Salmon Farming Articles
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Skretting produces sustainable fish food with the help of BESTMIX Recipe Management - Case Study
Skretting, the global aquafeed division of Nutreco, provides innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions and services to the aquaculture industry. This global player has production facilities in 18 countries on five continents. In 2022, the company produced and supplied more than 3 million tons of high-quality feed for more than 60 species of fish and crustaceans. For Skretting, R&D is ...
By BESTMIX
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Hurtigruten: Norway`s Coastal Highways - Coastline Monitoring - Case Study
Hurtigruten is sometimes referred to as the Norwegian Coastal Express. The 11 coastal ships sail almost the entire length of the country, completing the round-trip journey from Bergen to Kirkenes and back again in 12 days, calling 34 ports. The trip along the Norwegian coast has been described as the "World's Most Beautiful Sea ...
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Chitin/Chitosan as an Immunostimulant - Case Study
Chitin is component of several crustacean and insect carapace. It is an energy source for several species which can degrade chitin through special enzymes. Disease control, profilaxis and eradication are based on the use of vaccines and chemiotherapeutical substances. But there are a number of pathologies that have no known cure. There are for example, the case of Piscirichettsiosis in Chilean ...
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Krill as a Taste Attractant - Case Study
Both fish and crustaceans live in an immersed aquatic environment, where their chemioperceptive system receives permanent stimulation by soluble compounds. These substances are usually of low molecular weight, non-volatile and most of them contain nitrogen (amino acids, nucleotides, etc.). These compounds stimulate the chemioperception of the animal (taste and smell), and its behavior (feeding ...
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Project - Fresh, Local Salmon Raised in the Midwest - 122,000 sq. ft. - Albany, Indiana
Our northeast Indiana farm is capable of raising 1,200 metric tons of salmon each year. The first harvest of conventional Atlantic salmon commenced at the end of June 2020 and the first harvest of our genetically engineered salmon is expected in Q4 of ...
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Project - Harvesting Atlantic Salmon in the Maritime Province - 89,570 sq. ft. - Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Located in the eastern portion of Prince Edward Island, our Rollo Bay farm is home to a state-of-the-art R&D hatchery and 250-metric ton/year Recirculating Aquaculture System – with its first harvest expected in early ...
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How to make fish feed pellet
Manufactured feeds is produced by feed pellet machine ,which is an important part of modern commercial aquaculture, providing the balanced nutrition needed by farmed fish. The feeds, in the form of granules or pellets, provide the nutrition in a stable and concentrated form, enabling the fish to feed efficiently and grow to their full potential. The nutritional content of feed pellet can not ...
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Chile Mandates Real-time Environmental Monitoring at Salmon Farms
Ocean-based fish farms in Chile have been ordered by Chilean officials to start monitoring environmental conditions in and around their pens in real time and immediately transmit the data to government environmental agencies. According to the August regulation from the Superintendencia de Medioambiente (SMA), ocean-based aquaculture sites will need to monitor water conditions for dissolved ...
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Project - Skogn, Norway - Case Study
Scandinavian Biogas and Biokraft plan to increase the production capacity of Skogn from the current 125 to 240 GWh. The expansion will be completed before the end of 2021 and will include increased gas production capacity and increased functionality in the ...
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How Profitable Is The Fish Farming Business
Fish farming usually involves raising a variety of aquatic animals, such as fish, mollusks, shrimp, etc., in any enclosure such as a tank or pond. Today, the demand for fish and fish products is growing because of the health benefits of their overall demand for meat and meat products. For one thing, fish is a very healthy source of protein and fat. Noted: Fish feed extruder is the dispensable ...
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How to Calculate the Correct Amount of Hides for Cleaning Fish
Introduction One of the most important specifications for a cleaning fish hide is how many cleaning fish that can effectively use it. This article shows NorseAqua’s recommendations based on a specific amount and type of cleaning fish. We give examples from normal salmon pens and show recommended products are common tailored solutions. From Meters to Surface Area and Cradlemeters Earlier ...
By NorseAqua AS
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The Blob Returns
In the autumn of 2013, Nicholas Bond, who was then the State Climatologist for the state of Washington, first detected a large (500 miles wide x 300 feet deep), circular body of sea water which had not cooled as expected and was 2 to 3 degrees warmer than the rest of the surrounding Pacific Ocean. By mid-2014, this unnaturally warm patch of ocean had grown to 100 miles long x 1000 miles wide x ...
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How do I start a home based fishing farm business?
Why Start a Fish Farming Business? Fish is a delicious and nutritious source of protein, rich in nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, which improve our heart health and lower blood cholesterol. Farmed fish play an important role in meeting global protein needs. The rise of fish in the home today opens up many lucrative opportunities. Home-raised fish can easily be sold nearby or around ...
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Innovation the key behind success at Fusion Marine
It has been another busy year for Fusion Marine with the international fish farming sector ordering fish containment pens and a wide range of other specialist aquaculture systems from their diverse range. It has been an important year in other ways too with Fusion Marine moving its administration office from Barcaldine to new modern facilities at Malin House at the European Science Park in ...
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Triton and Oceanflex offer flexibility to future proof farm infrastructure
One of the advantages of our Triton and Oceanflex salmon pens is their ability to be extended so as to cater for future expansions in production. This involves cutting the existing polyethylene (PE) pen, adding in a new section, and then re-welding to a new and larger size, minimising capital outlay and future proofing the initial infrastructure investment. We use the most advanced, traceable ...
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Sea lice control using LG Sonic ultrasound technology
In May 2017, a Consortium, coordinated by LG Sonic, started the LiceSonic research project in order to develop a smart and environmentally friendly method to control sea lice in open finfish production. The research project has now advanced to finalizing integration between the monitoring software and hardware. In May 2017, a Consortium, coordinated by LG Sonic, started the LiceSonic research ...
By LG Sonic
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Transgenic fish are ready for us. Are we ready for them?
After decades of regulatory and legal challenges, AquaBounty aims to bring genetically engineered salmon to U.S. and Canadian markets next year. On a hill above the cold waters around Prince Edward Island, technicians painstakingly create fertilized Atlantic salmon eggs that include growth-enhancing DNA from two other fish species. The eggs will be shipped to ponds in the high rainforest of ...
By Ensia
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Salmon lice and how to contain them
Over the past few years, the problem of parasitic lice spreading on farmed salmon has been increasing at an alarming rate. We are now seeing situations like last year where lice killed thousands of tonnes of farmed fish, caused skin lesions and secondary infections in millions more, and cost the Scottish industry alone around £300m in trying to control them. Here at Inciner8 we have been ...
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U.S. Farm-Raised Finfish and Shellfish
Seafood has long been recognized as an important component of a healthy diet. Seafood contains high quality, complete protein and an important array of nutrients, while it is low in calories, cholesterol, and saturated fats. The health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids found primarily in fish have been clearly documented. U.S. farm-raised seafood is an important center of the plate choice that can ...
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Salmon aquaculture could incorporate seaweed and sea urchins to reduce nitrogen enrichment
Farming fish together with seaweed and other species could help improve the sustainability of aquaculture and reduce pollution. A new study provides a tool for designing sustainable fish farming systems and calculates their potential to recycle waste. An example of a salmon farming system incorporating seaweed and sea urchins could reduce nitrogen releases to the environment by 45%. Over half of ...
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