The Scottish Salmon Company has unveiled plans to create over 100 jobs across the West Coast and islands of Scotland within the next five years.

THE Scottish salmon producer, Loch Duart Ltd, has invested in a newly formed salmon farming company in Nova Scotia.

TWO FIRMS fined after horror deaths at a Lorn fish farm had their penalties slashed almost in half by appeal judges last week.

Moving into 2012, Inverness based Gael Force Group is merging its moorings and marine and aquaculture divisions under a restructuring which will see a strengthening of their sales team and streamlining in purchasing and distribution.

On the 15th of November 2011, the management of Coppens International bv has established a buyout.

AKVA group Software AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of AKVA group ASA ("AKVA"), has entered into an agreement with Fishware Invest AS, for sale of the Maritech business in Norway for a price of NOK 34.5 million.

GAIL Shea, Regional Minister for Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, have announced that the Government of Canada will invest almost $970,000 to support three innovative aquaculture projects on the island.

Scientists in Aberdeen have made a discovery which could ultimately help to develop a control for a major cause of infection in farmed fish.

SALMON farmers Marine Harvest have announced its first two sites under a £40m expansion plan of its operations off the west coast.

Fusion Marine supplies fish farm system for innovative new aquaculture project in Tahiti.

The work developed by the Spanish Association of Marine Aquaculture Producers (APROMAR) is focused on various priority objectives including improving technological training in companies dedicated to aquaculture and designing new processes to optimise profitability.

Hatcheries are the foundation of the burgeoning aquaculture industry, and feed is at the heart of a successful hatchery. 

Aquaculture, or fish farming, is an integral part of North Carolina’s economy, generating more than $50 million annually and supplying healthy, affordable protein options for consumers.

Kofi Annan, for 10 years Secretary-General of the United Nations, will be the main speaker at AquaVision 2012, 11–13 June in Stavanger, Norway.

The University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture is breeding wrasse to be used sustainably in Atlantic salmon farms to naturally remove sea lice from the skin of other fish.

Micanti has realized a breakthrough in Turkey with its non-toxic antifouling Thorn-D.

THREE conservation groups in British Columbia are taking aim at Alaskan salmon fisheries that they allege are damaging the region’s fish stocks and which they also claim are violating conditions of the Marine Stewardship Council's eco-certification.

ORGANISERS of the FIAAP Conference Asia on feed ingredients and the additives, and the international conference for aquaculture feed professionals, Aquafeed Horizons Asia, says that with 20 days left to register, places are going fast.

Weymouth scientist, John Bignell, from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), has recently returned from a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship (www.wcmt.org.uk) to New Zealand where he investigated how they developed their own strategy for a successful aquaculture industry.

BRITISH Columbia-based fish farm opponent Don Staniford is being sued by Mainstream Canada, British Columbia’s second largest farmed-salmon producer.

ONE of the UK's largest fish farms, which was facing financial difficulties, has been sold, saving over 30 jobs.

A TEAM of researchers in the United States may have overcome one of the main environmental criticisms connected with fish farming.

EXMOUTH’S award-winning mussel fishery has entered MSC assessment. If successful, mussels from the fishery will be able to add the MSC’s Certified Sustainable Seafood ecolabel to their host of awards.

FIS and IntraFish report a study released by the University of Victoria Seafood Ecology Research Group in which the Friend of the Sea certification programme scored higher than all major sustainable aquaculture schemes operating at international level, Global GAP, Global Aquaculture Alliance, AquaGAP and also better than some bio standards (Bio Suisse, Australia Certified Organic) and retailer standards (Whole Foods Market and Marks & Spencer).

NORWAY’S Food Safety Authority has confirmed the presence of the Pancreas Disease (PD) virus in SalMar Farming’s site Singsholmen in Hitra municipality.

The Crown Estate is to increase its annual investment in aquaculture research and development to over a quarter of a million pounds from 2013, continuing to support a sector which is vital to the Scottish economy.

The theme for next year’s AQUA 2012 event “Global Aquaculture: Securing our Future” has several aspects.

The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation has launched its new Improvers’ Programme for fishmeal and fish oil producers.

SCOTTISH mussel growers are preparing for a buoyant festive season with sales predicted to peak in the run-up to Christmas.

Professor Nicholas Owens has been appointed as a non-executive director  to the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Sceince's Management Board (CMB) and takes up his position on 1 January 2012.

THE Welsh Government is holding talks with a joint Greek-Saudi-owned aquaculture company to secure the future of one of the UK's largest fish farms which is facing difficulties.

Female blue king crab Ovigerous (with eggs) female blue king crab. Courtesy of Ben Daly.

Friend of the Sea Absolute Performance Score, according to the Seafood Ecology Research Group study, was better than all major sustainable aquaculture schemes operating at international level:

Leading logistics consultancy, Davies & Robson, has helped fish feed manufacturer, Skretting realise significant cost and service benefits following a comprehensive review of its supply chain operations.

The research could finally make the treatment of sea lice effective.

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today launched new aquaculture and companion foreshore licence templates.

LEADING scallop producer Jerry Gallagher from Carrigart, Co Donegal was elected the new chairman of the Irish Shellfish Association at a recent meeting of the new Executive Committee in the Irish Farm Centre, Dublin.

THE Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has lodged quarter three 2011 results showing a dramatic fall in profits, however they insist that the company is on course to meet year-end targets.

Leading scallop producer and shellfish industry representative for many years, Jerry Gallagher from Carrigart, Co Donegal was elected the new chairman of the Irish Shellfish Association at a meeting of the new Executive Committee in the Irish Farm Centre, Dublin yesterday (Wednesday).

Sterner are delighted to announce that they have become the UK & Ireland representative for BGB
Marine’s Aquaculture lights and associated products.

Loch Duart works with Noble of Girvan to keep high quality boat building in Scotland.

FOLLOWING its AGM in Ottawa, Ontario last week the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has announced its executive board to lead this national association of fish and shellfish producers, feed companies and suppliers into 2012 and beyond.

THE global aquaculture company, EWOS is celebrating reaching one million tonnes of fish feed production in a year for the first time in its history.

AUSTRALASIAN AQUACULTURE PROGRAMME LOOKS SET TO ‘PACK A PUNCH’

Sharing new knowledge and scientific understanding of sea lice has been at the centre of two international conferences held in Scotland this week.

New figures show value of annual Scottish salmon production increases again.

Calvisius Caviar (www.calvisius.it) and its farmed white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) from Agroittica Lombarda have recently passed their second full Friend of the Sea audit since their initial approval in 2008.

Marine Harvest CEO, Robert Riethmüller, has said the company will not expand in 2011 or in 2012 because of the Chilean health situation after the crisis caused by the virus of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) since 2007.

THE Faroe Islands is boasting an unusual fish farming success story despite the slump in salmon prices.

The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute is benefiting from a donation of technology and expertise from YSI, a developer and manufacturer of water quality monitoring and testing equipment.

The Scottish Salmon Company is pleased to announce that Dr Stewart McLelland will be taking over as CEO of the company in January 2012, succeeding current chief Bill Hazeldean.

Salmon farm pens in Shetland are being recycled into new and stronger units in a collaborative project between Northern Isles Salmon and aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine.

Pascal Divanach recognised by highest EAS Award.

THE Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) presented its annual award for excellence in European aquaculture to Bjørn Myrseth in recognition of his past and continuing contributions to aquaculture in Europe.

Juvenile blue king crabs had an 85% survival after a 10-week nursery grow-out period at the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward.

A number of aquaculture events are already being publicised for 2012, including the following:

CANADA’S Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Keith Ashfield said this has been a difficult few weeks for the fishing industry in British Columbia.

