Running like clockwork

THE world-famous FIAP clockwork feeder has been further developed and now a PRO version is also being produced. Clear advantages incorporated in the new model include a sliding ring bearing, a removable conveyor belt – which can be taken out without dismantling the clockwork mechanism – and a shaft made of seawater-resistant aluminium. Also new…

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GEA offers seafood sector slice of good fortune

Cutting-edge technology from GEA will help the seafood industry meet the challenge of a new tax being imposed by the UK Government, from April 2022, on any plastics which are not at least 30% recycled material. GEA’s innovative FoodTray solution, handled automatically by the GEA PowerPak PLUS thermoformer, can reduce plastic usage by up to…

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Focus on gut health to support welfare and performance

Gut health is critically important for welfare and performance in fish production. Enteric diseases causing loss of gut integrity result in important economic losses in fish production, due to impacts on feed conversion, growth and even survival in severe cases. Enteritis problems are related to factors inducing inflammation and failures in the gut barrier. In…

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Recapture hides for cleaner fish

Cleaner fish such as wrasse and lumpfish can be safely removed from pens using kelp recapture hides from AquaSolutions AS. Made from a variety of materials and customised to suit the conditions at each site, the hides help to protect fish welfare and also make an operation more profitable. The total length of the hides…

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Cleaner fish feed that works

VAF Feed Blocks can save fish farms valuable time and money World Feeds’ VAF Feed Blocks are becoming well established as the go-to solution to sea lice and cleaner fish management. Their complete, balanced feed block diets are tailored to wrasse and lumpfish, with extensive studies recording considerable improvements to general health and welfare while…

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Problems, solved

James Hutton Limited is segueing into sediment analysis for aquaculture Perhaps better known as an analytical laboratory for the oil, gas and manufacturing sectors, Aberdeen based, James Hutton Limited, is putting the chemical analysis skills of its world-leading team to good use for the aquaculture sector. Current work includes the development of a method to…

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Pipe firm joins ‘premier league’

The Norwegian company SIMONA Stadpipe has evolved into one of the country’s leading specialists in innovative piping systems. In recent years, the company has worked on several major fish farms in Norway. “We have always worked with land-based fish farming facilities but, in recent years, have also become part of the journey towards developing land-based…

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EVERY FISH COUNTS – A CLOSE LOOK INSIDE EFFICIENT AQUACULTURE: VISIT THE VEGA LIVE-DEMO

VEGA offers exactly the right level and pressure measurement technology for maintaining efficient processes in aquaculture. It is robust, and whether contactless or media-contacting with flush-mounted housings, it protects fish stocks and ensures optimally interlinked processes. From feed silos and holding tanks to transport vessels and ensilage containers, we will show live and in detail…

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Benchmark Genetics strengthens the fish health team

Øyvind J. Brevik has been hired as Fish Health Manager, Salmon with responsibility for fish health in all the global production units connected with the Benchmark Genetics breeding programmes for Atlantic salmon. Before joining Benchmark and for more than 10 years, Øyvind had the role of Senior Researcher and worked as part of the global R&D fish health…

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