Don’t Fall Behind: Stay up to Date with How Technology is Redefining Live Food Management in the Hatchery

Cost-efficient live food production, including Artemia and rotifers, is vital for the success and profitability of modern fish and shrimp hatcheries. Moving beyond traditional harvesting methods such as chemical decapsulation and double sieving, INVE Aquaculture's patented SEP-Art technology uses non-toxic magnetic cyst coating to simplify nauplii separation. SEP-Art eliminates hazardous chemicals, mitigates bacterial risks like Vibrio, and prevents gut obstructions from residual cyst shells while reducing operational costs by up to USD 10/kg compared to decapsulation. Automation tools like AutoMag can process up to 15 kg of SEP-Art cysts (a 5-ton hatching tank at 2 g/L) in under an hour with minimal labor. Additionally, INVE introduced SnappArt, an AI-powered optical counting device developed with Aris that automates rotifer and Artemia quantification. Replacing manual, error-prone microscope inspections, SnappArt delivers rapid, highly accurate, and standardized data analysis around the clock. Together, these technological advancements establish a more standardized, cost-effective, and biosecure approach to live food management in commercial aquaculture hatcheries.