World Fishing April 2019

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ANALYSIS

BRAZIL BOOSTS TILAPIA

Why big isn’t bad page 10

NEW HORIZONS

Ropshinskay Gold: Russia’s golden fish page 12 With more than 400,000 tonnes of tilapia produced in 2018, Brazilian aquaculture output grew 11.9% compared to 2017, consolidating Brazil’s position as the world’s fourth largest producer, behind China, Indonesia, and Egypt.

Figures published by the Brazilian Association of Pisciculture (Peixe BR) detailing the economic indicators of the activity in 2018 showed that the tilapia sector strengthened its position as the major player in the Brazilian fish farming industry. The yield of farmed fish in 2018 amounted to 722,560 tonnes –

8 Feeding time at a GeneSeas tilapia farming facility in Brazil

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and tilapia represented 55.4% of it, reports Eduardo Campos Lima.

“Tilapia production is the most modernised segment in Brazilian pisciculture and holds the biggest share of domestic consumption. Tilapia producers have made major investments and we’re sure that it will grow more and more in the next few years,” confirmed Francisco Medeiros, president of Peixe BR. 8 Full report, page 32

MAINE LANDINGS TOP US$600 MILLION FOR ONLY THIRD TIME Babord’s Green Vision: Harbour to Home page 20

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The value of Maine’s 2018 commercially harvested marine resources increased by more than $60 million over 2017, and for only the third time in history exceeded $600 million. At $637,174,944, the overall value represents the second highest on record, according to preliminary data from the Maine Department of Marine Resources.

“The best seafood in the world comes from Maine,” said Maine Governor Janet T. Mills.

“This industry is the cornerstone of Maine’s coastal economy, and the value of this year’s catch reflects the dedication and sacrifices of the men and women who work on the water and those who make sure this quality product gets to market.”

Maine’s lobster harvesters saw another strong year in 2018, landing 119,640,379 pounds (54,268 tonnes), which was an increase of nearly 8 million pounds (3629 tonnes) over 2017. 2018 was only the seventh year in which more than 110 million pounds (49,895 tonnes) of Maine lobster were landed.

8 Maine had a strong year for lobster, with 54,268 tonnes valued at more that $484 million

At $484,543,633, the value of Maine’s lobster fishery climbed by more than $46 million over 2017 on the strength of a boat price that increased from $3.92 per-pound in 2017 to $4.05 in 2018.

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Big is beautiful, and so is small – in the right place and at the right time

It’s interesting to read Ian Gatt’s spirited defence of the larger end of the fishing industry in these pages. It’s a point of view that isn’t often aired, and there’s an entrenched viewpoint that big is bad and therefore small has to be good.

As is generally the case, trying to distill a complex set of issues into a single headline-friendly soundbite automatically excludes so many complexities.

Big is generally safer, not to mention more comfortable. There’s a lot to be said for having a bit of personal space of your own on board, as well as a toilet, a shower and somewhere to dry your oilskins, just as a bit more steel under your feet is highly reassuring when it’s blowing hard.

Larger operations offer important economies of scale. Nobody seems to complain too loudly about large trains, aircraft or office blocks when the alternatives would be so much more expensive and inefficient, yet the public has been taught that large fishing vessels that can operate efficiently and contribute to delivering affordable seafood are somehow inherently bad.

Big is beautiful, and so is small – in the right place and at the right time.

A 12 metre netter has no business 200 miles offshore any more than a supertrawler should be inside six miles.

In fact, the fishing sector badly needs to be a balance of small, medium and large operations. A fishing industry made up solely of cockleshells fishing in the near-shore zone isn’t a desirable option any more than an industry consisting of half a dozen floating factories would be.

The sad part of this is that the industry we seem to be heading towards in much of the developed world looks to be made up of the two ends of the spectrum; a fleet of small boats at sea for a day or so and with a couple of people making a living from it, and the technologically sophisticated large-scale vessels at the other end.

The ones getting squeezed out are the medium-sized operators, the 12-25 metre trawlers, seiners and netters, generally built on a couple of generations of shared experience, that each tend to provide livelihoods for half a dozen families afloat and ashore. This is the sector of the fleet that’s under attack.

There’s no space here to go into why it’s going this way – a mixture of economics and years of policy which dictate that to survive you need to either scale up or downsize – but it’s not a healthy trend. Those in between the two ends of the scale are on the way out, and the commercial fishing sector as a whole is inevitably poorer and weaker for the loss of this diversity.

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BRIEFS No deal Brexit means 'anarchy in the UK'

LANDMARK RECONCILIATION ON ARCTIC SURF CLAM FISHERY

The UK leaving the European Union without a withdrawal deal could lead to lawlessness at sea with serious consequences for fisheries and marine life, the environmental organisation Oceana warns.

