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Salmon Farmers Invest in Green Technology Press Release
Well Boat Will Reduce Therapeutant Use and Improve Sea Lice Management
St George – The Ronja Carrier, chartered from the Norwegian company Solvtrans, will be in the Bay of Fundy for the next six months to help salmon farmers control sea lice on salmon farms. Salmon will be carefully pumped from the farm enclosure into the hold of the well boat where they will be immersed in a mixture of seawater and approved therapeutant to remove sea lice, a naturally occurring parasite. Fish are then returned to their enclosure.
....View More NB Salmon Farmers Trigger Over Half A Billion Dollars of Economic Activity Across Canada Press Release
St. George, NB – Based on three key indicators – GDP, employment and labour income a new socio-economic report commissioned by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans demonstrates how the Canadian aquaculture industry generates over $2 billion annually for the national economy with New Brunswick triggering over half a billion dollars of economic activity across Canada. ....View More Sea Lice Research Development Workshop Report Jan 2010 In 2009 NB DAA, in support of the aquaculture industry, applied to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for the Emergency Registration (ER) of two bath treatments, ALPHA MAX® and Salmosan®, as alternatives to SLICE® for sea lice treatment. ....View More |
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Feed Monitoring Since feed accounts for about 60% of production costs, salmon farmers have strong economic, as well as environmental, incentives to avoid providing more feed than the salmon can eat. Feed delivery is, therefore, monitored - and uneaten feed is minimized through the use of technology such as underwater video cameras. Feed delivery is adjusted according to the amount of uneaten feed detected by an underwater sensor.
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