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Spillfree fights feed waste in aquaculture
- Published 23 November 2022; updated 21 September 2026; estimated reading time 3 minutes. Marked available; listed under Aquaculture and fisheries and Technology.
- Spillfree Analytics provides software and analysis services for aquaculture feeding, with its VideoTools decision-support product as the main tool. It retrieves data from existing farm camera systems, so the page says operators need not install new physical equipment. It can produce analyses, statistics and reports for selected production periods; Spillfree experts review results with operators and recommend feeding adjustments.
- Other products are AquaTools, for evaluating biological and economic aquaculture outcomes; LearnTools, a training and knowledge platform focused on feeding; and DrawTools, for describing and visualising feeding scenarios in net-pen farms. The company says its tools and machine-learning-supported R&D are developed in collaboration with fish-farm operators.
- The article says feed can account for 50–60% of salmon and trout production costs. It presents reduced feed spillage, better feed access and fish growth, shorter sea periods, lower operating costs, and staff training as benefits of using its tools; these are company-reported outcomes, with no quantified before-and-after evidence in the article.
- The page reports VideoTools in use at more than 55 aquaculture sites and lists target markets including Australia, Canada, Chile, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Scotland and the US. Its cited USD 764 million precision-aquaculture market projection was for 2024 and is now historical.
- Linked to SDGs 2 (Zero hunger), 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and 14 (Life below water).
- Contact: Vidar Myhre, CEO, vidar.myhre@spillfree.no. Company: SPILLFREE ANALYTICS AS, Stiklestadveien 1, 7041 Trondheim, Norway; spillfree.no/en. A phone-number reveal control is present.