New Trustees join IPNLF

Tersan launches ST-184 Crabber The Tersan Shipyard in Turkey has launched its first crabbing vessel for Russian fishing operator Arktikservice to fish for Kamchatka and snow crab in North Atlantic waters.

Stamps promote sustainable fishing Coinciding with Sustainable Seafood Week 2019, Australia Post has released three stamps featuring sustainable fish species.

Solomon Islands tuna now fair trade The Tersan Shipyard in Turkey has launched its first crabbing vessel for Russian fishing operator Arktikservice to fish for Kamchatka and snow crab in North Atlantic waters.

Flounder and striped bass stocks assessed Two new trustees have joined the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) to help guide its future progress, oversee its governance and inform its strategic direction.

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Two new trustees have joined the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) to help guide its future progress, oversee its governance and inform its strategic direction.

Clearwater Seafoods and fourteen First Nations communities have announced a landmark agreement on the Arctic surf clam fishery, ending a longstanding dispute over the fishery and forging what is described as a 50-year partnership that protects existing jobs while creating employment for the fourteen nations that are adjacent to the clam resource.

"The strength of this agreement is the opportunity it creates for the fourteen First Nations adjacent to the resource to become meaningful participants in the commercial fishery," said Chief Terrance Paul (OC), Chief of Membertou First Nation and CoChair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs.

"This is a business development model that has been successful for our community in other sectors and it makes sense to extend it to the seafood industry with Clearwater, as they have industry knowledge and experience."

The voluntary agreement is effective immediately and benefits to participating First Nations are retroactive to January 2019.

The Agreement will provide millions of dollars in benefits to First Nations through annual revenue sharing, training, leadership development,

employment, as well as procurement of goods and services from Indigenous suppliers. The partners also commit to work together to submit an Expression of Interest in any new upcoming DFO process.

"It is historic and, in my opinion, a great example of Reconciliation," said Chief Misel Joe (OC), Chief of Miawpukek First Nation. "Fourteen First Nations communities adjacent to this resource are working collaboratively to ensure that benefits are shared among First Nations. This agreement creates meaningful employment opportunities for our community members without displacing others who have dedicated their lives to this industry and also need the jobs."

This agreement is an example of business responding to the Call for Action (92) from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Clearwater states that it is consistent with the company’s commitment to diversity in the workplace.

"We know we can be a leader for our industry and demonstrate that Indigenous Reconciliation can unite and strengthen communities, build trust, secure existing jobs, create new ones and provide greater prosperity for all," said Clearwater Seafoods CEO Ian Smith.

8 Chief Terrance Paul, co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs and Clearwater CEO Ian Smith onboard the clam vessel Anne Risley

"Clearwater supports the objectives of reconciliation and believes business has a role in increasing Indigenous participation in the Canadian economy including the seafood industry."

Grand Bank mayor Rex Matthews commented that the agreement protects the workers at the Grand Bank Seafoods plant.

“Clearwater has been an employer in Grand Bank for more than 25 years and is an irreplaceable part of our community. I am proud to support their agreement with First Nations.

This is a great example of how Clearwater cares about their employees and helps build strong communities," he said.

"Clearwater is taking a leadership role to build strong business relationships with First Nations,” Ian Smith added.

“This is an opportunity to expand access and participation in commercial fisheries in a collaborative and voluntary manner. Together we can build a valuable and sustainable Canadian seafood industry for everyone while respecting historic investments."

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MAINE ACCOUNTS FOR 80% OF US LOBSTER CATCH VALUE

According to data published by NOAA, American lobster was the most valuable single species harvested in the US in 2015, 2016, and 2017, with Maine landings accounting for approximately 80% of that value each year.

“Maine’s commercial fishing industries remain a critically important driver for our state’s economy and identity,” said Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher.

“However, there are challenges we must tackle to sustain our marine resources and the communities they support. We must continue to look at adapting to a changing Gulf of Maine while facing related challenges that include a pending bait shortage and whale rules. Working directly with these industries to find creative solutions that maintain their economic viability remains the focus of the Mills Administration.”

Despite a season shortened because of illegal sales which put the state in jeopardy of exceeding its allotted quota, elver harvesters pocketed $21,747,190 in 2018. The total was an increase of $9.5

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8 Lobster (Homarus americanus) with eggs

million, or 78%, over 2017 and ranked the fishery as Maine’s second most valuable.

A record per-pound price for Maine elvers of $2366 resulted in an overall value that makes 2018 the third most lucrative in the fishery’s history, behind only 2012 and 2013 - years in which there was no quota for elvers.

The value of Atlantic herring placed it third overall at $16,565,907, followed by softshell clam valued at $12,854,545. Sea urchins worth $6,201,621 and scallops valued at $5,935,639 ranked fifth and sixth.

