First smolt release from RAS facility

Salmon Evolution has just announced its first smolt release from its land-based salmon facility at Indre Harøy, the construction of which began two years ago. The company aims for the facility to have a capacity of 36,000 tonnes as of 2028, when it has completed its third phase.

"Since we started construction back in May 2020, this is the moment that we all have been waiting for. I am extremely proud of our organisation and the fact that we have been able to adhere to our ambitious timeline, even with the challenges faced us during the pandemic," says Håkon André Berg, CEO of Salmon Evolution.

Approximately 100,000 smolt was released from the facility with an average weight of 300 grams. The smolt came from Kraft Laks, Salmon Evolution's in-house smolt facility which was acquired in August 2021 with a great track record of providing good quality smolt to Norwegian salmon farmers.

Image credit: Salmon Evolution

Smolt transportation from Kraft Laks to Indre Harøy took place with a live fish carrier, then pumping the fish into the first fish tank. During the process the fish health and wellbeing were monitored, with no negative health indicators showing up.

This marks a major milestone in the testing and commissioning phase of Salmon Evolution's project, which began in December of last year. In the coming months the company will be increasing production at the facility and plan to release the next smolt in May of this year. Steady smolt release volumes are anticipated to happen from the last quarter of 2022.

"This is just the beginning. As we now move forward, our number one priority is the biology in our farm. Good biology will improve fish quality and translate into strong growth, which finally will be reflected in the financial performance. With our organization now totalling more than 40 highly skilled employees, I am more confident than ever in our mission – extending the ocean potential," concludes Berg.

For more information on Salmon Evolution visit their website, HERE.

Strategic collaboration to supporting growing popularity of RAS

Recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology supplier Clewer Aquaculture Oy is entering into a global strategic collaboration agreement with Iris Energy LLC's Aquatech Division as of this month. The aim of the collaboration is to focus on the growing business of building land-based fish farms globally using RAS technology, to ensure sustainable sourcing of fish.

Iris Energy's Aquatech Division is involved with setting up production facilities of fresh and saltwater fish species, utilising recirculation systems while its mother company, Iris Energy LLC, is a design and product development company focused on utilising advanced electronics, artificial intelligence, robotics and machine vision.

Riitta Myyra, Managing Director of Clewer Aquaculture says of the collaboration, "We will be happy and honoured to combine our biological water treatment systems and over 40 years of experience in aquaculture to modern high-tech solutions developed by Iris Energy. This will tick all the boxes expected by societies in future around the world – environmentally friendly and sustainable food production with small to negligible carbon footprints, without hormones, and maximum water reuse."

Image credit: Stephane Mignon on Flickr

Being that global demand for animal protein continues to grow, the issue of sustainably producing fish is one that needs to be addressed and is one that is currently being tackled by Iris Aquatech Division as it is in talks with interested parties about setting up RAS facilities in Europe, Africa and Asia. Of the projects, Iris Energy explains that "some will be self-financed and others will have local financial partners participating."

Deepak Chandran, President of Iris, says, "This collaboration will facilitate Iris Energy integrating its high technology capabilities in speciality sensors, agtech, traceability, and IoT 5.0 solutions with the RAS technologies of Clewer Aquaculture, to create state of the art and future proof fish farms, to produce high quality best in class fish protein for consumers."

For more information on Clewer Aquaculture OY visit their website, HERE.

For more information on Iris Energy LLC visit their website, HERE.

Hydroniq Coolers chosen to supply cooling equipment for trawler

Westcon Ølen has ordered seawater coolers from Hydroniq Coolers for a newbuild trawler they are constructing for Norwegian seafood company Bluewild.

The vessel will be built with Ulstein Design & Solutions' well known X-Bow design, whilst Hydroniq will be responsible for supplying three of their Pleat seawater coolers to the vessel. Two of these coolers will be utilised for cooling of the main engine room, while the third will be cooling other auxiliary systems.

Pleat coolers differ from standard plate heat exchangers, as they consist of sex elements per cooler, with one cooling element being equivalent to 15 plates in a conventional heat exchanger. The crew can easily open and clean the elements, reducing maintenance cost and time.

"There is limited space on board most fishing vessels. Our Pleat has been designed with this in mind. Low energy consumption, long service intervals and easy to maintain," says Magnar Kvalheim, sales manager at Hydroniq Coolers.

