Posts Tagged ‘RAS’
First Barcaldine smolts transferred to sea
THE first smolts from Scottish Sea Farms’ new £55 million Barcaldine hatchery have been safely transferred to sea pens, the company said today. The smolts, which arrived at Barcaldine as eggs in January, were hatched and reared using a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). They had an average weight of 160g – more than double that…
Read MoreNew Year launch for salmon RAS pilot
A PILOT land based farm in Norway will lay the grounds for the RAS production of more than 30,000 tonnes of salmon, said the pioneers behind the project. Havlandet, in Norway’s westernmost city of Florø, is starting construction work on the site in January, after more than 17 years of experience with land based farming…
Read MoreSkretting wins Atlantic Sapphire feed contract
SKRETTING has won the contract to supply the world’s biggest land based salmon farmer, Atlantic Sapphire, with the majority of its feed supply. The contract, beginning this month, covers most of Atlantic Sapphire’s feed requirements at its facilities in Denmark and in the US, Skretting announced today. Johan Andreassen, CEO of Atlantic Sapphire, said: ‘Skretting…
Read MoreDutch firm plans $100m RAS site in US
THE Dutch aquaculture company KingFish Zeeland has become the latest seafood business to build a large land based facility in the US state of Maine. It has chosen the traditional fishing town of Jonesport for the $100 million plus project. But it will not be breeding salmon. Kingfish Zeeland specialises in the production of yellowtail,…
Read MoreGetting RAS right – Warden Biomedia
Filter media optimises treatment for Norwegian fish farm AN onshore fish farm in Norway has introduced a new type of filter media to reduce the size of the MBBR (moving bed biofilm reactor) systems required in its water treatment process. Norwegian water treatment company Sterner focuses on recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) for fish farming. Over…
Read MoreBioMar boosts ‘natural’ diet with insect meal
A FRENCH trout producer has teamed up with feed giant BioMar to bring fish fed with insects to the market. Rainbow trout farmer Aquadis Naturellement said the feed, called Salvea, has resulted in a fish in/fish out (FIFO) ratio as low as 0.3, making it very sustainable. BioMar announced this week that the first feed…
Read MorePrawn farmer ‘back on track’ after virus blow
BRITAIN’S first warm water king prawn farmer has recovered from a setback which saw the majority of its stocks wiped out. Great British Prawns, which in June announced its plan to rear Pacific whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannemei) from a land based farm in the village of Balfron in Stirlingshire, had hoped to harvest its initial…
Read MoreScottish Sea Farms ‘satisfactory’ in Q1
LERØY Seafood yesterday reported a ‘satisfactory result’ from its Scottish Sea Farms operations, which is shares with fellow Norwegian salmon giants SalMar, during the first quarter of this year. But as with the rest of the group, UK revenues were down during the quarter due to lower harvests. They emerged at NOK 405 million compared…
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