Intelligence
Scottish salmon farmers to trial simplified licensing and approval process
Can a new consenting process for Scottish salmon farms lead to efficiencies and improved community engagement?
Innovation & Investment
Using AI to streamline gender-sorting processes in salmon aquaculture
AI is enhancing gender-sorting processes and optimizing quality assessment and production of Atlantic salmon aquaculture.
Fisheries
Is climate change prompting juvenile sockeye salmon to grow larger?
Study explores how climate change affects the size of juvenile sockeye salmon in B.C., and how populations are adapting.
Intelligence
Can floating fish freezers improve the quality and value of Alaska salmon?
Northline Seafood and Circle Seafoods each aim to increase efficiencies, lower costs and improve market quality by freezing fish at sea.
Responsibility
Faroe Islands salmon producer onboard first transatlantic flight using eco-friendly jet fuel
Faroe Islands salmon producer Bakkafrost shipped cargo on the world's first transatlantic flight using a new eco-friendly jet fuel.
Fisheries
Can dam removal actually restore fish populations in U.S. rivers?
Dams have helped build nations but fish – and river health – have paid a steep price. Dam removal can have restorative effects on ecosystems.
Innovation & Investment
New AI camera system can capture salmon biomass data
A newly launched biomass camera developed by Ace Aquatec uses AI to transform how salmon stocks are monitored and graded.
Health & Welfare
Is Chile’s salmon industry turning the corner on antimicrobials?
According to SERNAPESCA, antimicrobial usage in Chile in 2022 was down more than one-quarter from 2021 and the lowest in 16 years.
Aquafeeds
Hemp protein to be tested as a potential salmon feed ingredient
A team of Scottish researchers will trial hemp protein's impact on the health and well-being of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farmed in Scotland.
Fisheries
OSU: Columbia River Basin fish stocks fail to improve despite billions in conservation spending
Efforts totaling more than $9 billion have failed to improve stocks of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin, new research finds.
Intelligence
Alaska salmon processors trialing CQF’s portable quality-measuring device
Salmon processors are using a bioelectrical impedance analysis device as part of a wider commitment to improving product quality.
Health & Welfare
British Veterinary Association to explore aquaculture, wants to ‘futureproof’ the sector
The British Veterinary Association will research the health and welfare needs of farmed fish and is urging vets to consider jobs in the sector.
Intelligence
NASF kicks off with a focus on sea lice and aquaculture innovation
Sea lice prevention technologies are big business in Norway. Several solutions were on display at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Bergen.
Through the tubes: Using pneumatic tubes to transport fish, this company’s fish passage is in demand
Innovation & Investment
Through the tubes: Using pneumatic tubes to transport fish, this company’s fish passage is in demand
Whooshh Innovations uses pneumatic tubes to transport fish in wild and farmed environments, greatly reducing stress and improving product quality.
Intelligence
Aquaculture sector reacts to Canadian government’s ‘devastating decision’ to close Discovery Islands salmon farms
A salmon producers' association and a coalition of First Nations say the move ignores scientific evidence and Indigenous rights and title.
Fisheries
Even with Pebble Mine dead in the water, mining-fishing collisions may be inevitable
Mining can degrade water quality and impact fisheries, but some consider the Pebble Mine in Alaska as necessary for the metals for green tech.