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Forty years of end-to-end service
Supporting Scotland’s aquaculture industry since 1981, Streamline Shipping Group celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The group serves Scotland and its island communities and operates shipping services internationally. Now one of Scotland’s leading independent freight transport operators, with over 200 staff and strategically located depots and storage/quayside facilities, Streamline’s service offering includes: international freight forwarding…
Read MoreBenchmark under one roof in Bergen
On 12 April, Benchmark brought its two business areas together in a new office in Bergen, Norway, housing the global head office of Benchmark Genetics and central functions for Benchmark Genetics Norway and Benchmark Animal Health Norway. Jan-Emil Johannessen, Head of Benchmark Genetics, said: “I believe we will be able to find synergies on both…
Read MoreHard workers
Promek’s workboats are built for tough conditions Norwegian company PROMEK AS has been delivering workboats for the fish farming industry in the global market since 2001. The company has been building customised aluminium boats – more than 200, to date – for customers large and small along the Norwegian coast and abroad since 1992. All…
Read MoreWater-Powered Sabertooth Cuts CO2
Trials are getting under way, at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site in Hawaii. for a ground-breaking experiment in renewable energy. The idea is to run Saab Seaeye’s Sabertooth autonomous vehicle, while in seabed residency mode, using wave power. The Sabertooth will patrol pre-programmed areas to collect data, before returning to an underwater docking…
Read MoreTHE supplier of Industrial Ice Machines – BUY or RENT
Flake ice or chip ice? We are often asked which is better within the fresh fish and shellfish industries. From our experience there are many questions that need to be asked, but preference and what ice has been used before often makes the final decision. Ice Systems can offer either flake or chip ice and…
Read MoreA new generation of the profifeed BeltFeeder
The world-famous FIAP clockwork feeder has been further developed and now a PRO version is also being produced. Clear advantages incorporated in the new model include a sliding ring bearing, a removable conveyor belt – which can be taken out without dismantling the clockwork mechanism – and a shaft made of seawater-resistant aluminum. Also new…
Read MoreA closer look at the solutions Evoqua supplies for the Aquaculture industry
What is the history of aquaculture and when did its surge in popularity begin? Aquaculture has recently gained a lot of attention with the huge growth in global demand for fish. Mindful consumerism and healthier eating are driving a lot of that growth. But fish farming is not new. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)…
Read MoreIntroducing GeneXpertise – for trout breeders
At Xelect, we’ve long believed that the latest technologies should be for the many, not the few. There’s a lingering myth in aquaculture that genetics is expensive, and that only the largest producers can benefit. The reality is that – due to breakthroughs in computing power and sequencing methods – even small companies should now…
Read MoreRaising 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…
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