BC Pacific Salmon Forum: Final Year of $3 Million Research Program to ...

Total cost of the program is expected to be near $3 million with research building collaboration between researchers and a range of funding partners.

Tainted salmon issue "under control"

MARINE Harvest has confirmed that a situation that saw some batches of salmon affected by an unpleasant odour is now under control.

Cooke Aquaculture announces salmon certification

NEW Brunswick-based fish farmer Cooke Aquaculture has announced the successful accredited certification of its freshwater division for the Seafood Trust Certified Quality Salmon Eco-Label.

Irish salmon eco-standard launched at Boston show

BORD Iascaigh Mhara,the Irish Sea Fisheries Board, today used the Boston International Seafood Show to unveil its first independently accredited eco-standard for salmon, the Irish Quality Eco-Salmon Standard.

NZ King Salmon creates fifth salmon farm

"With consumption now increasing and a new emphasis on healthy eating, the time is right to invest in new facilities"

South Island fish farmer The New Zealand King Salmon Company has dusted off a 14 year-old aquaculture licence to create its fifth salmon farm, at Clay Point in Tory Channel, north of Picton. via XtraMSN Real Estate

Study: Dramatic Declines In Wild Salmon Populations Are Associated With Exposure To Farmed Salmon

A global survey of wild salmon and trout populations reveals substantially reduced survival. via UnderwaterTimes.com

Salmon farming impacts top agenda at Barcelona meeting

THE Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue met in Barcelona, Spain last week to discuss new reports about escapes, siting and benthic impacts related to salmon farming.

Environmentalists hatch plan to ferry wild salmon past fish farms

Canada - February 22, 2008 - A group of ecotourism businesses, native organizations and environmentalists have a wild plan to save salmon on British Columbia's central coast.

New aquaculture agreement reached in Western Isles

A NEW agreement has been struck between members of the aquaculture industry which, it is claimed, will bring environmental benefits and new opportunities for the sustainable development of shellfish and salmon to the Western Isles.

NZ: New salmon farm meets increased demand

CHANGING nutrition habits and consumers’ recognition of the health benefits of eating oily fish are the driving forces behind increased demand for salmon and the opening of a new farm in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

Baffling fish numbers

A predicted collapse of wild pink salmon runs in the main salmon farming region of the B.C. coast did not show up in 2007, according to the latest research conducted for the B.C. Pacific Salmon Forum.

Chile: Marine Harvest to downsize region 10 operations

THE world's largest salmon farming company, Marine Harvest today confirmed it is to significantly downsize operations in Chile's region 10 due to continuing fish health issues.

Cleaner salmon

United States - February 3, 2008 - A Virginia company has acquired majority ownership of a Southern West Virginia fish farm, and it has announced it is switching the fish from arctic char to salmon and trout.

Your food : Catch of the day

In the first of a regular series on where our food comes from, salmon farmer Richard Miller of Regal Salmon educates Jennie Milsom in the secrets of salmon farming and how the fish make their way from ...

Stonington Sea Products launches antibiotic free salmon line

United States - February 21, 2008 - Stonington Sea Products has announced the launch of a new product line of smoked Atlantic salmon that is hormone and antibiotic free.

Drastic cuts and layoffs in Chile's salmon industry

Chile - February 22, 2008 - The world's leading salmon producing company Marine Harvest described the emergency program to be implemented in Chile's farms, - -sacking 25% of personnel- -, as "painful", but the only one that ensures the survival of the company.

Wild Salmon Not in the Pink

Enlarge Image No red herring. The red blotches on this juvenile salmon are sea lice, a parasite that transfers from farmed to wild salmon.

Marine Harvest Canada publishes sea lice information

MARINE Harvest Canada has published details of its sea lice management plan for the Broughton Archipelago in British Columbia, following new concerns raised regarding the impact of salmon farming on wild salmon populations.

Aqua Bounty in trials with leading drug manufacturer

AQUA Bounty Technologies, Inc. (AIM: ABTX), a biotechnology company focused on enhancing productivity in the aquaculture market, has announced that it has signed a Term sheet with Stirling Products North America Inc (“Stirling Products NA”) for an exclusive option to distribute ProVale™ in the Chilean salmon market.

Genetic discovery brings welfare benefits

SIGNIFICANT improvements in the welfare and commercial performance of farmed Atlantic salmon are being achieved by the Scotland and Chile-based breeding company, Landcatch Natural Selection (LNS), it was claimed today.

Organic fair: A 'valuable showcase' for marine sector

IRISH companies producing salmon and other marine-based products have targeted the rapidly growing organic food sector, which is worth an estimated $40 billion .

