Film Highlights Problems Of Open Net Cage Salmon Fatms
GLOBAL - A new short documentary produced by Canadian film-maker Damien Gillis, lifts the lid on the problems caused by open net cage salmon farms worldwide.

Marine Harvest Publishes Preliminary Q3 Results
GLOBAL - Marine Harvest produced 80,000 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) equivalents in the third quarter (Q3) of 2009.

Chilean Students to Study Aquaculture at MTI
GLOBAL - Mahurangi Technical Institute (MTI) in Warkworth has recently signed a contract with the Chilean Ministry of Education to train students in aquaculture...

Mixed Fortunes Reported by Marine Farms
GLOBAL - Sea lice attacks on the company's salmon farms in Scotland have cost Lakeland an estimated £2 million. Another Marine Farms subsidiary in Belize has successfully...

Large Increase in UK Salmon Sales to US
GLOBAL - The shortage of salmon from Chile has had the effect of boosting exports from the UK and Ireland to the US.

China Scoops BC Fish Farm Technology
GLOBAL - After seven years in the making, technology developed to replace open-net salmon farms in British Columbia, Canada, has found a home – in China.

Scotland, Norway Fish Farm Collaboration Welcomed
GENERAL - Chief Executive of Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation has welcomed collaboration between Scottish and Norwegian governments.

GM Salmon Ready to Make a Splash
GENERAL - The Food and Drug dministration is to approve Aqua Bounty's new fish tweaked with genetic material from chinook salmon and eel-like species called ocean...

Nutreco Develop All-vegetarian Salmon Feed
GENERAL - Nutreco have developed a new salmon feed which is said to be 100 per cent vegetarian.

Marine Harvest Staying Afloat in Rough Waters
GENERAL - Marine Harvest ASA achieved an operational EBIT of MNOK 55 in the first quarter, compared to MNOK 49 in the corresponding quarter last year.

ISA Drags Nutreco Fish Feed Sales Under
GENERAL - Nutreco's fish feed sales fell 6.6 per cent this quarter by comparison with that of last year. Once again, ailing results are being attributed to the ISA...

Skretting Reports Big Reduction in Salmon Fish Meal
GLOBE - Results from a series of salmon feeding trials run by Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) revealed a new low limit for fishmeal in salmon grower...

Marine Harvest Update: Less Sites, Poorer Quality
GENERAL - Struggling Marine Harvest recently published an update on the company's situation at the end of this year's first quarter.

Sustaining Wild Salmon Stocks with Aquaculture
GLOBE - The demand for salmon continues to rise, but at the same time wild fish stocks the world over are depleting. Can aquaculture save the ocean stocks?

Conserving Fish Biodiversity: a Catch-22 Situation
GENERAL - Conserving biodiversity or plundering genetic diversity: What is captive breeding doing to fish populations?

Plant Feedstuffs: Inside the Salmon Gut
GLOBE - A researcher has increased our understanding of how plant-rich feedstuffs, which contain a series of anti-nutrients, affect the digestive processes and...

Scottish Workshop Explores Ways To Optimise Treatment Strategies for Sea Lice in Farmed Salmon
GLOBAL - Forty aquaculture industry professionals gathered here recently to discuss treatment of sea lice, a costly parasite to fish farms. The meeting focused on...