Solid results from Marine Harvest
Norway: - In a very demanding market we have improved our relative price achievement, maintained good cost control in our farming operations and strengthened...
Meridian Salmon looks to stronger moorings after loss of cages in...
UK: Salmon giant Morpol is looking to introduce Norwegian-standard mooring systems for its Meridian salmon farms in Shetland after losing 12 cages in a...
Another unfounded virus scare
Canada: An apparently harmless virus that has been found to occur in farmed salmon from British Columbia is made to sound scary by self-taught...
Environmental groups going under the microscope
Canada: The Canadian government will spend $8 million (~€6 million) to investigate the “charitable” tax-deduction status of Canadian environmental groups and others that often...
AquaChile will invest USD 11 million on inland farming
Chile: AquaChile already started the procedures required by the public Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) to develop a new project to farm inland the...
New sanitary regulation will increase costs by 30%
Chile: Implementation of the new sanitary requirements set up by the companies and the authority to surpass the sanitary crisis caused by the ISA...
Scientist backs salmon farms
Canada: The often quoted comparison of nitrogen discharges from salmon farms with those from human settlements is questioned by an aquaculture scientist with inside...
Salmon farmers address critics
Canada: The B.C. Salmon Farmers Association posts a Corrections/Clarifications section to its web site. Not surprisingly, anti-salmon farming campaigner Alexandra Morton figures prominently in...
Salmon and trout move in opposite directions in Chile
Chile: Chilean exports of Rainbow trout totalized US$ 395 million in the first four months of 2012, representing a 6.2 percent decrease compared to...
Seafood prevents depression
Previous studies have suggested a possible link between seafood in the diet and a lower incidence of postpartum depression (PPD). Now, researchers in the...
BC fish farmers’ relations with government questioned
Canada: Environmental group goes fishing for ammunition to be used against the province’s salmon farmers, but finds little of value
What the activists don’t realize...
Fears over AGD
A leading veterinarian fears that Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) has become a permanent problem in parts of Norway.
ADG has spread from the Stavanger area...
Native fish farm protester loses in court
Canada: Well-known First Nation Chief and official of one of three native organizations- the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs- vice president Bob Chamberlin attempted...
Some farmed fish need more fish meal
Canada: US Researchers find that reducing fishmeal hinders growth of some farmed species of fish.
Much research has been and is being conducted in...
Challenging salmon to overcome lice
Norway: Nofima’s well established challenge models have long been used in trials on various types of virus and bacteria. These now form the basis...
Solving the health problems of sterile salmon
NIFES (National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood research, Norway) is to study how the health of sterile salmon can be improved by changes in...
