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New joint agreement to support wild salmon conservation following escapes. Salmon farmers will help fund wild fish conservation when escapes occur under a new agreement with Scotland’s leading fisheries body. Salmon […]
New River Lochy–Mowi study to monitor salmon-escape impacts. The River Lochy Association and Mowi Scotland have agreed a long term and wide-ranging scientific study to examine the potential impacts of […]
Mowi reports loss of 27,000 salmon. Approximately 27,000 farmed salmon have escaped from one of Mowi’s farms off the coast of Norway, prompting the company to offer a reward for […]
Norwegian technology can trace precise origin of farmed fish. By Dag Haugse, CEO, SalmoTrace Being able to trace escaped farmed salmon and other species back to its original location is […]
Funding announced to support protection and restoration of wild salmon. On 7 September 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, visited the Outer Hebrides […]
Atlantic Salmon Federation researchers have intercepted and removed 53 aquaculture salmon that were attempting to enter the Magaguadavic River through the fishway at St. George N.B. Although the exact origin […]
ASC updates its standards covering young salmon production. Whilst aquaculture produces over half of the seafood eaten around the world and provides an alternative protein source to land-based meat requiring less […]
Promising results from research into sterile salmon. Over a period of several years, Nofima researchers in Norway and partners have developed a promising method for sterilising salmon. Sterile farmed salmon […]
Help wanted for study on Scottish salmon captures. Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS) is collecting information from its members, anglers and others through a data collection tool. The purpose of the app […]
Scottish wild salmon statistics show continuing decline Scotland’s Chief Statistician has published the salmon and sea trout fishery statistics for the 2020 season. Reported rod catch of salmon (45,366) is […]
One of the most comprehensive studies of wild Atlantic salmon genetics has begun in Scotland to gauge the impact of any interbreeding between wild and farm-raised salmon. The study has […]
One of the most comprehensive studies of wild Atlantic salmon genetics has begun in Scotland to gauge the impact of any interbreeding between wild and farm-raised salmon. The study has […]
Not so sexy salmon. New research reveals that farmed salmon have smaller ‘jaw hooks’ or ‘kype’- a secondary sexual trait, likened to the antlers of a stag, making them less attractive to […]
Endorsing Sustainable Aquaculture, AFS and Washington State Move Forward In a recent communique forwarded by Dr. Richard Beamish to the McColl Magazine, a letter from the American Fisheries Society (AFS) […]
Ecology Action Centre rejected from intervention in Liverpool Bay fish farm expansion hearing. The Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board (NSARB) has rejected the Ecology Action Centre’s (EAC) bid for intervenor […]
Promising results for SalMar Ocean Farm 1 Facility. SalMar has now completed the first production cycle at its new Ocean Farm 1 facility in Norway, which the company says represents […]
SSPO Updates on Seal Predation The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) says that predation attacks by seals continue to have a significant impact on fish health and welfare. From May […]
Switch to steelhead has Cooke on a new path in Puget Sound. Washington considering company’s application to produce native species. Cooke Aquaculture Pacific is hoping to farm a species native […]
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