US firm takes salmon bait in Loch Duart

A US private equity firm has made a rare move into Scottish salmon farming by taking a minority stake in Loch Duart, based in Sutherland.

Chile: 1,000 salmon workers to be laid off

AROUND 1,000 jobs in Chile's salmon industry are expected to be lost following Marine Harvest's decision to shut down 13 production centres as part of its downsizing of region 10 operations.

Chile: 1,000 salmon workers to be laid off

AROUND 1,000 jobs in Chile's salmon industry are expected to be lost following Marine Harvest's decision to shut down 13 production centres as part of its downsizing of region 10 operations.

Vancouver Quadra's shades of election green

Parts of British Columbia are warming at twice the global rate; local salmon streams may soon be too hot to sustain spawns; and governments at all levels are not doing enough to halt climate change, according ...

FSA update salmon incident information

THE Food Standards Agency tonight issued a third update on an incident involving Scottish salmon (excluding organic salmon) due to a potential risk of taint.

Stung salmon farm's time running out for funding

THE County Antrim organic salmon company whose stock was wiped out in a jellyfish attack last November has warned it has two weeks left to find funding.

Factory-farmed fish: another fool's bargain?

New studies show salmon farms destroy wild stocks Posted by Tom Philpott at 2:43 PM on 12 Feb 2008 Responding to collapsing wild-fish stocks worldwide, the World Bank has hotly promoted "aquaculture" - - ...

Canadian Aquaculture Industry Remains Committed to Protecting Wild Salmon Stocks and the Environment

A new study published in the Public Library of Science Journal that correlates the decline of wild salmonids on both coasts of Canada to the incidence of salmon farming takes a very narrow perspective on a ...

Scots salmon farm attracts investment

SUTHERLAND-BASED salmon producer Loch Duart announced today it has attracted investment from the private investment firm, Capricorn Investment Group LLC.

Cheap salmon? Think again

FEED TIPS BLOGROLL STAY CONNECTED February 18, 2008 Cheap salmon? Think again How appropriate that after I had the great wild salmon for dinner the other night, I saw this new report the next day.

Last Dance

Valentine's Day may seem like a strange day to write about spawning salmon, but think about it... creating life and dying to ensure that future generations may live, is a love story.

River reborn as nature gets a helping hand

A FLAGSHIP salmon river opens for the season today, amid hopes that its dramatic recovery after years of depletion could become a model for others.

Cermaq: Drop in Q4 earnings due to low salmon prices

LOW salmon prices in the fourth quarter of 2007 have resulted in a sharp drop in earnings, Norway-headquartered aquaculture company Cermaq said today.

A Global Assessment of Salmon Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmonids

Jennifer S. Ford * , Ransom A. Myers Since the late 1980s, wild salmon catch and abundance have declined dramatically in the North Atlantic and in much of the northeastern Pacific south of Alaska. via PLoS Biology

Dramatic Declines In Wild Salmon Populations Linked To Exposure To Farmed Salmon

Since the late 1970s, salmon aquaculture has grown into a global industry, producing over 1 million tons of salmon per year.

Study: Farms killing off wild salmon

By ALISON AULD The Canadian Press Tue. Feb 12 - 6:28 PM Salmon farming operations have reduced wild salmon populations by up to 70 per cent in several areas around the world and are threatening the future of ...

Salmon defy gloomy predictions

Angler shows off his pink salmon catch before releasing it back into the Kitimat.

Can Farmed and Wild Salmon Coexist?

Citation: Gross L Can Farmed and Wild Salmon Coexist? PLoS Biol 6 : e46 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060046 Published: February 12, 2008 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative ...

Salmon farms destroying wild salmon populations in Canada, Europe: study

"Atlantic salmon populations are not what they were historically, but can you tie that to the absence or presence of salmon farms? I don't think so"

Salmon farming operations have reduced wild salmon populations by up to 70 per cent in several areas around the world and are threatening the future of the endangered stocks, according a new scientific study. via MyTELUS

Creative Salmon OK says FDA

Canada - February 2, 2008 - A recent review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found farmed chinook salmon filets from Clayoquot Sound shouldn't have been detained at the border in December.

FDA closes farmed salmon border seizure case

Creative Salmon Farming Company Ltd. said it received a Notice of Action from the FDA stating that its fillets were "released" and that the case is closed.

Creative Salmon fillets shouldn't have been detained, says US FDA

A RECENT review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found farmed chinook salmon fillets from Clayoquot Sound shouldn’t have been detained at the border in December, according to the Canadian media.