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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