Marine Harvest agrees to limit pesticides and seal killings
Guardian Unlimited | 21 May 2013
One of the world's largest fish farm companies, Marine Harvest, has voluntarily agreed to much tougher limits on its pesticides use and seal killing by joining a strict new environment scheme. Marine Harvest will join the Aquaculture Stewardship council, a new accreditation scheme championed by WWF, after coming under repeated attack for heavy use of toxic chemicals, seal-killing and major outbreaks of sea lice and salmon diseases.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Seafood Certification

Marine Harvest signs up for ASC certification
fishupdate.com | 21 May 2013
MARINE Harvest Scotland, the country's largest salmon farm company, has announced it has committed itself to a new international scheme aiming to reducing the environmental and social impacts associated with the industry.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

Call for Scottish Government to publish weekly sea-lice count
fishupdate.com | 10 May 2013
THE Salmon & Trout Association Scotland (S&TAS) has demanded, in advance of next week's Stage 3 debate on the Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill, that the Scottish Government should publish weekly sea-lice count data relating to each salmon farm in Scotland by law.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

First US steelhead trout farm BAP certified
World Fishing | 30 Apr 2013
Pacific Seafood Group's steelhead trout farm on the Columbia River has become the first US steelhead trout or salmon farm to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
 Pacific Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Seafood Certification

Aquaculture organisations sign MoU
World Fishing | 26 Apr 2013
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and GLOBALG.A.P. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), agreeing to work collaboratively to increase efficiency and reduce duplication in the auditing process.
 Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Seafood Certification

ASC says first salmon will soon be certificated
fishupdate.com | 24 Apr 2013
A growing number of independent and trained certifiers are ready to start their audits. By the end of the year salmon products with the ASC logo for responsibly farmed will appear on the market.
 Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Seafood Certification

Colombia to host LACQUA 13
fishupdate.com | 16 Apr 2013
Colombia opens its doors to the world's aquaculture and to host LACQUA 13 taking place from the 8th to the 11th of October of 2013. It is expected that LACQUA 13 will be a huge success that will set precedent for the aquaculture in the Latin-American and the Caribbean region.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

Fusion Marine recycles fish farm pens for new Scottish Salmon Company site
fishupdate.com | 09 Apr 2013
Fusion Marine has 'closed the loop? of manufacturing efficiency following delivery of new fish farm pens to The Scottish Salmon Company.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

Fish farm application rejected
World Fishing | 21 Mar 2013
The Nova Scotia government has not approved an application by Snow Island Salmon for a new salmon aquaculture site in Shoal Bay, near Sheet Harbour, Halifax Regional Municipality, following a 22-month-long review process.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Marine Management

The world's first high-density view of the marker patterns in the Atlantic salmon
fishupdate.com | 19 Mar 2013
A genetic, biotechnical and breeding partnership have announced that they are the first to genotype more than 900,000 markers per sample from the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), thereby achieving the capability to implement genomic selection and improve their salmon breeding programme at Aqua Gen.
 Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Research