Fish welfare complaints ‘can be taken out of context’

By Jenny Hjul | March 5, 2020

THERE has been a significant rise in the number of fish welfare complaints received by government agencies over the past 18 months. Jenni Diffin of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), which works for Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), told the Fish Veterinary Society conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday that her…

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SuperSmolt success with feed only solution

By Janice Johnston | January 10, 2020

Transfer delays to seawater are no longer a problem for robust, synchronised smolt FISH welfare after sea transfer is one of the biggest challenges in salmon farming – but it doesn’t have to be. The delicate process of smoltification – turning freshwater salmon parr into sea-ready smolt – is no easy thing to facilitate in…

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