Posts by Janice Johnston
Hard workers
Promek’s workboats are built for tough conditions Norwegian company PROMEK AS has been delivering workboats for the fish farming industry in the global market since 2001. The company has been building customised aluminium boats – more than 200, to date – for customers large and small along the Norwegian coast and abroad since 1992. All…
Read MoreWater-Powered Sabertooth Cuts CO2
Trials are getting under way, at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site in Hawaii. for a ground-breaking experiment in renewable energy. The idea is to run Saab Seaeye’s Sabertooth autonomous vehicle, while in seabed residency mode, using wave power. The Sabertooth will patrol pre-programmed areas to collect data, before returning to an underwater docking…
Read MoreTHE supplier of Industrial Ice Machines – BUY or RENT
Flake ice or chip ice? We are often asked which is better within the fresh fish and shellfish industries. From our experience there are many questions that need to be asked, but preference and what ice has been used before often makes the final decision. Ice Systems can offer either flake or chip ice and…
Read MoreA new generation of the profifeed BeltFeeder
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 aluminum. Also new…
Read MoreScottish salmon best in world say top chefs
MORE than 200 top-rated UK chefs have overwhelmingly voted Scottish salmon to be the best in the world! They maintain it leads every other salmon producing countries in both taste and quality. As the country’s restaurants prepared to open up after the long Covid shutdown, a total of 242 chefs were polled by the Chef’s…
Read MoreGrieg hit by another ISA outbreak
GRIEG Seafood has reported a suspected outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) at one of its farms in Norway. If confirmed, it will be at least the third case to affect the company since last September. The location is Grieg’s Stangnes site in the Hammerfest area of Troms and Finnmark where around 800,000 fish are…
Read MoreIntroducing GeneXpertise – for trout breeders
At Xelect, we’ve long believed that the latest technologies should be for the many, not the few. There’s a lingering myth in aquaculture that genetics is expensive, and that only the largest producers can benefit. The reality is that – due to breakthroughs in computing power and sequencing methods – even small companies should now…
Read MoreThe jab that’s just the job
The new generation of vaccination machines are safe, effective and economical. Immunisation of stock is now a standard practice in salmonid aquaculture and has been so for nearly three decades. In some countries it is actually illegal to transfer unvaccinated smolts to sea. The main routes of vaccine delivery are either through immersion or injection,…
Read MoreMore than a MICROCAPSULE
AROTEC-G® offers an effective and sustainable strategy for the control of the ectoparasite Sparicotyle chrysophrii in gilthead seabream farming AROTEC-G® is a microencapsulated functional product composed of a blend of garlic essential oil, carvacrol and thymol with numerous productive, welfare and environmental advantages. These widely recognised compounds are well-known for their antiparasitic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and…
Read MoreHow Foover can help
A new system can help remove mortalities quickly and efficiently Standard livestock farming systems have been developed to be efficient at growing animals, but as in nature there is always a proportion which won’t make it through to harvest. Although this is a subject which many find unpalatable, mortality is a fact of farming and…
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