Wild salmon leaping out water

Fish farms are part of the solution

Jon Gibb says the aquaculture sector is one of the few that has demonstrated its willingness to help save the king of fish Bob Dylan famously sang: “You don’t need...
Colorful Easter eggs in basket. Children gathering painted decoration eggs in spring park. Kids hunt for egg outdoors. Festive family traditional play game on Easter.

Fish Farmer wishes readers a happy Easter

The offices of Fish Farmer magazine will be closed for the Easter weekend, between Friday 29 March and Monday 1 April. We will be reopening on Tuesday 2 April. On...
Sigrid Louise G. Philippart, envoy in France for the Norwegian Seafood Council

Seafood Council names new France envoy

The Norwegian Seafood Council has a new envoy to help promote the industry in France, one of the country’s main salmon markets. She is 41-year-old Sigrid Louise G. Philippart (pictured)...
Mairi Gougeon, Minister for Rural Affairs, at Aquaculture UK 2022

Marine Fund Scotland has £14m on offer for new ideas

The Scottish Government is calling for innovative ideas to help transform the country’s “Blue Economy” – with £14m in grant funding on offer this year. Applications are invited, from today,...
AKVA pens with Inseanergy solar panel array

AKVA in solar deal to power up Chile salmon industry

AKVA group, the world’s largest supplier of services to the aquaculture industry, has entered into a partnership deal which could help transform the Chilean fish farming industry’s power setup. The...
SSPO Scottish Salmon for export

Brexit ‘costs industry up to £100m a year’, Salmon Scotland chief says

Brexit has cost Scotland up to £100m each year in “lost” salmon exports, according to the industry body, Salmon Scotland. That’s what the organisation’s Chief Executive, Tavish Scott, will be...
Fish Farmer March 2024 - cover

The March 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online

Nick Joy salmon image

Why we need exports

By Nick Joy Travelling to Europe is a wonderful thing for widening the mind but also reminding me how much we continue to depend on the good taste of our...
How the proposed Gaia Salmon post-smolt facility at Traena will look.

Plans to blow up islets to build large post-smolt facility

A row is brewing over plans for a new post-smolt facility in the north of Norway – which will involve blowing up two small islands to make space for the...
Indian workres at workbenches

Indian shrimp farmers accused of major human rights violations

India’s extensive shrimp farming industry has been accused, in a new report, of large scale human rights abuses and unacceptable employment practices. The report has been published by the international...
Saab Seaeye

Underwater Contracting adds more Falcons to its fleet

Scottish-based marine support services business Underwater Contracting (UCO), already owner of the world’s largest fleet of Saab Seaeye Falcon ROVs, has added to its pool through the purchase of five...
A small sea louse from a salmon river

Grant helps novel sea lice vaccine research to next step

Hopes for an effective vaccine against sea lice have been boosted with the news of a grant that is helping research into a further stage. Partners from the University of...
Round fish farm pens in blue sea, mountains on horizon

Now Norwegians changing minds on fish farming

Norwegians are becoming increasingly negative about salmon farming, according to new polling. The survey was carried out by Norwegian broadcaster NRK public radio and follows a series of reports about...
Part of the Ropes to Reefs project

Research set to assess benefits of offshore shellfish farming

A new study aims to use tagged lobsters to help assess the positive impact of offshore shellfish aquaculture on marine ecology. Scientists, mussel farmers and fishers on the Devon and...
Norwegian Minister for Fisheries and Ocean Policy Cecilie Myrseth

Building up an appetite

How to persuade UK consumers to eat more seafood was a key issue at the Norway-UK Seafood Summit, reports Dr Martin Jaffa At the end of February, Norway came to...
Cooke Chile celebrates the first harvest of its organic salmon

Feed from Scotland helped Cooke produce Chile’s first organic farmed salmon

Cooke Aquaculture’s feed mill in Scotland is playing a key role in helping to produce the company’s first organic salmon in Chile. The organic salmon now being harvested by Cooke...
cod fish swimming in blue sea

Norway slams the brakes on cod farming growth

Norwegian regulators have called a temporary halt to further cod farming applications, particularly those at new locations. The sector has been growing so fast that the Norwegian Food Safety Authority...
wild salmon leaping upstream

Better news on escaped fish numbers

Fewer escaped salmon are getting into Norwegian rivers, according to the latest annual survey. OURO, the aquaculture industry's association for dealing with escaped farmed fish says that fewer of these...
Arctic Fish, Westfjords

Arctic Fish granted licence renewal for two sites

The Icelandic Food Agency, MAST, has renewed the operating licence of Arctic Sea Farm, a subsidiary of Arctic Fish, at two key sites. The decision allows for up to 7,800...