November 20, 2020 — New research highlights the possibilities that genetic variation in Atlantic salmon offers for advancing aquaculture production.
Spearheaded by Alicia Bertolotti, the new research involved sequencing the genomes of 492 Atlantic salmon in a project led by professor Dan Macqueen at the Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh) in partnership with Xelect, the University of Aberdeen, and many international collaborators – including the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
April 9, 2020 — Genetics-breeding programs are no longer limited only to affluent fish farming behemoths; there’s an increasing number of cost-effective services coming on-stream to help get small and medium sized operations on the right track.
The rapid growth of the aquaculture sector has seen two different producer models come to the fore. First, there are those operations that will source their eggs from a centralized breeding program and grow them out to market size. Many companies follow this strategy, particularly in the Atlantic salmon and other salmonid sectors. In the other camp, there are those companies that have their own breeding programs in place and manage them in-house.