Underscoring the importance of commercial fishing to Maine is the most recent data from the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program which shows that Maine commercial harvesters took more than twice the number of commercial fishing trips than any other state on the US east coast. In 2017, Maine harvesters reported 447,523 trips while those from Virginia, the next highest state, reported just 217,940.

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Iceland Responsible Fisheries (IRF) introduced Icelandic golden redfish earlier this year to German consumers at Grüne Woche, a large Food and Agricultural Trade Show which is held annually in Berlin.

Icelandic golden redfish was presented under the IRF brand and guests at the trade show were offered a taste of pan-fried golden redfish. Julia Klöckner, Germany’s Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, was one of the people who came by to taste Icelandic golden redfish, visiting the booth on the first day of the trade show, along with many media representatives.

IRF took part in the trade show in co-operation with FischInformationszentrum (FIZ) from Hamburg and they shared a booth.

FIZ promotes the health benefits of eating seafood and more fish to Germans. This is the fourth time that IRF and FIZ take part in Grüne Woche together.

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BRIEFS Ghana’s fishing industry needs women’s voices Women play a crucial role in Ghana’s fisheries and the current crisis in the country’s fish stocks cannot be fully solved without their input in decision making, says a report released by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and partner Hen Mpoano.

Spanish tuna sustainable from sea to can Iceland distributed brochures to interested parties, including recipes and general information about the destination Iceland.

Food producers from all over the world introduce their produce at Grüne Woche with a total of 1,500 participants coming

8 Presenting Icelandic golden redfish at Berlin’s Grüne Woche trade show in Berlin

from 65 countries. Around 380,000 guests visit the show each year, mostly the general public but among them there are around 85,000 professionals.

The Spanish tuna fleet has begun the process of enabling canned tuna distribution and processing companies to earn the label of responsibly fished tuna from certification body AENOR.

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The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) has signed a landmark fisheries collaboration MoU with Thailand’s Department of Fisheries at the GFETW conference in Bangkok.

Tuna transhipment from fishing vessels to refrigerated carrier vessels is a daily occurrence in Majuro port and represent a vital element of the Pacific tuna fishery and the ongoing Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) efforts undertaken by Pacific Island countries.

CRITICAL IMPORTANCE MIMRA officials, along with their NZMFAT Offshore Fisheries Advisor, signed the MoU at the sidelines of the 6th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop held in Bangkok in February after a year-long engagement during which both sides recognised that exchanging fisheries data was an area of

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critical importance that would require mutual collaboration between key players, in this case, RMI (Majuro) being arguably the busiest transhipment port in the world and Bangkok as the largest tuna receiving/processing port.

Verified weights of tuna catches transhipped in Majuro and offloaded in Bangkok will be exchanged on a regular basis, enabling both sides to trace

8 The fisheries collaboration MoU between the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority and Thailand’s Department of Fisheries was signed last week. Photo: Francisco Blaha

catches both ways to ensure its legality throughout the entire chain of custody thereby preventing IUU fishing practices.

FULL TRACEABILITY MIMRA will provide relevant transhipment data to Thailand’s

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WHY BIG ISN’T BAD – SPFA CHIEF EXECUTIVE When it comes to fishing there is the oft-repeated mantra from many environmentalists that big is bad and small is good, says Ian Gatt of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association Much more sustainable and better for society, they argue, to have small-scale artisanal fishing boats working our fishing grounds and fewer large trawlers. A notion, perhaps, with some initial appeal, but on close examination, not one that stands up to scrutiny.

The Scottish mackerel and herring (pelagic) fleet, which today consists of 22 large vessels, is a particular focus of criticism because the sector is concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of fishermen.

It is, however, worth considering how this vitally important and sustainable sector to the Scottish industry evolved in such a way, because if it hadn’t, Scotland would today be left with a ‘cottage industry’ mackerel and herring fleet, completely dominated and out-competed by our northern European neighbours.

The first real catalyst for change came with the closure of the herring fishery in 1977 because of the collapse of the stocks.

As a result, onshore herring processing factories diversified into other species and market outlets for the fish were lost, many of them for good.

However, necessity is the mother of invention and boats previously reliant on herring also managed to diversify during this period, and for the first-time mackerel began to gain significant importance as a target species, with Scottish boats landing much of their catch into Eastern bloc factory ships anchored at places such as Ullapool and Lerwick.

This was enough to sustain Scottish boats right through the 1980s (herring was also landed to klondykers when the fishery reopened in 1983) and up until the mid-1990s, although the prices for both types of fish was always low. However, the collapse of the Soviet bloc and the removal of fuel subsidy payments for these highly inefficient klondykers quickly led to their demise.

