Posts Tagged ‘salmon’
Fresh water ‘may be answer to salmon disease’
The bacterium that causes pasteurellosis in farmed salmon does not survive for long in fresh water, new tests have shown. Experiments with fresh water were carried out after an epidemiological investigation showed that the probability of an outbreak of pasteurellosis increases significantly after thermal or physical de-lousing with seawater, but not after freshwater-based de-lousing.
Read MoreGood Farm Animal Welfare Awards celebrate achievements in aquaculture
Tilapia producer Regal Springs, salmon farmer Cermaq and retail giants Marks & Spencer and Albert Heijn were among the winners at the Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards (GFAWA) in Paris today. The awards, hosted by not-for-profit organisation Compassion in World Farming, recognised 49 winners from over 15 countries for their leadership in improving farm animal…
Read MoreAkaroa is first king salmon producer to adopt BioMar’s Blue Impact feed
New Zealand’s Akaroa King Salmon has become the first king salmon producer globally to adopt the innovative Blue Impact feed program developed by BioMar. This initiative supplements wild-caught fish in their formulations with cultivated algal oil, fish trimmings, and insect meal.
Read More£1m plan to tackle complex gill disease in salmon
Norway’s aquaculture and fisheries fund has launched an initiative to discover more about the growing problem of complex gill disease in salmon.
Read MoreSalmon prices rise again at last
The long slide in fresh salmon prices may be over as they increased significantly last week for the first time in more than two months.
Just two weeks ago they dropped to below NOK 70 a kilo (£4.92), a figure last seen two years ago.
But last week (week 41) the slump came to a halt and the price jumped up by NOK 3.06 per kilo to NOK 72.76 per kilo (£5.12), according to Statistics Norway which monitors trends on a weekly basis. This move represents an increase of 4.4%.
Read MoreIceland fish farmer signs major finance deal
Laxey, one of Iceland’s younger salmon farming companies has signed a financing agreement with Arion Bank for an undisclosed sum to support its plan to operate a facility on land in Vestmannaeyjar, the country’s western isles.
It says the agreement is an important part of Laxey’s long-term operations and supports the company’s continued development.
Read MoreRed tape stalling growth, say NZ aquaculture leaders
Senior figures in New Zealand’s aquaculture industry are warning that red tape and lack of access to key areas of the coastline are seriously hindering growth.
Concerns over bureaucracy and other issues were expressed at the recent Aquaculture New Zealand conference in Nelson, at which the view was expressed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get access to the sea.
NZ King Salmon Chief Executive Carl Carrington said that while opportunities to expand the aquaculture sector were huge, only 0.01% of the country’s large marine economic estate was currently being farmed.
Read MoreMowi reports record harvest for Q3
Salmon giant Mowi produced an all-time high third quarter harvest of 161,000 tonnes with profitability in Scotland continuing to improve. The figure is 26,000 tonnes higher than a year ago. The main and most significant improvement was at Mowi’s Norwegian farms with the Scottish harvest between July and September unchanged at 15,000 tonnes.
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Read MoreNorwegian anglers face new restrictions
The Norwegian Environment Agency is to limit recreational salmon fishing next year, as fears about wild stocks continue. From next year, the directorate will plan for a more cautious start to salmon fishing, where more locations can be opened up for fishing later if enough salmon arrive in the rivers.
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