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The November 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online
The November 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online, and you can read or download it here. The image on our cover this month is from St Andrews, a town that is used to welcoming visitors from all...
Seafish announces board appointments
Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, has appointed two new members to its board. Sarah Holmyard and Georgina Wright bring experience from the shellfish and salmon sectors respectively. Sarah Holmyard (pictured, right) is Head of Sales...
Key Grimsby seafood business saved
A Grimsby seafood business and with it more than 30 jobs have been saved following a financial rescue mission. The company, D&A Seafood Solutions Ltd, which had an annual turnover of around £4.5m, has been brought out of administration and...
Arctic Fish chief to step down
Stein Ove Tveiten, is to step down as CEO of Mowi owned Arctic Fish in Iceland, it was announced today. He is thought to have told the board of his decision earlier this week. Tveiten said: “Serving as CEO of...
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 is organised by DLG Benelux, a subsidiary of DLG (German...
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Being Isolated
Isolating specific strains is a key control point in disease prevention The period between 2012 and 2018 saw a steady increase in the prevalence, in Norway, of Yersiniosis or Enteric...
Managing aquaculture risk
In-depth knowledge of the industry makes Sunderland Marine an invaluable resource for fish farmers With farmed fish under increasing threat from environmental conditions – including algal blooms caused by excess...
Stunningly effective – Humane smolt stunner helps hatcheries target new markets
The HCS Stunner Ace Aquatec’s humane smolt stunner can help the aquaculture sector further reduce its carbon footprint by converting waste into a natural, healthy and...
SSC chooses Boris Net for bird protection
Following highly successful sea trials, Boris Net has received a large follow up order for its innovative High Pole Bird Net system, from the Scottish Salmon Company. MD John Howard...
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OCEAN ECOLOGY – AQUACULTURE VETERINARIAN – OBAN, SCOTLAND
www.ocean-ecology.com WHY OCEAN ECOLOGY? We are a leading marine environmental consultancy originally specialising in providing survey, technical and advisory services to organisations delivering and governing the global blue economy. Together...
Features
Flying fish
A rare Chinook salmon species in California has been given a chance to survive drought conditions thanks to a helicopter airlift, as Julia Hollister reports. An innovative programme to save...
Otter Ferry’s latest chapter
The expertise at a long-established fish farm is now being put to use in a collaboration aimed at benefiting the whole industry. Otter Ferry Seafish, based on the shores of...
Upbeat outlook
Trout producers in the UK and around the world are confident that they have a great story to tell. Oliver Robinson, Chief Executive at the British Trout Association (BTA), is...
Cornwall seaweed farms back on track
Despite enlisting celebrity firepower, campaigners have not (yet) managed to stop plans for the UK’s biggest seaweed farm, as Sandy Neil reports. Plans for two giant “no waste” seaweed farms...
Opinion
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...
Fact-free campaigns
The reputation of salmon farming has suffered as a result of criticism that does not have much to back it up, says Martin Jaffa. The reputation of farmed salmon in...
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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