Image credit: Bluewild

The vessel is capable of accommodating a crew of 30, with a delivery date planned in 2023. It will be built as a freezer trawler with a live fish factor and on-board fillet and boiled shrimp processing and will be running on diesel-electric hybrid power and a large battery pack. Surplus energy from the winches will be stored in the battery pack whilst excess heat generated from the engines will be recovered and used where necessary on board.

The vessel is due to be delivered to Bluewild, a Norwegian seafood company also based in Ålesund.

"It is fantastic that an Ålesund-based shipowner orders seawater coolers from another Ålesund-based company. That being said, the energy efficiency and maintenance-friendliness of our Pleat system is much more important to Bluewild than our location," Magnar Kvalheim adds.

 The equipment will be manufactured and assembled by Hydroniq at company headquarters in Ålesund and deliver it to Westcon this year.

For more information on Hydroniq Coolers visit their website, HERE.

Research trials demonstrate low doses of UV are effective and keep cost down

Recent research conducted by Nofima partaking in the CrtlAQUA project, have shown that there are several benefits from adapting the ultraviolet light (UV) dose to the pathogen being dealt with. 

By disinfecting water with UV, the lamps involved in this process emit light of a certain wavelength, and of low or medium pressure. The light waves are capable of interfering with the DNA found in harmful microorganisms. The harder a pathogen is to kill, the higher the UV dose is required.

Utilising UV light is costly and requires further examination of applying high doses on harmful pathogens.

Master students Kari Justad from the Arctic University of Norway and Miguel Guerreiro from the University of Algarve, Portugal, conducted research at Nofima's Tromso laboratories. In collaboration with Nofima technicians and researchers they used two UV Collimated Beam Apparatus to investigate six different pathogens.

Two different UVC technologies of distinct wavelength lengths were used: low pressure and medium pressure, and seawater for the trials was collected at varying depths at two different sites. One was near to a salmon farm, while the other wasn't nearby to fish farmers.

Results showed that in all trials, 99 percent of pathogens were eliminated by using a lower dose and therefore low cost than required.

"The IPNV is the only one of the five virus and bacteria we have tested that required a very high dose, luckily there is a vaccine against it. All the other pathogens were eliminated using UV doses typically below 10 mj/cm2," says Nofima scientist Vasco Mota.

"These results may indicate that there is a need to assess the UV doses that are required to disinfect the intake water of aquaculture facilities, which could potentially reduce energy costs regarding UV disinfection," explains Mota. "The exception in our trials was the IPN virus which required a high UV dose, but the existence of a vaccine for this virus reduces the need to eliminate it. All the other pathogens were eliminated using much lower doses."

Water disinfection utilising UV technology has applications in land-based farms, including both flow-through systems and RAS, as well as semi-closed containment facilities at sea.

"Facilities at sea pose a challenge because of the enormous volumes of water that are used," says Mota. "It is not possible to use low pressure UV when working with these amounts of water."

With medium pressure UV being best placed to scale up as aquaculture facilities increase in size, Mota explains the benefits of it:

"Medium pressure UV also attacks the proteins and enzymes, the machinery that the harmful microorganisms use to repair cell damage. As a result, UV disinfection efficiency is further strengthened."

New trials will be carried out at four commercial fish farms this year. UV disinfection will be tested using clear seawater, which happens during summer and winter, and more murky sweater, which occurs as a consequence of algae growth during spring and autumn.

"We will not be adding pathogens in these trials. Instead, we will treat what is naturally found in the water," Mota concludes.

For more information on Nofima visit their website, HERE.

For more information on the CtrlAQUA project visit their website, HERE.

Next round of funding secured for France's first land-based shrimp farm

 

The first land-based shrimp farm in France is due to be built, as Lisaqua secures EU€4.9 million in total, with €2.6 million coming from new investors including Le Gouessant Agricultural Cooperative, Litto Invest and private investors; while €2.3 million was invested from Bpifrance, and the Credit Maritime and CIC Quest banks.

"We are delighted to welcome new investors in this round of financing, which will accelerate Lisaqua's development and validate its model for setting up land-based shrimp farms close to major cities," says Hervé Bachelot Lallier, Associate Investment Director at Go Capital, manager of Litto Invest. "This funding fuels Lisaqua's ambition to quickly become the leading player in the production of fresh, local and sustainable shrimp, with its own replicable production system."

