[ INTERNATIONAL NEWS ] Sweeping digitisation of Croatian fisheries data systems Over the last few years, Croatia has set a path to introduce electronic data delivery for the entire fisheries sector. The progress is evident and the introduction of electronic data delivery is very well accepted by the end-users - fishers, farmers, buyers and the administration itself. Commercial fishers can deliver catch and landings data on paper (logbooks or reports), electronically through e-logbooks, via an app, or by email. Up until now, nearly 40 of the fishing fleet delivers daily catch and landing data electronically/digitally or by mobile application. What is even more significant is that these data cover nearly 98 of the catch. Regarding freshwater and marine aquaculture, farmers deliver yearly production and sale data, electronically through the Commercial Fisheries Portal. The same portal is used by transporters and first buyers, and by beneficiaries of the support measures in fisheries and aquaculture. Documentation on transport, weighing and first sale is filled in on the portal enabling the cross checking of all documents in real time. In addition, the fisheries administration has established a traceability system for bluefin tuna (Thunnus
By scanning the bar code or entering it on the website stakeholders are provided with information about the species, area of catch, fishing gear, and about the fishers themselves.
thynnus) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) that obliges every fisherman to mark the fish and introduce the barcode in the electronic system that will be passed to the first buyer and afterwards to any additional buyer in the distribution chain until the final consumer. By scanning the bar code or by entering the bar code on the web page https://ribarstvo. hr/hriba/, the consumer can trace the fish and get the information about the species, area of catch, fishing gear, and about the fisherman her- or himself.
Sports and recreational fishing are also accounted for. In addition to the already established online sale of permits for marine sport and recreational fishing, a new web application has been developed allowing fishermen to buy fishing permits/licence as well as to enter catch (caught and retained) data. Future plans for upgrading the system include cartographic presentation of all inland fishing areas, including on-site number of fishermen in real-time. In addition, new application for marine
sport and recreational fisheries is being planned for future development. The various electronic/ digital systems are simpler for users and provide more accurate and efficient reports and analyses for the decision makers as well as for the scientific community. In terms of surveillance and control, major advances are also visible, like fisheries inspectors’ use of drones and access to real time data. The benefits of using digital solutions are evident and encourages continued focus on this path.
The innovative wellboat Gåsø Høvding has been launched at the Sefine Shipyard in Turkey. The wellboat is 83.2 meters long and 30.9 meters wide and unlike any other. Møre Maritime designed the boat and Cflow delivers everything relating to fishing. They have both worked closely with Frøy on the innovative wellboat project for about a year when it was
commissioned. “Our customer needed a large boat. We worked on several different options, but eventually landed on this one. Design and flexibility are the way our customer wants it,” says project manager Einride Wingan from Frøy. It is a good feeling to finally get her to sea. On such projects, there will always be challenges, but they could be solved along the way.
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The wellboat has a total holding volume of 7,500 cubic meters and is equipped with systems for sorting and removal of all types of cleaning fish, reusable freshwater treatment, 12-line hydrolicers and an advanced and automated hygiene system. Frøy has an additional five more wellboats under construction, four of which should be completed this year.
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Turkey launches world’s largest wellboat
The wellboat Gåsø Høvding has just sailed out from the Sefine shipyard in Turkey and is with its 7,500 m3 holding tank currently the largest wellboat in the world.
