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Fish Transport System Moves Fish Without Compromising Quality
(UNITED STATES, 7/26/2016)
The innovative Whooshh system moves fish at the processing plant, farm site, hatchery, or dam through its patented transport tubes that use pressure differentials to “whoosh” the fish from one place to another—gently, quickly, and very cost-effectively.
At the processing plant, where productivity is essential, the Whooshh system reduces the processors’ reliance on totes, pallets, ice, and forklifts—saving time, labour, materials, and maintenance costs.
Another benefit of the Whooshh system is that it gives processors the option of saving critical floor space by transporting product overhead.
Fish will enter the Whooshh system on their own volition through controlled water flow.
Whether you are designing a new plant or expanding an existing one, Whooshh can configure a tailored solution that works for your specific operation. Processing plants also benefit from Whooshh's tube replacement program–known as the Everclean program–through which the company can repair or replace your leased Whooshh tubes at least once per year at no additional cost.
The Whooshh system uses FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) approved materials and outperforms the traditional conveyor belt when it comes to sanitation. Because the system can be cleaned and dried in minutes, plants that deploy the Whooshh system may find it easier to comply with HACCP and other food safety standards.
Since fish are in and out quickly, fish stress is lower, resulting in higher quality and higher yields.
Plants currently using the Whooshh system report a measurable increase in productivity, a reduction in energy consumption, and greater product yield. In addition, the system can be cleaned in less than 30 minutes, resulting in less downtime per shift.
If you’re in the competitive business of aquaculture, you understand the importance of taking care of each and every fish you raise. Moving fish from tank to tank or tank to net pen by traditional methods such as pumps often creates a situation where the fish are stressed, which in turn can lead to injury, mortalities, and/or reduced product quality from elevated cortisol levels in the tissue.
Whooshh Innovations offers seafood processors a more efficient, hygienic, space-saving way to move fish to, from, or within the plant.
Whooshh offers aquaculture producers a more efficient and fish-friendly way to move those valuable broodstock and/or fish destined for the table. Woooshh's fish-friendly system can be configured to your specifications.
Since fish are in and out quickly, fish stress is lower, resulting in higher quality and higher yields. Fish will enter the Whooshh system on their own volition through controlled water flow. Systems can also be designed to assist the fish into the entry point by hand or via crowder.
Whooshh Innovations offers aquaculture producers a more efficient and fish-friendly way to move those valuable broodstock and/or fish destined for the table.
Whooshh offers a range of solutions that can be customized to fit your specific operation. The Whooshh system can be integrated with specific add-ons that include, but are not limited to scanning and sorting.
Whether it is restoring migratory fish to their native spawning grounds or helping producers with more fish-friendly solutions to transport live or harvested fish, Whooshh, is defined by its ability to find new solutions to old problems—through innovative state-of-the art technologies and materials science.
About Whooshh Innovations
Whooshh Innovations is revolutionizing fish passage and seafood processing through the company's proprietary, proven technology—moving fish Safe, Timely, Efficiently & Effectively
The company was launched in 2008 in Bellevue, Washington, with the goal of improving the harvest of highly perishable agricultural products such as tree fruit. Recognizing the need to apply the same technology to help move fish gently over obstacles and barriers, the company soon began testing its technology on live fish.
The initial success led the company's researchers to explore the use of the Whooshh technology to move fish over dams—as well as in processing plants where hygiene is critical. Whooshh systems are now deployed in Norway and in various settings throughout the United States.
(UNITED STATES, 7/26/2016)
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