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Swimming Video Camera Helps Chilean Aquaculture Farm Inspect Nets
Daily Inspections without Divers
Keeps Fish Loss Down, Boosts Profit Potential
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Orlando, Florida, Aquaculture 2001, January 22,
2001 - VideoRay today introduced the VideoRay Inspection System
to the aquaculture industry. VideoRay is an ROV (remotely operated
vehicle) that allows fisheries better control of operations and
offers an alternate to using divers to inspect nets. A portable
"swimming video camera" on a 250-foot tether, the VideoRay
Inspection System can be used daily to inspect nets, monitor feeding,
find expensive lost equipment, and perform regulatory compliance
work. The VideoRay Inspection System is on display in booth 925.
Jorge Ovalle of Chileyue, SA, a fish farming organization
in Castro, Chiloe Island, Chile, is using the VideoRay Inspection
System. In Chile, the salmon harvest exceeds 350 thousand tons annually.
The cost of a four-kilogram salmon escaping through an undetected
hole equals a $12 USD loss from the fish farmer's bottom line.
Priced under $12,000 USD, VideoRay provides a
fast return on investment. If VideoRay prevents the escape of 1000
salmon, it pays for itself. VideoRay takes the place of divers in
many cases, saving time, expense, and risk to human life. VideoRay
can help find lost equipment, saving even more money. Furthermore,
VideoRay can help farmers more effectively and efficiently monitor
feedings. In the aquaculture industry, food waste of just one percent
represents $5 million in lost profit each year.
The VideoRay Inspection System allows Chileyue,
SA to inspect its nets more frequently than possible with divers.
With two halogen lights, VideoRay can be used day or night. Unlike
divers, VideoRay never needs a rest and never runs out of air. Sending
live video to a monitor on the deck, VideoRay moves stealthily through
the water like many sea creatures at up to 2 knots. Because of its
small size - just 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms), 14 inches long, 9 inches
wide, and 8.5 inches high (35 centimeters by 23 centimeters by 22
centimeters) -- and the fact that it does not emit bubbles, VideoRay
does not scare fish as divers often do or create a panic that can
lead to the death of fish. Importantly, Chileyue, SA can see every
aspect of its underwater operations without risking injury to divers.
They no longer have to rely on reports from tired divers working
in difficult circumstances.
By sending the electricity-powered sub into the
water, Chileyue, SA can see below the surface, where its profits
are either harvested or wasted. Fish disease results from bottom
contamination. Farm staff can inspect the seabed beneath the farm
using VideoRay at depths up to 500 feet without risk to humans.
VideoRay can also cut down on disease propagation between farms.
Staff can also verify the structural integrity of the farm site
by inspecting anchors, connectors, and mooring lines.
VideoRay is easy to learn, train, and maintain.
Most people learn how to use VideoRay in less than one hour. In
a few hours of practice, just about anyone can skillfully operate
VideoRay. One operator and a helper can perform videotaped net wall
inspections. A trained operator can handle standard maintenance
of the VideoRay. Interexpress is the VideoRay reseller who provided
the system to Chileyue, SA. Request a free video by calling VideoRay
at 610-458-3000 or sending e-mail to info@videoray.com.
For more information on VideoRay, visit www.videoray.com
or contact:
VideoRay LLC
400 Eagleview Boulevard
Exton, PA 19341 USA
Telephone +1 610 458 3000
Fax +1 610 458 3010
Info@videoray.com, www.videoray.com
VideoRay Reseller:
Gaston Illanes
Interexpress Corporation
7225 Northwest 25th Street, Miami, FL 33122
(305) 715-9651Miami, Florida USA
PH: 305-715-9651 FAX: (305) 715-9821 E-mail: interex@gate.net
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