East Coast Innovation

10/22/2026

It was an excellent day of informative and insightful presentations at the Fall Forum. Shoutout to our own Dr. Danielle Knip for her presentation of the latest test results comparing the health and quality of fish loaded with the SmoothMove versus the traditional funnel.

Thank you to acffa for organizing another great event.

09/25/2026

East Coast Innovation is thrilled to be featured in the latest issue of EDIT Magazine - with a beautiful spread and a story that gets to the heart of how SmoothMove came to be.

“A Creative Movement” tells the story of how ECI spent six years learning to see the world through the eyes of a fish - and used those insights to rethink how fish are moved.

The result is SmoothMove, now in commercial operation and helping move more than 6 million fish calmly and efficiently, with less crowding.

Happy fish equals healthy outcomes.

Read the story:

How New Brunswick engineer Joel Halse and artist Geoff Slater used engineering, art and fish behaviour to create a more humane approach to modern aquaculture.

07/07/2026

EXCITING NEWS! 🐟 SmoothMove — the world's first purpose-built fish loading device - keeps fish calm during transfers and improves welfare 🐟
After 6 years and millions in investment, SmoothMove is proven to make fish loading faster, safer, and more efficient than ever before.
And we're not stopping there — we're thrilled to announce we've signed our first contract, marking an exciting milestone as we bring SmoothMove to the industry.

Read the full press release here:
https://www.smoothmove.no/news

06/16/2026

Great first day at ! If you haven't yet, make sure to stop by booth G31/c to learn how low density fish transfers can transform your loading operations. See you on Day 2!
smoothmove.no

04/17/2026

ECI is proud to shine the employee spotlight on Andrew Rhynold. In his role as Industrial Specialist, Andrew has played a pivotal role in helping build and test equipment throughout our R&D process. His enthusiasm and dedication to evolving his skillset has made him a joy to work with. Andrew is now applying these skills to the precise manufacturing of our flagship product, the SmoothMove Smart Funnel.
Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Assoc