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INSPECTION OF SALMON FARMING INFRASTRUCTURE IN
BRITISH COLOMBIA USING REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (ROVS)
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INTRODUCTIONS
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Maintaining Aquaculture Sites
Maintaining Net Integrity
Monitoring Smolt Introductions
Overseeing Hired Commercial Divers
Observing Fish Behaviour
Retrieving Lost Equipment
Lift Up System and Mort Retrieval
Size Grading
Compliance Inspections
Benthic Impact Monitoring
Hiring Divers
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Maintaining Aquaculture Sites
Internal Pens
Mort Lift Up Systems
Predator Nets
Tension Lines
Weighted Trump Lines
Weighted Mooring Lines
Surrounding Environment
5Marine Harvest Agrimarine
The Case Studies
The Equipment
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Marine Harvest
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MARINE HARVEST
“You can see your fish whenever you want to. Plus, every time we can prevent a scuba diver from entering the water we increase safety and save money, it doesn’t take long for one single unit to pay for itself.”
Gerry Burry (site manager at Marine Harvest Quatsino operating area)
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AgriMarine
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AGRIMARINE“Deep Trekker is affordable technology that has allowed us to conduct underwater inspections that are costly and difficult for divers to perform. Overall, the Deep Trekker has been invaluable in ensuring that our innovative technology is functioning as designed from the very start.”
Robert Walker, President of ATI.
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New Innovations11
Mort Pusher
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Mini-ROV to the Rescue Retrieving Lost Equipment
Reduces Need to Hire Divers
Bridges Knowledge Gap
Smolt Delivery Monitoring
Mortality Removal Systems
Size Grading
Monitoring Fish Behaviour
Net Inspections Net Integrity
Net Anchoring
Net Washing
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QUESTIONS
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