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New commercial products to enhance juvenile quality and improve bottlenecks in larvae production
Pacific Trading Aquaculture, PTAqua, have from the early days been focusing on supplying specialized diets for the marine hatchery industry. With the introduction of fresh liquid chlorella from Japan to Europe in 2004 the demand of the marine hatchery industry to have a constant, stable supply of live and high-quality rotifer feeds was satisfied. Through…
Read MoreFiltered water for lice treatments
FiiZK Aqua’s Nanofiltration (NF) membrane filtration technology removes salts and metals from seawater to provide an effective treatment water for sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus) and amoebic gill disease (AGD). NF is successfully used commercially in Ireland to remove these costly parasites and farmers in Scotland are now investigating its potential. Scientific trials…
Read MoreHatcheries around the world rely on Reed Mariculture’s innovative feeds
Reed Mariculture Inc (RMI) is at the cutting edge of new product development to ensure the success of hatcheries. Founded in 1995, RMI feeds are used by over 500 hatcheries, universities, and marine ornamental operations in 90-plus countries. RMI’s unique Instant Algae® & Instant Zooplankton® are the most convenient and effective feeds for growth, enrichment,…
Read MoreHatching a plan for cleaner fish welfare
Renowned feed innovators World Feeds Ltd have been making significant developments in cleaner fish welfare and the war on sea lice. Their innovative VAF Feed Blocks are now used by six of the seven largest salmon producers in Scotland, as well as major operations across Norway. Designed to be strategically deployed on bespoke feeding stations,…
Read MoreA new approach for HDPE
Ryan Ganfield, chemical engineer at W&J Knox, has been developing a method to adhere antifoulant to HDPE netting and he has seen some success in water trials. Whilst knotless nylon netting readily absorbs water-based paint, HDPE is naturally hydrophobic, so Ryan worked alongside antifoulant manufacturer Steen-Hansen to develop new dipping methodologies. Treated samples of HDPE…
Read MoreMarinove – expertise in oysters
For more than 15 years, Marinove has been raising shellfish from the larvae to T8. Thanks to their experience and know-how, they produce and deliver gigas oyster spats, edulis oyster and manila clam spats all over the world. Their micro-spats are raised in a hatchery to provide them the best health and safe conditions of…
Read MoreFigures reveal Scottish salmon is UK’s biggest fresh food export
New HMRC figures have shown that Scottish salmon is the UK’s biggest fresh food export but the sector is facing continued challenges following Covid and Brexit. International sales of Scottish salmon were valued at £280million in the first half of 2022, with France accounting for more than half of the total. However, this was down…
Read MoreIrish ministers clash over Mowi salmon plan
A political row has broken out in Ireland over plans by Mowi to develop a salmon farm in the west of the country. It has also led to major differences between two of the political parties in the country’s coalition government. Mowi, which already has sizeable salmon farming interests in the Republic, wants to create…
Read MoreTrout farmer reports higher sales and profits
Farmed trout, for so long the Cinderella to salmon, has been gaining in popularity and value. This development is in part borne out by the 2021 results from Firda Seafood, one of Norway’s leading trout producers. The figures show that last year its sales increased by NOK 132 million (£11m) to NOK 1.648 bn (£137m)…
Read MoreThe fight against sea lice
On the Norwegian coast, in the most natural area for Atlantic salmon, the company SkaMik has grown into a key developer and partner. One of the answers to future sustainable food production at sea is Wellfighter. Fresh seawater in the ocean current along the Norwegian coast is the best starting point for Atlantic salmon to…
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