Background
New legislations regarding slaughter practices of farmed fish in Norway are expected to be enforced by 2007. The directive is expected to ban the current use of carbon dioxide to anaesthetise the fish before bleeding, and only stunning methods which render the fish un ...
BackgroundFor salmon, cod and halibut, the fish are often live chilled prior to exsanguination with or without stunning. From 2007 a new slaughter directive act, put demands on that fish are stunned and killed unconsciously. Furthermore the welfare under CO2 supplement and chilli ...
BackgroundFishmeal and fish oil are the most heavily contaminated ingredients in feed production, with products of European fish stocks more heavily contaminated than those from South Pacific stocks. The fish stocks of concern in the north European industry are sprat and herring ...
Background
Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) is a transmissible disease of viral aetiology affecting farmed Atlantic salmon. The disease appears to be spreading rapidly into new areas, and it is important to limit further spread. HSMI is characterized by severe infla ...
Flekker av pigmenter i filet hos laks anses som et stort og økende problem i oppdrettsnæringen. Det er estimert at ca. 10% av produsert laks i Norge lider av dette problemet, noe som medfører et meget stort produksjonstap i form av merarbeide i forbindelse med trimming av fileter ...
BackgroundThe industry is experiencing problems with the quality of salmon with previous Pancreas Disease (PD) diagnosis. The most pronounced problems are discolouration of smoked fillets after vacuum packaging, soft flesh and accelerated microbial growth.
PD is a seriou ...
