Is There Lack Of Support For Wild Salmon?
Bill Taylor, president and CEO of the Atlantic Salmon Federation expresses his views on what he describes as Canada's conflicted priorities between wild Atlantic salmon and farmed salmon.

Scottish Salmon Annual Report
2009 has been a busy year for the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO). Committed to achieving an average three to five per cent increase in production per year over the next five years, whilst safeguarding Scotland's marine environment as well...

Cultured Aquaculture Species - Coho Salmon
Information on the culture of the coho salmon from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme.

Setting Global Standards
A full set of global standards for sustainable aquaculture will be established by the end of the year, writes TheFishSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Exercise Increases Robustness Of Salmon
A human being who goes from being physically inactive to active will in all probability gain significant health benefits. The physiology of fish is not that different, Harald Wærstad Takle and Inge Harkestad, Nofima, question whether physical training...

New Knowledge On Fatty Tissue In Salmon
Knowledge of the development and function of fatty tissue in fish has until recently been relatively scarce. A high quantity of fat around the guts means production loss at slaughter, and may also influence fish health. There has therefore been an increasing...

Sterile Salmon - A Sustainable Future?
With the salmon farming industry under increasing pressure to negate the impact that escapees have on wild stocks, John Taylor and Herve Migaud from the University of Stirling look at the production of sterile salmon through an triplody.

Therapeutant Use And Monitoring In Fish Feed
The Canadian Ministry of Agriculture and Lands monitors finfish aquaculture’s use of therapeutants in food fish by requiring feed mills to report all prescription orders on an annual basis. In-feed medication is the only practical method of delivering...

Nociception And Pain In Teleost Fish
For her doctorate, Dr Janicke Nordgreen has studied nociception and pain in teleost fish. Her conclusion is that it is very likely the fish feel pain, according to the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.

Hatchery-Raised Salmon Too Crowded
Every year, large amounts of hatchery-raised young salmonids are released into Swedish rivers and streams to compensate for losses in natural production. However these fish rarely survive. The University of Gothenburg has discovered why: the young fish...

Farmed Salmon Are Changing Genetics
It's known that escaped fish from Norwegian salmon farms can interbreed with wild salmon, and thus must have changed the genetic and physical makeup of the country's famed wild salmon stocks, says the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (N...

Rational Feeding Practices
Dominique P. Bureau, David J. Bevan, and C. Young Cho, from the Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory at the University og Guelph, look at how rationally predicting feed requirements could save money and prevent poor growth.

USDA Aquaculture Statistics
The latest figures released by the US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service show statistics on domestically grown catfish and US imports of salmon, tilapia and shrimp. Summarised by TheFishSite junior editor, Charlotte Johnston.

Scottish Salmon Farming: Industry Research Report
Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation (SSPO) has published a new report on the state of the country's salmon aquaculture sector. Entitled Scottish Salmon Farming: Industry Research Report, it provides an update on the impacts of the sector...

Mapping the Impact of Salmon Farming in Southern Chile
Chile's once-fledgling salmon aquaculture industry is now the second largest in the world, writes Alexei Koseff for the Woods Institute for the Environment.