Nets

Textile manufacturer Garware has introduced its new Star V4 polyethylene nets to Chile’s salmon industry, letting the sector take advantage of the nets’ anti-fouling properties.

A British startup and its Chilean strategic ally are in the process of developing a 174 metre mobile fish farm that could be capable of producing up to 5,000 tonnes of salmon per cycle.

Shenzhen-based QYSEA has developed new AI-enabled imaging systems for its FIFISH underwater robots, giving aquaculture producers a better picture of activities in their fish pens.

Though fewer sea lice counts are a key benefit of semi-closed fish farms, researchers say that using clean smolt and designing deeper water intakes could address additional fish health challenges during production.

With over 150 oil rigs being decommissioned in the Gulf of Mexico each year, Ivan Puckett and Kent Satterlee, two of the three founders of Blue Silo Aquaculture LLC, explain why they aim to convert as many rigs as possib…

Field trials with Mowi Chile demonstrate that lice skirts made with Garware fibres can successfully contain infestations of Caligus larvae while allowing water to flow and maintain dissolved oxygen levels during…

Embracing hapa nets in lieu of tank culture methods can help sea cucumber producers reduce labour costs and give them an economic edge – allowing them to sustainably produce early-juvenile sea cucumbers for grow…

Scottish Sea Farms has reported a significant reduction in "last resort" seal shootings as its investment in rigid new pen netting systems surpasses £5.7 million.

Atlantis Subsea Farming is kicking off their development project by using submersible pens in fish farming. The project will follow the life of fish in the deep.

How one man’s award-winning attempt to adapt a specialist net system could improve gill health in salmon and help minimise the aquaculture industry’s environmental footprint across the globe