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Fish n' Bits - The Aquaculture Data Intelligence Podcast
by Manolin
Dive into aquaculture data intelligence with our host Tony Chen, CEO of Manolin. Our weekly episodes uncover aquaculture data trends across the industry. Learn about updates on salmon disease, mortality, and lice. Get the latest industry news & more. Discover how data and AI shape sustainable fish farming. Your go-to podcast for all things aquaculture. Subscribe now!
Episodes
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Salmon Prices: Is the Industry Entering a New Economic Era?
Could improvements in salmon farming actually be putting more pressure on salmon prices? We're taking a closer look at 20 years of Norwegian production data and some unusual changes in the seasonal patterns of salmon biomass. Learn how more consistent biological performance and growing supply may...
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Quarterly Public Farm Review: Q2 2026
What do the latest earnings tell us about where salmon farming is actually making money? We're breaking down Q2 results from publicly traded salmon producers around the world, and after several difficult quarters, much of the industry is back to profitability. Learn how biological performance is...
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SRS in Chile: What El Niño Could Mean for Disease Risk
Could a strong El Niño make one of Chilean salmon farming's most persistent disease challenges even harder to manage? We're taking a closer look at SRS and the potential risks facing Chilean salmon producers as warmer conditions develop ahead of the Southern Hemisphere summer. Learn what makes…
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Histology: Preparing Fish Health Data for AI
What does it take to turn a microscope slide into data that AI can actually use? We're joined by the CEO of Histo Company, Lene Sveen, to explore what happens when fish tissue moves from the farm to the lab and eventually becomes a digital image. Learn what histology can reveal about fish health,...
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El Niño: What's Next for Fishmeal & Fish Oil?
How high could fishmeal and fish oil prices go if Peru faces another major anchovy shortage? We're taking a closer look at the developing El Niño, Peru's anchovy fishery, and what tightening marine ingredient supplies could mean for aquaculture over the coming quarters. Learn how today's fish oil...
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Norway's Traffic Light System: What's Changing Next
What happens when one of aquaculture's most important regulatory systems doesn't deliver the results it was designed to achieve? We examine the next chapter of Norway's Traffic Light System and the debate over how sea lice should be managed in the years ahead. Learn why regulators are…
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Mediterranean Aquaculture: Growth Meets a Changing Climate
How do you keep one of aquaculture's biggest success stories growing as the environment around it changes? We're taking a closer look at Mediterranean aquaculture and the remarkable rise of European seabass and gilthead seabream farming over the past two decades. Learn how record marine heatwaves...
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Reviewing the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (FAO)
Aquaculture has now surpassed 100 million tonnes of production, supplying more seafood to consumers than wild fisheries. But the most interesting story in the FAO's latest State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report is not the milestone itself but where growth is happening. In this episode…
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What El Niño Means for Feed Markets
What happens when El Niño tightens the supply of fish oil just as salmon markets and global shipping are already under pressure? A newly confirmed El Niño in the tropical Pacific is putting renewed attention on Peru’s anchovy fishery, one of the world’s most important sources of fishmeal and fish...
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From Deep Dive: The SeafoodSource Podcast — Practical Applications of AI in Seafood with Manolin CEO Tony Chen
This week, we’re sharing a special episode from Deep Dive: The SeafoodSource Podcast on the practical applications of AI in seafood. SeafoodSource speaks with Tony Chen, CEO and co-founder of Manolin, about where AI is already creating value in aquaculture and seafood, and how companies can...
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Scaling African Aquaculture: Kamran Ahmad (Kivu Choice)
What if one of the most important aquaculture growth stories isn’t happening in Norway, Chile, or Ecuador but in East Africa? This episode we step into a region that’s quietly transitioning from small-scale aquaculture into something far more commercial and durable. Focusing on Uganda, Kenya,...
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What Måsøval Reveals About Mid-Sized Farm Risk
This week we break down what Måsøval’s strategic review and leadership change may signal for the company and for the broader aquaculture industry. We look at how production growth, rising costs, biology, and debt can move out of sync over time, and why that creates real pressure for mid-sized...