Lisaqua is a relatively new company, having been founded in 2018, that has developed 'permaquaculture': a patented co-culture technology which combines shrimp, micro-organisms and marine invertebrates in recirculating aquaculture farms. In doing so, shrimp can be farmed without the use of antibiotics, it preserves mangroves and saves a total of 99 percent of water compared with traditional methods of shrimp farming.

Having secured this new round of funding, Lisaqua is able to finalise construction of what marks the first shrimp farm in France, following on from three years of R&D. The facility will be 2000 sqm, based near Nantes and aims to produce 10 tonnes of shrimp per annum starting from spring 2022. France currently imports 80,000 tonnes of frozen shrimp. With Lisaqua's aim to produce 10,000 tonnes of shrimp by 2030, consumers will be enjoying more locally-sourced food, reducing the emissions produced from transporting seafood.

The company has been involved in marketing the first of fresh, local and environmentally friendly shrimp in France with their 'triple zero' guarantee: zero antibiotics, zero kilometres travelled and zero polluting discharge.

"This funding will allow us to recruit 10 people and to structure strategic partnerships to prepare our scale-up. We plan to set up a network of farms near the main French cities from 2024 in order to make our ultra-fresh shrimp available to as many people as possible," concludes Gabriel Boneu, Lisaqua CEO and co-founder.

Installation of monitoring system underway

Innovasea has begun installing a real-time environmental monitoring system at Grieg Seafood's Red Island farm in Newfoundland, Canada, it announced in a press release dated March 10. Innovasea's monitoring systems comprise of underwater sensors, surface monitoring tools and physical sensors, all to provide fish farmers with the tools to make "informed decisions," it explained on its website.

The system in question will provide baseline data on dissolved oxygen, salinity, chlorophyll, algae and turbidity levels, alongside information on weather and currents prior to Grieg Seafood's 10 pens being stocked with Atlantic Salmon.

It will also include wireless aquaMeasure sensors and an aquaHub, which receives all the information gathered from the sensors and is capable of supporting up to 100 aquaMeasure sensors over a 500m radius.

"Our technology delivers real-time data to farm operators 24/7 no matter where they are so they can make objective, analytical decisions well in advance or at a moment's notice," says Tim Stone, Innovasea's vice president of product development. "A lot of aquaculture sites are in rugged, far-off locations, but Innovasea's solutions ensure the data is always available when you need it."

The installation belongs to a US$27 million initiative with Canada's Ocean Supercluster as it strives to improve data-driven decision making in aquaculture. Grieg Seafood is leading the 'Integrated Operations and Real-Time Analytics Project' to provide technology that will facilitate control over operations from egg to harvest. It is also assisting Grieg with delivering on its promise to make salmon farming sustainable in Placentia Bay.

"Real-time data is a necessity for today's aquaculture operators because it helps them protect fish stocks, optimize production and operate in a safe, sustainable manner," says Tim Stone. "We're excited to provide Grieg with the best environmental monitoring tools in the industry so it can successfully open up this new area to salmon farming over the next decade."

Grieg will be transferring 3 million salmon smolts from its hatchery in Marystown, Newfoundland to the pens in Placentia Bay later this year. The fish will be harvested at the start of 2023 as the producer aims to harvest 15,000 tonnes of salmon by 2025.

"We are thrilled to see the work of the Integrated Operations and Real-Time Analytics Project team continue to advance, and celebrate this important milestone along with them," says Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada's Ocean Supercluster. "The collaborative efforts of the Ocean Supercluster and the project partners will deliver a transformative global operations capability in aquaculture and provide important environmental, safety and economic benefits."

For more information on Innovasea visit their website, HERE.

For more information on Grieg Seafood BC visit their website, HERE.

Techano chosen to equip Offshore Farm 1 project

Techano, supplier of advanced load handling equipment for the aquaculture industry, has been chosen by SalMar to equip their ongoing project, the Offshore Farm 1 (OF1). Described by SalMar as the world's "first offshore fish farm," it strives to produce more fish to meet growing global demand, while ensuring sustainability.

Establishing its position as a supplier of handling equipment for fish farms operating in exposed and offshore conditions, Techano's involvement in the project comes just before a major upgrade is due, to be carried out at Aker Verdal, Norway, this year.

