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FISHERIES

What is the role of Dorset ID in
HARVESTING AquaIMPACT?
SECOND BATCH Dorset ID is responsible for the hard-
In the Genomic Innovations part,

OF ATLANTIS ware of the system, i.e., identification
of the fish when passing the antenna,
provide the hardware to capture im-
The last fish from the second batch in ages, providing the right condition to
Atlantis was delivered for harvesting at make the required images, transporta-
SinkabergHansen`s processing facility tion of the fish and an automatic selec-
on Marøya. About 100,000 fish have tion mechanism to select those fish that DA is also working with Viet-Uc to re-
been lowered to 30-40 meters since meet the selection criteria. duce water consumption and improve
mid-February and we recently harvest- production in its shrimp on growing
ed a fish of about five kilos. farms. Radical new tank design and
Now we are starting the work to ana- Dryden Aqua’s diffusers have so far
lyze all data collected through this delivered increased growth rate, in-
batch and the results from this will be creased production, and a 90% re-
published in a separate report. duction in water consumption. Viet-Uc
is continuing to refine its operational
protocols to gain maximum advantage
from the new design and is planning a
10 fold expansion of its on growing fa-
cilities in the coming year.
Circle 23 on enquiry card
The frame of the sorting system is fin-
ished, the conveyor finally arrived after
having been delayed due to the virus. Matthias Hau
‘So now we are to continue assembling
the line and hope to run some initial
Project manager Trude Olafsen can test end of June’ says Roland Stump. leads Evonik´s
report that the growth has been good
and that the fish have learned to use Circle 22 on enquiry card EMEA-Region
the dome. NEW APPOINMENTS
“We are very pleased with the results DRYDEN AQUA
so far, but as we said, we must have the
opportunity to process the data and IN VIETNAM
present them in a suitable way. We are
now in the process of planning the next Dryden Aqua has recently complet-
batch at an even more exposed site ed an incoming water filtration instal-
from the turn of the year 2020/21.” lation for large shrimp hatchery on
behalf of Viet-Uc in Vietnam. Viet-Uc Hanau. Matthias Hau has been ap-
Circle 21 on enquiry card
is Vietnam’s largest shrimp farming pointed as Evonik’s Regional Pres-
TOOLS FOR FISH company with 15 farms covering 1,200 ident for Europe, Middle East & Af-
rica (EMEA) Region, effective July
hectares and more than 25% of the Vi-
IDENTIFYING IN etnam shrimp market. Dryden Aqua’s 1. This goes hand in hand with the
filtration installation treats turbid in-
merger of former Eastern Europe
and the Middle East & Africa Re-
coming seawater, as well as borehole,
AQUAIMPACT sourced freshwater and brine. Water is gions and the countries of Western
filtered to ensure protection from bac-
Europe which will be consolidated
teria, viruses, and 0.7-micron micro- into the Europe, Middle East & Africa
Our equipment is used from Norway sporidian oocysts. The fully automated (EMEA) Region.
to Chile to identify all kinds of fish. In system then mixes the filtered water to
cooperation with Wageningen Univer- deliver to hatchery tanks at controlled The Evonik EMEA Region will con-
sity we have to build a manual pheno- salinity. sist of five regional clusters: Central
type system to make the selection of Eastern Europe, Middle East & Afri-
fish easier”, says Roland Stump, man- ca, Russia, Turkey, and Western Eu-
aging director Dorset ID rope (without Germany).
Matthias Hau explains: “We are
The development is part of the EU bundling our competencies and
project AquaIMPACT, which is a col- bringing together our expertise
laboration between many European combined with the proximity to our
organizations, that aims to integrate markets and customers. Thus, we
the fields of fish breeding and nutrition can tap even more into the potential
to increase the competitiveness of EU’s of the EMEA Region for the Evonik
main aquaculture species while mini- Group.”
mizing environmental impact. Circle 24 on enquiry card

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