Archive for June 2020
Offshore giant arrives on schedule
HAVFARM 1, the giant offshore salmon farming platform, has finally arrived at its new home in Norway after a voyage of almost 15,000 nautical miles. Strapped to the equally large cargo carrier BOKA Vanguard the 33,000 tonne vessel sailed into her new base near the port of Hadsel in northern Norway at 7 am on…
Read MoreBREAKING: Potential USD $130 Million Maryland project for AKVA Group
The AKVA group ASA has today announced that it has signed a non-binding Term Sheet with the Norwegian company AquaCon AS for a potential supply of equipment, engineering and design to a new land based grow-out facility of 15,000 metric ton HOG salmon on Eastern Shore, Maryland, USA. The final contract, if awarded, is expected…
Read MoreHaafell to farm cod in Norway
AN Icelandic company has been given the go-ahead to expand cod farming on a limited scale in the north-west region of the country. The development is interesting because Iceland is better known around the world for its conventional trawler catching of wild cod, arguably its most important fishing activity and seafood export. Few appreciate it…
Read MoreThrough the wind and the rain
Optimising fish performance in severe conditions using nutrition By Gijs Rutjes, Alltech Coppens. Over the last few years, temperature swings and long drought periods were followed by brief periods of heavy rain. When subjected to these rapid changes in farming conditions, fish suffer severe stress. Facing challenging conditions, like low water supply or water temperatures…
Read MoreMeal is the real deal
RedMeal is a whole Haematococcus pluvialis meal rich in Astaxanthin and is a great source of energy, proteins, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins, nucleotides, and minerals. It provides pigmentation plus a wide range of science-backed benefits such as improving egg quality, increasing reproduction and growth rates, enhancing the immune system and overall health due to…
Read MoreFingertip Feeding
Today’s fish farmer appreciates proven quality when selecting a feeding system for their farm. Arvo-Tec has comprehensive solutions for all stages of feeding, with a focus on giving you the necessary level of control that is required, especially if you want to be truly successful with RAS. To improve accessibility each one of our solutions…
Read MoreEMA thumbs up for Clynav vaccine
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the granting of a variation to the terms of the marketing authorization for Clynav, Elanco´s first in class DNA vaccine, expanding the duration of its immunity from 3 months to 12 months after vaccination.[1] Fish vaccinated with Clynav…
Read MoreFISA passes the test
Last year FISA, together with UK representative Boris Net, introduced the product to Loch Duart. FISA’s SUPRA (Premium HDPE) anti predator solution is ideal for the Scottish salmon market as it is an integrated containment and anti-predator allowing customers to contain the fish and protect from predators in one unit. Following the successful test, FISA…
Read MoreBespoke Brailers
W&J Knox has been producing a variety of bespoke heavy-duty brailer nets for use from hatchery to wellboat. Inherent strength comes from the tubular marine grade stainless steel, fabricated in-house. Release mechanisms can be manual with a drawstring or mechanical with the addition of a brailer block. The brailer pictured was produced using HDPE netting…
Read MoreYou’re hired!
Independent aquaculture genetics specialists Xelect have recently announced a number of new customers, and several new hires. Xelect confirmed the appointment of experienced geneticist Dr Paolo Ruggeri as Scientific Officer, and earlier in the year Xelect also recruited Dr Mark Looseley as Senior Geneticist. Xelect’s CEO, Professor Ian Johnston, commented: ‘We’ve been delighted to see…
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