BASED on analysis conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), in close collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the Province of British Columbia and the Atlantic Veterinary College, there have been no confirmed cases of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in wild or farmed salmon in BC.

Salmon and rainbow trout digest protein in plant-based feed better with inclusion of acid salts in combination with high temperature during extrusion. This is shown in a doctoral thesis by Thea Morken from Aquaculture Protein Centre.

THE falling price of salmon is beginning to have an adverse impact on the financial performance of Norwegian fish farming companies as the latest results from Grieg Seafood ASA reveal.

Feeding a growing world population is a serious challenge and fish farming will play an increasingly important role, according to the Chairman of Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation. 

If aquaculture is to fulfil its great potential to ease world food shortages, good governance and responsible development are essential.

A SENIOR researcher at Skretting has criticised the conclusions drawn from recent research by the Norwegian research organisation Nifes that salmon fed a largely vegetarian diet suffer a greater risk of heart attack.

THE Marine Harvest Group has reported sharply reduced profits in the third quarter of 2011.

RUSSIA has banned products from three Norwegian farmed salmon and trout producers - claiming that the country's veterinary service has found evidence of listeria in the fish.

PLANS by a US company to produce genetically modified salmon are now meeting with resistance from certain fishing related elements in Canada.

Fish farming from the German and international perspective: Aquaculture is one of the perennial favourites at fish international in Bremen.

Salmon that are not fed enough marine-based feed may be at risk of suffering from “lifestyle diseases” like heart problems, according to new NIFES research.

Marine Harvest, one of the biggest producers of farmed salmon in Canada, has announced plans to protect stock in their Canadian fish cages by surrounding their farms with anti-predator nets. 

Nutreco announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Zhuhai Shihai Feed Co. Ltd. (Shihai), a reputable and profitable fish and shrimp feed company in China.

Animal health and nutrition company Alltech are silver sponsors of this year’s Aquaculture Europe 2011 conference, taking place between October 18th and 21st in Rhodes, Greece.

THREE of Britain's leading supermarket chains have strongly defended their farmed fish buying policy, stating they comply to the highest standards.

SCOTLAND'S growing and commercially successful fish farming industry was today still baffled why it has suddenly come under the spotlight with government warnings that its activities may be curtailed.

With AquaBounty’s AquaAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon now under review by the White House and one step closer to approval, Alaska’s senators—concerned about the possible impacts the approval would have on their state’s wild salmon stocks—are taking actions to try to block the experimental organism.

SEAFOOD giant Marine Harvest has released an update of its trading performance for the third quarter of 2011.

Growth in U.S. Offshore Fish Farming Industry Could Require 40 Percent of World’s Fishmeal for Feed, Release Over 1 Million Fish.

Encouraging interests to work together

Schools in Sutherland and Highland the first to sign up
New qualification to be delivered locally

Aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine Ltd has just completed its largest ever freshwater project with the total upgrade of a smolt (young salmon) farm on Loch Ness for Migdale Smolt Ltd.

Food Certification International (FCI) has become the first certification body in the world to complete the process of accreditation to extend its scope of operation to cover the new GlobalG.A.P. Version 4 Aquaculture Standard.

The Scottish Salmon Company has appointed Ronnie Leggett as Commercial Director.

Four new jobs advertised by The Scottish Salmon Company for its expanding operation on Harris attracted a flood of applicants.

Scottish Environment Minister Stewart Stevenson has opened the annual conference of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers (ASSG) in Oban, Argyll.

"Farmed salmon from Argyll and Bute was one of the biggest food success stories in 2010”, according to the new boss of Scotland’s food and drink industry body.

Marel has concluded a contract with Chinese processor Pacific Andes to design, build and install a new
processing system, for wild and farmed whitefish, for use at the company’s plant, China's largest whitefish plant, in

FishChoice.com Announces Addition of Certified Farmed Shellfish Products.

Communities across Scotland are benefiting from the second round of grants made available from The Heart of the Community Trust this year (2011).

While sturgeon is an endangered species in the wild, farming it has been widely accepted as a valid sustainable alternative to obtain high quality caviar.

Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) announced today that its revenues for the first quarter of FY 2012, which ended Aug. 31, increased 6.5% to $45,697,000, from the previous year's first quarter revenues of $42,923,000.

NAFC MARINE CENTRE AQUACULTURE STUDENTS RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.

PORTLAND, MAINE, USA: SEPTEMBER 2011:  Fish Vet Group (FVG) has appointed a team of three aquaculture health specialists at its U.S.A. office in Portland, Maine. Kasha Cox, Hernan Pizarro and Jason Collins join FVG Inc. to provide aquaculture health services to producers of farmed fish, shellfish and crustaceans across the Americas.

Darden Restaurants formally announced, at the Clinton Global Initiative's (CGI) Seventh Annual Meeting, the company's three-year commitment to rebuilding troubled fisheries through Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs).

The company AgriMarine, which has developed and commercialised proprietary floating solid-wall closed containment technology to produce salmon sustainably in its farms in China and Canada, has appointed a top seafood expert to its ranks.

Improving understanding of salmon farming in BC has been highlighted as a goal during Aquaculture Awareness Week in Campbell River.

More than 400 delegates are already registered for the 2011 Annual Conference of the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation on October 16-20.

Today, a new organization, the Recirculating Farms Coalition, is officially launching a national campaign to promote growing local, fresh food and create green jobs.

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The country's foremost pioneers of sustainable open ocean aquaculture, or mariculture, have recently revealed their latest research of cutting-edge technologies that will allow the farming of fish in their natural marine environment without affecting pristine ocean ecosystems.

Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc. (OTCBB:UMAM) ("Umami" or "the Company"), a holding company of fish farming operations supplying sashimi-grade Northern Bluefin Tuna to the global market, announces that AMERRA Capital Management, LLC ("AMERRA"), as agent on behalf of its managed funds and accounts, has agreed to supply Umami with a loan for working capital in the amount of $8.5 million.

A GROUP of US Congress members have launched a new attempt to prevent genetically engineered salmon reaching the dinner plates of America.

IT has been one of the most intensely debated fishing investigations in Canada for years - and it has just finished.

The harvesting of bivalve molluscs, clams, mussels and razor shells, in the Bay of Santander and Abra del Pas, Cantabria, has been been prohibited temporaraily by the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development as a consequence of DSP biotoxin presence.

Leading aquaculture feed producer, EWOS, is sponsoring an Improvers’ Programme extension to the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation’s Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS).

Scotland’s two largest salmon farming businesses have joined forces to develop a sustainable method of combating sea lice.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Pond is pleased to announce that the Organic Materials Research Institute (OMRI) has reviewed the company's PureBacteria+ Biological Pond Muck Reducer and has listed PureBacteria+ for use in organic production.

Scottish shellfish farmers will be ‘Looking to the Future’ at their annual conference in October, and are delighted that the Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Stewart Stevenson, will join them to open the event.

Best Aquaculture Practices, the leading global certification programme for aquaculture facilities, has expanded its international marketing team with the addition of Emil Avalon as BAP's new business development manager for Europe.

A marine equipment, supply and engineering businessman from the Highlands of Scotland, who has already broken his back and had to avoid pirates on a two-year round the world voyage, is to sail the final 7,000 miles of the journey from South Africa back to the UK single-handedly.

CHIEF executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation, Scott Landsburgh, says it is “disappointing” that a number of fish farms have performed poorly in the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s latest Compliance Assessment Scheme.

THE regulations governing Canada's aquaculture sector  were among the most stringent in the world, a leading figure from the industry has maintained.

Salmon farmers support unprecedented fish health data release.

Sterner are delighted to announce that they have become the UK & Ireland representative for Maskon.

THE Scottish Salmon Company PLC, has reported a record second quarter and half year results, as plans to increase production signal strong future performance.

