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FEEDNETICS™ – free webinar
SPAROS is organizing another free webinar on their nutritional tool FEEDNETICS™, this time for the Aquafeed sector, on October 1st, 2020. SPAROS has been presenting a series of webinars to show a diverse audience how their nutritional tools can help users to predict the effects of nutritional and environmental factors on fish growth, feed conversion,…
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Ross-shire Diving Services land major Mowi contract When Brian Watson and Fiona Cameron made the decision to leave successful careers in New Zealand to return to Scotland, it was with the vision of setting up a new life with their young family and return to the area where they grew up. Watson began his diving…
Read MoreThe GOOD Life
OK Marine is an active contributor in the fight against salmon lice. They use cleaner fish as a natural delousing tool and have built a complete concept to create the optimal conditions and welfare for cleaner fish. The concept is called the GOOD concept and provides proper protection, adapted feeding and a safe environment to…
Read MoreStrong as an Oxe
Six Fluggaboats ordered by Grieg Seafood Unst Inshore Services are currently building six Fluggaboats for Grieg Seafood. These boats are being used as fast work boats for their sites in Shetland. Four of these are 8.5 m twin OXE 150 hp forward cabin boats and two are single engine aft consol boats with deck area…
Read MoreRising to the challenge
Unlocking the value of data in aquaculture – with a little help from space Aquaculture is changing. Climate change, rising production costs, stricter regulations and issues of social acceptance have brought about a pressing need for improved practices within the industry. Manually intensive farming methods and traditional practices can no longer guarantee yield at the…
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Nordic Cover produces high quality, durable and ropeless kelp systems for cleanerfish. A special lacquered coating means there is minimal cleaning and therefore associated manual labour on sites. Nordic Cover kelp has been left in from October till April with no growth! Nordic can tailor each kelp system for every site’s needs, ensuring that cleanerfish…
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NLB water jets specifically designed for harsh environments Cleaners of net pens both in-situ and onshore require reliable, effective water jet cleaning systems to remove algae, waste matter and other organic growth that restrict water flow reducing oxygen levels and water quality which affect fish health, growth and harvest yield. NLB’s 225, 325 and 605…
Read MoreBiofouling: A ‘Gluey Constrictor’
Garware’s V2 technology has built-in antifouling properties The famous phrase by Captain Haddock in Tintin’s ‘Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles!’ would be one of the first introductions to biofouling species in our childhood. Any surface submerged in water is susceptible to the growth of aquatic species: both micro and macro, and this effect is known…
Read MoreReduce your environmental footprint with FiiZK
In 2018 FiiZK received support from the governmental body, Innovation Norway, in order to increase their focus on the environmental effects of their production of tarpaulins for aquaculture. Two years later they now use materials which lead to simpler and cleaner recovery and reuse. The previous challenge was that the materials consisted of various polymers…
Read MoreCan fish egg disinfectants still be used despite regulation?
For many years, the fish production industry has used fish egg disinfectants at the hatchery stage, to improve hatchability and profitability via destruction of disease-causing microorganisms on the outer coating of the egg. Many disinfectants are designed to kill extremely tough and resistant bacteria and viruses and are not environmentally safe. The selection of the…
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