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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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Yes, we kanpachi!
Any connection between aerospace engineering and ocean fish farming may not be an obvious one, but the results of a crossover between the two will soon be evident on the...
Frozen assets
An important discovery for mussel hatchery production was announced in August, with the publishing in Nature of results from a long-term study funded by the ASSEMBLE Plus project. The report,...
