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Mairi Gougeon MSP at Aquaculture UK 2022

Even more at Aviemore

This year’s edition of the UK’s leading aquaculture trade show promises to be bigger and better than ever This May will see the return of Aquaculture UK, which is once...
Atlantic salmon with gill lesion caused by Tenacibaculosis

Tenacibaculosis – an alternative approach

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada has launched a tenacibaculosis model to assist farms in combating growing disease challenges In 2023, the Norwegian salmon industry experienced the loss of 62.7...
Example AI performance

Revolutionising aquaculture safety

OTAQ introduces LPAS to combat harmful algae blooms: a game-changer in aquaculture monitoring Within the aquaculture industry there are increasingly frequent reports of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS) being responsible for...
Bio-UV Group Pinnacle

BIO-UV and Pinnacle in partnership for ozone treatments

BIO-UV Group has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with US-headquartered Pinnacle Ozone Solutions to leverage the company’s QUADBLOCK Ozone water treatment products in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. ...
Brenda Chandler, CEO Nordic Aquafarms

Major setback for US East Coast salmon farm plan

A plan for a large salmon farm on the US East Coast is hanging in the balance following a controversial decision by the local city council. Nordic Aquafarms has been...
Nordic Aqua Partners China site

Nordic Aqua completes first commercial China harvest

Nordic Aqua Partners has announced the successful completion of its first commercial harvest of Atlantic salmon produced at its facility in Gaotang, eastern China. The company described the achievement as...
Fish Farmer April 2024 cover

The April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online

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Ozone technology in fish farming process

Aquaculture technology and biosecurity

Advanced aquaculture technology is enhancing biosecurity and fish welfare, writes Iain Brown, Industry Sales Engineer, Xylem UK and Ireland Leading aquaculture experts from Xylem will deliver a keynote address at...
Prod fish

EU salmon processors increase prod-fish pressure

European Union salmon processors are demanding that Norway calls an end to the ban on exporting “prod” or damaged fish. The joint call, has come from the EU Salmon Processors...
Fresh seafood on crushed ice at fish market. Raw salmon fillet on display counter at store.

Norwegian salmon prices hit new record

Fresh salmon prices hit an all time record in Norway last week, although there are signs the surge could be over. They soared to NOK 123.28 per kilo during week...
Mowi staff member, Beitveitnes, Norway

Mowi Scotland Q1 30% higher, but global output down

Mowi Scotland produced an encouragingly higher harvest during the first three months of this year, a trading update today shows. The output between January and March from the division, which...
Ace Aquatec Head of Sales Ben Perry and Senior Field Services Manager Ian Lawson with the A-HCS®.

Making sure every fish counts behind new partnership move

The aquaculture technology specialist company Ace Aquatec is leading a new partnership to improve salmon farming’s circular economy. Pictured: Ace Aquatec Head of Sales Ben Perry and Senior Field Services...
The Capital Airlines aircraft at Oslo prepares for first flight

Oslo opens new salmon air route to China – via Kazakhstan

A new direct salmon air route between Norway and China has just been launched from Oslo. The interesting aspect is that the plane travels via the former Soviet republic of ...
UCO’s Netfix system on an ROV

UCO nets a solution to the problem of containment 

Maintaining the integrity of nets is essential for a fish farm – but can be expensive. Fortunately, there is an answer to the dilemma Containment of stock is a key...
Tritonia are working to develop a regulatory standard for hard substrates beneath fish farms using ROV based 3D photogrammetry

Enhancing aquaculture operations

A comprehensive solution from Tritonia and Ocean Ecology Tritonia Scientific provide underwater surveying through the use of remote sensing techniques (multibeam, sidescan and ROV – remotely operated vehicle – visual...
ASDA supermarket store front

Asda recalls wrongly labelled King Prawn product

The Asda supermarket group has pulled a cultivated fresh king prawn product from its shelves over mislabelling; a mistake which could make them unsafe. Asda has warned the public not...
Cooke Scotland managing director Colin Blair, left, and North Lanarkshire councillor and Coatbridge and Bellshill Labour Party prospective parliamentary candidate Frank McNally at Cooke's Bellshill head office.

Labour election hopeful impressed during visit to Cooke Aquaculture

Frank McNally, a leading Scottish Labour politician and general election hopeful, has met with Cooke Aquaculture Scotland to hear about the positive and social impact the company, and aquaculture in...
Salmon oatcakes. Photo: Associated seafoods

European Parliament changes smoked salmon rules despite protests

THE European Parliament has decided to press ahead with a potentially controversial change to the regulations around smoked salmon processing. Objections had been raised by the processing sector but they...
Thomas Scheele Berg

New finance chief for Nordic Halibut

THE fish farming company Nordic Halibut has a new finance chief to help take the company forward. He is Thomas Scheele Berg (pictured) currently with currently serving as an investment...