Posts Tagged ‘Institute of Marine Research’
New jellyfish attacks leave scientists baffled
Jellyfish attacks were responsible for the deaths of at least three million salmon and trout last year, says the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, and tackling the problem is perplexing marine scientists. It has already been reported that 62 million fish died from various causes in Norwegian fish farms in 2023 – six million more…
Read MoreFewer, bigger farms ‘will address lice problem’
NORWAY’S Institute of Marine Research is proposing a 33 per cent plus reduction (22 per cent in biomass terms) in the number of salmon farming sites in the west of the country, which it says could play a key role in dealing with problems. The targeted areas extend from Karmøy in the district of Rogoland to the middle…
Read MoreOslo opens way for sea farming expansion
NORWAY has mapped and identified 11 extensive new zones down its 1,650-mile long coastline that could be suitable for the future development of sea based offshore aquaculture. The Directorate of Fisheries, which carried out the work in co-operation with the Institute of Marine Research, said the areas will probably have to go through further impact…
Read MoreiFarm launch is ‘best Christmas present’
INDIVIDUALISED fish farming will move a step closer in 2020 as Norwegian producer Cermaq plans a January launch for its iFarm project. The company, which last year won four development licences from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, said the first transfer of fish to sea is planned for autumn next year. Although the four permits…
Read MoreNorway spells out algae loss recompense
NORWAY’S Directorate of Fisheries has laid out details of the compensation it is planning to give those fish farming companies who lost at least 720 million kroner – or £60 million – in the algae outbreak last May. The attack, the worst for almost 30 years, devastated several fish farms in the Nordland and Troms…
Read MoreFish farming ‘not to blame for algae outbreak\’
NORWAY’S leading marine scientists have poured cold water on claims that fish farming may be to blame for the devastating algae outbreak, which has destroyed almost eight million salmon in the north of the country during the past ten days. The industry has been angered by suggestions from some environmental and green groups that the…
Read MoreFish farming ‘not to blame for algae outbreak\’
NORWAY’S leading marine scientists have poured cold water on claims that fish farming may be to blame for the devastating algae outbreak, which has destroyed almost eight million salmon in the north of the country during the past ten days. The industry has been angered by suggestions from some environmental and green groups that the…
Read MoreAlgae outbreak costing Norway billions of kroner
NORWAY’S fisheries minister is to hold an urgent meeting with the salmon farming industry as it was disclosed losses from a major algae outbreak this week could reach more than two billion kroner – or around £200 million. The state broadcaster NRK said that nothing has been seen like it for decades and millions of…
Read MoreMajor algae outbreak hits Norwegian farms
THOUSANDS of tonnes of farmed salmon have died following a large algae outbreak off the north coast of Norway. A significant area in the fjords between the regions of Troms and Nordland have suffered an acute growth of the bloom and the fear is that it may spread to other important salmon farming areas. Losses…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, June 15
BOTTOM TRAWLING BLAMED FOR FISH DUMPING A RECENT study by the University of Western Australia and the University of British Columbia has calculated that huge amounts of fish are dumped each year by trawlers. The study estimates that a total of 437 million tonnes of fish worth around (Australian) $720 billion have been thrown overboard…
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