Biofouling is an important management issue in fish farming and represents a serious threat to fish welfare if it is not handled properly. As a consequence of this, the breeders use considerable (financial) resources to keep especially the netting free from fouling.But while today's underwater cleaning work at fish farms is mainly focused on net washing, safe and effective cleaning of the remaining underwater infrastructure has been little in focus. This is a problem because a likely cause of rapid growth of fouling on seines is the transfer of fouling from "reservoirs" found on submerged structures in aquaculture facilities (flotation collar, bottom ring, ropes, chains, hoses and feed rafts) ¹.
¹ Amplified recruitment pressure of biofouling organisms in commercial salmon farms: potential causes and implications for farm management. Nina Bloecher, Oliver Floerl and Leif Magne Sunde, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway; Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand (2015).
Offshore fish farming is a relatively new area. Cleaning the submerged infrastructure of offshore fish farms presents a new challenge due to the type of construction and the location of these fish farms.Bravo Marine has developed products that can be used for cleaning the various submerged structures, such as floating collars, sinker tubes, feed barges, and pipes/tubes in offshore structures. We are working hard to develop even more products to help cleaning chains, ropes, and hoses and to clean offshore structures.
Biofouling is an important management issue in fish farming and represents a serious threat to fish welfare if it is not handled properly.A likely cause of rapid growth of fouling on seines is the transfer of fouling from "reservoirs" found on submerged structures in aquaculture facilities (flotation collar, bottom ring, ropes, chains, hoses and feed rafts) ¹.¹ Amplified recruitment pressure of biofouling organisms in commercial salmon farms: potential causes and implications for farm management. Nina Bloecher, Oliver Floerl and Leif Magne Sunde, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway; Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand (2015).
