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The June 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online
The June 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online, and you can read or download it here.
Read MoreGearing for growth
New Zealand has ambitions to grow its aquaculture – especially salmon, oysters and mussels. Greenshell mussels have become the source for world famous nutraceutical products and the salmon sector is beginning to branch out into the open ocean.
Read MoreHaulier brings in new trucks for Mowi contract
Haulier Ferguson Transport & Shipping has taken delivery of a batch of new trucks and trailers for live fish transport, as part of its long-standing relationship with salmon producer Mowi Scotland.
Read MorePreparing aquaculture for climate change
Scotland and Norway joined forces last month to raise awareness and initiate action on climate change, as Elisabeth Ytteborg, Carlo C. Lazado and Lynne Falconer report. On 18 April, more than 70 people attended the Aquaculture and Climate Change workshop at the Nofima offices in Ås, Norway.
Read MoreWrasse the way to do it
A team of UK researchers has received funding to find better ways to vaccinate ballan wrasse against bacterial infection. It is hoped the project could help to grow the use of wrasse as cleaner fish to control sea lice on salmon farms.
Read MoreBakkafrost confirms sponsorship for island race
Salmon farmer Bakkafrost Scotland has renewed its sponsorship for the Isle of Sky Half Marathon, for the sixth year running.
Read MoreThousands of Icelanders sign petition against net-pen fish farming
More than 46,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Icelandic government to outlaw open net-pen salmon farming in the country’s fjords.
Read MoreLoch Duart renews deal with fisheries trust
Independent salmon farmer Loch Duart will continue its partnership with a local conservation organisation for another three years, it has been announced.
Read MoreISA discovered at Bakkafrost Faroes site
Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) has been found at two Bakkafrost pens at a site in the Faroe Islands, the company confirmed today.
Read MoreEight Loch Duart sites to integrate Innovasea’s real-time pen monitoring solution
RS Aqua, a leading supplier of aquaculture equipment in the UK and Ireland, is set to install Innovasea’s environmental monitoring solution, aquaEnvironment, at eight additional Loch Duart sites in the North West of Scotland and the Western Isles.
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