The Huon Story Edn 13 - Flipbook - Page 28
Salmon
d r iv in g co ntinuo us
Innovation
The Tasmanian salmon industry is leading the way globally, with world-leading science
and R&D, sustainable farming
methods and novel waste solutions.
T i m Fo rd
for dri vin g more in n ovat ive
and sus t ain able prac t ic es
state wide an d has provided
opport un it ies for Tas man ian
busines s es t o be c reat ed
and grow an d build t he
capacit y an d expert is e t o
dive rsif y in t o ot her areas .
A l l o f whi c h c ontribute to
the i n d u s t r y having one of
the l o w es t c a r bon footprints
of a n y p ro t e i n produce r
i n t he w o r l d . The industr y
d i r e c t l y em p l o ys thousands
of Ta s m a n i a n s , e spe cially in
r e g i o n a l o r ru ral are as, and
p ro vi d es t ra i n ing, upskilling
a nd ed u c a t i o nal opportuniti e s t ha t w o u l d not have othe r w i s e ex i s t e d .
The i n d i r e c t e c onomic and
e m p l o y m e n t i mpact of the
i nd u s t r y ha s b ee n le ss re cogn i s e d . Co l l e ctive ly, the
i nd u s t r y s p e n d s approxim a t e l y $ 5 0 0 m illion e ach
ye a r o n l o c a l Tasmanian se r v i ce p ro v i d e rs .
The s e s u p p l i e rs are a critical p a r t o f Ta s manian manu f a c t u r i n g , t ra nsport and
a gr i - t ec h i n d u strie s w ith a
p ar t i c u l a r f o c us on local
com m u n i t i e s .
Thi s ha s p ro v ed a catalyst
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O ne o f t he s u c c es s s t orie s is Tim an d Mic hael
Ford from Aqua Clean Tas ,
both o f whom have a lon gstandin g relat ion s hip wit h
H uon. Mic hael is a for me r e mployee, workin g on
the ne t c lean in g t eam an d
Tim w a s on c e a c on t rac t or.
Toge ther t hey c ame up wit h
an idea for a bet t er model
of ne t c lean er an d Aqua
C le an Tas was born .
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The c ompan y has t wo f l a g s hip produc t s ; t he Tas si e
Devil 4000 an d t he Ta ssi e
Devil Trac ker 4000 net
c lean er. The lat t er is a
remot ely operat ed vehi c le (ROV) t hat is power ed
hydrau lic ally from t he d r i v e
u n it loc at ed on t he s er vic e c raf t . It operat es i n si d e
t he pen s an d is man o eu vred via a c on t roller m u c h
like an Xbox game c o n t ro l l er
t o provide familiarit y t o t he
operat or.
The ROVs mot ion is rel a y ed
by c amera t o a pair o f LC D
mon it ors s it uat ed on t he ser vic e c raf t . The Tas s ie Dev i l
4000 is operat ed by w i n c h
an d c omplemen t s t he Ta ssi e
Devil Trac ker 4000 by c l ea n in g n et t in g ou t s ide t he c a g e
in t he heavy fou lin g zo n e
6-8 met res before t he ha r d
lin e.
Working closely with Huon,
Michael and Tim created the
first prototype in 2017 and it
has been a process of continuous improvement ever since.
Tim an d Mic hael are
firmly c ommit t ed t o u si n g
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Edition Thirteen
