Tag: Fish Health
MOWI Responds to animal welfare complaint. The latest allegation from anti-salmon farming campaigners in Scotland does not represent the health of the fish populations raised at its farms, says Scotland largest salmon aquaculture company Mowi. ...
Nova Sea joins Norwegian Seafood Trust. With animal welfare, sustainability, and food safety becoming increasingly important for consumers, Nova Sea is joining the Norwegian Seafood Trust, a national seafood tracking network enabled by IBM Blockchain ...
PhD student wins award to further his aquaculture research. Massimo Orioles has been honoured with an aquaculture research bursary to complete his PhD study into red mark syndrome (RMS) in trout. The veterinary surgeon, who ...
Norwegian researchers win fish health prize. Nofima researchers Carlo C. Lazado and Elisabeth Ytteborg have been awarded the Norecopa 3R Prize for their outstanding efforts to advance strategies for reducing the number of laboratory animals ...
Thai Union invests in biotechnology company. Thai Union Group PCL has invested in biotechnology company ViAqua Therapeutics through its venture fund, joining other industry-leading strategic and financial partners in backing the start-up. ViAqua, based in Haifa, Israel, is ...
Project win to help sustainable expansion of European aquaculture. Progress towards more sustainable methods of aquaculture has received a major boost after the team behind an innovative new sea lice treatment system won a competition ...
Remote technology puts fish health and welfare first. Smart Glasses technology to facilitate remote auditing has helped a leading salmon processor maintain fish health and welfare through a difficult year. Grieg Seafood took up the ...
Michelle Geary – Our People, Marine Institute. In 2021, the Marine Institute is profiling our people, sharing their study and career paths, the work they do at the Marine Institute and the important contribution their ...
STIM deploys RealWear head-mounted wearable computers, helping to keep fish healthy in booming aquaculture industry. The voice-activated wearable computers are keeping fish healthy by streamlining STIM’s entire inspections process through remote collaboration, whilst avoiding significant ...
Taking the stress out of salmon transfers. Through a new grant, Skaginn 3X and R&D partner Matís are evaluating the potential to improve fish well-being and productivity margins through a new ValuePump offering. With the ...
Scottish salmon sector invites auditors to check fish health and welfare, at any time, without advance notice. Farmers are so confident that all sites are adhering to the high standards of the RSPCA Assured animal welfare ...
Mowi Strengthens Fish Welfare Team Mowi Scotland welcomes a new Production Director in May, allowing for incumbent Meritxell Diez-Padrisa to focus on continued biological improvements in farming in Scotland, Ireland and the Faroes, as Fish ...
New knowledge about disinfection of RAS facilities. New research shows that land-based recirculation facilities for salmon farming in Norway and in North America are disinfected in different ways. An overall picture of current practice may ...
Skretting in new collaboration to tackle health challenges in aquaculture. Skretting has announced a collaboration with Proteon Pharmaceuticals aimed at providing functional solutions to tackle health challenges in the aquaculture industry. The companies will co-develop ...
Salmon farmer overcomes Covid disruption to safeguard high fish survival. Scottish Sea Farms delivered high fish survival and strong biological performance in 2020 despite the ongoing pandemic, recently released figures show. Over the full year, ...
Touchlight Genetics and Stonehaven Incubate form Touchlight Aquaculture. The new company will allow accelerated commercial scalability of DNA vaccines in the aquaculture industry. Touchlight Genetics LLC and Stonehaven Incubate AG have formed a new joint ...
How feed, stress and the colour of salmon flesh are interconnected. Why have salmon fillets become paler despite more pigment being added to their feed? This is a question that Nofima scientists want to answer. ...
HSA announce new award of £166,000 to explore the possibility of improving the welfare of wild-caught fish at slaughter. As part of its ongoing support to encourage the development and adoption of humane slaughter methods ...
High Irish fish health compliance. The Marine Institute’s fish health inspection and monitoring activities in 2018 and 2019 indicate that there is a high level of compliance with EU and national legislation, and as a ...
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RSPCA assured reinstatement of Scottish salmon farms – SSPO comment. Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) said: “Each of the Scottish salmon farms subjected to unfounded allegations of welfare breaches ...