Aquaculture World

Funding earmarked for electric propulsion installations on Norwegian vessels

Norwegian state-owned financing agency Enova will be allocating NOK76.6 million (US$7.27 million) for the installation of electric propulsion systems on both new and existing vessels that will operate in Norwegian waters. The vessels selected to benefit from the funding include a tour boat newbuilding for operator Rødne Trafikk, two feed transport vessel newbuildings for aquaculture […]

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Fishing Vessel News Roundup | February 15 – Norwegian fish farm dive boat, UK scalloper and more

Deliveries include a gillnetter and a fish farm workboat to operators in Norway and a factory trawler to a German seafood company. Sea trials have meanwhile been completed on a scallop boat for use in UK waters. Gillnetter delivered to Austevoll owner Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a...

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AWARDS 2023 | Best Medium Fish Farm Support Vessel – San Little Glory – Southern Ocean Solutions

Best Medium Fish Farm Support Vessel – San Little Glory – Southern Ocean Solutions One of a pair of Australian-designed fish farm work boats built for two separate New Zealand salmon farmer owners. Highly purposeful, the 18- by 10-metre steel catamarans were designed and built to handle a multitude...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Salmon feed barge built for harsh conditions in Iceland

Iceland-based fish farming company Háafell recently acquired a new feed barge that will support its salmon harvesting activities in the north-western part of the country. Built by Faroe Islands-based GroAqua, the barge is designed to be operated at exposed sites with a feed system and space for six...

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Scottish salmon farmers report over 50 per cent drop in antibiotic use in 2022

A new report published by the UK Government has highlighted a dramatic reduction in Scottish salmon farmers’ use of antibiotic medicine by more than half in the space of a year, farming association Salmon Scotland confirmed recently. The new Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance (VARSS) report shows that 2022 usage of […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Electric crewboat prototype to support fish farm operations in Norway

Norwegian manufacturer Pascal Technologies and compatriot design consultancy Moen Marin have introduced a high-speed vessel prototype built for crew transfer duties in support of the aquaculture industry. The vessel is notable for having fully electric propulsion with shore charging capability as a means of significantly reducing emissions during extended operations in and around fish farms. […]

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Scottish government funding to support protection and restoration of wild salmon

The Scottish government will make over £500,000 (US$623,720) in funding available to support the protection and recovery of wild salmon populations. The funding will be used by District Salmon Fishery Boards and Fisheries and Rivers Trusts across Scotland to carry out monitoring of adult salmon populations and the sampling of juveniles through the National Electrofishing […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | San Little Glory & Ika Ma – Australian-designed fish farm workboats for New Zealand operators

Hobart, Australia-based naval architecture firm Southern Ocean Solutions (SOS) has confirmed the delivery of two new aquaculture support catamaran workboats in a series to two separate owners in New Zealand. SOS said the design is extremely flexible with one vessel being used for net cleaning duties and the other being configured with a 12-tonne SWL […]

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