Andrew Bett is the founder and CEO of Salar Pursuits Ltd, managing the research and development of the Smoltscreen™ and Bloomshield™ porous semi-open salmon aquaculture systems, designed to provide up to 100% protection of farmed salmon from sea lice, micro and macro jellyfish and toxic algal blooms. His background is 32 years in the packaging industry with experience in polymer and cellulose materials and in fibre-based filtration. Having studied zoology at St Andrew’s university, Scotland, and after publishing seven years of research into the effects of atmospheric pressure changes on the behaviour of Atlantic salmon, he is introducing the concept of filtration to protect farmed salmon from increasing biological challenges in warming seas.
Colette Bett is co-founder of the Company, Financial and Media Marketing Director, simultaneously managing the publication and media presentation of the Smoltscreen™ project. Her business experience is in film production following a career as a producer for leading advertising agencies, in control of all production development and finance, experienced in social media marketing with a diploma from the Digital Marketing Institute, London.