Precision Subsea Electronics Ltd of Oban has signed an agreement to supply their subsea, pan-tilt video cameras to Ocea Gruppen AS of Bergen, Norway - the fastest growing supplier of technology-based solutions to the global aquaculture industry.

The UK accreditation of a disinfectant for use by health professionals and fish farmers has been welcomed by a leading supplier to the Scottish aquaculture industry.

The BC Salmon Farmers Association says it is ready for the aquaculture hearing days.

A decade of data detailing infectious diseases on 120 salmon feedlots in British Columbia, Canada, is expected to be entered as evidence this week via the Cohen Commission's inquiry into the Fraser River sockeye.

THE New Zealand Government has given the green light for a significant expansion of the country's aquaculture industry into a billon dollar operation within 15 years.

The world’s largest aquaculture exhibition, Aqua Nor, had a record number of visitors this year.

Scottish farmed salmon continues to show record export growth, according to the latest figures released as the Environment Minister attends the key event in the international trade calendar.

Scottish fish and shellfish farmers are being encouraged to attend a special aquaculture and maritime safety event in Oban on 6 September.

Scottish farmed salmon continues to show record export growth, according to the latest figures released as the Environment Minister attends the key event in the international trade calendar.

A new Aquaculture Advisory Council proposed by the European Commission under its Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reforms should be led by Scotland, according to a Euro MP.

PEARSE Lyons, president and founder of Alltech, is keynote speaker at a lunch meeting titled ‘A Fishfarming Evolution’ on Wednesday at Aqua Nor 2011 in Trondheim.

Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced the launch of its new SOLVOX^® OxyStream solution, a unique low-pressure oxygenation system to help significantly increase fish production volume, optimise fish meat quality and considerably improve operations from an environmental standpoint.

Scotland's Chief Statistician today published the Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2010, Providing information on production and employment, it is structured to follow industry trends within the mussel, Pacific oyster, native oyster and scallop sectors. Some statistics are given for the 20-year period 1990-2010.

A new UK centre for aquaculture has invested in the latest computer generated imagery technologies to help market its facilities to a worldwide audience.

A snail from China, which eats mainly mussels, oysters and clams, may cause the collapse of several national fisheries in Argentina, it is feared, as it did in Asia a number of years ago.

Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Randy Kamp, on behalf of Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), has announced significant funding to support innovation and sustainability in the aquaculture industry in British Columbia (BC).

Environment Minister Stewart Stevenson has been impressed by aquaculture businesses based in the Hebrides, during a series of engagements undertaken this week. Mr Stevenson has spent time with aquaculture companies while he also met with representatives of the Outer Hebrides Fisheries Trust.

THE SCOTTISH Salmon Company has withdrawn plans for a fish farm at both of its proposed sites off the east coast of Islay following huge community opposition.

The Global Aquaculture Alliance, the leading standards-setting organisation for farmed seafood, has selected certification management specialist Lisa Goché as vice president of the Best Aquaculture Practices division of GAA.

A GROUP of 38 American food related organisations have sent a strong letter to the US Congress urging its members not to interfere in the science-based regulatory process in the Food and Drugs Administration.

A SENIOR executive at the Scottish Salmon Company has expressed his pride in what has been achieved as the business celebrates its first anniversary.

Important Step Achieved in Closing the Life Cycle of Bluefin Tuna Farming in a Commercially Viable Way

Substantial Enhancement of Umami's Sustainable Tuna Farming Model

As part of a three-day tour of the aquaculture industry in the Hebrides, Mr Stevenson will be taken to The Scottish Salmon Company’s processing facility at Marybank, Stornoway on Wednesday August 3.

Best Aquaculture Practices, the leading global certification programme for aquaculture facilities, has expanded its international marketing team with the addition of Molly Metcalf as BAP's new business development manager for North America.

The board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Conley as executive director of Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF).

The Marine Harvest Group ASA  (Public, OSE: MHG) achieved an operational EBIT of NOK 894 million (USD 162.8 million) in the second quarter of 2011, compared to NOK 792 million (USD 144.2 million) in the corresponding quarter of 2010.

AN enterprising American businessman has launched a shrimp aquaculture operation in the desert-like land close to the famous gambling city of Las Vegas.

The Scottish Salmon Company is celebrating its first birthday with a pledge to continue developing a growing, strong and sustainable business in and for the rural communities of the West of Scotland and the Hebrides.

Fish Vet Group (FVG) has announced the expansion of its aquaculture health services into the Americas and Scandinavia.

A major salmon producer has acknowledged that the Infection Salmon Anaemia virus which has devasted millions of salmon in Chile may have originated from Norway.

AquaBounty Technologies, the company behind the potentially ground breaking development of genetic salmon in the United States, has issued a robust defence of its strategy following criticism recently by a group of US senators who said it should not be allowed to reach the dinner tables of consumers.

PRESSURE is growing in North America from two sources to call a halt to the development of genetically modified salmon.

As the UK’s first aquaculture business incubator centre, Astec is set to have a major impact on the growth and sustainability of the UK aquaculture industry, becasue of its unique facilities and a specific focus on developing fledgling enterprises.

ANOTHER Scottish slamon company has changed hands. Associated Seafoods Ltd has acquired smoked salmon producer Lossie Seafoods Ltd with the new owner planning to further develop the Buckie based company’s growing export business to premium markets around the world.

THE United States is to open up large areas of its coastline to fish farming in an effort to reduce its huge seafood import bill.

JUST two months ago a kilo of Norwegian salmon was fetching a near record 45 kroners a kilo (£5.2 sterling) - but this week the price had sunk to around 25 kroners a kilo ( £2.9) - a slide of almost 50 per cent compared with the all time high around Easter.

Finding new and more sustainable ways of farming shellfish, and helping re-energize British Columbia's coastal aquaculture industry are the aims of a new research facility in Deep Bay.

The Jury has made its decision.

Sales of British tilapia are going from strength to strength, both at home and abroad, as interest increases in its environmental
credentials and versatility.

A FIRM that admitted its part in the deaths of two Argyll fish farm workers was yesterday fined £600,000 at Oban Sheriff Court.

Leading Norwegian cod farmers Atlantic Cod Farms (ACF) and Codfarmers (COD) have entered into a merger. ACF CEO Ivar Kvangardnes believes this is an exciting time for the industry. 

JUST two months ago a kilo of Norwegian salmon was fetching a near record 45 kroners a kilo (£5.2 sterling) - but this week the price had sunk to around 25 kroners a kilo ( £2.9) - a slide of almost 50 per cent compared with the all time high around Easter.

THE Spanish Association of Marine Aquaculture Producers, APROMAR, commissioned the Andalusian Aquaculture Technology Centre, Ctaqua, to complete a study on the production and market for meagre in Spain, focused on developing proposals to promote the consumption of the species in this country.

THE United States has just  unveiled a new policy aquaculture to increase seafood production and create jobs.

FISH farms are now providing around half of the world's seafood, according to a new report.

STIRLING SIGNS AQUACULTURE AGREEMENT WITH CHINESE UNIVERSITY.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and the Conservation Fund are partnering on a pilot research project to grow farmed Atlantic salmon in a freshwater closed-containment system.

Scottish Government publishes proposals for devolution of Scotland's Crown Estate.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE DECLARES AWARD AS A ‘DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE’ AS IT GOES ON SCOTTISH TOUR.

Brazil had the privilege of hosting for the second time The Annual International Conference and Exposition of the World Aquaculture Society – WAS 2011 – which took place from June 6-10 in the beautiful city of Natal, located in the Northeast region of the country.

Global certification system for farmed seafood, Best Aquaculture Practices, has added SGS to its international team of auditing bodies.

