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...
Environmental groups going under the microscope
Canada: The Canadian government will spend $8 million (~€6 million) to investigate the “charitable” tax-deduction status of Canadian environmental groups and others that often...
Salmon and trout move in opposite directions in Chile
Chile: Chilean exports of Rainbow trout totalized US$ 395 million in the first four months of 2012, representing a 6.2 percent decrease compared to...
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...
Collaboration on health effects of seafood consumption
The first cardiovascular health study in China investigating the effect of seafood consumption on health parameters, shows a 20% decrease in disease markers in...
Biomarkers can monitor our health condition
What is a biomarker and what do scientists use them for? Biomarkers can tell us more about how nutrients, for instance seafood, affect our...
Mercury less toxic together with selenium
Seafood is naturally rich in selenium, but it may also contain the environmental pollutant methylmercury. New research indicates that methylmercury is less toxic to...
Farmed atlantic cod tolerates more plant proteins
New studies of cod genes show that as much as 75% of marine proteins can be replaced by plant proteins in feed for farmed...
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...
Undesirable substances and drug residues in farmed fish
NIFES has been monitoring the content of undesirable substances in Norwegian farmed fish since 1994. The status of samples collected in the course of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