INVESTMENT At about the same time this was happening, the Norwegians were investing heavily in their pelagic fleet and onshore processing facilities to supply emerging new markets for high quality mackerel and herring in the Far East and other parts of the world. Scottish mackerel and herring catchers, and the wider Scottish processing sector, had no choice, either up their game to compete in these new markets or get left behind.

So, at considerable financial risk, fishing families invested in new vessels, and the fleet also streamlined, amalgamating vessel licenses and their associated fixed quota allocations into fewer, but more efficient vessels. The result is that today, the Scottish pelagic fleet, which is operated by families with a fishing lineage of several generations, is one that matches any other in northern Europe in terms of modernity, safety and efficiency.

It is an economic process that has gone on in virtually every other industry, rationalisation and improvement in order to compete in a modern economy. Indeed, our mackerel and herring fishermen are continually renewing their vessels to this day, and such investment in modern equipment is incredibly important, especially in terms of fish handling technology to ensure the perishable catch is quickly refrigerated and thus of the highest quality when landed.

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There is the safety element too. Mackerel and herring shoals are mostly located in deep water many miles from the coast where it would be too dangerous for small craft to venture. In the case of mackerel, much of this fishing takes place in the winter where only a large vessel could ever safely harvest the fish.

Indeed, when mackerel shoals changed their migratory pattern in 1984, moving further offshore to the north and west of the Hebrides, many of the mackerel boats at the time didn’t have the capability to venture so far offshore to the work the fishery.

8 Herring is one of the key species for the Scottish pelagic fleet

SUSTAINABLE But can big vessels fish as sustainably as smaller ones? Well, yes, they can, and our herring and mackerel fisheries are among the most sustainable around, with stocks in a relatively healthy state and the fishery carefully regulated and controlled.

Furthermore, these large vessels work a clean fishery where there is virtually no by-catch of unwanted fish.

Around 17% of the world’s food protein consumption comes from fish, but the UN Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) notes that in a world where more than 800 million continue to suffer from chronic malnourishment, and where the global population is expected to grow by another 2 billion to reach 9.6 billion people by 2050, we must meet the huge challenge of feeding our planet while safeguarding its natural resources for future generations For the latest news and analysis go to www.worldfishing.net/news101

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But our environmentally-friendly credentials go even further when compared to other methods of protein production and a recent study found that the carbon footprint of the Shetland mackerel trawl fishery is much lower compared to land-based meat production. Mackerel catching is, therefore, a very efficient, environmentally-friendly means of primary food production.

One mustn’t forget the economic contribution either. Each Scottish pelagic boat carries double the crew of a typical whitefish vessel (who are also local to their community), and that the pelagic industry supports a large onshore Scottish processing sector, which handles somewhere in the region of 150,000 tonnes of premium mackerel and herring each year, worth approximately £150m in sales. During the peak season, around 2,000 people are employed in factories based mainly in the north-east of Scotland and Shetland, creating a major economic boost to our fragile coastal communities. It is also worth pointing out that some Scottish pelagic fishermen have invested into this onshore processing infrastructure to help secure its growth and competitiveness.

Here is another thought. Around 17% of the world’s food protein consumption comes from fish, but the UN Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) notes that in a world where more than 800 million continue to suffer from chronic malnourishment, and where the global population is expected to grow by another 2 billion to reach 9.6 billion people by 2050, we must meet the huge challenge of feeding our planet while safeguarding its natural resources for future generations. The Scottish pelagic sector has a role in addressing this challenge and already a fair proportion of our pelagic catch is exported to

markets such as West Africa. Our fisheries, if sustainably managed, can play an important contribution in sustainably filling the world’s food requirements – and that means employing a mix of both big and small boats. In other words, the key to sustainable fishing lies in a balanced structure, with each segment of the fleet complementing the other, whilst at the same time never forgetting our environmental responsibilities.

In Scotland, we are lucky to have such a rich and broad range of fisheries, from small creelers to large pelagic vessels. It is a broad mix which we should cherish – and each and every one has an important role in putting food on our plates.

8 Ian Gatt, chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association

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ROPSHINSKAY GOLD: RUSSIA’S GOLDEN FISH Scientists from the Federal Selection and Genetic Center for Fish Culture in Leningrad Oblast have registered a new trout breed under the name Ropshinskay Zolotaya; Ropshinskay Gold This is the first fish breed developed in the country in the past decade, and the scientists hope it would give an additional boost to the aquaculture industry in the Russian north-west, reports Vladislav Vorotnikov.

The Russian government wants domestic aquaculture production to grow from 220,000 tonnes in 2017 to 700,000 tonnes by 2030. According to the Federal Agency for Fisheries, to achieve this goal the problems to overcome are the lack of state aid and the shortage of broodstock.

