Restaurants: A Plea for Respect for a Familiar Fish

I WISH I'd had Al Gore with me at Wild Salmon, where I stumbled across a new sign of climate change .

Call for rainbow trout farms to be relocated to land-based sites

WILD fish interests have today condemned the continuing incidences of “great numbers” of escaped farmed rainbow trout into the Awe system, which includes Argyll’s most important salmon river as well as its main wild trout fishery.

"It is incredibly arrogant and a betrayal"

There will be no mis-understanding on where Nathan Cullen stands on last weeks announcement of the resumption of fish farming in BC.

Fish Farms back on the agenda

The Province of British Columbia has re-opened the fish farm debate in the province with the approval of two licences for farms in two locations.

Giant tanks for salmon farming get federal funding

Canada - August 5, 2007 - While controversy continues over the safety of open-net fish pens, a prototype of the first ocean-based, commercial scale closed tank is being developed for a trial near Campbell River.

California equity firm to buy Icicle Seafoods; officers to stay

SECOND DEAL: Another major Alaska processor, Ocean Beauty, sold earlier. Published: August 6, 2007 Last Modified: August 6, 2007 at 01:59 AM Executives with one of Alaska's largest seafood processing companies ...

Fox Paine will buy Icicle Seafoods

SECOND DEAL: Another major Alaska processor, Ocean Beauty, sold earlier. Published: August 6, 2007 Last Modified: August 6, 2007 at 12:24 AM Executives with one of Alaska's largest seafood processing companies ...

Fish virus detected in Chile raises alarm bells

Chile - August 5, 2007 - While Chilean salmon industry representatives are doing their best to downplay a recently-confirmed outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA), emerging information suggests the country's salmon farmers may indeed have a major problem on their hands.

Eleven to lose jobs as Ronas Voe fish factory set to close

THE RONAS Voe fish factory is set to close, with the loss of 11 jobs. Aqua Farm has been using the Northmavine factory to pack salmon for various companies including Skelda, Framgord and, the main contributor, ...

Study looks at implications of salmon breeding

The implications of breeding between farmed and wild salmon will be investigated in a new project led by scientists at the University of East Anglia in Norwich.

Statement by Cristian Perez Munoz, Chilean Representative, Pure...

Statement by Cristian Perez Munoz, Chilean Representative, Pure Salmon Campaign, on the Slaughter of at Least One Million Farmed Salmon Contaminated by Infectious Salmon Anemia SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug.

Seafood group in £190m refinancing

THE Nordic seafood group Alfesca, which owns Lyons in the UK, has just completed a major refinancing operation worth almost £190million (€280million) to pave the way for future expansion.

Environmentalists okay with half of Government announcement

In the wake of the approval of two new open net salmon farming licences, environmental groups are calling on the Government to act on a recent Legislative report that recommends switching to more sustainable ...

Salmon issue still unclear as Norway sticks to victory claims

EXACTLY who are the winners and losers in a wrangle over Norwegian salmon prices remained unclear today.