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Bioretur converts aquaculture waste, or sludge, into fertilizer as demand for “circular economy” technologies grows.  

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

Polish pathogen diagnostics group will soon launch a test system that can identify the costly pancreatic disease (and six others) in just 10 minutes. 

C-level seafood executives from around the world gathered at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum to discuss pressing issues facing fisheries and aquaculture. 

An operational salmon lice model calculates sea lice infestation pressure all along the Norwegian coast in near real-time, based on a hydrodynamical ocean model and a salmon lice particle tracking model. 

The CEO of AquaGen knew that the Norwegian research group’s work in genomics was key to the salmon industry’s future. And that was before she even worked there. 

Recognizing its potential as a sustainable fish producer, Norway highlights land-based halibut farmer Sogn Aqua in the debute of The Explorer digital showroom. The Advocate recently paid a visit to the farm in Ortnevik. 

In the first startup profile of the inaugural Hatch cohort in Bergen, meet two young software developers who left Washington, D.C., for Norway and the power of personal connections to grow their aquaculture analytics business. 

Nordic Aquafarms will be bringing something to Maine that’s new to the state: a salmon farm that operates on land. When complete, it will be one of the largest such facilities in the world. 

Land-based aquaculture, perhaps the ultimate environmental risk-mitigation tool, was the talk of the town at the IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum. Once scoffed at for high capital and energy requirements, RAS now has a crowded bandwagon. 

Few could argue that a reduction in sea lice-fighting chemicals isn't a win for the fish and for the environment. The downside, however, is that increasing numbers of cleaner fish are being caught for use on salmon farms. 

An over-reliance on medical and chemical controls, along with warming waters, led to a surge in sea lice. With such treatments waning in effectiveness, operators turn to other, safer measures. 

After refilling ponds, surviving microorganisms – including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which causes EMS in shrimp – may benefit from the availability of nutrients in sediment and water and lack of competing microorganisms. 

A virus that causes pancreas disease was patented, but when a vaccine produced by a patent licensee was found insufficient, another company developed a vaccine based on a different strain of the virus. The courts in Norway determined the work on the second vaccine was a patent law infringement. 

In a study of Norwegian consumers asked to evaluate pangasius fillets, the extrinsic cues corporate social responsibility, endorsement and country of origin had different effects on evaluative variables.