This article was featured in Eurofish Magazine 5 2025.
In the seaport town of Hirtshals,…
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recirculation
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Eurofish and FAO have published the third edition of “A guide to recirculation aquaculture”. The book is written by Jacob Bregnballe from AKVA group and gives an introduction to the environmentally friendly and highly productive closed fish farming systems.…
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Advantages and risks of land-based fish production This article was featured in Eurofish Magazine 5 2021 Until now,…
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A Danish company has developed a system based on analysing data collected from 12 locations on a fish farm to improve water quality and fish welfare while reducing costs. Blue Unit, a company founded by David Owen, a biologist, in 2009, was established to optimise the operations of recirculation aquaculture systems by exploiting the data available from the RAS. A centralised monitoring system collects data on 13 water quality parameters, including pH, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, opacity, and salinity, that are monitored by specially designed sensors and compares the numbers with benchmark values from producers around the world.
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A German company, FIAP offers a range of equipment for the aquaculture sector from sophisticated recirculation systems to hand-held nets. An aquaculture farm whether on land or at sea is a rough environment and the equipment used needs to be tough and reliable if the farm is to operate successfully.
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A company in Turkey is growing whiteleg shrimp from imported broodstock. The experience and knowledge gained will be used to catalyse the development of a shrimp industry in the country.