The Ocean Stewards Institute today announced their robust support of the recently published NOAA Aquaculture Policy, which establishes priorities for NOAA’s aquaculture initiatives and provides guidance and standards for the development of sustainable aquaculture in federal waters.

SalmoBreed AS, which has been developing salmon selective breeding programmes in Norway since 1999, has over the years assembled a unique team of experts in genetics, fish health and fish husbandry, and now supplies around 20% of the market for Atlantic salmon ova world-wide.

The CEO of Cermaq ASA, Geir Isaksen, has today June 14 2011 accepted the position as CEO of NSB Group, Norway’s largest transport group. Accordingly Mr. Isaksen will leave his position as CEO of Cermaq ASA.

A new and comprehensive analysis released by WorldFish Center and Conservation International (CI)today, June 14 2011, has investigated the environmental impact of the world’s major aquaculture production systems and species, and today offers a first-ever global assessment of trends and impacts of cultivated seafood.

Innovation, investment and continuing development of fish farming equipment is essential if Scotland is to maintain its status as one of the world leaders in marine aquaculture.

Following a 30 per cent fall in aquaculture production in the Canary Islands, Alevines y Doradas SA has decided to keep its fish hatchery, the most modern in the European Union (EU), closed.

HENDRIX GENETICS B.V. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF LANDCATCH & LNS.

Claim that National Aquaculture Policy will pave way for Destructive Factory Fish Farming Industry in U.S. Waters.

AN Australian aquaculture company has recently announced that it has been successful in breeding one of the world most endangered fish species - the bluefin tuna.

Scottish Sea Farms has won the overall award for Best Finfish Farm at this year’s Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards organised by the Crown Estate. 

On 14 February 2011 Marine Harvest ASA made a voluntary offer to the company's shareholders that owned less than 1,000 shares as per 8 February 2011.

Industry wants to grow from 144,000 tonnes to 210,000 tonnes over the next ten years.

RESEARCHERS in Norway are working on possible measures which could  improve the lives of farmed salmon and simultaneously increase production.

Already more than 50 per cent of the exhibition area at the larger new venue in Bangkok for FIAAP Asia 2012, Victam Asia 2012 & GRAPAS Asia 2012 has been sold.

There are many questions about salmon farming in BC - and many answers ready at weekly farm tours, kicking off June 16.

The final programme for AQUA NOR FORUM, within Aqua Nor, August 16-19 2011, Trondheim Spektrum, Norway, has been announced.

Wakefern Food Corp. has recently confirmed its commitment to the GAA's (Global Aquaculture Alliance) BAP (Best Aquaculture Practices) programme and will work with its suppliers to meet sustainability goals through BAP certification at both the farm and processor levels.

Shrimp farmers in coastal provinces of the Mekong Delta are suffering unprecedented losses because of a disease that has infected tiger shrimp in 40,000 hectares of farm area.

The Scottish Smoked Salmon Producers’ Group has applied to DEFRA for protected geographical indication (PGI) for ‘Scottish Farmed Salmon Smoked in Scotland’.

A sudden drop in temperature leading to oxygen depletion may have caused the death of 800 tonnes of fish in a lake south of Manila. The fish began to rot last week.

THE Marine Planning Service of Shetland Islands Council have just completed the latest round of monitoring for the marine aquaculture industry in Shetland.

THE Scottish Salmon Company Ltd, the leading Scottish-based salmon farming business, has reported a strong start to 2011, brought about by good biological performance and continuing positive market conditions.

Having previously raised concerns over standards in the Vietnamese fish farming sector, Struan Stevenson MEP, Senior Vice President of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee, has now acknowledged that EU consumers and aquaculture businesses have little to fear from growing imports.

The British Trout Association is delighted to announce that land based farmed British trout has received a ‘green’ endorsement from leading environmental organisation, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).

The Scottish Salmon Company Ltd, the leading Scottish-based salmon farming business, has reported a strong start to 2011, brought about by good biological performance and continuing positive market conditions.

THE price of Norwegian salmon has dramatically dropped back after reaching near record levels just over three weeks ago.

Aquaculture producers in England are being urged to apply for support from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).

Salmon company Morpol ASA, which has invested heavily in processing at Rosyth, Scotland, has reported a positive EBIT pre fair value of EUR 6.2 million for the first quarter and an operational EBIT of EUR 7.3 million compared to EUR 5.2 million in the same quarter of 2010.

Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn channels are fallow right now, as it moves into the third month of the outmigration period for wild smolts.

A NEW programme tailored to the needs of the Scottish aquaculture industry has been launched.

SHETLAND Islands Council's Planning Service has been working with Argyll and Bute, Western Isles, Orkney and Highland to streamline planning processes for aquaculture so that they match up with the existing land planning system. This includes the introduction of online applications and a standardised application form that can be used Scotland-wide.

SCOTTISH salmon has been named 'best farmed salmon in the world' in a poll of international seafood buyers from leading retail and food service companies.

Those involved in or affected by salmon farming throughout Scotland are being urged to have their say on the shape and future of the £400 million industry, WWF Scotland has said as the final step in the process of creating a global standard begins.

Tests on three year classes of farmed Atlantic salmon have shown great variation in how well various salmon families tackle salmon lice.

Marine Harvest company boss Alf-Helge Aarskog is not happy with margins being achieved in Norway, Canada and Europe and is looking to a new global sales and marketing organisation to put things right, despite high salmon prices boosting the company's income.

FISH farm giants Marine Harvest have reported strong demand in their key salmon markets during 2010. They also revealed improved financial results and financial position as well as operational progress.

Following Bangladesh’s success in meeting most of the EU fish farming standards, the European Union is considering cutting 20 ore cent of the stringent testing requirements for Bangladeshi aquaculture products.

The Scottish Salmon Company Ltd (SSC) has announced the appointment of Philip Smith PhD, as non-executive director. Philip Smith has held chief executive and managing director roles in blue chip aquaculture companies for 27 years, having had responsibility for businesses operating in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Japan, Australia and South East Asia.

The boards of directors of the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) have the pleasure to announce that the AQUA 2012 event will take place in the Czech Republic capital, Prague, from September 1-5, 2012.

A new website launched today will help to educate the public about the benefits of salmon farming and bring together salmon farmers from around the world.

Since 1976, the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) has been pursuing its core objectives to promote contacts among all involved in aquaculture; to disseminate information and to promote multi-disciplinary research for the benefit of the sector.

Salmon farmer New Zealand King Salmon (NZKS) is looking to expand its operations but has to apply to have its plans classed as 'a proposal of national signficance' before it can go ahead.

The AQUA NOR FORUM is going to be the place for science, industry, consumers and policy makers to discuss the key issues that affect aquaculture development according to organisers, the European Aquaculture Society in cooperation with the Nor-Fishing Foundation, SINTEF and CREATE.

Bas Geerts of UTZ Certified will be the new Director of Standards for the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), the independent entity responsible for managing the global standards developed by the Aquaculture Dialogues, the ASC Supervisory Board announced today.

Nutreco is investing EUR 27 million to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averøy, Norway. The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility, a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises.

GRIEG Seafood Hjaltland has further strengthened its hold on the UK salmon farming sector by acquiring two of the largest locally owned salmon farms in the Shetland Islands.

On April 7, Aquasoja, producer of fish feed, sited in Portugal, participated in the V Workshop sponsored by CCMAR - University of Algarve, under the theme "The Cultivation of Soles".

Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn channels are fallow right now, as it moves into the second month of the outmigration period for wild smolts.

Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg, according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC).

Kiotech International plc, the supplier of natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth, health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture, has announced significantly increased its sales, profit and earnings per share in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2010.

It is now possible to measure genetic changes in Norwegian wild salmon populations due to interbreeding with escaped farmed salmon thanks to a tool Norwegian scientists have developed to provide important knowledge in the debate about escaped farmed salmon.

