News in brief Shetland scoops seaweed grant
in Shetland’s sea farming companies and also to support existing local seaweed- based businesses. The project will create three new direct jobs in addition to other indirect jobs in Shetland. Potentially, exist- ing farm sites can be used for seaweed cultivation during their fallow periods, giv- ing farmers an additional income stream while allowing the seaweed to naturally remediate the site.
Leading role for NAFC
THE National Lottery’s Coastal Commu- nity Fund (CCF) has awarded £290,000 to a scheme that seeks to develop seaweed cultivation in Shetland.
The grant will be used to establish a communal seaweed rope-seeding centre, perform seaweed on-growing trials and provide training and knowledge-exchange activities, in a project led by the NAFC Marine Centre. The NAFC’s Lesley McEvoy said: ‘We’re
very grateful to the Coastal Communities Fund for supporting this two year project to encourage product diversifi cation with-
‘Scottish Sea Farms Ltd has been par- ticularly supportive, making available one of their sites for demonstration purposes. We hope that other businesses will also want to trial our seaweed-seeded strings, when we are properly set up, towards the end of this year. We’ve already had enquiries about using bulk seaweed crops in energy plants, both within Shetland and south, and seaweed has many uses within the homeopathic, culinary, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.’ Scottish Sea Farms regional production manager, Graham Smith, said: ‘We are happy to be supporting the NAFC Marine Centre’s project and we are extremely interested to see how seaweed cultivation could progress in the future.’
You’ll never take our freedom
SEVENTY per cent of Scottish salmon is now farmed to the RSPCA’s Freedom Foods stand- ards.
This means more salmon farmers are working to the RSPCA’s higher welfare standards than in any other farming sector – including chicken, duck, dairy, beef, sheep and egg production. It also makes the Scottish salmon farming indus- try Freedom Food’s biggest success story to date. The news comes as
Freedom Food cel- ebrates 20 years of improving the lives of farm animals and over 11 years since the RSPCA’s welfare standards for farmed Atlantic salmon were fi rst introduced (2002)
Nairn: support
and the approval of its fi rst salmon producer – Sutherland-based Loch Duart.
Commenting on this success leading Scot- tish chef, Nick Nairn, said: ‘The salmon in- dustry is so important to Scotland and I have been saying for years that good welfare prac- tice inevitably results in a superior product that simply tastes better. So it’s great news to hear that 70% of the Scot- tish salmon farming industry is now part of the Freedom Food scheme.’
-Jack Fisher, President
“Your search begins by removing the water
with Fishers Side Scan Sonars” Splash Proof PC Available
Side Scan System Only $19,995
Shrimp Boat on the Bottom
most effective tools for underwater searches because they create a detailed picture of what’s on the bottom. The resultant display “removes the water” giving a clear image of the bottom. Fishers SSS-100K side scan lets
you search large areas quickly, the 600K and 1,200K finds even the small soft targets, and the dual fre- quency combines the best features of high and low frequencies. The image is displayed on a PC
“Side scan sonars are one of the
which gives a detailed high resolu- tion picture of the bottom. An optional mapping window shows the boat’s path and the size of the area covered.
MC-1 Mini Camera $2,045 DDW-1
Call for a free catalog or visit our web site:
jwfishers.com Proton 4 Magnetometer
Pingers Marine Depressor Wing $1,295 4 Receivers
Pingers and
$695 $12,995 $19,995
Metal Detector $9,495
Boat-towed 1953 County St., E. Taunton, MA 02718 USA • (800)822-4744 (508)822-7330 • FAX: (508)880-8949 • email:
jwfishers@aol.com •
www.jwfishers.com www.fishfarmer-magazine.com ROVs P12
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68