ISA outbreak feared at AquaGen sites
Norway has reported its first suspected case of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in several weeks, at a broodstock group at the AquaGen sites at Ørsta and Heim in the west […] Continue Reading
SAIC projects set to boost industry’s revenue by £50m
Projects funded by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) will deliver additional turnover of £50m per annum for the companies involved by 2026, according to an independent economist’s report. Sixty […] Continue Reading
AquaGen boss to step down in 2022
The Chief Executive Officer of breeding and genetics business AquaGen has announced she plans to leave the company next year. Nina Santi has been CEO at AquaGen since 2016, having […] Continue Reading
SSF hopes ‘home-grown’ eggs will mean healthier fish
Scottish Sea Farms is set to take delivery of the first batch of salmon eggs grown from selected stock from its own marine farms. The company hopes that the “home-grown” […] Continue Reading
Rural Affairs Minister opens Holywood Breeding Centre
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, has presided at a long-overdue official opening for AquaGen Scotland’s hatchery at Holywood. AquaGen acquired the Holywood Breeding Centre, near […] Continue Reading
AquaGen hires Butler for hatchery role
Aquaculture breeding and genetics specialist AquaGen Scotland has appointed Steven Butler as Development Manager for its Holywood Hatchery, near Dumfries. Butler, from Errol near Perth, comes to AquaGen with a […] Continue Reading
AquaGen led team in salmon health breakthrough
LED by AquaGen Scotland, a team of international aquaculture researchers has made a significant breakthrough with the identification of two new genetic markers that indicate greater resistance to a bacterial […] Continue Reading
Scotland born and bred
Reliability at the core of AquaGen’s new investment The acquisition of the Holywood breeding centre in 2019 was a bold move for AquaGen Scotland, and one that gives the company […] Continue Reading
Norway egg ban ‘boost for Scottish broodstock’
A BAN on the import of salmon eggs from Norway, introduced last summer, could be good news for the Scottish industry in the long term, sources said. Since the temporary […] Continue Reading