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Tracking Algae: Norway's Active Pseudochattonella Outbreak
Could a microscopic algae bloom quietly reshape Norway's salmon farming season before most of the industry even understands what's happening? This week, we're tracking the Pseudochattonella bloom spreading across southern Norway, walking through the three distinct phases of the outbreak so far,...
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Quarterly Public Farm Review: Q4 2025 + Special Interview
What separates the salmon farms that thrived in Q4 from the ones still bleeding money and does it all come down to where they're located? This week, we break down the Q4 financial results from the publicly traded salmon companies, walking through EBIT per kilogram figures across the industry and...
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Why Hallucinations Happen Using AI (LLMs)
If large language models are so powerful, why can they still get basic things wrong? In this episode, we take a practical look at how AI systems actually work, why hallucinations happen by design, and what’s being done to reduce them. We break down core concepts like probabilistic prediction,...
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Vitamin D and Salmon Health: Updated Evidence, Updated Strategy
Vitamin D was long considered a compliance nutrient rather than a performance lever. In this episode, we break down what’s changed in the last couple of years, from BioMar doubling vitamin D₃ across salmon diets to new research suggesting salmon may synthesize vitamin D from sunlight, then zoom…
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Sea Lice: Pressure, Policy, and What Changed in 2025
Yes, it’s once again the time to discuss sea lice. In this episode, we take a clear-eyed look at what the last year of sea lice data is actually telling us (starting in Canada and ending in Norway) without the noise or wishful thinking. We unpack the implications of Canada’s latest court ruling…
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Fish Feed, Revisited: How Fish Oil Supply Is Evolving
What if the most “predictable” part of seafood right now isn’t salmon prices or tariffs, but the quiet choke point in fish feed? In this episode, we unpack why the Peruvian anchovy season still sets the short-term rhythm for fish oil markets, even as the 2026 season already kicks off, and why…
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Cod Farming’s Second Act: Why This Time Might Be Different
What happens when a fish the industry once walked away from suddenly becomes more valuable than salmon? In this episode, we take a hard look at the quiet resurgence of cod farming, why cod prices have climbed to historic highs, how tightening wild quotas have reshaped the market, and why the...
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2025 Review: The Signals That Will Shape Aquaculture in 2026
What if the most important lessons from 2025 aren’t found in any single chart, but in how pressure quietly shifted across the system? In this episode, we step back from predictions and take a pattern-based look at what actually mattered over the past year in Norwegian salmon farming and what…
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Manolin x Gossip Gills // The Future of Seafood Farming
We are super excited to share this episode of Gossip Gills, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s podcast, where Tony Chen (CEO, Manolin) and Kelly Haugen (Head of Marketing, Manolin) join the conversation to unpack how data and AI are reshaping seafood farming. Together, we explore the real...
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Quarterly Public Farm Review: Q3 2025
What happens when low salmon prices stop being a short-term problem and start reshaping how the entire industry thinks about risk? In this episode, we dig into Q3 financial results from the publicly traded salmon companies, not just to recap the numbers, but to unpack what they’re really…
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Peru’s Anchovy Quota: The Signal Every Feed Buyer Is Watching
How does one small fish in one corner of the Pacific end up shaping the entire global aquaculture feed system? In this week’s episode, we break down the latest developments from Peru’s anchovy fishery, from the unusually low provisional quota, to the rapid EUREKA survey that reshaped the biomass...
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Closed Systems: Why Norway’s Biggest Producers Are Suddenly Investing
What’s driving Norway’s sudden wave of investment in closed fish farming systems? This week we unpack the real story behind the headlines, from Mowi’s new Fiizk orders to Lerøy and SalMar’s push toward enclosed pens. It all traces back to an October 10th regulatory change that quietly created the...
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Scotland’s Salmon Survival Debate: What the Data Actually Shows
What can one number really tell us about an entire industry? This week, we unpack the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2024, a report that’s sparked headlines and controversy with its 61.8% survival figure, the lowest in more than three decades. But beyond the shock value, the data reveals...