State aid to fish farmers is provided by regional programmes, and as some Russian regions adopt aquaculture industry development roadmaps, offering subsidies to aquaculture producers, the overall figure has been seen growing in recent years. For instance, state aid to the fish farms in Russia reached Rub782 million ($12 million) in 2018, 25% up compared to the previous year, and almost double the 2016 figure , according to the Agency’s figures.

In 2017, the leader in terms of farmed fish production in Russia was the South federal district with an output of 78,600 tonnes grown primarily in Krasnodar Krai and Stavropol Krai. On the other hand, it is the North-west federal district that is believed to be the main driver of growth in the Russian aquaculture industry in coming years.

In terms of state aid allocated to new fish farms between 2017 and 2020 the leaders are Murmansk Oblast with Rub717 million ($11million), Moscow Oblast with Rub380 million ($5.5 million), Leningrad Oblast with Rub197 million ($3 million) and the Republic of Karelia with Rub186 million ($3 million). All regions, except Moscow Oblast, belong to the North-west federal district.

The Russian north-west is also the region where the largest industry players – Russian Aquaculture and Russian Salmon – have their expansion plans. Russian Aquaculture has recently purchased five new water areas in Murmansk Oblast to build new farms. The company intends to expand trout and salmon production from the current 23,000 tonnes per year to 34,000 tonnes in the coming few years, according to Ilya Sosnov, general director of Russian Aquaculture.

Russian Salmon also plans to resume production at six fish farms in Murmansk Oblast, with a total planned production performance close to 30,000 tonnes of salmon per year. There are no projects on a similar scale in other parts of the country.

Over the past few years the shortage of broodstock has been repeatedly named as one of the main challenge Russian aquaculture has to face.

Speaking at a press-conference in 2017, Ilya Shestakov, director of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, predicted that the production of broodstock in Russia would grow by nearly 50% by 2030. In 2017, Russia produced 33,100 tonnes of broodstock, 5.7% up compared to the previous year. There is no information how much broodstock Russia imports, but Ilya Shestakov said that there is a dependence on import and that it was strong.

He explained that the government wants to modernise stateowned hatcheries and to take steps to make them more profitable, so they could eventually plough profists back into expanded production, but he warned that this would take time.

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BROODSTOCK The problems with broodstock in Russia are to an extent associated with the Russian aquaculture sector’s weak scientific base, said aquaculture expert Marina Sklyarenko. The Federal Law On Aquaculture, which became a basis for industry development in the country, provided no state funding under research and development programmes, and this left scientific organisations without desperately needed finance, Marina Sklyarenko said, and commented that in the European Union, state aid for various research activities in the aquaculture sector totalled €80 million between 2007 and 2015 and with this support the production performance in the industry increased by nearly 70% during that period.

On the other hand, the Russian authorities eventually devoted attention to this issue and allocated Rub2.3 billion ($35 million) between 2015 and 2018 to the various aspects of fish farming research under various programmes, she said.

The team at the Federal Selection and Genetic Center for Fish Culture in Leningrad Oblast is the only one in the country that works on new fish breeds, according to Valery Krupkin, director for the fish farming department at the Federal Agency for Fisheries. State aid was also important for the Federal Selection and Genetic Center for Fish Culture, which was provided with state support in 2007 and thanks to this help, has been fully modernised over the subsequent decade.

The organisation has worked for sixteen years on developing this new trout breed, commented Anatoly Lukin, general director of the Selection and Genetic Center. The new fish is a matter of pride for the scientists.

At one time, it turned out that a consumer in Russia was more interested in getting trout of a darker colour compared to existing species, and this color is gold, according to Anatoly Lukin. But after the first trials it turned out that the muscles of this fish contained much more carotenoids and so it was

8 Ropshinskay Gold breed is a new breed of trout developed in Russia

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susceptible to a variety of diseases. It took years to achieve a sustainable result. During this time, the researchers also bred trout with a blue skin, but this has not been yet offered to fish farmers, he said.

The fish is rich with provitamin A carotenoids to which the gold colour can be attributed and this is also reported to positively affect the taste.

Ropshinskay Gold is the third fish breed developed by the St. Petersburg’s Selection and Genetic Center since the Soviet era, but it could be safety said that it is the most popular and important one. The local authorities even conducted an allRussian vote to chose the name for the new breed. Ropshinskay Gold is reported to be perfectly adapted to environmental conditions in the Russian north-west, and could become a basis for the new trout farming industry in the region.

The Selection and Genetic Center is also running a large hatchery designed to produce a million fingerlings annually. In 2017, scientists began commercial production of the first 120,000 units of Ropshinskay Gold fingerlings. There are already several dozen fish farms in the Russian north-west that expressed interest in growing new fish breed.

Scientists believe that Ropshinskay Gold soon could become one of the most popular trout breeds among the Russian North’s producers.

