Tiny Fish is big winner at Innovation awards

By Editors | October 23, 2024

A company set up to create economic value from hatchery fish that do not make the grade was one of the winners in the Responsible Seafood Innovation Awards yesterday.

Tiny Fish, which finds unique markets for small salmon from Scottish hatcheries that are removed during the freshwater phase of production to allow the best salmon to be raised at sea, was named as Aquaculture Innovation of the Year at the awards, announced at the Responsible Seafood Summit in St Andrews, Scotland.

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GenusWave gives salmon a fighting chance against sea lice

By Janice Johnston | October 16, 2020

New seal deterrent technology reduces predation stress; boosts natural resistance to parasites Current treatments for sea lice have been a disappointment. Better living through chemistry may not be better for salmon. The best solution may be biological. Every fish biologist knows that salmon have an innate immunity and natural ‘mechanisms of resistance’ against parasites, including…

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ASC approved seal scarer could beat US salmon ban

By Jenny Hjul | March 25, 2020

NEW anti-predation technology that could help salmon farmers avoid an export ban in the US has been approved for use on Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified farms. The Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology (TAST), developed at St Andrews University, deters seals from salmon farms without affecting other marine life, according to the company selling it. GenusWave…

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