On the last day of the AquaVision conference in Stavanger, Norway, expert professor judges aquaculture the winning food producer, and a new net cleaning device wins the AquaVision Innovation Award. Professor Asche concludes that the potential for increased production seems larger for aquaculture than other food producing technologies.
According to Prof Asche aquaculture is inherently sustainable and that’s what he mentioned in one of his article on sustainability and global seafood in Science earlier this year. He expects aquaculture to have a long term growth that will make it the dominant seafood supplier within a decade or two — without damaging the eco systems in which it operates. He told that there is nothing inherently unsustainable with aquaculture as long as the producers choose to operate on a sustainable basis.
On the last conference day a revolutionary new method for cleaning the nets of the fish farm pens brought Marine Inspector and Cleaner of Australia the AquaVision Innovation Award. Marine Inspector and Cleaner’s totally new cleaning device for nets, easily operated by one man, is a longed for invention for fish farmers. Clean nets contribute to better health, fewer parasites and better fish growth. Due to the speed and ease of operation, nets can be cleaned on a regular basis, resulting in minimal fouling growth, said Dr. Robert Kirschbaum of DSM, which set up the prize.
The winning growth potential presented by Professor Asche and the will to innovate as demonstrated by the Marine Inspector and Cleaner were a fitting conclusion to the eighth AquaVision conference, which had the theme Open your eyes – Oceans of opportunities.
