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As from 1 February this year, Benchmark has implemented commercial restructures to its Genetics and Health business areas Unifying the sales team for salmon products, the company has further solidified […] Continue Reading
Independent producer Kames Fish Farming has announced a new strategic partnership with breeding and genetics specialist Xelect. Kames will be working with Xelect to develop an improved strain of steelhead […] Continue Reading
New technology is being used to count sea lice on salmon more accurately, leading to a greater understanding of how to breed resistance to the parasite. Benchmark Genetics Norway has […] Continue Reading
Scientists from the US and Canada have developed a customised breeding programme for red snapper, based on genetic analysis. The research was carried for Mexico-based fish farming company Earth Ocean […] Continue Reading
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
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
The Center for Aquaculture Technologies has appointed Dr. Alan Tinch as Vice President of Genetics. He will be leading the CAT team of research scientists and breeding experts in the development and […] Continue Reading
Reading the papers has been interesting in the last few weeks, writes Nick Joy, but nothing caught my eye so much as several articles discussing trying to bring taste back […] Continue Reading
Experts at genetics business Xelect, working with the Orkney Shellfish Hatchery (OSH), have found a way to detect a pathogen responsible for the decline of wild European oyster populations, based […] Continue Reading