Multiexport's Production Decreased In Third Quarter
CHILE - Despite the ongoing repurcussions of the 2008 ISA virus outbreak, Multiexport has managed sales of 9,971 tonnes of salmon and trout raw material (WFE) in...

Marine Harvest Sees Business Improving
NORWAY - Marine Harvest ASA achieved an operational EBIT of NOK 625 million in the third quarter, compared to NOK 103 million in the corresponding quarter last year....

Learn From Chile’s Salmon Virus Outbreak
CHILE - A presentation focusing on Chile's infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) virus outbreak in 2008 - and what the Australian aquaculture industry can learn from that...

Unregulated Fish Farms Threaten Salmon Production
US - During this year's Global Week of Action, a week devoted to farmed salmon awareness, the Pew Environment Group raised concern about the creation of...

Salmon Harvests Predicted to Fall in 2010
CHILE - The chairman of AquaChile, Víctor Hugo Puchi, believes that 2010 is going to be the worst year in terms of salmon harvests in Chile, with expected results...

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.

Inquiry to Examine BC Salmon Loss
CANADA - The Canadian government is to convene a judicial inquiry to investigate the disappearance of millions of sockeye salmon from British Columbia's Fraser River...

Greenpeace Founder Defends Fish Farming
CANADA - One of the founders and long-time leaders of Greenpeace, Patrick Moore is voicing a stinging attack on environmentalist groups for their opposition towards...

Salmon Spawning Efforts Complete
US - Fisheries crews have completed an annual salmon spawning operation on Lake Sakakawea after surpassing a 700,000-egg goal.

Chile's Congress Postpones Aquaculture Law
CHILE - A new General Fisheries and Aquaculture Law (LGPA), originally foreseen for this year, has been postponed to 2010, after the presidential election.

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.

Aquaculture Production in Chile Down 16 Per Cent
CHILE - Total fish and shellfish landings for the first nine months of 2009 were almost 10 per cent below the same period in the previous year. Harvests in all the...

Challenging Year for Irish Sea Fisheries
IRELAND - The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (Bord Iascaigh Mhara; BIM) has published its Annual Report 2008 subtitled Developing the seafood industry, sustaining...

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.

Mass Salmon Escape from BC Farm
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The latest mass escape from a BC fish farm has prompted renewed calls from the National Democratic Party to change how the farms are ...

Brescia Group Shows Interest in Chile's Salmon Industry
CHILE - Brescia, one of the biggest Peruvian holdings, is looking for new investments in Chile.

Food Bank Benefits from Excess Salmon
US - It's looking like a good year for Northwest salmon - at least, for hatchery fish.

Challenge to Removal of Salmon Protection Status
US - A coalition of tribes, conservationists, and commercial fishing groups filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court to block a precedent-setting agency proposal...

First Nations Call for Say in Salmon Regulation
CANADA - British Columbia's First Nations is calling for a say in the regulation of salmon farms in the province.

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,...

Bid to Save Endangered Fish
US - Workshops to gather information on how to save endangered local fish were held in Chico and Sacramento this week.

Workshops on Salmon Aquaculture
CHILE - The Research Centre for Nutrition and Sustainability CIEN Austral will be hosting an International Seminar: "Trends and Challenges in Aquaculture and Nutrition"...

New Technique Helps Salmon Farming Sustainability
CANADA - Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) is a new technique that can help to improve the sustainability of salmon farming.