On 30 March 2011, the board of directors of Marine Harvest ASA approved the 2010 Annual Report, including the 2010 annual financial statements for Marine Harvest ASA and the Marine Harvest Group.

The Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Juan Andrés Fontaine, and the head of the Undersecretariat of Fisheries (Subpesca), Pablo Galilea, in Chile have announced the names of the five members that will make up the panel of experts for the national aquaculture industry.

THE burgeoning salmon industry could deliver a major jobs boost to the islands of the Minch thanks to a £40million expansion programme by Marine Harvest.

Demand for BC farmed salmon and interest in learning about developments in the BC industry kept BC Salmon Farmers Association members busy at this year's International Boston Seafood Show.

Mainstream Canada has begun legal proceedings against Don Staniford and his organization The Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture, for defamatory statements that have been made regarding the company's fish farming operations. Mainstream views his statements as false, misleading and intended to harm the company.

Elderly residents of Smiddybrae House in Orkney are the first to benefit from a brand new charitable trust launched today (Tuesday 22 March) by Scottish Sea Farms, one of Scotland’s leading salmon farming companies.

SEVENTEEN staff from Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture face compulsory redundancy following a decision yesterday by the University Court.

Local oyster growers and researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have discovered that transplanting farmed oysters into a saltier environment just before harvesting virtually eradicates the bacterium Vibrio vulnificus and thus foodborne illness.

A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the outmigration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the BC Salmon Farmers Association.

The importance of BC's salmon farming industry to the economy of north Vancouver Island has been confirmed in a report undertaken by the Regional District of Mount Waddington and Living Oceans Society.

Badinotti Group has acquired all the assets of CARD'S AQUACULTURE.

The latest phase of a major modernisation of fish farm sites belonging to Scottish Sea Farms is now well underway in a partnership agreement with Fusion Marine, which has seen more than £4m invested since the rolling upgrade programme began four years ago.

FISH FARM operator Marine Harvest has welcomed Ross, Skye and Lochaber area planning committee’s decision to grant approval for the company’s plans to develop a new smolt rearing facility at Lochailort to stock its seawater farms.

EXTRA amino acid supplements in salmon feeds produce better fillet firmness and healthier farmed salmon, according to a study by Norwegian research group Nofima.

The 2nd International Aquaculture Biosecurity Conference and Workshop (IABC), scheduled for 14-17 August 2011 in Trondheim, Norway has opened its web page (www.iabconference.org) for registration and abstract submission.

Fishing unions and groups based around the estuaries of Muros and Noia, Spain, have demonstrated against the installation of salmon cages and are planning to organise protests to try to change the government's decisions.

The Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa) has begun construction on the first National Center for Research on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Farming Systems in Palmas, in the state of Tocantins.

Is what farmed fish eat sustainable? The first panel session at the upcoming International Boston Seafood Show will draw together experts from throughout the aquaculture industry to examine how current feed practices impact the overall sustainability of aquaculture.

Alaska’s 2011 commercial salmon harvest is expected to yield 203 million salmon of all species, informed the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG).

Farm Assistant, Harris Wright from Dumfries, Scotland, has been named ‘Aquaculture Learner of the Year’ at the eighth annual Lantra Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year awards ceremony.

BRITISH farmed tilapia producer, The Fish Company, has announced the appointment of aquaculture expert Dr Adrian Hartley, as sales and production manager.

Global fish farming leader Marine Harvest CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog spoke at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) in Oslo this week.

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) will host a meeting of fish health experts from Ireland, Norway, Scotland, USA and Chile on 23 and 24 March 2011 at its Newforge Lane headquarters.

A DEFRA consultation later this year will mark a fork in the road for the UK’s crab and lobster fisheries, according to the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations.

THE ANSWER to feeding a halibut, such as broodstock fish, which can be a challenge, is to make lots of smaller pellets and then stick them together into a larger block.

Badinotti Group has acquired all the assets of CARD'S AQUACULTURE.

Skretting’s feed delivery vessel, M.V Vermland, has had its cleaning efficiency improved following the installation of a dedicated chemical foaming unit, the MFU 75 manufactured by Lagafors.

The 2011 event follows on from the success of The Crown Estate’s 2009 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards.

MUSSEL farmers on Loch Etive are taking their last stand against an invasive species that has decimated the population of the native stock.

The Scottish Salmon Company has committed to a three-year funding deal to support Mid Argyll Community Pool’s (MACPool) ‘Learn to Swim’ programme.

THE Norwegian fish feed and farming company, Cermaq has released record quarterly and full year results.

Norwegian world leader in farmed salmon Marine Harvest, will boost its presence in France by constructing a new plant there at the entrance of Inner Harbour of Boulogne-sur-Mer in Capécure II.

New research from the Centre for Research-based Innovation in Aquaculture Technology (CREATE) in Trondheim has demonstrated that salmon can be farmed in submerged sea cages, which could prove valuable in combating sea lice and algae.

THE Scottish Salmon Company had a record year in 2010 in terms of turnover and profits with EBIT before adjustments of £22.5m.

(Oslo, 15. February 2011) The Marine Harvest Group has decided to change the organisation on group level from a geographic to a functional organisation with two business units; Farming and Global Sales and Marketing.

Licence paves way for commercialization of innovative vaccine technology with promise to complement field-proven Norvax® Compact PD.

• License deal with Intervet/Schering-Plough paves way for potential commercialization of innovative Pancreas Disease vaccine
• Initial Novartis Animal Health study data shows high degree of efficacy and favorable levels of protection against the PD virus
• Would allow for broader fish health management programs upon the potential commercialization of the new vaccine

The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has stated that additional research into sea lice and its effect on wild salmon stocks is both important and necessary in response to the findings of a new study that ties salmon farms to wild salmon infected with sea lice.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is urging the UK aquaculture supply chain, from feed producers to retailers, to cooperate in reducing the heavy reliance on fish oil prevalent in the industry.

THE United States last night released its first national guidelines for the aquaculture industry - with the industry and the public are invited to comment on.

The board of directors in Marine Harvest ASA has resolved to offer those of its shareholders who, as of 8 February 2011, own less than 1,000 shares to purchase these for a price per share equal to the volume weighted average price for the company's shares on 9 February 2011.

Valentine’s Day looks set to bring a boom for Scotland’s hard working shellfish farmers with sales of mussels predicted to double as consumers snap-up up the ‘new food of love’.

SCOTLAND'S Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham met yesterday with European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki, to highlight Scotland's successful aquaculture industry - and immediately received the Commissioner's support.

THE salmon processing and farming group, Morpol has announced that its UK salmon farming operations will be called the Meridian Salmon Group.

FISH consumption around the world is soaring to an all time high, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) says in its latest assessment of the global seafood industry.

A contingent of British Columbian salmon farmers is visiting the Lower Mainland to talk sustainable seafood with colleagues and experts from around the world.

Troutlodge, Inc. of Sumner, WA is proud to announce that Mr. Brent Hinners has been promoted to Vice President of Operations, Eastern Washington and that Mr. Andrew Barfoot has been promoted to Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

TWO fish farm managers have been charged with animal cruelty after the death of thousands of fish at a salmon farm in Shetland.

SCOTLAND'S fish farmers are dramatically increasing the level of chemicals to treat sea lice infestation, according to a major new investigation.

AN ENVIRONMENTALLY friendly way of reducing the amount of salmon lice in Norwegian aquaculture is putting lice-eating wrasse together with the salmon. Research organisation Nofima reported a new large-scale project will be prepared for commercial aquaculture to ensure an adequate supply of the lice eaters.

Shoppers in China have been able to buy Scottish farmed salmon for the first time over the last two weeks.

