The most recent incident involves the escape of 27,000 salmon from an aquaculture facility off the coast of Norway, with the ...

Infected fish can't be sold due to the lesions the parasites cause. But the health of the fish is also at risk. In extreme cases, an infestation can cause mass mortality. Currently the most common ...

Hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) died on fish farms in Scotland in the final months of 2024. The mass ...

The fishing industry is particularly important in northern Norway. Here in Finnmark county, it accounts for almost 7 per cent ...

creating conditions that are conducive to outbreaks of contagious disease and infestations of parasites. The salmon aquaculture industry has been plagued by a number of viral and bacterial ...

Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) is a significant health issue affecting farmed Atlantic salmon, primarily caused by the parasite Neoparamoeba perurans. This disease leads to severe gill damage ...

“You cannot use any old salmon that you find at the grocery store because it may contain parasites like nematodes and tapeworms,” Hydroxide explains. For raw fish like tuna and salmon to be ...

The BBC's Panorama programme described last month how severe sea lice infestations on salmon in one loch meant the fish were essentially "eaten alive" by the parasites. Is there a problem with ...