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Genomics: How DNA Sequencing Will Transform Fish Health
What if the next major leap in aquaculture doesn’t come from the ocean but from the genome? In this week’s episode, we trace the story of genomic sequencing: from Darwin’s first evolutionary trees to the breakthroughs that now let scientists map entire fish genomes in a single day. You’ll learn…
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Inside U.S. Seafood Policy: Lessons from NFI’s D.C. Leadership Summit
How much does Washington, D.C. actually influence the global seafood industry? After speaking at the National Fisheries Institute’s Leadership Summit, we’re breaking down what happens when seafood meets policy — from tariffs and trade to nutrition and public health. Featuring insights from…
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New Zealand’s $3B Aquaculture Goal
Can New Zealand turn its bold aquaculture growth plan into a $3 billion industry by 2035? In this episode, we dig into the numbers behind the country’s strategy, from premium salmon and mussel exports to the risks of offshore expansion, and look at the political and regulatory roadblocks that…
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AI Pilots 95% Failure Rate: What MIT’s New Report Teaches Aquaculture
What does it really mean when headlines say “95% of AI pilots fail”? In this episode, we unpack MIT’s State of AI in Business 2025 report, looking past the hype to see why so many initiatives stall—and where the real success stories are happening. From the GenAI Divide to lessons on internal vs....
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The Prisoner’s Dilemma of Salmon Farming
What does sea lice management have in common with one of the most famous problems in game theory? In this episode, we look at why rising lice levels in Norway reflect the dynamics of the Prisoner’s Dilemma—where individual short-term choices can create long-term harm for the entire industry.…
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Quarterly Public Farm Review: Q2 2025
What happens when strong biology collides with weak markets? In this episode, we break down the Q2 earnings season in salmon farming, where EBIT margins have tightened, prices continue to slide, and producers are facing tough calls on investment, strategy, and survival. From Mowi’s consistency to...
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How Data Labeling Shapes Aquaculture's AI Models
What fuels the world’s most powerful AI models isn’t just data, it’s how that data is labeled and given context. In this week’s episode, we take listeners inside the often-overlooked world of data labeling, from Meta’s $14B investment in Scale AI to the billion-dollar rise of Surge AI, and…
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CMS: The Silent Killer
How does a disease you can’t see, and often don’t even know is there, cause some of the most expensive losses in salmon farming? In this week’s episode, we examine Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS), a viral heart disease that’s been quietly impacting farms for decades but is now forcing its way into...
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How Coho Salmon Fight Off Sea Lice
Why do some salmon fight off sea lice with ease, while others struggle year after year? In this week’s episode, we discuss a groundbreaking new study from Nofima that explores what Pacific salmon, especially coho, can teach us about natural sea lice resistance. You’ll learn how cutting-edge...
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Aquaculture’s AI Moment: What Comes Next?
What does it actually take to build an AI model that matters, not just for headlines, but for real-world decisions in aquaculture? In this week’s episode, we explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in fish health prediction and dive into Manolin’s work on pancreas disease modeling....
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Aquaculture 2050: The World Bank’s Blueprint
Is aquaculture finally ready for the global stage? This week, we unpack the World Bank’s latest 100+ page aquaculture report—its first in 17 years—and why it's far more than hype. You’ll hear what the data actually says about aquaculture’s rise, where the next wave of growth will happen, and why...
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Infectious Salmon Anemia: A Disease Revisited
What happens when an old virus makes a new appearance? In this episode, we explore the legacy and resurgence of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA)—a disease that has shaped the global salmon industry for decades. With recent outbreaks reported in Northern Norway, we dive into what ISA is, how it...
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Smoltification: The Industry’s Race to Optimize Sea Transfers
When farms push smolt growth, what happens to biology, health, and risk? In this episode, we explore the evolving science and rising business pressures behind smoltification in salmon farming. From light control and brackish water systems to the push for 1 kg smolt, Tony breaks down why getting...
