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Health & Welfare

Smoltification, seawater performance and maturation in Atlantic salmon fed different levels of fat

Study finds no positive effects on smoltification, seawater performance and maturation from changing fat levels in modern Atlantic salmon diets.

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Health & Welfare

Scientists are developing a new ‘groundbreaking’ oral vaccine for sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon

A new oral vaccine using reverse vaccinology and artificial intelligence may help with sea lice challenges faced by the aquaculture industry.

Intelligence

Annual farmed finfish production survey: A modest supply decline for 2023 and a predicted return to growth in 2024

Global production of carps, tilapias, pangasius, salmonids and sea bass and sea bream is expected to reach 39.6 million metric tons this year.

Fisheries

The diet of wild Atlantic salmon post-smolts has gone largely unchanged for 20 years

A well-documented ecological regime shift in the Northeast Atlantic did not have a large impact on salmon post-smolts’ diets in Norwegian fjords.

Health & Welfare

Aquaculture researchers begin work on first non-lethal immunology testing kit for Atlantic salmon

Researchers are developing a first-of-its-kind immunology testing kit for Atlantic salmon that could monitor all aspects of fish health.

Health & Welfare

Can photoautotrophic cultivated diatom biomass in salmon feed deter lice?

An evaluation of experimental Atlantic salmon diets with photoautotrophic cultivated diatom biomass shows the potential to deter lice.

Health & Welfare

Industry collaboration looks to develop Tenacibaculum vaccines for salmon

Benchmark Animal Health and Cermaq are developing vaccines for Tenacibaculum bacteria, thanks to a grant from the Research Council of Norway.

Health & Welfare

Assessing the effect of photoperiod manipulation on Atlantic salmon growth, smoltification and sexual maturation

Evaluation of photoperiod influence on salmon smolts suggests that an artificial winter signal would benefit RAS post-smolt production.

Aquafeeds

Assessment of microalgal biomass as a fish oil replacement in Atlantic salmon diets

The inclusion of a microalgal biomass in salmon feeds shows potential use throughout the whole production cycle from parr to harvest size.

Health & Welfare

Effects of dietary lipid on the gut microbiota of first feeding Atlantic salmon

An evaluation of dietary oils showed the occurrence of a core microbiota in early life stage of Atlantic salmon, independent of oil type in the feed.

Health & Welfare

Heart rate bio-loggers as welfare indicators in Atlantic salmon aquaculture

Emerging bio-logger technologies can provide valuable physiological, behavioral information of free-swimming, individual fish over long periods of time.

Health & Welfare

Evaluating the efficacy of a candidate vaccine for Atlantic salmon against sea lice

Laboratory-scale evaluation of a candidate vaccine for Atlantic salmon against sea lice shows an efficacy of 56 percent when administered by injection.

Responsibility

Switch to steelhead has Cooke on a new path in Puget Sound

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific is awaiting approval to farm a species native to Washington at Puget Sound sites where it previously produced Atlantic salmon.

Health & Welfare

Effect of juvenile Atlantic salmon diets with different levels of PUFAs

Study investigates blood and muscle changes in young Atlantic salmon when fed diets containing different amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids, or PUFAs.

Health & Welfare

Salmon ova transport ban between Norway and Scotland, brought on by ISA, slowly ending

Year-long ban on salmon ova exports is being lifted slowly, as different production zones satisfy Norwegian authorities of their ISA-free status.

Aquafeeds

Evaluating brown seaweed supplementation in feed for Atlantic salmon smolts

Study evaluated the effect on Atlantic salmon smolts growth performance when adding abrown seaweed meal (from Laminaria sp., or kelp) to their feed.