Tag: Salmon health
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. ...
Loch Long Salmon – a new low impact approach to salmon farming. Loch Long Salmon Ltd (LLS) is an aquaculture company that is creating sustainable growth in Scotland’s coastal salmon farming sector. LLS will utilise ...
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 ...
Krill meal improves salmon health and fillet quality, according to new study. The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Nofima), in collaboration with Aker BioMarine, recently released a study looking into the health and ...
Aquaculture experts hatch new plan for sea lice resistance. A new, cost-effective selective breeding method is being developed by a Scottish research consortium that could enhance fish health and wellbeing by improving salmon resistance to ...
New challenge to salmon health. An international collaboration between aquaculture experts from Scotland, Chile, and the research and development (R&D) team from Hendrix Genetics has taken a significant step toward the early detection and potential ...
Impact of innovative feeds on salmon health. Scientists are testing whether oils from microalgae and genetically modified (GM) oilseed crops could provide beneficial omega-3 for salmon – and, in turn, boost levels in the human ...
Warm waters challenge fish health. Warmer than average sea temperatures this year, beginning late winter to its peak in July, have provided challenges to salmon and lumpfish survival at several of Mowi’s salmon farms in ...
Algal vaccines for aquaculture. Evaluation of an algal-based oral vaccine against salmonid alphavirus. The Challenge Viral diseases are responsible for severe economic losses in global salmonid aquaculture. Current vaccination methods involve injection of anaesthetized fish ...
Full disclosure call on salmon mortality incident. Newfoundland fisheries minister has called on fish farmer Mowi Canada East to provide full disclosure on the extent of a recent salmon mass mortality event. Gerry Byrne, Minister ...
New viruses found in endangered salmon. Three new viruses—including one from a group of viruses never before shown to infect fish—have been discovered in endangered Chinook and sockeye salmon populations. While the impact of the ...
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