14-Jul-2014
Marine and coastal environment specialists,BMT Oceanica (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, announced today its partnership with global aquaculture advisory group SmartAqua. This is a unique move that will see these specialist organisations working together to manage the evolution of the rapidly expanding aquaculture industry.
With the industry forecast set to grow by an extra 18 million tonnes by 2020, it is imperative that any future developments are managed sustainably. To support the environmental management of these developments, BMT Oceanica, with its long history of working on major marine and coastal developments, is teaming with SmartAqua to ensure growth is managed with the environment in mind.
Alastair Smart, MD of SmartAqua added: “It is well understood by most fish farmers that they must manage the impact of their fish on the environment and vice versa. Our collaboration with BMT Oceanica adds considerable strength to our environmental expertise, which together with our existing services, aquaculture health, biosecurity and husbandry management provides our customers with the complete aquaculture package”.
Mark Bailey, co-Managing Director of BMT Oceanica comments: “This is an exciting enhancement to BMT’s existing aquaculture services and with the obvious synergies between ourselves and SmartAqua, we look forward to this partnership. BMT has been involved in the industry for many years and we enjoy using our strong technical skills and regulatory understanding to help our customers and the environment. ”