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Quarterly Public Farm Review: Q1 2025
What happens when the biology is strong but the market turns against you? In this week’s episode, we break down the Q1 2025 earnings from publicly traded salmon producers across six countries. While fish health remains solid, companies are facing some of the lowest salmon prices in recent memory,...
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Sea Lice Policy: When Bad Data Leads to Bad Decisions
What happens when we build policy on the wrong measurements? In this episode, we unpack Norway’s proposed lice regulations and why the industry's biggest concern might not be the rules themselves, but the science behind them. From farm-level impact forecasts to a surprising case out of British...
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Norway's Marine Heatwave: What the Experts Are Seeing
What does it mean when sea surface temperatures break records before summer even begins? In this week’s episode, we dive into early-season sea lice data and rising ocean temperatures that are already signaling a challenging year for Norwegian salmon farms. From warnings of heat-driven outbreaks…
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Veramaris: Ian Carr and Yann Le Gal
What happens when two global biotech giants team up to tackle one of aquaculture’s biggest bottlenecks? You get Veramaris - a joint venture between DSM and Evonik that’s producing high-potency omega-3s from algae, not fish. In this episode, Tony sits down with Ian Carr and Yann Le Gal from...
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How We Modeled EPA+DHA Impacts on Salmon Farming with Veramaris
How do you turn millions of noisy farm records into clear, actionable insights that drive real-world change? In this week’s episode, we go behind the scenes of our recent Big Data study with Veramaris, unpacking how Manolin’s advanced techniques—like traced populations and inverse probability...
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Alexandra Talty: Ocean & Climate Journalist
This week we sat down with acclaimed journalist Alexandra Talty, whose investigative reporting spans oceans, farms, and the global dinner plate. From her experiences covering fisheries and aquaculture to food security and climate resilience, Alexandra brings a grounded, global perspective to the...
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Why Norway Is Ending Biomass Licenses
This week we break down Norway’s proposed overhaul of its aquaculture licensing system—a seismic shift that could redefine global standards. From scrapping biomass-based licenses to introducing sea lice emission quotas and a mortality tax, the new framework flips traditional input-based…
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Salmon Price Volatility: What the Data Means for Farms
Why are salmon prices dropping so dramatically—and why now? This week Tony unpacks one of the most unexpected trends so far this year: the early and steep decline in Norwegian salmon prices. With insights pulled from two decades of pricing data, fresh export stats, and market commentary, we…
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What Norway’s Mattilsynet Audits Reveal
What can other fish farms learn from Mattilsynet's ongoing system audits? This week, we break down the existing 2024–2025 Mattilsynet (The Norwegian Food Safety Authority) audits - Norway’s deep dive into fish welfare, risk management, and internal controls across some of the country’s largest...
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Greece: Sea Bass, Sea Bream, and a Decade of Resilience
This week we’re taking a thorough look at Greek aquaculture - how it became the EU’s top producer, what the 2009 debt crisis taught the industry, and why seabass and seabream farming still hold untapped potential. From historical growth and financial restructuring to the wild story of how seabass...
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Quarterly Public Farm Review: Q4 2024
This week we’re back and exploring the latest Q4 financial reports of 2024 from the world’s top publicly traded salmon companies. While the holiday season brought profitability across the board, the real story lies in the strategic shifts companies are making - especially MOWI’s industry-shaking...
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Norway’s New Plan for Automated Sea Lice Counting
Is the future of sea lice management in Norway shifting toward automation? In this episode, we break down Norway’s latest push for mandatory automated sea lice counting, a move that could redefine how farms monitor and manage lice outbreaks. We discuss into key takeaways from the Norwegian Food...
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Dive into aquaculture data intelligence with our host Tony Chen, CEO of Manolin. Our weekly episodes uncover aquaculture data trends across the industry. Learn about updates on salmon disease, mortality, and lice. Get the latest industry news & more. Discover how data and AI shape sustainable fish farming. Your go-to podcast for all things aquaculture. Subscribe now!
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