"Techano confirms its world-leading position as a supplier of advanced load handling equipment in offshore aquaculture," says Øystein Bondevik, Sales and Business Development Director at Techano, calling it a "growing and important market for the future."

Techano will be providing two sets of fish transfer systems, the FTS500, which is designed to guarantee safe and efficient transfer of live fish between installations and live fish carrier. It also ensures a high standard of fish welfare, while designed to operate in harsh environmental conditions.

The FTS500 system incorporates safety measures including break away couplings and valve escape prevention valves. In either system, it has two sets of pipes and hoses with individual valves, made of high grade materials. The valves also have failsafe operation, in cases where there is a loss of power or an emergency disconnect.

Other named companies involved in the project include Graintec, to supply systems for the distribution of fish feed, FugroOceanor for environmental data and wave calculators, and Morenot Aquaculture, for hull outfitting, among others.

For more information on Techano visit their website, HERE.

For more information on SalMar visit their website, HERE.

Image credit: Techano

New study aims to produce lice-resistant salmon

Scientists aim to identify genes that could make Atlantic salmon resistant to sea lice, parasites that severely affect fish health and welfare, and cost the global aquaculture sector around £800m per year.

Image credit: Landcatch Natural Selection Ltd

Researchers aim to pinpoint key genes and associated biological processes underlying genetic resistance to these parasites.

This will include studying the response to lice attachment exhibited by coho salmon, a species of salmon which is fully resistant to sea lice, and then applying knowledge gained concerning mechanisms of resistance to Atlantic salmon, which is susceptible.

The project is led by researchers from the Roslin Institute and the University of Stirling's Institute of Aquaculture, and will receive a total of £1.7 million from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC). It is an industrial partnership award with aquaculture breeding company Benchmark Genetics.

Shortlisting genes
Researchers will use data previously collected from 12,000 infected fish to identify regions of the salmon genome associated with resistance to sea lice.

They will also compare Atlantic salmon with coho salmon to investigate the key mechanisms, genes and proteins involved in their different responses to lice.

Gene editing will be used to validate and shortlist genes and processes that could be linked to resistance, through tests examining the effects of silencing genes of interest.

Initial research will be conducted in fish cells, to identify the genes that are most likely to be involved in resisting infection by lice. These genes will then be targeted to produce gene-edited salmon embryos.

Gene editing, which enables targeted, precise changes to the genetic code, has been used in previous studies by scientists from the Roslin Institute to identify disease resistance genes in salmon, and has potential applications in aquaculture breeding to improve health and welfare traits.

Alternative control strategies, such as feed supplements, cleaner fish, and tailored cage design, are only partially effective and some lice are developing resistance to drugs. Selective breeding to increase resistance of salmon to lice is an effective but relatively slow process because a generation of salmon takes up to four years to reach maturity for reproduction.

"Gene editing has potential to expedite the breeding of disease-resistant salmon by making targeted changes, informed by years of research into the genetic and functional mechanisms of resistance to sea lice. Work by our consortium aims to improve fish health and welfare, and enhance the sustainability of the salmon aquaculture sector, which is worth approximately £1 billion per year to the UK economy and is a major source of employment in rural communities of the Scottish Highlands,"says Professor Ross Houston, Personal Chair of Aquaculture Genetics, the Roslin Institute.

"Different species show varying resistance to sea lice – while Atlantic salmon is highly susceptible, coho salmon is almost completely resistant. We are going to compare the genomes of the two species to understand how they are linked to their response to lice, so that we can identify the key mechanisms underlying resistance in coho salmon. We can then attempt to transfer these resistance mechanisms from coho salmon to Atlantic salmon via genome editing," says Dr Diego Robledo, the Roslin Institute.

"The University of Stirling's Institute of Aquaculture brings more than 30 years' research into the interactions of sea lice and Atlantic salmon to this collaboration. Advances made in disease control for Atlantic salmon aquaculture are relevant to the culture of other key species, so developing and applying these cutting-edge technologies helps to increase aquaculture sustainability and global food security," says Professor James Bron, Professor of Aquatic Animal Health, University of Stirling.