Reams of data released to the Cohen Inquiry on the Fraser River Sockeye show good health and honest reporting on salmon farms in the province.

The Friend of the Sea project further has expanded in South America as major mussels producer Toralla has been certified Friend of the Sea.

In a study funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration and administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, biologists at Virginia Commonwealth University have measured the nutrient removal capacity of the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica.

The Aquaculture division of Bennex has been sold to two Norwegian companies and forms the first part of a new aquaculture technology group to be branded Mohn Aqua. The company will establish operations in all major salmon farming markets.

Marine Farms Vietnam, in collaboration with Nordic Group, will launch a major public relations campaign in the coming months to promote farm-raised cobia to restaurants, grocery stores, caterers, and consumers in the United States.

NORWEGIAN aquaculture technology group AKVA has shaken up its sales force.

PANCREAS Disease (PD) vaccination and monitoring programmes are on track as an increasing number of salmon producers adopt protection strategies. This was the message at a recent seminar and PD ‘master xlass’ hosted by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health at Stirling University Institute of Aquaculture.

The feasibility of farming seaweed in association with existing ocean-based finfish aquaculture is being investigated in a new project by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences) in partnership with the University of Adelaide.

YOUNG'S Seafood has come out with a strong defence of aquaculture, saying it is very important that people get their facts right about salmon farming.

Marine Farms, aquaculture expert and pioneer of cobia farming (Rachycentron canadum), has reached an arrangement with the French importer, Gelazur for the distribution of cobia to the French market. Gelazur, which is the leading French frozen seafood specialist, has secured an exclusive deal for sales in France with Marine Farms.

According to the latest update on a report by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) on the situation of the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus in Chilean farms, the only proven outbreak remains at the Acuimag company in the region of Magallanes.

Managing Director of Marine Harvest Chile, Mr. Alvaro Jimenez, has decided to step down with effect from today, 10 January 2011.

After months of work and anticipation, the Canadian federal government officially took regulatory control of the Pacific aquaculture industry this week - marking a big step in an important process said the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association.

While they haven’t quite cracked translating animal speech, British company Wood & Douglas, has achieved the next best thing by enabling fish to text the farmer’s mobile when they need some extra care and attention.

After studying years of sea lice data, researchers have shown that rises and declines in wild Pink salmon populations do not correlate with sea lice from salmon farms.

THE Scottish salmon industry is enjoying unprecedented success with new figures just released showing that it now contributes over £500-million to the UK economy.

New economic data has revealed the increasing importance of salmon farming to the economy and an extremely high level of confidence within the sector.

Landcatch, the Scottish salmon breeding company based in Mid Argyll, and its subsidiary Landcatch Natural Selection are to be sold by Lithgows Ltd to Netherlands-bsed Hendrix Genetics.

Fusion Marine has successfully completed the installation of a fish farm in Ghana for tilapia. Production on the farm on the Volta River is envisaged to be in the region of 275 tonnes of fish per year with output expected to increase further in a couple of years' time.

The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group is predicting a 15 per cent increase in the volume of mussels sold over Christmas compared with the same period last year as consumers become increasingly adventurous in their tastes.

A series of Freedom of Information requests on behalf of the Salmon and Trout Association (S&TA) has exposed how the Scottish Government made a policy u-turn in the face of pressure, including the threat of legal action, from the salmon farming industry, according to the association.

CEFS, COPA-COGECA and FEFAC have issued a joint statement welcoming the official approval of the updated catalogue of aquafeed materials that they submitted to the EU Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health.

Plans for the Giant Prawn 2010 in Kochi (from 17-20 January 2011, plus post-conference field visits) are almost complete.

With the certification of its first feed mill and associated “four-star” aquaculture operation, the Best Aquaculture Practices programme continues to progress as the leading global certification system for farmed seafood.

DSM Dyneema is set to present the results of new research that confirms use of its Dyneema® ultra-strong lightweight fiber in fishing nets can yield major energy savings for fishermen, and make an important contribution to the sustainability of the fishing industry.

DSM Dyneema together with key industry partners has launched a new online platform that is modelled on a virtual symposium or event experience.

Xyrex Ltd, the manufacturer of the 'Prawnfresh' and 'Prawnfresh Plus' products for the treatment for harvested prawns, has successfully won an Interim Interdict at the Court of Session in Edinburgh against Rytium Technology FZC preventing Rytium Technology from either manufacturing, distributing or selling its Natur AD Shrimp Treat product.

SCOTLAND'S Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham has  welcomed new figures which shows significant growth in the value and output of Scottish farmed salmon.

Following the publication of the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2009 results Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham, said: “Salmon dominates fish farm production in Scotland and underpins the growth potential of the sector.

Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2009. The publication details statistics on the employment, production and fish escapes from Scottish Fish Farms.

FISH farming is now worth around £20 million a year to the Iceland economy, according to the latest official figures.

Marine Harvest Group achieved an operational earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of NOK 759 million in the third quarter of 2010, compared to NOK 594 million in the corresponding quarter of 2009.

Collapse of the co-operation agreement between wild fish interests and fish farmers in salmon farming’s heartland has been blamed on the aquaculture companies’ failure to honour commitments.

One of Africa's top freshwater fish producers and one of Asia's booming mariculture sectors are to merge to launch an aquaculture industry using both river and sea.

Salmon farming company Northern Isles Salmon Ltd and aquaculture equipment manufacturer Fusion Marine have solved the major logistical headache of delivering a consignment of salmon pens to a remote hill loch by mounting a specially arranged operation using a heavy-lift capacity helicopter.

LOCHABER is in line for a major jobs boost after it emerged that salmon farmers Marine Harvest are planning a major expansion of their hatchery operations at Lochailort.

AN intense - and passionate - debate is opening across the United States and the rest of the world over whether genetically modified salmon is safe - for both the consumers and the wild salmon industry.

North Atlantic Shellfish is set to expand its mussel farming business with assistance from Shetland Islands Council.  The Development Committee has approved a loan faciltiy of £582,530 to allow the business to increase the production of mussels in response to strong market demand.

Marine Harvest has filed a complaint on today's restrictions on ownership to EFTA's surveillance authority, ESA. The complaint specifies that the current regulation is in violation with article 31 and Article 40 of the EEA-agreement.

Results being unveiled at today’s BIM/IFA Rope Mussel Workshop in the Claregalway Hotel on the trials undertaken on JFC’s mussel floats have been described as “astounding” by an internationally renowned mussels production expert. Dr. John Bonardelli, a world-leading independent shellfish production specialist has evaluated and compared the efficiency of the JFC ribbed mussel floats to other similar-sized floats commonly used in the rope-grown industry. The results have been described as one of the most exciting developments in the rope mussels industry in years.

Salmon farmers, retailers and animal welfare groups are joining forces to bring to an end the killing of problem seals at salmon farms as quickly as possible.

The aquaculture company Grieg Seafood Hjaltland, which is based in Shetland, is on an expansion route with the news yesterday that it has acquired two salmon farming sites in Scotland. The value of the deal is £2.45 million. Grieg Seafood Hjaltland is a subsidiary of the main Norwegian company Grieg Seafood ASA.

As the world produces more and more fish protein to feed a growing population, Novus International is helping to feed those fish more efficiently and sustainably.

Scottish rope-grown mussels are at prime quality at this time of year and the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group is predicting buoyant demand over the next few months as consumers increasingly recognise their versatility in the kitchen.

EUROPEAN researchers believe they may have made an important discovery which could prove a lifeline for the endangered bluefin tuna. Essentially, they believe they have found a way of extracting mass quantities of bluefin tuna eggs.

NORTH Atlantic Shellfish Ltd is to reopen its newly upgraded mussel factory at Walls in Shetland in time for the start of the 2010/11 mussel harvesting season next week.

