Tag: Fish Health
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 ...
Rising water temperatures threaten fish reproduction. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have published ground-breaking findings on the effects of climate change for fish stocks around the globe. As ...
New study into nutritional needs of farmed halibut. Norwegian body, FHF, has announced up to NOK 7 million to acquire new knowledge about the nutritional needs of aquaculture farmers, which can contribute to improving growth, ...
Benchmark completes sale of subsidiary. Benchmark has announced that it has completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary FVG Ltd. (“FishVet”) to Pharmaq, part of the global animal health company Zoetis. The sale comprises ...
Fish can pass pollutant chemicals down three generations. Fish exposed to very low levels of chemicals commonly found in waterways can pass the impacts on to future generations that were never directly exposed to the ...
Saltwater acclimatisation strengthens skin of post smolt Atlantic salmon. New research by Norwegian research institute Nofima shows that Atlantic salmon post-smolt skin that has become acclimatised to salt water is stronger than the skin of ...
Fish health the focus for Scottish Sea Farms’ new boat. The nationwide coronavirus lockdown hasn’t stopped Scottish Sea Farms in its drive to safeguard the health and welfare of its fish as it maintains a ...
GAA study evaluates animal welfare in salmon. The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has published the results of a study designed to identify and strengthen best practices for animal welfare in aquaculture. The competition of the ...
New deal brings innovative sea lice treatment closer to market. The development of an innovative new treatment method to control lice in farmed salmon has moved a step closer with the merging of interests between ...
Decline in use of antibiotics in farmed salmon. The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) today published its annual Sustainability Report, which documents the environmental performance and nutritional profile of farm-raised salmon. As part of the group’s ...
Healthy gut microbiomes can influence farmed fish. We’ve all probably heard or read something about how a healthy gut microbiome can affect our overall health. The gut microbiome is as vital to animals and ...
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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 ...