Imenco Aqua

Fish welfare in aquaculture

When we keep animals in captivity, we deprive the animal of the opportunity to move away from places with poor living conditions. We have thus taken on the responsibility for this animal to have a good life – for it to have good welfare. This means, among other things, that we have to ensure that the fish gets the right and enough feed, that it gets enough room to be able to move normally, and that it is in good health. It also means that we must ensure that we do not unnecessarily expose the fish to anything that may cause it discomfort or be painful for it.

To ensure good fish welfare, we must have knowledge of the fish’s natural way of life, needs, appearance and behaviour. We must monitor the fish, record deviations and take measures when necessary. Such measures can often require special expertise, for example from a veterinarian, but it is the breeder who has daily supervision of the fish, and who must be able to register deviations.

The Animal Welfare Law sets requirements for how fish and other aquatic animals should fare in farming and during fishing and catching activities.

The law applies to both wild fish and farmed fish and states that the fish must be treated well and protected against the risk of unnecessary stresses and strains.

With smart solutions from Imenco Aqua, we take fish welfare seriously and on the animals’ terms.

We offer Seanest cleaning fish shelters, fish welfare camera systems, oxygen systems, biomass estimation frames and feeders and robots that provide optimal feeding.

Imenco has been a leading global developer of cameras for use underwater for more than 30 years. This has given us a unique knowledge of optimizing image quality and design for the rough environment the cameras are going to operate in.

Our camera system for the aquaculture industry is developed based on this expertise in close cooperation with our customers. The best possible image quality combined with ease of use has been the focus through the development stage. The feedback from our customers shows that we have succeeded.

LOCAL PRESENCE AND QUICK RESPONSE TIME

As a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of monitoring for fish farming and boating, it is important to be able to offer a total package that also means offering a reliable and dependable service to our customers.

We know the local conditions and have service technicians with practical experience from operational operations both at sea and on land with in-depth knowledge of our products.

Our service technicians take care of installation / maintenance / service of new and existing facilities.

We also store all service history in our service program.