"This project is a great example of the diverse and innovative work that is being undertaken in Scotland to tackle the perennial challenge of sea lice. The health and welfare of fish is of paramount importance to our aquaculture sector, and it is very encouraging to see world-leading research take place in our institutions. We are pleased to help fund this initiative, supporting increased economic impact with a reduced environmental footprint in UK aquaculture," concludes Heather Jones, CEO of SAIC.

£1.2m investment for WellFish Diagnostics to transform fish health in aquaculture

A new spinout company from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is set to transform health diagnostic practices in the £245 billion global aquaculture sector.



WellFish Diagnostics – which has developed the first non-lethal method for assessing fish health – will benefit from a £1.2 million investment from the University, Kelvin Capital and Scottish Enterprise.



Traditional fish health testing can take days before producing results and often requires lethal sampling. WellFish – the second spin-out company to emerge from UWS – has established a method to enable fish farmers to continually monitor the health of their fish population via blood sampling, in a unique approach developed by the company in conjunction with the salmon farming industry in Scotland.



CEO Brian Quinn, a Professor of Ecotoxicology within the School of Health and Life Sciences at UWS, is a two-time Converge Challenge finalist and winner of the 2019 European Aquaculture Society Innovation Forum.



Professor Quinn says, "WellFish presents a huge opportunity for the aquaculture sector to completely transform its practices for monitoring, responding to and predicting health challenges within the fish population. Traditionally, fish farmers would have to undertake a slower sampling and testing process, often requiring fish to be euthanised prior to sampling, to monitor fish health within their farms."



The company is working with the entire Scottish salmon sector, a large trout farm, and producers in Ireland and Norway to provide fish farmers with technology and training to take their own samples, which are then sent to WellFish for testing. The company is based in a state-of-the-art laboratory at UWS's Paisley campus.



Professor Quinn adds, "We are the first-ever laboratory to offer a non-lethal method of examining fish health commercially. When fish farmers take their samples - which they are shown how to do using our kits and specialist training - they are then sent back to us in the laboratory where the data is interpreted using an algorithm-based AI model and presented back to farmers within 24 hours via our specialist website portal.



"It means farmers can make data-informed husbandry decisions, spot the early onsets of a potential health challenge and take proactive measures to reduce the impact, such as choosing to change feeding regimes or introducing early treatment to their fish populations.



"Our company also enables farmers - and the wider aquaculture sector - to access our data and spot trends emerging over time, meaning we are also contributing directly to crucial knowledge transfer about fish health management practices within the sector and beyond. In this way, the farmers can provide their stock with the best health and welfare environments to the benefit of all parties."



Professor Milan Radosavljevic, Vice-Principal, Research, Innovation & Engagement at UWS, says, 'WellFish Diagnostics is a fantastic example of the pioneering research and innovation taking place at our University and highlights our commitment to supporting enterprise at UWS. 

"I am delighted to see the team secure investment to create a spin-out company, which is testament to the team's hard work and strong links with industry. It is inspiring to see the real-world benefits and impact WellFish Diagnostics will have on a truly global scale on health, welfare and sustainability within the aquaculture sector."



The WellFish Diagnostics team is made up of six people, including key experts from the aquaculture industry, such as former Managing Director at Marine Harvest Scotland and Skretting UK, Dr Graeme Dear, as well as John Allan, former executive vice-president and CTO of healthcare diagnostics company, Quotient.



WellFish is the result of an initial research and development project supported by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), the UK Seafood Innovation Fund and Scottish Enterprise's High Growth Spinout Programme. This research has also received funding from Innovate UK as well as cash and in-kind contributions from sector partners. The company has plans for rapid, international growth, with expansion into Norway in 2022 and further expansion into South America and Canada by 2023.



Heather Jones, CEO of SAIC, says, "WellFish is a prime example of what can be achieved through the projects we fund – genuinely innovative technology that has a significant impact on aquaculture, not only in Scotland but across the world. Enhancing fish health and welfare is a key part of the sector's sustainability and we are excited to see how this technology can be applied at a global scale."



Victoria Carmichael, Director of Growth Investments at Scottish Enterprise, says, "WellFish typifies the truly ground-breaking research projects our High Growth Spinout Programme was established to support. Its testing methods have the potential to revolutionise not only Scotland's salmon farming industry, but the processes used by progressive fish farmers all over the world. The company and University of the West of Scotland can take great pride in their work."



