Archive for October 2021
Catamaran gets new lease of life
It has been a busy few months for the team at Ross-shire Diving Services Ltd. While the divers have been kept busy servicing the fish farms, the office staff have been working hard behind the scenes for the second stage audit for ISO 9001:2015, 45001:2018 and 14001:2015. The following months are looking to be just…
Read MoreWater management – Is the key issue for sustainable and profitable fish farming in closed tanks
Searas offers products and systems that bring a new dimension to water management in fish farming Searas Reactor – optiRAS – is a stand-alone RAS module where water treatment is performed in and above the circular tank. With a flow/volume of 3x/hour through Aquaducts, they skim out small particles and maintain low CO2 and H2S…
Read MoreCommon purpose
Anglers and farmers are united in a desire to help wild salmon survive, writes Hamish Macdonell It was the angler who first introduced me to the Tweed who came up with it. We were fishing Middle Pavilion, the broad, unhurried beat that sweeps down from Galashiels to Melrose and where, under his guidance, I was…
Read MoreSalmon artwork takes centre stage at COP26
An artwork highlighting the plight of wild salmon and celebrating projects to restore their numbers will be on display at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow next month. Salmon School, an installation featuring more the 300 “salmon-like forms” made of hand-blown glass, is the creation of artist Joseph Rossano. The initiative has been supported…
Read MoreEx-farmer is Norway’s new Fisheries Minister
A 55-year-old former dairy farmer has been named as Norway’s new Fisheries and Seafood Minister. Bjørnar Skjæran, now a full-time Labour politician, replaces the Conservative Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen who has held the post for almost two years. Ingebrigtsen has impressed during his relatively short tenure, although he was not afraid to take controversial decisions such as extending the…
Read MoreThe world’s most powerful automatic sewing machine
The world’s most powerful CNC-controlled sewing machine, AMASPLEIS AM902-H/L can sew extremely strong materials with thick sewing thread (up to 5/3). The machine is specially designed for sewing ropes up to 26mm, but can also be supplied with special tools for other types of materials such as web, loading straps etc. The machine can be…
Read MoreMeet your underwater helper
Remora is a Norwegian-developed autonomous robot that has been designed to help fish farms clean their nets in an efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable manner. Remora manages to do this effectively by using only two brushes. The robot also acts as a source of information for farmers – its integrated cameras allow for analysis of growth…
Read MoreMicro-bubbles ‘could boost productivity’
Teesside University is looking for commercial partners to help demonstrate the potential of a groundbreaking micro-bubble aeration technology. The process was developed jointly at Teesside University and the University of Malaya by Dr Faik Hamad, Associate Professor in Engineering and Dr Poo Balan Ganesan, Associate Professor in Engineering. The technology uses a generator to produce…
Read MoreResearch gives new meaning to ‘fish-net’ stockings
Waste material from fish processing could be used to create one of the key components in the production of textiles. A team of Scottish researchers is exploring a new bio-based process that uses enzymes to create adipic acid, a precursor to nylon. Plastic experts from Impact Solutions; biotechnology researchers from the University of Edinburgh led…
Read MoreLerøy and SalMar report large Q3 harvest increases
Two of the biggest names in Norwegian salmon farming are reporting large increases in their third quarter harvest figures. SalMar and Lerøy Seafood are co-owners of Scottish Sea Farms, but because the Scottish company is classed as an “associate business”, output details will not be released until the full third quarter reports are published next month.…
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