TWO sets of global standards – one for pangasius farming and the other for bivalve farming – have been finalised by the Aquaculture Dialogues initiative in Washington DC.

The fish, called AquAdvantage salmon, could be sold in American within two to three years, raising fears among environmental and food-safety campaigners.

Oslo, 31 August 2010: Morpol ASA (OSE: MORPOL)

THE Hoganess Salmon sites in Shetland that are currently under investigation following the death of up to 6,000 farmed salmon last week have been suspended from existing certification schemes operated by the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO), Scottish Quality Salmon and Shetland Aquaculture.

A NEW series of online modules to educate young people about the aquaculture industry has been launched by animal health and nutrition company Alltech and the Irish agri-food educational body, Agri Aware.

THE Scottish SPCA is investigating the death of up to 6,000 farmed salmon at a fish farm in Shetland, according to a report by Shetland Marine News.

The ex-farm value of the Shetland salmon sector is to top £145million in 2010, an increase of 15% from the previous year (£126m in 2009), according to Shetland Aquaculture. 

FOLLOWING Norway's recent announcement of record seafood  exports, it has now emerged that Norwegian fish is taking over the seafood market in the United States. Sales of Norwegian salmon to the US in particular have rocketed since the Chile salmon disease outbreak 18 months ago. But it also being helped by the oil crisis in the Gulf where large areas of water have been clsoed off to fishing, leading to a seafood shortage in some areas.

THE Shetland based seafood company Isle of Shuna has been placed in administration, along with its subsidiary Demlane Ltd.

Marine Harvest ASA has appointed Ola Brattvoll (born 1968) as Group Director for the new Business Unit Global Sales & Distribution. The new Business Unit will be in operation from 1. January 2011.

Changes to the audit process for BC salmon farms' fish health management plans were made this spring to ensure consistency during the regulatory transition from provincial to federal governments.

Putting Scotland’s £400 million salmon farming industry, and the rest of the industry worldwide, on a more sustainable footing is the aim of new draft global standards published yesterday.

THE Irish Sea Fisheries Board, BIM, has opened applications for The Commercial Aquaculture Development Scheme.

TESTING of a new bleeding method in combination with superchilling has shown very promising results for pre-rigor filleted farmed cod.

ANIMAL nutrition and fish feed giant Nutreco has recorded “excellent” revenues of €2.25 billion (£1.88 billion) for the first half of 2010. Pre-tax profits were €84 million and an interim dividend of €0.50 in cash or shares was declared.

WASHINGTON, DC: Draft standards that will help minimize the potential negative impact freshwater trout aquaculture can have on the environment and society were released today for the first of two public comment periods. The freshwater trout aquaculture industry is responsible for producing most of the freshwater trout eaten worldwide.

On 22 July, Blueshell Mussels Ltd, a family owned company based in Brae, Shetland, signed a deal with two other mussel businesses - Demlane Ltd and SI Seafarms Ltd - that should protect and develop the long term mussel farming industry in the Shetland Islands.

MARINE Harvest today confirmed plans for an extraordinary general meeting on August 23, following yesterday’s announcement of the company’s performance in the first half of this year.

The Scottish Salmon Company has acquired the shares in West Minch Salmon Limited, a leading independent salmon farming company based in the Outer Hebrides.

SALMON companies should start to think outside the box when it comes to marketing their products, the Humber Seafood Summit was told.

FISH farming remains a small part of Iceland's overall fishing industry, but it is set to grow, says the Islandsbanki seafood report.

IN CONNECTION with the presentation of its Q1 2010 results, Marine Harvest released a statement saying it guided a total harvest volume of 68,000 tonnes of “head on gutted equivalents” for Q2 2010. The figures include salmonid species only.

THE salmon farming company Lighthouse Caldeonia is to be  officially rebranded, it was announced yesterday.

The supply situation for oysters in the UK market will remain difficult for at least the rest of the year.

A WAR of words has opened up between France and Norway over the quality of Norwegian farmed salmon.

THE Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has helped fishermen at Selsey on the English south coast to publicise a problem they are having with non-native American lobsters.

SCOTTISH Sea Farms Ltd, sole supplier of Lochmuir™ Salmon to Marks & Spencer was given double recognition  in M&S’ annual Plan A awards ceremony which took place at the Royal Highland Show in June.

NORWEGIAN aquaculture research organisation Nofima says its attempts to overcome the lice problems that have plagued the country’s salmon industry are “in full swing”.

THE rise in wholesale  salmon prices is showing no signs of a let-up.This week they averaged 40 Norwegian kroners a kilo - just over £4.20p sterling.

LAST week, Lord Steel presented a 17,000 signature salmon farming petition to the Scottish Parliament.

AN American company has developed a genetically modified salmon that can grow to maturity in half the normal time.

FISH farming must play a significant role in future food security.

SEVERAL Euro MPS have called for a strengthening of the aquaculture sector throughout Europe in order to take the  pressure off wild fish stocks.

SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has called on the EU to avoid red tape and centralisation which would be damaging for Scotland’s aquaculture production as plans were discussed in Strasbourg for an EU Aquaculture Strategy.

FISH feed company Skretting has announced it has developed a feed concept for bluefin tuna that brings ever closer the goal of breeding and rearing this much sought-after fish in captivity.

The Aquaculture Communications Group (ACG) is currently planning an Aquaculture Investment Mission/Tour in conjunction with Aqua Sur 2010 October 20-23 in Puerto Montt, Chile. Here is your opportunity to experience the premiere Chilean aquaculture industry event, with about 300+ stands representing more than 900 companies from over 40 countries looking to do business in Chile.

SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has called on the EU to avoid red tape and centralisation which would be damaging for Scotland's aquaculture production as plans were discussed in Strasbourg for an EU Aquaculture Strategy.

ON THE final day of the AquaVision conference in Stavanger, Norway, Professor Frank Asche said he expected aquaculture to become the dominant seafood supplier within a decade or two.

Expert professor judges aquaculture the winning food producer, and a new net cleaning device wins the AquaVision Innovation Award on the last day of the AquaVision conference in Stavanger, Norway.

Aquaculture needs to invest more in its reputation. That was the conclusion of an instant poll during the aquaculture conference AquaVision in Stavanger, Norway, on Tuesday 8 June. Voting in the audience were the top leaders of the world’s main fish farming companies and aquaculture stakeholders.

BC Salmon Farmers Association Executive Director Mary Ellen Walling has been honoured by her local business community with the non-profit business leader of the year award, granted this weekend.

Aquaculture UK 2010 at Aviemore succeeded as a place to do business, to network and to catch up with all the latest developments.

SCOTTISH manufacturer Fusion Marine has won an order to supply aquaculture equipment for a new tilapia farm in Ghana in the first modernisation project of this type for the West African country.

DUE to an increased use of the delousing agents diflubenzuron and teflubenzuron in fish farming in 2009, the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research has examined additional filets from a total of 205 farmed fish for residues of diflubenzuron and teflubenzuron, on behalf of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. These extra samples are in addition to the regular surveillance of these substances in fish farming. The results of the additional analyses showed no residues of diflubenzuron or teflubenzuron. This is consistent with the result from the regular surveillance programme.

A Mull mussel farm has successfully converted its whole operation to an innovative new cultivation system first pioneered in New Zealand that greatly improves the efficiency of harvesting.

TORGER Børresen and Joop Luten, president and vice-president of the EU-supported SEAFOODplus Research Platform, say aquaculture has a key role to play in delivering healthy food for consumers.

THE Institute of Aquaculture will hold its second research conference at the University of Stirling on Monday 28 June 2010.

THE restocking of a large salmon-growing area off the south-west coast of Shetland has been hailed as an example for “best practice in action”.

Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), one of Scotland’s leading fish farming businesses, has taken the first step to ensuring the viable future for salmon farms in Shetland by investing £1.6millon and restocking three sites in Scalloway with a single generation of 1.2 million smolts.

THE Norway based salmon farming company, SalMar ASA has agreed the conditions for the purchase of 75% of a smaller company, Raumagruppen AS.

THE top executives of global aquaculture giants, Marine Harvest, AKVA Group, Marine Farms and Nutreco are all on the speakers list at the aquaculture business conference AquaVision 2010 in Stavanger, Norway, 7–9 June.

THE Marine Accident Investigation Board (MAIB) has carried out a preliminary investigation following the grounding of the wellboat, Ronja Skye on Morvern in February this year.

NEWLY discovered colonies of an endangered mussel, the depressed river mussel, suggest better chances of survival and point to healthier rivers and streams in Kent, according to the Environment Agency.

THE world’s largest fish farming company, Marine Harvest, has extended their co-operation with feed company BioMar and signed a contract for the delivery of fish feed over several years.

NEW Zealand's aquaculture and fishing industries are looking to China and its vast population to boost business. Several fish farming companies have already joined forces to market New Zealand seafood to the Chinese mainland.

Lighthouse Caledonia, Scotland's largest independent salmon farming business, has announced record results for the first quarter of 2010, following improved levels of production and strong market conditions.

Delivery by Fusion Marine of new Triton Open Sea salmon pens to Marine Harvest signals commitment to stock security.

Celebrating Aquaculture in the UK – Photography competition sponsored by Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health.

Lighthouse Caledonia is one of the major players within the Salmon Farming Industry to adapt the concept of non toxic antifouling. Micanti has introduced its non toxic antifouling in August 2009 in the salmon market.

CANADIAN salmon producers have responded to growing demands from environmental organisations to move salmon production to on-shore ‘closed containment’ systems by explaining their position on the subject.

HUNDREDS of  campaigners  marched on  the city of Vancouver yesterday protesting that fish farms are killing wild salmon on Canada's West Coast.

SALMON farming and fish feed company, Cermaq has delivered strong Q1 2010 results.

For New Zealand salmon producer NZ King Salmon there’s been a silver lining to the grey volcanic cloud that descended on Europe in April.

THE Spanish sturgeon farming company, Piscifactoría Sierra Nevada (PSN) has been certified by Friend of the Sea for its sustainability.

THE pharmaceutical firm Pharmaq has received received a provisional marketing  authorisation from the Chilean authorities for a vaccine against infectious salmon anaemia (ISA).

THE Iceland volcanic ash crisis has brought an unexpected bonus for a group of salmon farmers - on the other side of the world in New Zealand!

The Norwegian company Cryogenetics Ltd. has made a significant breakthrough by inventing a method for the cryo-(freezing)-preservation of fish embryos down to -130° C (-202° F) .

The first stage report of a masterplan for the use of the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters was published this week.

The report will provide a marine spatial plan framework and draft regional locational guidance for wave and tidal energy development.

The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA has appointed 43-year old Alf-Helge Aarskog as Chief Executive of Marine Harvest ASA.

THE Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is running a pilot project investigating the use of catch quotas to reduce discards in the North Sea. Cefas fisheries observers and remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment, including CCTV, will be used to document and quantify the effectiveness of the catch quota system at reducing discards.

A NEW climate-population model developed by scientists at the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study rising ocean temperatures and fishing rates on one east coast fish population could also forecast the impact of climate change and fishing on other fisheries. The model is one of the first to directly link a specific stock with future impacts of climate change.

Rope grown mussels produced by the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) have become the first farmed seafood in the UK to achieve the prestigious Friend of the Sea (FoS) certification providing independent confirmation of the sustainability of its aquaculture operations.

IFA President, John Bryan, has welcomed the appointment of Sean Connick TD to the role of Minister of State with responsibility for the crucial indigenous economic sectors of Fisheries and Forestry.

The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA and Åse Aulie Michelet have reached agreement that Michelet will step down as CEO effective March 23 2010. A process to identify her successor has been initiated.

THE owner of fish farming company West Minch Salmon has said that business should be back to normal soon after a fire affected part of their processing factory at Gramsdale in Benbecula last week.

Two Barony College fisheries students have been awarded top honours at the Lantra Land-based Learner of the Year Awards. Sixteen year old Dean Marshall from Dumfries was awarded the Land Based Curriculum for Schools Learner of the Year while Jamie McAndrew from Aberdeenshire was a joint winner in the GC Taylor (Farms) Ltd Outstanding Achievement Awards.

In a recent Scottish Parliamentary debate, the future of Aquaculture was discussed and Scotland’s achievement in dramatically increasing its export of high quality salmon was recognised. Dr Richard Simpson MSP for mid Scotland and Fife, praised the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture for leading the way in this increasingly important field.

Aquaculture equipment manufacturer Fusion Marine has won orders worth £2.4m to supply salmon pens and associated equipment from three Scottish fish farming companies.

Lighthouse Caledonia plans to refurbish and reopen the Marybank processing plant in Stornoway this summer, with the creation of around 90 jobs.

A NEW guide to help more visitor attractions and events planners showcase the very best of Scotland’s mouth-watering larder was unveiled yesterday.

THE Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, is calling for contributions to the development of a worldwide overview and databank on Codes of Practice, Codes of Conduct, Management Practices and Technical Guidelines in aquaculture.

ANOTHER part of the troubled British Seafood Group is under the control of administrators.

Seatek UK, based on Billingsgate Fish Market and which also has a base in Grimsby, was placed in administration at the weekend.

SEAFISH, the UK industry authority on seafood, is stepping up its interest in aquaculture, one of the fastest growing sectors in marine food.

THE United States has confirmed that it will continue its support for a proposal to ban all international commercial trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna.

THE Scottish based salmon farming company, Lighthouse Caledonia ASA has announced the resignation of OddGeir Oddsen as Managing Director of the company.

ONE of Iceland's largest seafood businesses has issued a statement stressing in strong terms that it is not affected by the British Seafood collapse even though its main shareholder, Mark Holyoake, is also founder and head of British Seafood.

The regulated marketplace Fish Pool ASA recently launched salmon options as hedging and investment instruments for its members. As a part of this product expansion Fish Pool has signed a Market Maker agreement with the leading Norwegian Investment bank Argo Securities. The agreement implies that Argo Sec., on a continuous basis are placing option prices for given periods, with a given spread at Fish Pool's trading screen.

THE Seafish Marketing Communications team has won two awards at the Communicators in Business (Scotland) awards.

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Asmund Baklien, one the most experienced fish health profiles of Norway, has joined Novartis Aqua Norway as its National Account Manager.

SALMON prices are climbing faster than at any time for several years, according to the latest global data.

(Oslo, 10^th February 2010) Marine Harvest ASA achieved an operational EBIT of 569 million in the fourth quarter 2009, compared to NOK 317 million in the corresponding quarter in 2008. Earnings per share improved from NOK -0.18 to NOK 0.15. A tight market balance resulted in good prices. Based on a strong cash flow, a strengthened balance sheet and improved earnings in 2009 the Board of Directors has resolved to propose for the AGM a dividend of NOK 0.35 per share of which 0.25 will be distributed after the AGM in May and NOK 0.05 in each of the third and fourth quarters.

Aquaculture Europe 2010, to be held in Porto, Portugal from October 5-8, 2010 puts the focus on the future of marine aquaculture in Europe. AE2010 is organised by the European Aquaculture Society and hosted by the Portuguese Marine Sciences Associate Laboratory CIMAR (CIIMAR Porto and CCMAR Faro).

A GROUP of Irish research scientists have announced success in developing a vaccine against a parasite which has been plaguing salmon farms and wild fish stocks.