What’s New

World Feeds Ltd has been making huge strides improving cleaner fish health, welfare and efficacy against sea lice. Their unique VAF Feed Blocks have been embraced by 6 of the 7 largest salmon producers in Scotland, with major farms in Norway also on board to reap the multitude of benefits their feeding strategies offer for…

Chronic stress such as high water temperature or high densities tend to overwhelm the immune system and open the door for disease to appear. Over years of experience gained in controlled conditions experiments and farm testing, ADISSEO has developed and optimized health-promoting additives and application strategies to support fish immunocompetency and reduce the severity of…

The aquaculture industry must contribute to the global food challenge of feeding an ever-growing population. To achieve success, it is estimated that global food production will need to double by 2050. For this to happen, significant changes throughout the sector are inevitable. Reducing the environmental impact whilst improving the social aspects are natural steps in…

With its extra-thick steel plating, Damen’s 22-metre Landing Utility Vessel (LUV) 2208 is built to take the rough and tumble of modern, open water fish farming. Its stable, spacious, unobstructed deck is ideal for handling nets and cables, and it has go-anywhere roll-on/roll-off capability via a heavy duty ramp. A wide range of options is…

More fish hatcheries will now have easy access to tailored feeds by SPAROS, through the well-established distribution platform provided by Pacific Trading Aquaculture Ltd (PTAqua). The bespoke feed products will be of great benefit to hatcheries focusing on larval fish stages of species such as seriola, meagre, seabass, seabream and especially ballan wrasse. SPAROS’s products…

Coastal Workboats Scotland Ltd and its sister companies, Coastal Workboats Ltd and Coastal Workboats Support Services Ltd, are growing into a multifaceted group of businesses with the aquaculture sector at the core of the management team’s focus. The current group of companies was founded in 2011 and today has evolved into a leading builder of…

FOR some time, the anti-predator netting Eurostone has been tested in full-scale cage nets at Scottish farm sites, and the results are great. The netting’s special attribute is that it has a stone fibre which the seals can’t bite through. And therefore the salmon are protected from attacks. Other attributes are that it keeps its…

BRIMMOND recognise that current long lead times for new marine cranes from all manufactures are causing major issues for clients. As the exclusive UK and Ireland provider and servicer of Heila marine cranes, Brimmond Group have decided to introduce various size cranes into our stock to reduce lead times. With larger models currently in production,…

BIO-UV Group, a leading water treatment specialist for over 20 years, designs and manufactures UV, ozone, AOP (advanced oxidation process) and salt electrolysis disinfection systems. The Group’s products provide a high standard of disinfection thanks to safe and sustainable technologies that yield clean water in an environmentally friendly manner. The BIO-UV Group product ranges offer easy-to-install and spacesaving solutions to…

FIBRAS Industriales S.A. (FISA) introduces its new netting for aquaculture, the result of constant research and innovation from the Lima-based company. XtraCore+ is the name of this new technology, which promises to take a step forward for the marine industry. XtraCore+ is constructed of a first and second layer of braided HDPE, with a core that is a third inner layer…