Posts Tagged ‘fish health and welfare’
Q2 loss for Grieg as fish health issues hit
GRIEG Seafood reported a disappointing second quarter today, with an operational loss and lower salmon harvests. The harvest volume was down by over 7,000 tonnes to 15,272 tonnes during the April to June period.
Read MoreMowi Scotland reports strong Q2 and better biology
Mowi Scotland produced another strong quarter between April and June this year, with news that some of the issues that have dogged the business in the recent past are now becoming less of a problem. The division produced revenues of 43.6m euros (£37m) against €41.8m (£35.7m) a year ago.
Read MoreMåsøval cuts 2024 target following suspected ISA outbreak
The Norwegian fish farming company Måsøval is reassessing its harvest target for this year following a suspected outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) at two of its locations.
Read MoreISA at SalMar site
Infectious Salmon Anaemia is suspected at a SalMar location in Norway in what appears to be a growing number of cases across the country this year.
Read MoreAI cameras used to study salmon behaviour
The Icelandic salmon company Arctic Fish is using underwater cameras fitted with artificial intelligence to study salmon in their pens.
Read MoreBillund Aquaculture ‘to file for bankruptcy’
Billund Aquaculture, the Danish company specialising in design and start up services for recirculating fish farms, is reported to have filed for bankruptcy.
Read MoreFast track – or road to ruin?
Science offers a way to bring about dramatic improvements in livestock – including salmon – but not everyone is happy about it, Robert Outram finds.
Read MoreWhat now for RSPCA Assured?
The campaign group Animal Rising is calling on the RSPCA to drop its ethical food labelling scheme, RSPCA Assured, following what it calls “the biggest scandal in RSPCA history”: a report cataloguing “catastrophic failures across 45 farms assured by the charity”.
Read MoreFaroes project to assess jellyfish threat
The Faroese Aquaculture Research Centre has announced the creation of GLOBECC, a newly funded project that will lay the foundation for monitoring jellyfish biodiversity in Faroese waters, with salmon farmer Bakkafrost taking part.
Read MoreProject aims to come up with a better sea lice model
A consortium of researchers from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are working on a project aimed at creating a better model for the dispersion of sea lice in water.
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