Archive for November 2020
Xelect and Petuna’s cutting edge breeding program to ‘climate proof’ fish
Genetics experts Xelect and Tasmanian fish farming business Petuna are collaborating to breed temperature-tolerant salmon, improving performance as water temperatures increase. The Xelect team worked alongside Petuna to develop a sophisticated genetic toolkit that routinely assesses warmer water resilience, and creates cumulative performance gains every generation. Xelect’s senior breeding programme manager Dr. Marie Smedley commented…
Read MoreAKVA seals deal for Chinese land-based farm
Aquaculture technology group AKVA has signed a deal to work on Nordic Aqua Partner’s new land-based salmon firm in Ningbo, China. The project will be undertaken by AKVA’s land-based farming subsidiary Land Based Norway AS, and AKVA has committed to a stake of €3.1m in the venture. The Chinese operation, Nordic Aqua Ningbo, will use…
Read MoreNew MD for Biomar\’s Turkish joint venture
Yasemin İşsever has been named as the new managing director of BioMar-Sagun, the Turkish joint venture of Danish feed company BioMar. The appointment follows the departure of Bora Aydemir. Bio-Mar Sagun has been in operation since 2016, supplying locally produced high performance diets, including grower feeds for trout, sea bass and sea bream. İşsever starts…
Read MoreNew MD for Biomar\’s Turkish joint venture
Yasemin İşsever has been named as the new managing director of BioMar-Sagun, the Turkish joint venture of Danish feed company BioMar. The appointment follows the departure of Bora Aydemir. Bio-Mar Sagun has been in operation since 2016, supplying locally produced high performance diets, including grower feeds for trout, sea bass and sea bream. İşsever starts…
Read MoreWiltshire trout farm invests in sustainable technology
Wiltshire-based trout rearing specialist Trafalgar Fisheries is doubling production following a £1.5 million investment in sustainable technology. Trafalgar is located at Barford Fish Farm within the Longford Estate, Salisbury. The business is the biggest producer of rainbow trout for both Waitrose and Abel & Cole. It has also supplied food wholesalers for more than 40…
Read MoreThe right tools to manage fish eggs
Managing fish eggs is a delicate process and requires the right tools. The FIAP profibreed Fish Eggs Count Plate allows for quick counting of eggs and is easy to use. The FIAP profibreed Egg Tweezers, meanwhile, are ideally suitable for sorting out dead fish eggs. You can trust profibreed for premium quality, reliable and durable…
Read MoreIndustry calls for ‘more efficient regulation’
Regulation of salmon farming in Scotland needs a new approach and less duplication, MSPs were told yesterday. The Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee was meeting regulators and industry representatives to assess progress in the two years since a major report on fish farming by the Scottish Parliament came out in 2018. Tavish Scott,…
Read MoreAKVA signs deal to build land-based farm in Sweden
Aquaculture technology business AKVA has signed a deal to design a land-based salmon farm in Sweden. The facility will be owned and run by Premium Svensk Lax (PSL), a Swedish company that has developed a zero-emissions approach to land-based fish farming. In September, PSL gained approval from Swedish regulators for a farm with annual production…
Read MoreDeep Trekker launches multi language controllers
Canadian robotics company Deep Trekker has launched new firmware allowing users to choose the language they want for their controller. Users will be able to opt for English, Spanish or Norwegian for Deep Trekker’s DTG3 and REVOLUTION inspection vehicles. Making use of Deep Trekker’s innovative BRIDGE technology, the update builds upon the existing advanced algorithms…
Read MoreMowi unveils plans for closed tanks in Scotland
Mowi is looking at four potential sites in Scotland for closed tanks to grow post-smolts, following the final harvest from its farm at Loch Ewe. The Neptune tank technology was developed by Aquafarm Equipment and has already been trialled successfully in Norway. The solid tank enables fish farmers to better control water inputs and outputs,…
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