The MøreNot Group has had great success with its
sales of PLEXUS® nets for salmon farmers during the Aqua Nor fair
this year. "Normally we do not have as much direct
sales during the fair," says Dag A. Davik, sales manager for
the MøreNot Group, "but this year sales of PLEXUS®
nets have escalated".
The MøreNot Group has, for six years, marketed and
sold PLEXUS® nets for fish farming. Nets are made from
the world's strongest fiber, Dyneema®. These special
fibers have an extreme tensile strength, yet they are very
resistant to gnawing and tear. This has made it very
popular in the nets for cod, who are struggling to bite holes
in the PLEXUS® netting as opposed to traditional nylon
netting.
"Now, the salmon farmers have set their eyes on
the extreme properties of PLEXUS® nets from the MøreNot
Group," says Dag A. Davik. "The trend towards ever
larger nettings have required the traditional nylon
nets to be dimensioned to such sizes that they become
difficult to handle, both for farmers and service stations. The
nets of the world's strongest fiber can be made with thinner wire
than nylon nets, but with the same breaking strength. This
provides a wide range of advantages: reduced weight of the
net, reduction of antifouling consumption, reduction of copper
consumption, lower service costs, improved water flow, better
environment for fish, maintaining the volume in strong currents,
less strain on nettings and mooring.
Most of the larger fish farming companies in Norway
have now reached agreement with MøreNot about the testing of
PLEXUS® nets. Many want to test PLEXUS® nets in
nettings with 160 meters circumference. "One of our
customers is about to replace all the nets with PLEXUS® nets,
because they have learned that there is less vegetation in the
nets. They have also learned that they shrink less," said Dag A.
Davik. "Another customer has chosen to buy PLEXUS®
nets when they started with 120 meters nettings, rather than
investing in larger boats with larger cranes.
"I am delighted that the sale of PLEXUS® nets
is now loosening", concludes Davik, "this is something we have
worked with for a long time".