Strategic Direction and Planning for Growth
- Advisory Service for Strategy and Growth
- What is your vision for your business? What spaces should you play in? What can you be the best in the world at? We serve as a trusted advisor to help clients answer these questions and provide good advice in creating hard-to-copy strategies which create unique value.
- Hard to Copy Strategies and Execution Plans
- Strategy is about creating unique value for your customer by doing different things than your competitor, or by doing the same things differently in a hard-to-copy manner. Assisted by world renowned experts in strategy development we can help you build an effective hard to copy strategy with practical and detailed execution plans to get there.
- Due Diligence, Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Whether you are investing in a new or established venture, thorough due diligence and risk assessment is of utmost importance. Fish farming operations are complex, each with its own unique opportunities and challenges. Developing a clear picture of the operation and its potential and risks is no easy task. Our years of experience across multiple countries, fresh water and sea water operations means we know where to look and what to look for to give you the full picture of an operations current and future strengths and risks. We can provide strategies or plans to maximize potential and avoid or mitigate risks.
- Market Insight for Product and Service Development
- Farming operations and needs drive innovation in the supply service sector. For suppliers looking to develop what products or services are required next, we can provide in depth insight on opportunities in solving farming challenges to help accelerate the farmers business and determine the market potential for such developments.
- Team Building
- Our experience in getting the right people in the right roles will assist you in building a motivated and engaged team to help drive your business toward success.
- Connecting People
- We work with, and connect high-quality innovative suppliers in order to enable farming improvements. When we encounter suppliers with complimentary products or services, we actively connect them so that together they might provide an even better solution for the farmer.
RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System) Development and Management
- RAS Hatchery, Smolt, and Post Smolt
- RAS is a wonderful and powerful tool in controlling the water quality and chemistry regulating the physiology of finfish. Now an industry standard, RAS has vastly improved the quality, size, and performance of smolt while increasing the productivity and sustainable water use at RAS facilities. The end product of smolt from RAS is robust smolt and post-smolt, increased survival and superior growth at the receiving sea farms, all critical necessities in fish farming. Our extensive experience over the last 30 years in development and operation of many RAS facilities has resulted in a deep understanding of this technology and its effective use. Through this knowledge, we can help you select the best providers and equipment manufacturers, as well as help you design and develop robust and dependable systems that will consistently perform well.
- RAS Land-Based Grow-Out
- Land-based RAS grow-out of Salmon, Trout, Kingfish and other species is expanding rapidly thanks to innovation in technology, system design and engineering. However, not all RAS are created equal, and neither are the results. Once constructed, these RAS systems are difficult if not impossible to successfully modify, so getting it right the first time is of paramount importance. Performance and success of land-based RAS depends heavily on water source selection, technology/system design, production/operational plans, biosecurity, and management competence. Whether you are an investor looking to develop a new operation or business or a farmer wanting to improve an existing one, we can guide you through the process or oversee the development for you.
Sea Farm Development and Management
- Sea farms and In-sea Closed System Planning and Development.
- Sea-farms are an incredibly powerful and efficient 3D tidal-powered method of food production and account for the majority of farmed salmon. Innovation in sea system design has accelerated in some areas (e.g. remote monitoring) whereas other areas have been slower to develop ( net material, escape prevention). It is our belief that sea-farms can become much better than they are today. With over 30 years of experience in developing and operating hundreds of sea farms in multiple countries and in often challenging conditions, we can help you with every aspect of building or improving sea farms or a sea-farming business. Utilizing the best suppliers and the latest in innovation and technology that actually works, we can improve upon sea system design and operation, including areas such as feed delivery, predator control, escape prevention, net material/ design, waste reduction, environmental mitigation and life support. We can help you choose and develop the best sea farm systems, in-sea closed or semi-closed systems and how to optimize their use in your production and business plans.
- Fish Life Support
- The foundation of sea farming is built upon site selection and the fantastic free inputs from nature including tidal power to exercise the fish, remove waste, and provide temperature, and oxygen. As sea farmers, our ever-warming seas means we must adapt to more frequent algae blooms, jellyfish, extreme temperatures, and low oxygen. We develop proven strategies and work with specialist suppliers to make the most of the natural benefits of your environment while avoiding or mitigating threats through effective planning and the use of robust fish life support systems.
- Predator and Escape Prevention
- Fish escapes and predators have been a serious issue for years, but this is largely due to strategy, systems, and equipment selection. It is our experience that escapes can be prevented and predators can be stopped through humane and effective methods. We can provide effective strategies and plans for predator control and escape prevention, including operational plans, net and equipment design, and the selection of the correct materials and technology.
- Harvest Quality
- Your fish are at their highest quality and value the minute before harvesting begins. Years of investment, passion and building pride and value in your fish can either be preserved or destroyed depending on how well the harvest is conducted. We provide low stress, humane harvesting strategies and techniques to ensure the value of your fish is maintained, and that your customer gets the best quality.
Feed and Fish Performance
- Feed and Fish Performance Analysis
- Successful farming depends on feed and fish performance. All farmers want and need their feed and their fish to perform well. Performance can be affected by poor feed quality, inadequate use and management of the feed, poor fish husbandry, or inadequate system environment for the fish. We can analyze your feed and fish performance and make proven feed management, husbandry, and production plan adjustments that will maximize your fish growth while optimizing the use of your assets.
- Feed Procurement and Contract Negotiations
- Fish farming is the process of transforming feed into delicious, healthy fish that customers desire. The quality, performance, and price of that feed will largely determine the quality of your fish. With several decades of experience in feed procurement and contract negotiations we will help ensure that you get sustainable, high quality, high performing feed, at the best price possible.
Production Planning and Operational Efficiency
- Production Planning and Optimization
- Effective production planning is one of the most important processes that a salmon farming operation can have. Top of class production planning and optimization can greatly improve biomass output, fish performance, risk reduction, yield per egg or smolt, asset utilization, capex requirements, and margin maximization. We can analyze your production plan and help you make improvements for optimization, or we can design a system for effective planning where you can do it yourself. We can also help you determine best smolt and post-smolt size for your operation, how to use them, and when to stock them in order to deliver the best performance and margin.
- Operational Efficiency and Continuous Improvement
- Operational costs are one of the top costs in any fish farming business. The more operationally complex the business is, the higher the costs. One of our specialties is helping clients reduce or eliminate operational complexity, thereby improving operational efficiency and cost. We provide full operational analysis, improvement strategies, and efficiency and performance benchmarking systems which motivates continuous improvement.
- Technology and Equipment Evaluation and Selection
- Selecting the correct technology and equipment can be daunting, especially when everyone claims to be the best. You only want to invest in equipment once, ensuring it is the right fit the first time. We help you select technology and equipment which is robust and is proven to perform to ensure your fish are safe and grow well.