Archive for April 2021
Raising the stakes
Supply partner Gael Force Group reveals how its sector-leading quality assurance programme and specialised SeaQureWeld process is taking fish pen manufacturing to the next level. The forces of nature in exposed farming locations demand a robustly manufactured fish pen system that will take everything the harsh marine environment will throw at it. Fish farmers in…
Read MoreUpdate: Novel spinal deformities in Norway
In response to a complaint regarding an advertorial titled, “Vaccine Breakthrough” that Elanco placed in Fish Farmer Yearbook 2021, we wish to clarify that all the data and conclusions written in that advertorial are founded solely on experience in Norwegian salmon operations. One of the main references used for the advertorial was a review commissioned…
Read MoreExport stats don’t add up, says SSPO
Nearly 5,000 tonnes of salmon went missing in January – missing, that is, from HM Revenue and Customs’ export statistics. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation said that a massive discrepancy in the UK’s figures for salmon exported to the European Union makes it impossible to assess the impact of Brexit on the industry. According to…
Read MoreHybrid workboat shows the way forward
Inverlussa Marine Services has ordered a new hybrid catamaran from shipbuilder Moen Marin. The vessel will be the first hybrid workboat in Scottish aquaculture. The NabCat 1510 is a 15 metre catamaran that uses electric and diesel power. It is equipped with Scania propulsion machinery, Nogva rotatable gear and propeller system and Palfinger 65tm and…
Read MoreSalmon Evolution has ‘roadmap’ to ambitious RAS target
Land-based farmer Salmon Evolution says it has a “clear roadmap” to achieving annual production of more than 70,00 tonnes by 2030. The target is set out in the company’s annual report for 2020. In May last year, Salmon Evolution started the construction of its RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) site at Indre Harøy in Norway, and…
Read MoreEimskip’s transatlantic shipping plan pays off
An “experimental” export route by sea to the United States and Canada for fresh salmon exports has exceeded expectations, according to Icelandic shipping company Eimskip. Exporters in Iceland and the Faroe Islands began a series of trial runs during the second half of last year. Eimskip says they were so successful that they have now become…
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 MoreBenchmark’s new Iceland incubator ‘on track’
Benchmark Genetics says construction of its new incubation centre in Iceland is on track for completion this summer. The new facility, which will have an annual capacity of 300 million Atlantic salmon ova, is being built next to Benchmark’s existing broodstock and incubation centre in Vogarvik, on the southwest coast. The new facility will hold…
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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