Young Researcher Seeks Best Feed For Salmon
NORWAY - A young researcher has been granted funding from the Research Council of Norway to find the best possible feed for farmer Atlantic salmon in rising sea...

Potential For Fishmeal-Free Salmon
NORWAY - A growing list of functional feed ingredients is delivering potential for productivity, health promotion and sustainability in aquaculture. Skretting Aquaculture...

Skretting Marine Hatchery Diet Goes Green
NORWAY - Skretting has launched an upgraded Gemma Wean marine larvae feeds that are literally green. Simultaneously the range of Gemma pre-grower diets for marine...

Nofima's Knowledge Adding Strength to Industry
NORWAY - In a global industry like aquaculture, knowledge is a desirable asset internationally. Nofima Marin is participating in three exchange programmes that are...

Cod Larvae Strive on Partially Digested Proteins
NORWAY - Farmed cod and halibut larvae require live feed the first days after hatching before they can eat dry feed. This is a vulnerable period for the larvae....

Pure Salmon Calls for Marine Harvest Eco Reform
OSLO, NORWAY - Members of the Pure Salmon Campaign coalition, a diverse group of stakeholders from key farmed salmon production and consumption nations including...

Three Year Study on Toxaphene in Fish Feed
NORWAY - Toxaphene is a pesticide that may be present in fish meal and fish oil. Along with several other research institutions, the National Institute of Nutrition...

Nofima Gets to Grips with Farmed Sea Urchins
NORWAY - Nofima Marin has prepared a report outlining advice and tips to new farmers of the Drøbak sea urchin, based on the initiative of the Sea Urchin Project...

SINTEF and Nofima Join Aquaculture Research
NORWAY - SINTEF and Nofima signed a collaboration agreement to provide an exciting future for the Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture industry.

Low Salmon Growth with High Plant Protein Diet
NORWAY - In a feeding trial, farmed Atlantic salmon were given feed with a high content of plant protein. Only 15 per cent of the protein was marine protein. The...

Norwegian Feed Report Monitors Fish Safety
NORWAY - Feed and feed raw materials may contain undesirable substances, which again may be transferred to the fish. Therefore, the feed surveillance programme contributes...

Salting Methods Significant on Protein
NORWAY - Salting methods, temperature and pressure are of great significance for the loss of protein during the salting of fish. Trials carried out at Nofima Marin...

Feeding the Stem Cells to Influence Fish Growth
NORWAY - Research on the development of stem cells is producing valuable new knowledge. “We now know that we can influence the development and health of fish based...

NIFES: Feed Gives Salmon Special K
NORWAY - Factors such as nutrition, water temperature and rapid growth play a key role in bone development of Atlantic salmon.

Fry Production: Getting the Salt Content Right
NORWAY - Fresh research shows it is best to be careful with the use of salt in fry production, whilst earlier studies indicate that more than half of all fry...

Artificial Bagged Bait Gives More Haddock
NORWAY - Provisional results from trials of new bagged longline bait are extremely promising. Two types of bagged bait containing pulverised mackerel have been tested...