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Recipe for love

As Valentine’s Day approaches, oyster farms gear up for an influx of orders as fishmongers and restaurants seek to increase sales by promoting “the food of love” for the traditional...
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An icon at stake

The salmon is an important icon on Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, connecting peoples on opposite sides of the world’s second largest country. Canada stretches 3,500 miles from Newfoundland and...
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Korea ambition

South Korea’s first commercial RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) farm is due to start production later this year – and it won’t be producing salmon. While Norwegian-owned Salmon Evolution plans to...
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Second time lucky?

Scotland's first semi-closed fish farm could find a home in Loch Linnhe, after a plan to site it on Loch Long was rejected by a national park. If built, it...
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Europe falls behind while UK struggles with Brexit

Europe's mussel producers are stagnating while world production continues to rise. Meanwhile, British mussel growers are still stymied by the post-Brexit deadlock between the EU and the UK government. In...
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Tomorrow’s threats

All those who work on and with the sea – such as fish farmers – pay close attention to the daily weather forecast. But with biological hazards a key factor...
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Back from the brink

Everyone knows that Atlantic salmon spawn in freshwater and make their way to the sea as adults. In fact, however, there are small communities of landlocked salmon that never make...
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The final hurdle

According to local legend, the Asrai are a race of fairies living in the seas around Scotland. Rather like mermaids, they have a reputation for tempting unwary fisherfolk to a...
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Electric shock

Well, what a couple of months it’s been. In Fish Farmer's September issue, we looked at the Russo-Ukrainian War in Europe raging on, and food and fuel costs rocketing up....
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The August issue of Fish Farmer is out now online