Posts Tagged ‘fish health and welfare’
Living Lab project attracting large following, says SalMar chief
More than 100 stakeholders have already signed up to SalMar’s Salmon Living Lab project since its launch a few months ago, Frode Arntsen, Executive Director of the salmon giant has disclosed.
Read MoreRow over timing for new Slice limits
The Scottish Government has defended its decision to allow a four-year implementation period for new regulations which will reduce the permitted limits for a key sea lice treatment. Environmental campaigners have expressed concern that the new limits will not be imposed sooner. The consultation on a new environmental quality standard (EQS) for emamectin benzoate (EmBz),…
Read MoreNew laboratory assays to measure functional immunity in fish
Moredun Scientific are now able to offer a range of laboratory assays to measure functional immunity in fish.
Read MoreSpinTouch FX can analyse fresh, salt and brackish water
Utilising proven photometric technology that has proven to be game-changing in global water testing applications, the SpinTouch FX tests eight parameters – including ammonia, nitrate and nitrite – with one water sample, simultaneously, within two minutes.
Read MoreSTIM acquires Pharmaq’s UK business
STIM has entered an agreement with Pharmaq Analytiq, a Zoetis subsidiary, to acquire its fish health and environmental services in the UK and Ireland.
Read MoreSalMar facing new ISA threat
Fish farming giant SalMar may have been hit by a second outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in less than a month, it is feared.
Read MoreLow oxygen event hits Grieg in British Columbia
Grieg Seafood’s salmon farming operations in British Columbia were hit by a “low oxygen event” in May which affected fish health and led to a rise in sea lice levels, the company has reported.
Read MoreRS Aqua installs farm management solution for Scottish Sea Farms in Orkney
Scottish Sea Farms’ Shapinsay is the latest site in Orkney to complete the installation of Innovasea’s comprehensive environmental solution, aquaEnvironment.
Read MoreFish health chief says sea lice control has improved
Action to control sea lice numbers on Scottish fish farms has been successful, partly driven by the new requirement to report lice numbers on a weekly basis.
That is the verdict of Charles Allan, group leader of the Scottish Government’s Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI), in the evidence he gave to the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and Islands (RAI) Committee.
Early warning for harmful plankton
Following the successful launch of the Live Plankton Analysis System (LPAS) at the recent Aquaculture UK exhibition in Aviemore, OTAQ have received huge interest from the industry, appreciating the value that LPAS provides in combatting the rising threat of harmful algae blooms (‘HABs’).
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