Optimar takes the lead in electrical stunning
When moving an industry forward, we need the large companies to take a stand. Optimar is proud to be the selected partner of Tesco when they focus on animal welfare in fish and shrimp farming among their suppliers.
During the last year Tesco, Hilton Seafood and Amanda Seafood has collaborated in a study. The study; Electric stunning trials in commercial setting was performed with our well-known Optimar Electrical Stunner. The report were presented by Ben Wise, Aquaculture Manager at Tesco, and the results are obvious.
Key benefits of electrical stunning system compared to immersion in ice slurry, by Tesco:
Less handling of animals
Reduction in crowding times (in ponds)
Easier access to measure effectiveness
Consistency on stun delivery
Faster method to render animals unconscious and insensible to pain
Greater efficiency and reduction in labour in harvest process, although initial investments required to implement the technology are high.
- Ben Weis, Head of Aquaculture Tesco
You can read the full reports from Tesco and Hilton Seafood here:
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All animals killed for food should be slaughtered humanely. This means that they must be effectively stunned, rendered instantaneously insensible, and remain unconsciousness until death supervenes.
Optimar Electric Stunner
Since 2009 we have sold more then 600 stunners to fish farming, shore factories and onboard vessels / wild fish catching. The stunner is approved for different species for both wildcath and farmed, such as:
Wild fish:
- Cod, Haddock, Saithe, Whiting, Catfish, Halibuta and Mackerel
Crustaceous:
- Crabs, Lobster, Shrimps (L. Vannamei etc) and our latest development for Nephrops.
Farmed Fish:
- Salmon, Trout, Atlantic Char, Seabass, Sea bream, Eel, Catfish (Pangasius) Turbot, Barramundi and Yellow tail.
Advantages with using the Optimar El-Stunner:
Well tested over 13 years and recommended by Norwegian authorities
Consuming very little electric power (3kW), tested with EEG on several species.
Less corrosion
Software adjustable for different current dependent on specie
Flexible Capacity (from several 100 tons/day to laboratory tests)
Flexible pricing
Optimar Stun and Bleed Solution
Our stunner can be used as a single unit or in a factory line such as our stun and bleed solution. The animation under shows how the fish moves through water until it reaches the stunner and are sedated before gutted. With high focus on minimizing the number of times the animal is handled, we are able to maintain animal welfare through the whole process until slaughtering.
Feel free to download our product sheets here:
https://optimar.no/solutions/product/electro-stunner
https://optimar.no/stun-bleed-system
If you want to know more about all the benefits of electric stunning and humane slaughtering, please contact our Aqua sales team.
