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the oceans of the world, they are the last food resource for For decades, the oceans have been used for commerce and recreation without hesitation or consideration. Global climatic changes and increasing pollution levels have changed the trends in natural habitat, resulting in decline of quantity and disease free marine animals. This is reflected in the seafood business as a whole. The marine aquaculture industry is forced to change their professional attitudes considerably and is adopting modern farming methods, like closed circulation water management systems. In the beginning of the seventies, when tropical aquariums for marine animals started to proliferate, they were able to use natural seawater. Water conditions have now reached a stage where large-scale inshore aquaculture farms are left with no choice but to use synthetic seawater. Filtering natural seawater into a usable condition is not cost effective any longer. The composition of natural seawater is practically the same, irrespective of its geographical location. There are more than 100 dissolved components in natural seawater, mostly ions. Whether a sample is taken from the Caribbean, Maldives, Philippines or the Australian barrier reef, the composition will remain indistinguishable. The only difference is the concentration of salinity, measured in percentage of salt per litre. The salt concentration of the major oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, etc.) is approximately 3.5%, whereas the Red Sea has a concentration of 4% and the North Sea, 2%. A comparable situation is that of air. Regardless of geographic location and the relative contents of oxygen, nitrogen and insert gases, it is practically equal. Only the density of air fluctuates, in relation to the altitude. Read
more about the Company, the Promoter Mr. Bulart and the History behind
the The creation and the completion of AquaLife FZE in Jebel Ali Free Zone - Dubai - The United Arab Emirates (UAE), marks the end of nearly 25 years research and devoted development by its founder, its promoter and its innovator Mr. Tomislav Johann Bulart, at the same time as it marks a beginning of a new era for the seafood industry. These developments has lead to several innovations which today are part of the concept and the brand of AquaLife whish will be symbol for quality and perfection. The must fundamental base for this creations rests on a water management system Mr. Bulart successfully has innovated an developed, this innovation has been given the name ACUCEWMS (Aquaculture Under Closed Environmental Water Management System), a method for breeding, hatching and ongrowing of fresh and seawater animals under specially developed close circular water flow. By standardizing most elements involved in the environment for the culture, the method has in turn been able to improve mortality rates, shorten growth cycles and thus increase production within a given period of time. Mr. Bulart has been tremendously successful in improving aquaculture farming methods and eliminating most problems faced by conventional methods of aquaculture systems. ACUCEWMS™ - Aquaculture Under Closed Environmental Water Management System, invented by Mr. Bulart, has the advantage of being independent of any external natural supply, such as spring, river, lake or seawater (coast or shore). The system is environmentally friendly. Aquatic animals kept in such closed systems are subject to constant visual control and they are protected from environmental pollution. In addition, intensive breeding, hatching and ongrowing or fattening is possible without cruelty to water animals. This in turn shortens the aquatic animals' growth rate by some 35 to 40%, depending on the type of species. The Tropic Marine Sea Salt - TMSS - developed by Prof. Dr. Hans Bienert is composed of 85 drugstore clean crystal components and is produced by equipment made of high grade V4A steel, ensuring a high degree of cleanliness. Apart from the 7 major components - sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, chlorine, sulphur and oxygen, another additional 70 trace elements exist in natural seawater. TMSS is constantly adjusted to reflect the latest scientific opinion regarding the make-up of seawater. TMSS is a product, which corresponds to natural seawater in all respects. A special technique for the "live" transport (export) of Crustaceans and other aquatic animals has also been developed and proved to be successful. The aquatic animals can arrive at its supply destination "alive" and in good condition during a transportation period of up to 60 hours. The technique is based on reducing the water temperature to a certain degree enough to let the species enter into hibernation stage. That is why the production of crustaceans is biologically possible and economically feasible by combining ACUCEWMS with TMSS. The aquatic animals live in a constant and controlled environment, which biologically and physically matches that of unpolluted natural seawater. An additional feature is that the animals are not exposed to any stress, inflicted by changing concentration or lack of essential trace elements. Aquatic animals produced under the TMSS system are tastier than those bred in natural seawater. The promoter, Mr. Bulart has experimented the TMSS system since 1983.
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To conclude, AquaLife is a unique concept in marine prawn farming. Once implemented, it can command a global stature in the arena of high quality seafood. The combination of ACUCEWMS and TMSS, with a process flow being tested through two pilot projects and several years of studies and planning are being placed in a production facility. This meticulous effort is certain to place AquaLife in a high spot among aquaculture ventures worldwide. The targeted annual production during Phase I is a minimum of 570 tons of Kuruma prawns year round. The AquaLife operation and its first of its kind Marine Aquaculture Project, which now will take form in UAE has the total land area of 1,085,000 sq.mtrs, located in the Jebel Ali Free Zone. The production facilities will be built of steel structure with a roof space of 40,194 sq.mtrs. The building that houses the project shall consist of 336 ongrowing ponds and in four (4) floors that covers a total built up area of 199,367 sq.mtrs. or 354,308 cubic meters. The size of one pond is 205.69 cubic meters. The ponds are built in concrete, marine plywood, fibreglass, acrylic and polyethylene. Besides the ongrowing ponds, the building provides space for laboratories, Research & Development (R & D), refrigerated ponds for pre-export period, rest room, administrative block, etc. To fill the ponds the first time, requires 24 million imperial gallons of water for "one off" operational "fill up" and 2.2 million gallons of water annually to carry out the production. In view of the long-term power requirements, AquaLife plans to introduce alternative energy to the farm's infrastructure. An integrated system combining solar and utility grid is envisaged to cut energy costs to a bare minimum. AquaLife will employ a multinational management and staff team consist of initially 85 people. The production and the ponds are manned and monitored round the clock in three (3) shifts. AquaLife intends to acquire membership in professional bodies, like the World Aquaculture Society (WAS), International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) and the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific (NACA). Form the construction stage itself, AquaLife shall adhere to compliance procedures to obtain certifications from international bodies, like Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United States Department of Food and Drug Administration (FDA). AquaLife's production facility shall be designed to adopt ISO standardization practices to achieve ISO 9001 and 14001 certification from the date of production commencement. Reed more about the Technical description, just click here! |
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