But because fishmeal is a scarce resource and an expensive ingredient in salmon feed, producers have been using increasingly larger amounts of vegetable ingredients from agriculture. Scientists at Fiskeriforskning's department in Bergen have spent a lot of time working to discover which substances in the fishmeal the salmon is dependent on, so that they can produce a better and more reasonably priced feed. The research so far shows that one of these important components is hydroxyproline,...

BAYFIELD While fish farmers, state officials and other experts gathered in Bayfield on Thursday to discuss the entire field of aquaculture, the only thing on the minds of many was a deadly fish virus that threatens the entire industry. Yet, along with trying to stop the spread of the disease, state officials and aquaculture experts agree that sport fishers, fish farmers and others will eventually have to live with it. It's not an easy task when about 1,700 of the 2,200 registered fish...

Proposal ready to up fertiliser price 51pc Rejaul Karim Byron The government is going to raise the price of per tonne urea fertiliser by 51 percent in a bid to minimise the loss of government-run fertiliser factories and to stop smuggling of fertiliser to the neighbouring countries. Proposal ready to up fertiliser price 51pc Rejaul Karim Byron The government is going to raise the price of per tonne urea fertiliser by 51 percent in a bid to minimise the loss of government-run fertiliser...

Dan Longnecker, a trout farmer outside Castalia, near Sandusky, believes the value of farmed fish and other aquaculture products in the state would be $10 million to $20 million if the many mom-and-pop operations were counted. One researcher cautioned recently that American consumers are likely to eat an increasing amount of foreign-grown farm-raised fish in the near future. In this part of Ohio, most of the fish are sold to farmers and homeowners wanting to stock their ponds, but some are...

Last years run of Fraser River sockeye salmon was seriously overfished because managers relied too much on often faulty pre-season forecasts, according to a new analysis. The report, prepared for the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, concludes 1.1 million too many returning summer-run salmon were caught mainly by a commercial fleet eager to net its first profitable sockeye harvest in several years. Bert Ionson, DFOs regional resource manager for salmon, agrees too many sockeye were likely...