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Intelligent approach to NZ aquaculture
AN artificial intelligence company in New Zealand is helping scientists in the region count and identify different algae. The Nelson Artificial Intelligence Institute is working with the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, using computer vision and deep learning. The technology is similar to that employed in recognising an individual face in a range of images, according…
Read MoreAce pair put Prince in the picture at Palace
PRINCE Charles learnt about welfare improvements on fish farms when Dundee based business Ace Aquatec paid a visit to Buckingham Palace yesterday. The aquaculture technology company won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation, its second in two years, for developing a humane electric stunner. Ace’s head of sales and marketing, Mike Forbes, went to…
Read MoreSalmon fed algal oil on sale in French shops
SALMON fed with marine algal oil is now on sale in more than 100 stores in north-east France. The fish, farmed by Norwegian company Lingalaks, have been on a diet developed by Skretting and containing omega-3 EPA and DHA algal oil as an alternative to fish oil from wild caught fish. The oil is made…
Read MoreHopes of algae retreat suffer setback
HOPES that that the algae outbreak which has caused devastation at two fish farming regions in northern Norway was on the retreat suffered a setback yesterday. Earlier this week, Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries was reporting that the crisis in Nordland and Troms appeared to have peaked and that the algae was on the wane. But…
Read MoreLay-offs ‘inevitable’ in algae crisis
SEAFOOD Norway, the body which represents the country’s fishing and aquaculture industry, has warned there are likely to be serious economic consequences from the large algae outbreak which has devastated salmon farms in the Nordland and Troms regions. Around 13,000 tonnes, or eight million fish, worth more than two billion kroner have been lost in…
Read MoreFish farming ‘not to blame for algae outbreak\’
NORWAY’S leading marine scientists have poured cold water on claims that fish farming may be to blame for the devastating algae outbreak, which has destroyed almost eight million salmon in the north of the country during the past ten days. The industry has been angered by suggestions from some environmental and green groups that the…
Read MoreFish farming ‘not to blame for algae outbreak\’
NORWAY’S leading marine scientists have poured cold water on claims that fish farming may be to blame for the devastating algae outbreak, which has destroyed almost eight million salmon in the north of the country during the past ten days. The industry has been angered by suggestions from some environmental and green groups that the…
Read MoreMillions of salmon moved in rescue bid
MILLIONS of salmon were moved in a dramatic operation over the weekend to stop them from being suffocated by the algae outbreak now sweeping through fjords along parts of the north Norwegian coast. Already more than 13,000 tonnes, or 7.5 million salmon, have died in the Nordland and Troms region as a result of the…
Read More‘Future of egg production\’ now open in Norway
A NEW salmon egg production unit capable producing at least 150 million eggs a year was opened this week in Sørfold, Norway. The plant, described by owner Benchmark as ‘the world’s best facility of its kind’, will focus on quality, said the company’s CEO, Malcolm Pye. Addressing 250 guests at the opening of the site,…
Read More‘Future of egg production\’ now open in Norway
A NEW salmon egg production unit capable producing at least 150 million eggs a year was opened this week in Sørfold, Norway. The plant, described by owner Benchmark as ‘the world’s best facility of its kind’, will focus on quality, said the company’s CEO, Malcolm Pye. Addressing 250 guests at the opening of the site,…
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