Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT) was founded
in 2005 by Dr. Stefan Kraan and Patrick Martin, and has grown from a single
headquarters in Galway, Ireland to having a strong presence in North America,
Asia, Europe and Australia.
According to the website information ‘This
global reach supports the mission of the company to develop and provide a range
of natural solutions to enhance the health of the animals, environment and the
customer. OHT have created a variety of patented seaweed based formulas centred
on the bioactive ingredients present in different seaweeds. These ingredients
allow its feeds to replace many of the synthetic components found in a
diversity of agricultural and aquacultural feed ingredients.’
InterTradeIreland have a technology transfer and innovation program, FUSION, which
partners companies with a third-level institution providing them with the
specialist expertise of a high calibre graduate working directly in the
organisation to deliver a new product or process improvement project.
Through the FUSION program recently OHT
have benefitted from the services of the University of Ulster and Dr. Simon
Faulkner. Simon completed a project focused on creating sustainable fish feed
for use in commercial aquaculture. Since this program was completed Simon has
become Research and Development Manager of OHT and is continuing to pioneer
research into new areas and concepts.
In accepting the award for ‘InterTradeIreland FUSION Project Exemplar’ Dr Stefan Kraan, Scientific Director, OHT
said “This collaboration with FUSION has enabled us to take our project to the
next level. Simon was a great asset to the business and instrumental in
developing the project. His
project has assisted the company to develop new fish food products through the
identification and analysis of protein rich seaweeds which should partially
replace fish meal in fed aquaculture. Working closely with University of
Ulster, Coleraine we received academic support and supervision throughout the
duration of the program.”
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