Ropshinskay Gold is a unique breed, resistant to infections and difficult growing conditions. This new breed is derived from the trout breed known as Rofor, but it has a different genetic marker, commented Viktor Golod, a member of the research team.

It is important that Russian north-west gradually reduces dependence on imported broodstock and Ropshinskay Gold

could provide impetus for the development of the regional fish farms, commented Alexander Shiryaev, spokesperson for the Murmansk region government.

“The farmers need localised breeds like this – it is important to move forward with aquaculture industry, by not only increasing capacities, but also making production more effective,’ Alexander Shiryaev added.

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INSIGHT The Future of Fishing

RED TAPE CONTINUES TO HINDER EU AQUACULTURE In a new study, industry stakeholders outline measures that could bring greater scale and entice more outside investment, reports Jason Holland

8 Aquaculture output from Latin America and the Caribbean region is expected to soar to 4 million tonnes annually by 2030

Despite a growing consumer appetite for the products involved, European aquaculture is being increasingly dwarfed by the production from developing regions. The latest figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) find that of the 80 million tonnes of products harvested from aquaculture systems globally in 2016, the European Union (EU) produced less than 1.3 million tonnes.

Unfortunately, there’s not expected to be any positive shift in the bloc’s production trend for at least another decade. The FAO projects that worldwide aquaculture production will exceed 109 million tonnes in 2030, which would represent an increase of 37% over 2016. And while aquaculture is to continue to be one of the fastest-growing animal-food sectors through the next 11 years, the FAO forecasts that the EU-28’s growth will amount to less than 30%, giving an annual harvest below 1.7 million tonnes.

In contrast, Asia produced 71.5 million tonnes in 2016 and a projected growth rate of almost 36% will result in an annual production of almost 97.2 million tonnes by 2030. Of this China, Indonesia, India and Vietnam will contribute 64.6 million tonnes, 8.3 million tonnes, 8.2 million tonnes and 5.1 million tonnes, respectively.

Meanwhile, often overlooked in the global marketplace, the aquaculture output from the Latin America and the Caribbean region and also Africa are expected to soar to 4 million tonnes (+49%) and 3.2 million tonnes (61.2%) annually by 2030.

Reasons for the EU’s aquaculture stagnation – a current contribution of just 1.2% of the global harvest volume – are identified in the new report ‘Factors affecting cross-border investments in EU aquaculture’, compiled by the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA). While a variety of impacting elements have been contributing to this shortcoming, it cites “bureaucracy and the time for the application process related to licencing” as a key barrier to investment by member states and investment in general across all aquaculture sectors.

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REGIONAL DIVERSITY Many different aquatic species are commercially farmed across European member states, but in terms of sheer scale, aquaculture in the north is dominated by salmonid farming, while seabass and seabream are the main fish produced in the Mediterranean. Generally, the salmon sector has good access to capital. To a lesser degree, the same seems to apply to seabass and seabream, which has experienced a number of boom and bust cycles in recent decades.

Not surprisingly, these fish rank among the bloc’s most valuable species; first-placed salmon with first-sales of €975 million is followed by trout (€614 million) and seabream (€449 million). But beyond these few core species, it’s recognised that there’s an apparent lack of incentive to build scale.

EUMOFA’s report highlights that successful aquaculture production is dependent on a variety of factors. These include licencing from the relevant licensing authorities; access to locations suited to the species of production as well as appropriate licensing for those operations; and also access to the necessary equipment, production inputs and skilled labour.

While not having these elements in place when establishing an aquaculture system will present barriers to both local and crossborder investments, “scale is essential” to hook the interest of finance institutions, it says.

“Banks are looking for low-risk business opportunities and the sector has to have a certain size in order for them to support the investment,” states the report, adding that these financial organisations are also “usually reluctant” to be involved in the aquaculture of new species, especially if it requires new technologies. There also appears to be different policies between member states regarding the forms of collateral companies can pledge, and this may contribute to higher financing barriers for cross-border investments.

In the absence of bank financing, many companies wishing to expand or take advantage of new technology currently rely on EU

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or governmental grants. For example, for the period 2014-2020, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has allocated €1.2 billion to sustainable aquaculture and a further €500 million to employment and territorial cohesion in connection with coastal and inland fishing and aquaculture development.

ATTRACTING INVESTORS Contributing to EUMOFA’s research, stakeholders suggested some key measures that could stimulate cross-member state investments. Many, for example, pointed to issues relating to licencing and the regulatory burdens as the main barrier for investments and development, and confirmed that this applied to both sea-based and land-based aquaculture.

The report suggests this is probably the reason why most of the identified investments have been acquisitions of established aquaculture companies rather than the creation of new ones. At the same time, there are several European and national policies concerning the environment and water use, which also affect licensing.

