SUCCESSFUL TRIAL WITH LOBSTERS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
Is bridging the gap for new corridor between Atlantic Canada and Europe.
Great excitement was generated when we recently opened the first container to arrive from Canada containing the lobster says Lars Nannerup, managing director of Aqualife.
The container arrived into Denmark as part of a trial set up between the Canadian provincial government and Aqualife. The container was initially destined to arrive in Rotterdam, but had to be redirected and ended up traveling for 23 days…..everything that could go wrong did, says Lars Nannerup.
However, the health inspectors on the Danish boarder could, after inspection declare the container none contaminated and we were all amazed at the results. After counting the animals piece by piece we found we had less than 1% mortality. Post landing we stabilized the lobsters and kept them for a further 75days, still encountering no mortalities.
Bridging the gap between the large resource clusters in North America and the all absorbent markets of central and southern Europe makes perfect sense.
Over the next six months Aqualife we will introduce 30X40ft containers and 600 tanks for this corridor. There is at present discussions going on with the different provincial governments in Atlantic Canada regarding the building of a central shipping and collection point for transatlantic shipments.
For now we will base ourselves at the National Research Council in Halifax. From there we will be able to supervise our shipments in close co-operation with some of the world’s most capable live seafood specialists.
Now we can reach the European markets competitively says Brian Blanchard, President of the Nova Scotia aquaculture association, up to now we have been dependent on the markets in North America, and suddenly we now have access to 325Mill European consumers.
