Can cleaner fish become dinner? Would you like lumpfish for dinner? Nofima is trying to reveal how millions of cleaner fish used in the Norwegian salmon farming industry can be used for human consumption. Cleaner ...
Project researches welfare of cleaner fish. Lumpfish are cleaner fish used to fight salmon lice. The Norwegian Rensvel project conducted by Nofima aims to find ways of gauging cleaner fish’s welfare and what it needs ...
Cleaner wrasse deliver boost for Wester Ross Fisheries. As we peered into the fish pen at the Wester Ross Fisheries Ltd site at Ardmair near Ullapool on the north-west coast of Scotland, the sleek torpedo-shaped ...
Fishermen have broken all records for marine litter returned to shore under the Fishing for Litter scheme in the Netherlands. Participants in IJmuiden, Den Helder, Harlingen, Stellendam and Vlissingen have already received certificates. Local government ...
Study reveals impact of fish processing on greenhouse gas emissions. A new study of the climate impacts of seafood products reveals that the processing of Alaskan pollock into fish sticks, imitation crab, and fish fillets ...
Ocean Matters produces record number of lumpfish. Ocean Matters – the Anglesey based ‘cleaner fish’ specialist – finished 2019 on a high by harvesting harvested their 2,000,000th lumpfish. According to an article in the Mowi ...
Brexit Seminar at DanFish – A seminar examining the UK’s exit from the European Union will be one of the key events at this year’s DanFish exhibition. The seminar will be held in Danish and ...
Natural is best for Wester Ross Fisheries. The adoption of natural and environmentally friendly techniques for rearing salmon is reaping dividends for Scotland’s oldest independently owned salmon farming enterprise. Founded in 1977 by Dr Robin ...
BioMar eliminates cataracts in lumpfish with a new feed diet. Cataracts are unfortunately a common eye condition in lumpfish affecting at least 60% and as much 100% of fish with the average condition being a ...
Mowi Scotland Buys Lumpfish Facility – Mowi Scotland has announced the purchase of Ocean Matters aquaculture facility located in Anglesey, North Wales, which will form an important addition to Mowi’s “cleanerfish” programme – fish that aid ...
Strategic Fish Farming Partnership Formed with MPI and BKW. The two Norwegian aquaculture equipment suppliers MPI AS (Multi Pump Innovation) and BKW AS enters into a strategic cooperation agreement to ramp up product development and ...
Urgent: Special call for proposals for Farmed Fish Health SAIC is pleased to launch a rapid call for ambitious, collaborative proposals aligned clearly with Scotland’s Farmed Fish Health Framework. Proposals are encouraged for innovation projects ...
Decline in Wrasse fishing effort in Devon. Onboard surveys in Devon have found there has been a decline in fishing effort for wrasse destined to be ‘cleaner fish’ on salmon farms A fishery for the ...
Fish farm fuels Etihad flight. Boeing helps develop a unique ecosystem where farm-raised fish nourish plants that contain oil for commercial jets, and feed the United Arab Emirates, according to an article by Paul McElroy, ...
Dead fish to power cruise ships in a new scheme to use green energy for polluting cruise liners. According to a report in The Guardian, the leftovers of fish processed for food and mixed with ...
Sunderland Marine support for recycling fishing line. The ANLRS is delighted to announce that Sunderland Marine, specialists in Marine, Aquaculture and Angling Lakes Insurance, has kindly offered to donate £1000.00 to the scheme in support ...
The launch of SEPA’s Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan, has been welcomed by The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO), describing it as “rigorous” but “enabling”. Julie Hesketh-Laird, SSPO chief executive, said: “This is a rigorous report ...
Breeding Climate Robust Salmon. Breeding salmon for growth or resistance to sea lice in cold waters may have little effect if the offspring grow up in warmer waters. “With climate change and more frequent heatwaves ...
New lab experiments in Norway show anti-sea lice agent deltamethrin is highly toxic to lobster larvae, according to an article on the Institute of Marine Research website. When researchers simulated anti-sea lice treatments, the plume ...
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