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Norway’s aquaculture innovators paving the way for a more sustainable seafood industry. Norway’s seafood industry could not exist as it does today without a culture of innovation at its core. Innovation […]
MSD Animal Health launches the next generation FALCON® – sea lice, welfare & biomass at Aqua Nor in Norway. MSD Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, […]
Salmon have 48 hours to defeat sea lice. New scientific findings highlight the early immune response as the key to natural sea lice resistance in salmon. “When sea lice attach, […]
SAMS hosts a week of aquaculture innovation. It was an unofficial ‘week of salmon aquaculture’ at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban as the institute played host […]
Harbor launches Harbor Fence V3 and signs record number of contracts, closing new funding and scaling up production. Fish health company Harbor is experiencing rapid growth and is now strengthening […]
Lice that fall off during spawning can infect new salmon. The lice survive for up to three weeks before they have to find new hosts. Up to 40% of motile […]
Salmon secrete substances that attract sea lice. New research has enhanced our understanding of why sea lice are predominantly attracted to salmon. The study investigates the chemicals released by Atlantic salmon […]
Clashnessie 2021 – Setting the record straight. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic when lockdowns were enforced in the UK, Loch Duart received two enforcement notices for their Clashnessie site […]
Salmon farms do not cause sea lice on wild salmon. An extensive literature review has identified overestimates of the effects of sea lice from salmon farms on wild Atlantic salmon. The study, which […]
Skin cell discovery could help Atlantic salmon fend off sea lice. A distant cousin of Atlantic salmon could hold the key to improving their resistance to sea lice, a study suggests. […]
The status of fillet colour in Norwegian farmed salmon. Nofima has mapped the status of and what could pose pigmentation challenges in salmon fillets among Norwegian fish farmers. According to Nofima […]
FiiZK divests lice skirt business. As a continuation of its previously announced streamlining process, the FiiZK group has entered into an agreement to divest FiiZK Protection AS’ lice skirt production […]
New state of the art well boat ordered by Aquaship / Intership. Aquaship / Intership has contracted a new battery-hybrid well boat, with high-tech solutions to cut emissions and ensure […]
Transatlantic genomic divergence in lumpfish. Historically harvested for roe, lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) has recently gained popularity as a biological control for sea lice in Atlantic salmon aquaculture across the North Atlantic. […]
Funding booster for cleaner fish vaccination project. Research into the optimal formulation and delivery of vaccines to safeguard ballan wrasse from bacterial disease has been given a funding boost following […]
Novel sea lice vaccine research leaps forward to next stage. A team of experts investigating the potential of a pioneering vaccination against sea lice has secured funding to take its […]
No lice treatment needed with submersible salmon pens. Recent findings have reinforced the effectiveness of deep farming, specifically through the Nautilus concept, in eliminating the need for lice treatments in […]
Atlantic Salmon Trust response to Scottish sea lice consultation. Last week the Atlantic Salmon Trust submitted its formal, technical response to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) consultation on ‘Detailed proposals […]
Are viruses keeping sea lice at bay in wild salmon? More than 30 previously unknown RNA viruses in sea lice have been identified by University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers. […]
The advantages of hybrid waterborne feeding . AKVA group has achieved success with its innovative deep farming technology, which separates the salmon from the sea lice. The problem of salmon […]
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