SalmonSafeTM
For decades, salmon farmers have searched for an effective way to stop predatory seals from stealing fish and enjoying an easy lunch. From harmful acoustic deterrents to expensive nets that don’t last, nothing seemed capable of stopping a seal determined to harass, bite, and eat farmed fish.
Until now. SalmonSafeTM has been shown to reduce lost fish from seal predation by 95% or more, dramatically improving salmon farming output while reducing equipment costs. What’s more, by keeping seals away from fish, SalmonSafeTM also helps reduces fish stress, resulting in healthier, higher quality fish.
Because seals leave the fish zone and don’t return, SalmonSafeTM offers long term fish protection
SalmonSafeTM is MMPA compliant and safe for seals, porpoises, and other marine mammals.
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has approved TAST for use on ASC certified farms.
By reducing stress-induced disease in fish, SalmonSafeTM helps maintain fish health
For many fish farmers, predatory attacks by seals is simply the cost of doing business. In the first part of 2020, predatory seals killed 500,000 farmed salmon in Scotland alone.
With SalmonSafeTM, the days of seal attacks on salmon farms are numbered. Using GenusWave’s proprietary Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology (TAST), SalmonSafeTM sends a noise dose 10 factors lower than conventional ADDs, effectively keeping seals safely away from the fish zone. Because seals don’t habituate to TAST, SalmonSafe offers fish farmers a highly effective, long-term solution.
But that’s just the start. SalmonSafe also minimizes the fight or flight stress experienced by fish as predatory seals attack, leading to healthier fish immune systems and higher quality fish.
That’s great news for fish farmers, consumers, and the environment.
Explore Relevant Research
on Aquaculture
Target-specific acoustic predator deterrence in the marine environment
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T. Götz & V. M. Janik
Acoustic deterrent devices to prevent pinniped depredation: efficiently, conservation concerns and possible solution
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