maine. The group has more than 200 employees in the east coast state which is...
ISA suspected at Benchmark facility – but in just one fish
Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) is suspected at a Benchmark Genetics facility in Northern Norway - but so far only a single fish seems to be affected. The site in Salten...
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Lice numbers in northern Norway ‘at worrying levels’
Fish farms in northern Norway are being hit by extraordinarily high salmon lice levels, say the authorities. The situation is being caused by exceptional summer temperatures which have been up...
Fact-free campaigns
The reputation of salmon farming has suffered as a result of criticism that does not have much to back it up, says Martin Jaffa. The reputation of farmed salmon in...
Salmon companies face nervous wait following ‘cartel’ hearing
Some of Norway’s largest salmon companies are in for an anxious time as they await the European Commission’s next move over alleged price-fixing. A three-day hearing in Brussels with the...
Omega-3 pioneer prepares to scale up
A Scottish-based biotech company looking to develop a new source of natural omega-3 is planning to expand after raising £14m in funding. MiAlgae uses nutrient-rich by-products from the whisky industry...
Ursula von der Leyen visits Bakkafrost HQ
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was given a first-hand look at how the fish farming industry operates in the Faroes when she visited the islands this week. She...
Campaigner loses appeal against Mowi court order
Anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford has lost his appeal against a Sheriff Court order barring him from Mowi’s farm sites in Scotland. Staniford has for many years used covertly filmed...
From problem to product
Sludge from fish farms and hatcheries is seen as waste, but it also contains potentially valuable resources One of the advantages of fish farming with a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS)...
Scotland’s marine software expertise on show in Chile
Software developed in Scotland to help predict the impact of fish farm waste on the marine environment will be showcased for international markets at the AquaSur trade show, in Chile...
