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Drone records Orca hunt through mussel farm
Drone footage has recorded how a harbour seal attempted to use the shelter of a mussel farm off Shetland to escape from a pod of orca. Local drone pilot Nick McCaffrey captured 38 minutes of the hunt, which involved eight...
Rabobank’s Smit appointed as CEO at Aqua-Spark
Rabobank executive Lissy Smit has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Aqua-Spark, the Netherlands-based fund set up to invest in sustainable, innovative aquaculture. Smit is currently Head of Credit Approvals at Rabobank Group, and will take up her new...
ASC publishes documents to support new standards
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has released a set of documents to help operators comply with new standards covering farms and feed mills. The new publications include revised Certification and Accreditation Requirements (CAR) and Certification Requirements for Unit of Certification...
Intership orders two large wellboats for lice treatment
Norwegian wellboat company, Intership has ordered two vessels from Turkey´s Sefine Shipyard, to be used for a freshwater-based sea lice treatment. The vessels will have well capacities of 6,500 m3 and 4,000 m3. The vessels will have hybrid propulsion systems,...
Salmon Evolution releases second batch of smolts
Land-based fish farmer Salmon Evolution ASA has announced that it has successfully completed the second smolt release at its site at Indre Harøy, Norway. The latest batch release, on 13 July, comprised about 230,000 smolt with an average weight of...
NRS culls 800,000 salmon in new disease blow
Norway Royal Salmon has been forced to cull around 800,000 triploid salmon after stocks were affected by a parasitic infection. The company made the announcement in an Oslo Stock Exchange statement today which said: “NRS's farming have detected the fish...
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What's New
WellFish Tech – Fish health redefined
You may have heard it said that whilst a jet engine is a complex system, it only becomes complicated when a bird passes through it. Understanding the difference leaves us...
Algal oil for a better fish
RaySon algal oil, an alternative source of omega-3 specially for salmon feed, improves the quality of the final product for consumers and boosts the immune system. Xiamen Huison Biotech Co...
Peri-Scope offers fast plankton analysis
Fish farmers now have a powerful new tool at their disposal with the launch of the Peri-Scope Quantitative Plankton Classifier. This innovative device allows for real-time, on-site analysis of plankton...
Seawork looks ahead to 2025
Seawork, the European commercial marine and workboats exhibition, connects businesses to showcase innovations, solutions and new products. The event, taking place over 10-12 June 2025, features demonstrations, launches and announcements,...
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Features
Assuring value
The Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers’ conference addressed the industry’s challenges, but also the benefits it offers to our food security and the environment. Robert Outram reports. The 2024 conference...
A new frontier
The latest wave of land-based farming projects represents an exciting new era for aquaculture, but is the ambition matched by practicality? Fish Farmer’s expert panel considered the question in our...
Navigating choppy waters
Industry estimates suggest that seafood production is due for a period of growth after a difficult spell. The Responsible Seafood Summit included several presentations on the performance and prospects of...
Course work
Last month the golfing mecca, St Andrews, hosted another major international event: the Responsible Seafood Summit. Robert Outram was there. Last year it was St John’s, in New Brunswick, Canada....
Opinion
A blank sheet of paper
By Nick Joy How can this be? I sit here with a blank sheet of paper the day following one of the most critical Budgets in the last two decades...
There’s nothing new in the world
By Nick Joy Luckily, age has not dimmed my memory yet, so I can remember the first discussions about serious commercial RAS (recirculating aquaculture systems) farming of salmon. I thought...
Sense and sentinels
I have always been sure that it was unnecessary for Scottish Ministers to appoint a regulator to manage sea lice, writes Dr Martin Jaffa. As the weeks go by, I...
A positive spin
By Nick Joy My grandkids came to stay last week and I am currently sitting in a soft play centre in Forfar, having my hearing aids blown up by the...
Events
Leading climate change scientist to open Australian Seagriculture
Professor Tim Flannery, one of Australia’s leading writers on climate change, has been announced as the opening keynote speaker for the Australian Seagriculture Conference in March next year. The conference...
Aquaculture UK set for new venue in 2026
The next edition of leading trade show Aquaculture UK is moving to Glasgow, it has been announced. The organisers, Diversified Communications, said the show, which has been held in the...
Aquafuture Spain moves to Vigo for 2025 – and is set to be bigger than ever
The 3rd Edition of the international aquaculture industry show, Aquafuture Spain, will take place over May 20 to 22, 2025, at the IFEVI exhibition centre in Vigo, in the north...
Anchovy quota announced in Lisbon
Some uncertainty in the aquafeed industry has been relieved with the announcement that Peru’s next fishing season will start on 1 November, with a quota of just over 2.5 million...
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