John McNicol, Director of Kelvin Capital, says, "The WellFish team have developed truly innovative technology that is set to transform the aquaculture sector on a global scale. The salmon industry is worth around $15.4billion with the main production sites in Norway, Chile, Scotland and Canada, so WellFish Diagnostics are perfectly placed to disrupt this vast market and we are excited to be working with the team to help them achieve these goals."



For more information about WellFish Diagnostics visit the website, HERE.

Grieg Seafood reaches first milestone in RAS project

Grieg Seafood is approaching the completion of its Gold River Hatchery project – also known as the RAS 34 project – celebrating reaching the first of three milestones in mid-February of this year.

The project is in the process of expanding the Gold River hatchery to include a RAS building to double the company's smolt capacity. It will be replacing two inefficient flow-through buildings and improving water usage. The current stage in the project marks a "huge achievement," Rocky Boschman, Managing Director of Grieg Seafood, said.

"We are excited to share that the tanks within the new hatchery facility are being filled with water. This is a huge achievement … The new facility will effectively double our smolt capacity at our hatchery and allow us to start to explore keeping our fish in the hatchery for longer which will reduce the time required in the ocean," he explained. "With our constantly evolving research and science into new and better fish culture processes, we now know that there are benefits to both the wild and farmed populations if we allow our fish to grow larger than the traditional 100-gram size at which we have been generally transferring smolts to our ocean farms."

Image credit: Grieg Seafood BC

By adding water to the six tanks currently housed in the RAS 34 building means that the team working at the hatchery will be able to begin operating the system, creating necessary water conditions required to ensure the grow up of four million smolts.

"With a new system, you have to ensure you create the right water conditions," Scott Peterson, Grieg Freshwater Director, said. "We are doing this for our system which between the six tanks, has the capacity to hold just under two million litres of water. In order to support all of this, we have two biofilters which each have the capacity to treat and filter 200,000 litres of water per minute. The new facility, which we call RAS 34 at the moment, will really become the hub of our hatchery operations once completed later this year."

Adding water to the system tanks and biofilters marks a step closer to the end of the project, but this is one of three milestones. A management system for the facility is due to be completed in March, with the first fish being added in April.

Grieg Seafood will be hosting events later this year after the project is finished, to "celebrate with local communities and our employees," Boschman said. "We are hoping that by working with local Nations, the provincial government, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans we will be able to help define what a transition for the industry will look like, and how we can look to invest and grow in that direction once we have industry stability."

The project cost a total of US$24.75 million, and at its peak created 57 fulltime jobs. With the addition of the RAS building, the total capacity of the facility will come to 900 metric tonnes. 

For more information on Grieg Seafood BC visit their website, HERE.

Ace Aquatec to equip Pure Salmon's facilities

Ace Aquatec, an aquaculture technology supplier, has been in consultation with Pure Salmon on their facilities planned in locations Japan, France and the US.

Pure Salmon's land-based salmon operations plan to utilise Ace Aquatec's electrical stunner throughout their facility to ensure the highest animal welfare standards and high quality fish product. The Humane Stunner Universal (HSU) has proven in electroencephalogram (EEG) tests to stun fish unconscious in less than one second, meeting the high welfare standards expected by consumers, retailers and regulators.

Ace Aquatec's Northern Europe Regional Manager Preben Imset Matre has been involved in communication with Pure Salmon. He said: "Over the last few months, we've been working closely with Pure Salmon on their upcoming harvesting facilities in Japan, France and USA. We are grateful for their trust, and very pleased with the collaboration. Pure Salmon's vision of building state-of-the-art production and harvesting facilities that puts fish welfare at the forefront is a perfect fit for our technology and products.

Preben Imset Matre, Northern Europe Regional Manager

"We're looking forward to supporting the team with a bespoke product that reaches their ultimate goals of high animal welfare and better products."

Global Head of Production for Pure Salmon, David Cahill, concluded: "Conscious fish husbandry and animal welfare are at the core of Pure Salmon's mission to accelerate the transition towards healthy and sustainable protein. Ace Aquatec's innovative solutions are helping us raise the bar and achieve more humane and respectful harvesting."

For more information on Ace Aquatec visit their website, HERE.

For more information on Pure Salmon visit their website, HERE.

Image credit: Ace Aquatec