EUMOFA’s report states that moving forward it may be possible for member states on a national level to perform spatial planning of coastal areas, taking into account all possible environmental issues and finding solutions with local authorities on licence operation issues. This, it says, may help shorten the licence application process and make it more predictable.

“The European Commission should push member states to force the work with management plans for their coastal area. It is important that the aquaculture industry (their organisations) are heard in the planning process,” it said.

To build sufficient scale to attract investors and therefore

grow EU aquaculture, the industry should focus on just a few species, suggested stakeholders. This would improve the overall competitiveness, while better utilising resources like R&D, financial support and marketing.

It was also identified that strengthened marketing efforts would provide a platform for production and profit growth and also reduce risk. The Norwegian model was cited as a possible solution, whereby generic marketing is financed through a small fee applied to the country’s seafood exports. This money goes to the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), which plans and performs marketing according to the advice and input from the industry.

EUMOFA was further informed that targeted awareness and promotional activities towards the financial sector would be a means to overcome the lack of knowledge about aquaculture and therefore lower the threshold for investment. The authority was told these efforts could also help address the dearth of interest in the smaller-scale fish farming sectors.

Additionally, stakeholders offered that a more motivational co-financing element could be built-in to the process of applying for grants (EU and national), where a higher share of achieved grants or public loans also triggers a higher level of private loan funding. They said that such models would help reduce the risk for private lenders.

As World Fishing & Aquaculture has previously documented, the EU is world’s largest seafood market and the per capita consumption of these products continues to rise. If the European Commission is serious about living up to its stated aims of ramping up aquaculture production and being more self-sufficient rather than increasing member states’ already heavy reliance imports, it could do a lot worse than take the industry’s advice onboard.

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KONGSBERG TO DELIVER SIMULATOR TO BELGIUM The Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training (VDAB) went to Kongsberg for its K-Sim simulation technology to provide comprehensive and targeted training for beam trawler crews.

Kongsberg Digital has signed a contract with VDAB (the Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training) in Belgium for the delivery of a K-Sim Full Mission Fishery Simulator for beam trawling. Surpassing STCW-F requirements, the functionality, flexibility and hydrodynamic realism of K-Sim Fishery were key criteria in VDAB’s significant commitment.

K-Sim Fishery accurately replicates the working environment, equipment and operational processes of a fishing vessel bridge and deck, offering an immersive and fullyintegrated learning experience. The K-Sim Fishery Simulator has already been contracted for use by the Lofoten Vocational School in Norway and several more organisations are planning to order.

The development roadmap for K-Sim Fishery includes applications to support fishing methods such as trawling, purse seining and longlining.

REPLICATE VDAB requested a solution specifically for beam trawling where stability calculation of the vessel during operation of the beam trawl and derricks is included to replicate the working conditions on board this type of vessel.

To achieve this, Kongsberg Digital will include high-fidelity mathematical models of trawls, winches, wires, Marelec D Protec, trawl control system, Genavir netting and auxiliary equipment, and visual system. DNV GL Class A-certified elements including ECDIS, RADAR/ARPA, emergency and distress signals will be fully integrated along with a Simrad multibeam echo sounder.

AUGMENT The K-Sim Fishery simulator will augment and complement VDAB’s two DNV GL Class B bridge simulators and six part-task bridge simulators.

Combined with K-Sim’s dynamic load prediction and compensation functionality, the overall experience will contribute to an improved perception and broader understanding of the forces that can affect a beam trawler under given circumstances.

“We invested a great deal of forethought, time and effort in

ensuring that the beam trawler simulation technology is as adaptable and realistic as possible,” said Kongsberg Digital area sales manager Harald Kluken.

“The K-Sim Fishery Simulator represents a move into a new training sector for Kongsberg, where we feel our technology will deliver value in honing operational and navigational skills while drastically reducing the likelihood of accidents.”

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Maritime display and computer manufacturer Hatteland Display has released a new 43 inch premium quality display as part of its Series X MVD product family. Hatteland Display’s latest UHD system features the same sophisticated 4K panel technology as existing Series X MVD variants.

"The 43 inch Series X MVD gives our customers more choice in choosing the combination of 4K solutions that meets their needs in terms of application and integrations, which ultimately gives technology developers a more dynamic platform to deliver new solutions that help ships to operate safer and more effectively," said Hatteland Display’s President and CEO Trond K. Johannessen.

With 3840 × 2160 pixels compared to 1920 x 1080 on Full High Definition (FHD) displays, UHD is a significant technology improvement that empowers maritime technology manufacturers to develop new, more ergonomic and user friendly bridge consoles and designs.

“While the crystal clarity of the image contributes to reducing human error due to easy viewing in all light conditions and angles, the UHD format also allows for multiple inputs to be displayed in real-time, opening the possibility to reduce the number of displays needed for safe navigation and manoeuvring,” Trond Johannessen said.

