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Monthly update on industry innovations and solutions from around the world
SpectraMapper for aquaculture monitoring
Ecotone is offering a novel approach for seafloor environmental assessment; SpectraMapper. We are using our unique patented technology – underwater hyperspectral imaging (UHI) – underwater vehicles and machine learning methods to deliver user-friendly digital maps of nature types (e.g. corals), species distribution and organic wastes. This award-winning solution is available and suitable for all depths, soft substrate, hard and mixed seabed, fjords and exposed fish farm locations. Through re-visitation of an area, a site’s environmental footprint can be monitored over time.
SpectraMapper is your eyes underwater – an excellent tool for decision making support.
For more information please visit
www.ecotone.com
Microalgae holds the key to oral vaccine
ISRAELI biotech company TransAlgae has announced an exclusive business development collaboration agreement with Virbac, a French company and one of the leading animal health players worldwide. The companies have signed an exclusive collaboration agreement to develop an oral vaccine based on TransAlgae’s breakthrough technology. To date, effective and efficient oral delivery in animal health has been one of the veterinary sector’s biggest challenges. TransAlgae’s technology aims to solve this challenge by utilising microalgae to both produce and deliver the vaccine, replacing injected vaccines. The microalgae are produced without any antibiotics in a process that enables rapid, low-cost production that can be practiced anywhere on the globe. www.transalgae.com
StofnFiskur rebrands to Benchmark Genetics Iceland
JANUARY 19 marked a milestone in the long history of StofnFiskur, with the company changing its legal name to Benchmark Genetics Iceland hf. Founded in 1991, Benchmark Genetics Iceland is a long-established and trusted provider of improved genetic material to the salmon farming industry in markets worldwide, including the UK. Although the company’s legal name has changed, the enterprise registration number, company structure and ownership remain the same. The company is also maintaining the StofnFiskur brand for the genetic strain, in the knowledge that it holds significant value to the company’s customers.
www.bmkgenetics.com
Decades of expertise in nets
COLLINS Nets has been hand making bespoke nets in West Dorset for over 30 years. The family run company has now grown into a market leader in expertise and quality, specialising in hand-rigged Seine nets, fyke nets, fish cages and hand nets. Collins Nets has extensive experience in designing and making nets for the Environment Agency, fish farms and various water authorities.
Collins Nets has built a trusted and relied upon brand that now makes a variety of custom solutions for the fisheries industry, both in the UK and around the world.
Fisheries Catalogues are available upon request.
www.collinsnets.co.uk