The cleaner fish has according to the legislation the same protection as any other fish, but a recent report from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority shows that 24 million, 40%, of the cleaner fish that were released died in the cages in 2018. In addition, 36 million cleaner fish went missing and could not be accounted for. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority is now demanding that the breeders follow the regulations by documenting the mortality and number of cleansing fish in order to be able to continue using cleansing fish in the future.

FHF has set aside more than NOK 40 million for projects that deal with the cleaner fish’s health and welfare. The goal has been to develop knowledge and tools that ensure robust fish with good health and low mortality that thrive in the cages and can do the job as “lice eaters”.

“You can’t have a livestock farm of 60 million individuals where you don’t know where the animals are, or why a high proportion of the animals are dying. It is neither sustainable nor animal welfare justifiable.»
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

SkaMik has developed and patented a combined water separator and purified fish separator that provides gentle and efficient sorting of useful cleaner fish. The cleaner fish can be sent back to the cage or collected for transport. With rising costs and a high use of cleaner fish, it is crucial to treat the cleaner fish in a way that takes into account both fish welfare and finances. It is designed for easy maintenance, cleaning and installation. The cleaner fish separator can be mounted on most types of filter, built on dimensions and can easily be retrofitted to existing plants. SkaMiks cleaner fish seperator has its focus on fish welfare, reuse and control of the cleaner fish that are in the cage. It’s time to put fish welfare on the agenda. Fish welfare is crucial for the aquaculture industry and the reputation of the industry, and fish welfare is a good economy.

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Published 27. February 2020

AquaGen chose mLINK for smarter maintenance at sea sites and onshore facilities. mLINK has already given higher uptime on the company’s vessels.

mLINK is a cloud-based system for operational management in aquaculture and fishing industry, developed by Moen Marin. The experience of the system from with its service boats, AquaGen will now use mLINK throughout organization.

The service boats from Moen Marin comes with the mLINK system and it is very easy for us to put it to use, says Håvard Ramsfjell, Technical Manager at AquaGen.

AquaGen has been an important development partner for Moen Marin. Now they are entering into an even closer collaboration to further develop mLINK as management system for all its facilities on land and at sea.

User friendly

We considered several options, but mLINK was simply the best. Now we get a system that suits us well and where the user threshold is low. We have already put in place the system that both ensures that we have the necessary parts available and that also simplifies accounting and financial management, says Ramsfjell.

mLINK will now systematize maintenance on AquaGen’s sea sites as well.

– Ease of use, ease of use, ease of use, says the Production Manager Sea, Ove Grøtan, to the question why mLINK.

– The people behind mLINK consist not only of IT personnel, but also people with high technical and practical expertise. It makes it much easier to solve challenges together with those who are at the plants, he elaborates.

MLINK makes a difference

Moen Marin has developed mLINK to make a difference for cooperation on technical tasks in the aquaculture industry.

– Work assignments and reporting should be easily delegated across aquaculture companies, service companies, suppliers and others who carry out work on facilities and facilities. mLINK ensures traceability of activity related to facilities and strengthens communication and streamlines work, says Jan-Egil Wagnild, responsible for digitization in Moen Marin.

Published at: kyst.no

Published 26. February 2020