Major salmon genetics study launched

One of the most comprehensive studies of wild Atlantic salmon genetics has begun in Scotland to gauge the impact of any interbreeding between wild and farm-raised salmon. The study has been launched in response to a recent escape of farm-raised salmon and will be managed by the wild-fish conservation body Fisheries Management Scotland, supported by…

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Minister tells salmon firms \’polluters must pay\’

Norway\’s fish farmers have been told they will have to shoulder a larger share of the bill for recovering escaped salmon in future. Fisheries and Seafood Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen has announced a crackdown following a large number of escapes in the last two years. Companies have been accused by politicians on all sides of…

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Minister tells salmon firms \’polluters must pay\’

Norway\’s fish farmers have been told they will have to shoulder a larger share of the bill for recovering escaped salmon in future. Fisheries and Seafood Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen has announced a crackdown following a large number of escapes in the last two years. Companies have been accused by politicians on all sides of…

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Large numbers of escaped fish \’appearing in Scottish rivers\’

Significant numbers of farmed fish are are appearing in Scottish rivers following a large scale escape from the Mowi Aquaculture North Carradale site during Storm Ellen last month, Fisheries Management Scotland has suggested. They are being reported in rivers across Loch Lomond, Ayrshire, Clyde and Argyll and could pose a genetic risk to wild salmon,…

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Large numbers of escaped fish \’appearing in Scottish rivers\’

Significant numbers of farmed fish are are appearing in Scottish rivers following a large scale escape from the Mowi Aquaculture North Carradale site during Storm Ellen last month, Fisheries Management Scotland has suggested. They are being reported in rivers across Loch Lomond, Ayrshire, Clyde and Argyll and could pose a genetic risk to wild salmon,…

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Minister summons salmon companies over escapes

Norway\’s Fisheries and Seafood Minister has called an urgent industry meeting to discuss the rising number of salmon escapes over the past few months. Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen has expressed his concern at the rate of increase and suggested that fish farming companies are not doing enough to tackle the problem: \’Escaped farmed salmon are a…

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Salmar faces Ocean Farm escape probe

Salmon farming giant SalMar is facing an official investigation following the escape of salmon from its giant offshore platform Ocean Farm 1. It is not yet known how many fish became free, but Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries said it cannot rule out the possibility of a major escape at the site. The Directorate said in…

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Mowi responds to Carradale fish losses

As a response to the damage caused by Storm Ellen to their fish farm site at Carradale North, Mowi Scotland last night issued the following statement: \’Mowi Scotland’s salmon farm at Carradale North, consisting of 10 circular net pens containing 550,700 salmon (@~4.2kgs), shifted its position after becoming detached from its seabed anchors during Storm…

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Norway sets up forum to cut fish escapes

NORWAY’S aquaculture sector has joined a special forum to prevent further large scale fish escapes. The industry has come under strong criticism from across the country in recent weeks after it was revealed last month that more than 284,000 salmon have escaped so far this year, almost double the figure for 2018. The country’s seafood…

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