NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE January 2025 77 One of the global leaders in technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, Innovasea announced a renewed global framework agreement with Mowi, one of the world’s largest salmon farmers. The agreement builds upon a history of strong collaboration and officially makes Innovasea the preferred vendor for environmental monitoring equipment and software for all Mowi sites. Mowi has already implemented Innovasea’s environmental monitoring systems at multiple locations and will continue to add new sites as part of its ongoing Mowi 4.0 Smart Farming initiative. “We are thrilled to build upon our successful partnership with Mowi as they continue to lead the industry in effective, data-driven techniques,” said Tim Stone, Innovasea’s VP. “As leaders in precision aquaculture, we are excited to help them leverage the information they’re collecting to deliver more efficient, sustainable practices.” Innovasea’s technology delivers real-time information on environmental factors, such as dissolved oxygen levels, salinity, and temperature, to a central cloudbased platform: Innovasea’s Realfish Pro. Within Realfish Pro’s Environmental Monitoring Dashboard, operators can quickly track water quality across multiple sites and receive instant alerts if conditions degrade. Managers can use this data to optimize feeding and protect their fish even when they are not on site, said Innovasea. Read more>> A recent study, unveiled by Nofima, investigates the chemicals released by Atlantic salmon that serve as attractants to these parasites. The encounter between a salmon louse and its host begins when the louse is in its free-swimming larval stage, known as a copepodite. But being tiny organisms in a vast ocean, how do they locate salmon as their host? "Chemical signalling is believed to play a key role in host-parasite communication, and scientists have confirmed this," says Nicholas Robinson from Nofima. Robinson is coordinating the CrispResist project, which brings together a leading team of scientists from Norway, the UK, USA, Canada, Sweden and Australia. Their goal is to uncover the mechanisms behind cross-species variation in host resistance to sea lice, and apply this knowledge to enhance Atlantic salmon resistance in aquaculture. A crucial objective is to identify and document genes and mechanisms responsible for the difference in sea lice resistance between salmonid species. It is well-established that certain Pacific salmon species are resistant to sea lice and can kill them in the early stages of parasitism, whereas Atlantic salmon are highly susceptible. Senior Fish Health Scientist Aleksei Krasnov at Nofima is involved in studies of chemical communication between lice and salmon. Working with the global team, Krasnov identified putative semiochemicals or compounds of biological origin that affect the behaviour of animals of the same or other species. The type of semiochemicals called kairomones help lice find salmon by scent. Read more>> Innovasea and Mowi extend partnership New Study: Salmon secrete substances that attract sea lice
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