Fishfarmer Magazine

Parasite threat to trout and salmon

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Stocks of the UK�s Atlantic salmon along with varieties of domestic brown trout could be under threat from a deadly parasite according to research led Bournemouth University (BU) published in the International Journal of Parasitology.

Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue to meet in Thailand next month

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue will convene its next meeting in Pattaya, Thailand to encourage producers, conservationists, scientists and others to provide input on the development of global standards for the abalone farming industry � an industry that produces almost 70 per cent of the abalone consumed worldwide.

Farne Salmon owner faces takeover bid

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

THE 400 plus strong workforce at Farne Salmon and Trout production's centre at Duns on the Scottish Borders could soon find they are under a change of leadership.

Award for University of Stirling professor

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Professor Randolph Harvey Richards CBE, director of the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling, recently travelled to the Faroe Islands to receive the prestigious award for Excellence in European Aquaculture.

University of Stirling Appoints New Head of Aquaculture

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Stirling University�s reputation as a world-class centre for marine sciences has been bolstered by the appointment of Professor Brian Austin as the head of the Institute of Aquaculture.

The GLOBALGAP Tour 2009

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The agricultural certification organization, GLOBALGAP, is organizing a series of aquaculture workshops across the world for auditors, quality managers and technical advisors.

NEW ISA CASE IN CONTROL ZONE

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The presence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) has been confirmed on a fifth salmon farm within the existing ISA control zone in the South West of Shetland.The farm is close to the farms confirmed as being infected earlier in the year.

Salmon Producer Nets Top Award For Major Achievements In Fish Welfare

Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A Sutherland-based salmon producer has received a prestigious award from the RSPCA�s farm assurance and food labelling scheme Freedom Food.

SEAFISH ANNOUNCES 2009 SEAFOOD AWARDS WINNERS

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

London, 22 May 2009. At an awards ceremony held in London�s Grosvenor Square last night, Seafish, the authority on seafood, announced the winners of the 2009 Seafood awards.

FRESH START FOR SCOTLAND'S AQUACULTURE

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A new strategy aimed at increasing Scotland's share of the world's fastest growing food-producing sector has been unveiled.

As the largest producer of farmed salmon in the European Union, and the third largest in the world, Scotland's aquaculture industry is a major success story.

�Blue Seas Thinking� as cabinet secretary launches Scottish Fisheries Project

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

An historic partnership of the Marine Stewardship Council and the Scottish Government has come together today to launch a new project that will boost the environmental credentials of Scotland�s fisheries. The MSC Scottish fisheries project is part-funded by the Scottish Government and will make it easier for Scottish fisheries to access MSC certification and the coveted MSC eco-label for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.

Technical Support Engineer

Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

We have a vacancy for an Aquaculture Engineer to provide technical advice and guidance primarily to the fish farming industry but also covering the wider aquaculture industries within the UK and Ireland.

Fishing Safety Co-ordinator - Scotland

Thu, 07 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Key meeting for trout aquaculture

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The process of creating global standards for responsible trout aquaculture will move forward when the Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue meets next month in the Faroe Islands, one of the top regions in the world for producing farmed trout.

Aquaculture needs to learn from experiences

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Bjorn Hersoug of the University of Tromso has called for the aquaculture industry to learn from past experience or risk repeating unsustainable growth followed by collapsing production and employment.

Skretting trials reveal major reduction of fishmeal in salmon grower feeds

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Results from a series of salmon feeding trials run by Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) revealed a new low limit for fishmeal in salmon grower feeds. The trials, conducted on fish from 1 to 5 kg, showed excellent growth and a low feed conversion rate (FCR) on salmon given feed with 15% fishmeal and no land animal protein.

Seafish welcomes proposal for Common Fisheries Policy reform

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Seafish, the authority on seafood, welcomes the Commission�s green paper on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which was released today.

Fishmeal and fish oil will be strategic raw materials for a long time yet

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Fishmeal and fish oil will be essential raw materials in fish feed for many years to come but continuing research will ensure they deliver increasing production and consumer benefits from a sustainable supply.

Code of good practice not followed in Shetland salmon disease outbreak

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia in Shetland this year may have been aggravated by a code of good practice for Scottish Finfish Aquaculture not being fully complied with, it has been claimed.

Cage farmers and fishers co-operate in West Java

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Stakeholder groups have made progress in the development and implementation of co-management strategies in the Jatilnuihur, Cirata and Saguling reservoirs of the Ciratum watershed in West Java. These strategies will ensure the long term sustainability of the cage culture activities and improve the livelihoods of capture fishers of the three reservoirs, which collectively account for the production of nearly 700,000 tonnes of food fish annually.

New Zealand Thames shellfish farm plans approved

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries has made a preliminary decision to approve the 1,783 hectare Wilson Bay Interim Aquaculture Management Area in the Firth of Thames. Of this area, 520 hectares has been zoned for shellfish farming, with the remainder being access-ways between marine farm blocks.

SARNISSA project meets in Cameroon

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The EC funded Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks for Sub Saharan Africa (SARNISSA) project held a series of meetings and workshops in Yaounde, Cameroon between February 24-28th in order to develop progress made in its first year.