Company
Aquaculture Consultancy & Engineering (ACE) was established in 2005 by Wageningen Agricultural University graduates Ir. Lo and Ir. Remmerswaal. Both partners had been active in Aquaculture for over 18 years.
ACE is based in Mill, in the East of The Netherlands and is formed by a small, experienced staff of 6 people, assisted by a group of part time specialists.
The company owns a 450 m2 building that includes an office, warehouse and workshop and, due to space limitation recently expanded into a second, 480 m2 warehouse.
ACE activities are divided into 4 groups;
Design and construction of complete fish farms
Design and construction of fish farming equipment
Design and construction of air scrubbers for agriculture
Production of ornamental fish
Designing is done by a small team of technicians that work with state of the art software.
The workshop is equipped to work with various plastics and metals, for example including a 3D milling machine for plastics and a range of welding-, sawing and grinding equipment.
Most, if not all of ACE profits are ploughed back into R&D and has resulted in exciting new products for waste water treatment, heat exchange, automatic feeding…
Before marketing any of these products they are rigorously tested in the farm environment.
Our clients are found in Europe, The Middle East, Africa and Asia and projects range from design and construction of eel farms in Madagascar, to site location studies for Shellfish hatcheries.
ACE
Aquaculture Holland
Curriculum vitae ACE, 19/3/2011
Aquaculture Consultancy & Engineering (ACE b.v.) is a company that is specialized in the design and construction of aquaculture projects. Projects have been executed since 1990, covering fresh water and seawater species, from shrimp to fish, from Europe to Africa and Asia.
ACE is based in Mill, The Netherlands and consists of a small, dedicated core team of 6 people. A pool of part time specialists is used to reinforce this work force when the work load is too much.
The activities of ACE include;
-design and construction of turnkey fish farms
-design and construction of fish farm equipment
-feasibility studies for new projects
-trouble shooting studies to improve existing farms
-management support for new and existing fish farms
-production of ornamental Guppies for wholesalers
-design and construction of air scrubbers for piggeries
We hereby present an overview of some of the jobs that we have successfully executed;
2011:
1-Design and construction of a 100 tons Yellowtail (Seriola) farm for Silt b.v., in Ijmuiden, The Netherlands.
2-Design and construction of a biofilter air scrubber for VOF Voet van den Berg, Ravenstein, The Netherlands. This air scrubber is designed to remove 85% of ammonia, dust and odors from a flow of 180.000 m3 of air per hour.
3-Design, construction and management of the ACE Guppy (Poecilia reticulate) farm, build for the annual production of 1 million Guppies.
4-Design and construction of a Robot feeding machine for the ACE Guppy farm
5-Design and construction of an air to air heat exchanger for the ACE Guppy farm
6-Design of a water to water heat exchanger for the ACE Guppy farm
7-Development of a computer vision grading machine for the ACE Guppy farm
8-Design and construction of a 50 tons flow through Trout farm for Akvatomatekh, Yerevan, Armenia.
9-Design of 160 tons Eel ongrowing unit for Bardoel Palingkwekerij, Wanroij, The Netherlands
10-Desk study for the culture of Mitten Crab (Eriocheir chinensis) in recirculation systems.
11-Development of a treatment protocol for Guppies, against Gyrodactylus and Dactylogyrus
12-Development of a treatment protocol for Guppies, against Tetrahymena
2010:
-Feasibility study + experiments for farming of ornamental fish
-Feasibility study for large scale Salmon farming in recirculation systems
-Feasibility study and design for 50 tons Pikeperch farm, Kieft, The Netherlands
-Design of Kabayaki production line for Ripplefish ltd., Madagascar
-Design and construction of 200 tons Eel farm for Ripplefish Ltd., Madagascar
-Design of processing plant for Eel, Ripplefish Ltd, Mananjary
-Design of processing plant for Eel, Ripplefish Ltd., Manakara
2009:
-Design and construction of 200 tons Eel farm for Ripplefish Ltd., Madagascar
-Design of glasseel and elver production systems, Bardoel palingkwekerij, Wanroij
2008:
- Design and construction of 20 tons Eel farm for Ripplefish Ltd., Madagascar
2007:
-Feasibility study Eel project Madagascar for Imares, The Netherlands
-Design, construction and installation of hatchery systems for African Catfish
-Design, construction and installation of oxygen reactor, Valkenswaard
-Design, construction and management supervision Shellfish hatchery pilot Yerseke
-Design and construction of Algae culture reactors
-Design Catfish ongrowing units for Nigeria
-Design Catfish hatchery/nursery for Nigeria
-Development, testing and construction of pneumatic feeding system for Happy Shrimp
-Audit for Aquacultuur Nederweert to get Sturgeon on Dutch farmed species list.
-Feasibility study for Kramer Fish Trading for large Tilapia farm
2006:
This year 2005 projects are continued after partner Ir. Lo left ACE.
-Field Survey Nigeria for Coppens International regarding construction of Catfish farms.
-Design, Construction and supervision Pangasius pilot Urk for Kramer fish International
-Design of pilot Sturgeon farm for Hoentjen G&M Eelfarm
-Paperwork to obtain experimental license for Sturgeon farming for G&M
-Short course Algae culture in Zaragoza, Spain, organized by Ciheam
-Design and construction of Air systems and filters for Happy Shrimp Farm, Rotterdam
-Design and construction of Shrimp nursery for Happy Shrimp Farm
-Site selection for LeDrive Ltd. For Sturgeon project Spain/Portugal
2005:
ACE is a consulting company that focuses on design, construction and management of Aquaculture projects. Present projects are running in Tunesia; Korea; Mexico and Spain, dealing with production of Scallops; Japanese flounder; Eel; Japanese parrotfish and Sturgeon.
-Study for RIVO; Shellfish hatchery Marocco
-Study for Holland Shellfish International; Design of Shellfish hatchery
-Study regarding feasibility of Guppy farm Urk
-Study for Kramer Fish Trading; feasibility of Pangasius farm Urk
-Study for Sturgeon Scea; Using Dutch farms for contract culture of Sturgeon
