King of Norway Urged to Protect Canada's Salmon
TRONDHEIM, NORWAY - At Aqua Nor, a biannual international aquaculture trade show, the Pure Salmon Campaign will call upon King Harald of Norway to insist that Norwegian-owned...

What Went Wrong? The State of Fraser River Sockeye
CANADA - The Fraser River Panel met recently to receive assessments from the Pacific Salmon Commission staff on the status of the Fraser River sockeye and pink...

Official Sockeye Counts Way Down on Estimates
CANADA - The mysterious collapse of the B.C. sockeye run has dashed hopes raised just weeks ago of a good return this year.

Record Number of Smolts Transported in Norway
NORWAY - A fishing company has just completed the transfer of the largest quantity of living salmon between two northern zone countries.

New Measures Monitor Salmon Eggs in Chile
CHILE - Strict control measures monitoring imported salmon eggs to has been announced by the the Directorate of Fisheries (Sernapesca) of Chile.

Using Fish Protein to Study Obesity And Diabetes
US - The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) has analysed the nutritional content of hydrolysed fish protein from Atlantic salmon, cod and...

NZ$7 million Salmon Farm Upgrade in Glory Bay
NEW ZEALAND - Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Hon Phil Heatley opened Sanford Limited’s salmon farm upgrade and expansion in Big Glory Bay Stewart Island.

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...

'Salmon Plan' Falls Short for Chile's Workers
CHILE - Government efforts to help Chile’s growing list of unemployed salmon workers have done little to truly ease the worsening labour crisis, insist several of...

Failing $8 billion Salmon Recovery Reviewed
US - US Representative Jim McDermott has called for a scientific analysis of the federal government’s Northwest salmon recovery effort, saying that most wild stocks...

Salmon Farmers Defended over Sockeye Returns
CANADA - Salmon farming should not be the butt of criticism over the fall in numbers of returning adult fish seen in the early Fraser River Sockeye returns. This...

Actor Causes Stellar Trouble over Fish Comments
CANADA - A letter from the Star Trek actor William Shatner to the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has caused a storm of anger among fish farmers in British...

Shatner Joins B.C. Salmon Farm Debate
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — William Shatner recently waded into the debate about British Columbia's controversial fish farms.

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...

Antiparasitic Drug for Farmed Salmon Gains Approval
CANADA - SLICE® (emamectin benzoate), a leading product for controlling immature and adult stages of sea lice in farm-raised salmon, has received full approval from...

Reduced Sea Lice Brings Hope, but No Promise
BROUGHTON ARCHIPELAGO, CANADA - The preliminary results from the 2009 Coordinated Area Management Plan (CAMP) released by the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture...

Chile Abuses Antibiotic Use on Salmon Farms
US - Chile used almost 350 times more antibiotics in its farmed salmon in 2008 than Norway, its chief competitor and the largest salmon producer in the world, according...

No New Licences for Norwegian Salmon in 2010
NORWAY - The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries recommends no new salmon licenses in 2010.

Aquaculture Critics Seek Closure of Five B.C. Farms
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A series of open-net-cage salmon farms in key migratory routes in the northern part of Georgia Strait have come under attack by...

Monitoring and Managing B.C. Sea Lice
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The out migration of young salmon in the Broughton Archipelago is now complete, says BC Salmon Farmers Association. They say, throughout...

Chile's Virus Unlikely to Spread in British Columbia
CHILE - The virus that has crippled Chile's farmed salmon industry is extremely unlikely to appear at B.C.'s fish farms, says Clare Backman, environmental relations...

Chile Establishes Salmon Research Centres
CHILE - The Chilean government plans on establishing three Norwegian research institutes in the country, in an effort to boost the national salmon farming industry....

ISA Introduced in Chile in Mid 1990s
CHILE - ISA may have been lurking in Chilean waters for years, say researchers.

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...