Eating Fish, Shellfish May Affect Risk of Diabetes
UK - Research from the University of Cambridge suggests that eating white or oil fish lowers the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Consumption of shellfish may...

New ISA Case Found in Shetland Control Zone
SCOTLAND, UK - A sixth case of the highly contagious salmon virus infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) has been found off the south-west coast of Shetland, almost one...

New Research Lab for Marine Scotland
SCOTLAND, UK - Marine Scotland is to move its fish health facility to a new laboratory at Torry costing £11 million.

Salmon Escape from Argyll Farm
SCOTLAND, UK - Up to 60,000 salmon have escaped from a fish farm in Argyll, raising fears about the spread of disease among wild fish.

Aquaculture Group Celebrates 25 Years
SCOTLAND - Shetland's aquaculture industry celebrated the 25th anniversary of the forming of Shetland Salmon Farmers' Association, now known as Shetland Aquaculture,...

Developing Alphavirus Research Strategies for Scotland
SCOTLAND, UK - Several partners have come together to find out more about pancreatic disease, which causes significant losses to the trout and salmon industries...

Marine Harvest Plans Residential Fish Farms
SCOTLAND, UK - Salmon producer, Marine Harvest, is planning to create a number of offshore fish farms in the Western Isles workers would actually live.

Improvements in Place to Help Salmon Return to Derbys
UK - Salmon could be leaping up the River Derwent in central Derby, Borrowash and Darley Abbey by the end of 2011.

Fish Farm Plans Questioned
SCOTLAND - Wildlife and conservation groups in Scotland have attacked plans for off shore salmon farms near the Western Isles.

Jobs Boost for Western Isles
SCOTLAND - Salmon farming company Marine Harvest is set to create more than 40 jobs in the Western Isles as it announces plans to invest £40 million to expand its...

Method Distinguishes Wild and Farmed Salmon
UK - A new technology examining the chemistry of fish scales has been developed to tell the difference between farmed and wild salmon.

NI Fish Mortalities Blamed on Pollution
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - The recent death of salmona nd trout in a river in County Down has been blamed on pollution.

Jellyfish Alert for Northern Ireland
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - Thousands of mauve stinger jellyfish have been found at White Park Bay, following similar warnings for Scotland a week ago.

Scottish Fish Farmers Warned about Jellyfish
SCOTLAND, UK - The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is warning fish farmers to be on the look-out for stinging jellyfish.

Wild Fish Interests Condemn Farmed Salmon Escape
SCOTLAND, UK - The Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) and the Association of Salmon Fishery Boards (ASFB) have condemned a large escape of juvenile...

Organic Salmon Farm Back in Production
IRELAND - Glenarm Organic Salmon, an early 'casualty' of global warming, is now back in business.

Scottish Petition Says Save Our Salmon
SCOTLAND - Salmon and Trout Association petition calls on Scottish Government to act without delay – by relocating salmon farms away from the estuaries of major...

Petition Calls for Relocation of Salmon Farms
SCOTLAND, UK - A petition calling for the urgent relocation of salmon farms away from the estuaries of major salmon rivers in Scotland has raised more than 9000...

Shetland Salmon Processor Gets New Owner, Loan
SCOTLAND, UK - The SIC Development Committee have announced the approval of a working capital loan of £725k for Whalsay Fish Processors Ltd.

Salmon Industry Reacts to Seal Slaughter Accusations
SCOTLAND, UK - Scott Landsburgh, Chief Executive of the industry’s trade body, Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO), said today: “Scottish fish farmers...

Salmon Report Condemned for Ignorance
SCOTLAND, UK - Salmon and sea trout fishermen condemned as a whitewash a Scottish government report yesterday that concluded that the reasons for the decline in...

Go-ahead for Salmon Nursery
SCOTLAND - A community owned fish farm on the island of Out Skerries has been given the go-ahead for a small salmon nursery at West Voe.

Orkney Salmon Industry Worth £6.6 Million
SCOTLAND - The latest industry figures show that salmon farming was worth £6.6 million to Orkney last year.

£200,000 Salmon Lost From Farm in Boat Crash
UK - More than 12,000 live salmon worth £200,000 were lost at a Hebridean fish farm when a Norwegian boat crashed into a fish pen.

£100,000 Boost for ISA Hit Firms
SCOTLAND - The salmon farming industry in Shetland has been given a £100,000 boost to help companies affected by the recent outbreak of ISA (Infectious Salmon Anaemia)...