- Last week, Canadian supermarket chain Sobeys voluntarily removed 84 whole-farmed salmon from its stores after
anti-fish farming activist, Alexandra Morton, posted a photo of a
lice-infested fish on Facebook. Sobeys has confirmed that some of the fish had sea lice but has not revealed how many.
- The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association has responded with a press release on its website which outlines the facts about sea lice. Read more...
- Cermaq has reported a satisfactory third quarter result despite a challenging salmon market. Cermaq reported an EBIT pre fair value and biomass write-down for third quarter 2012 of NOK 232 million (NOK 348 million). Solid results in EWOS, particularly due to high volume and capacity utilisation in Norway, compensated for low salmon prices and biological challenges in Mainstream. Third quarter 2012 EBIT pre fair value and biomass write-down was NOK 232 million compared to NOK 348 million for third quarter 2011.Following write-downs in Canada due to the IHN virus outbreak and in Norway from the PD outbreak, EBIT pre fair value for the quarter was NOK 180 million. Read more...
- I've been hearing quite a bit about functional aquafeeds recently so this article, published by Engormix, is a really good overview of what functional aquafeeds are and what they do. Read more...
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| English: Male and female Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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