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Hatteland Display introduced UHD to its customers with the launch of its 55 inch Series X Chart & Planning table in 2017. Its top line portfolio has continued to expand with the addition of console, wall and floor mounted variants and the addition of a 32 inch model utilising the same technology-base. The new 43 inch version bridges the gap between the existing Series X MVD sizes. With flexible inputs,

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all Series X MVDs can accept and display data from any source including navigation and automation systems, as well as operational specific applications, such as winches and trawl monitoring equipment.

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

OPAGAC FLEET MEETS MSC STANDARDS Five out of twelve tropical tuna stocks targeted by the Spanish tuna fleet now meet the sustainability standards necessary to apply for MSC certification, according to the results of a second year of a Fishery Improvement Plan (FIP) that has been run by OPAGAC with WWF since 2016.

The species concerned are yellowfin, skipjack and bigeye in the Central-Western Pacific and yellowfin and skipjack in the Eastern Pacific, representing 30% of the 380,000 tonnes fished annually by the 47 vessels within Organización de Productores Asociados de Grandes Atuneros Congeladores (OPAGAC), roughly 3% of the worldwide total tropical tuna catch. The objective is to meet the necessary conditions so that the twelve tropical tuna stocks fished enter the certification process in 2021.

As in 2017, the FIP has applied the MSC’s benchmarking and tracking tool to measure its effectiveness, exceeding the expectations in the four RFMO areas, IATTC, WCPFC, IOTC and ICCAT, in which the 47 OPAGAC vessels operate. According to the assessment of an independent consultant, the indicators in the five above-mentioned stocks obtained scores above the minimum set by the MSC (average of

80 points out of 100 and no condition below 60 points), a necessary requirement for requesting its certification.

In 2018, and within the framework of its FIP, OPAGAC continued to contribute to improving the assessment of the stocks of tropical tuna,

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will also continue to collaborate in the three European projects in which it is involved, increasing the availability of non-official data provided by the fleet to improve science in the areas of competence of the four RFMOs in which it operates.

The OPAGAC fleet aims to continue to promote studies in the three oceans to assess the contribution of purse seine and other gears, such as longline and drift nets, to the mortality of bycatch species, primarily sharks, cetaceans and marine turtles. The study undertaken by the fleet and presented to the IOTC in 2018 showed the low impact of purse seine in the Indian Ocean; 0.15% in the case of sharks, rays and manta rays, 0.3% for turtles and nil for marine mammals, due to the implementation of OPAGAC’s Code of Best Practices.

OPAGAC intends to continue to participate in the BIOFADs projects in the Indian and Eastern Pacific Oceans, in which the effectiveness of biodegradable FADs is assessed. In addition, in 2018, OPAGAC assessed the results of its pilot FADs collection programme in the Seychelles during 2016 and 2017 (FAD-Watch) and aims to replicate it in other areas. OPAGAC also ensured the continuity of the FAD-Watch programme which from 2019 will include the participation of most of the purse seining

8 A biodegradeable FAD on board one of the OPAGAC vessels

operators in the Indian Ocean after adding all the members of SIOTI. “Our Global Tuna FIP is leading the path for the purse seine fisheries in transition to MSC

certification, this being the most complete initiative of this type in the world since it includes the three species fished in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, comprising all fishing modes used by purse seiners,” said OPAGAC managing director Julio Morón.

“Sustainability must be a priority in the agenda of any fleet and alliances with other organisations with a FIP underway are an excellent means to achieve a more constructive dialogue in the RFMOs and to involve governments, the commercial chain and the consumers.”

He commented that the objectives over the next three years will focus on improving the three pillars on which the FIP rests; better science, reduced ecosystem impacts and improved ocean governance. OPAGAC aims to achieve this through the provision of FAD data, support to capacity-building and compliance with data requirements in developing coastal states, support to the adoption of harvest strategies, and close work with other FIPs and NGOs. “OPAGAC will also continue to advocate for the expansion of the use of electronic monitoring systems (EMS), and work towards improving the information on endangered, threatened or protected species,” Julio Morón said.

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BABORD’S GREEN VISION: HARBOUR TO HOME Based firmly in the Norwegian port of Måløy with its long fishing tradition, Babord is a new venture with a number of interesting twists on the process of bringing seafood to the consumer There’s a long history behind the company, which brings together the Kvalsvik family, which has been fishing since the family built its first boat back in 1914, and the Lyng family, which has a shorter fishing history that goes back to 1988. The company is part of a wider group that encompasses shipbuilding and a host of other maritime activities in and around Måløy, which includes operating and owning its own fishing vessels.

In 2011 the company bought a processing plant in Poland that had until then been producing breaded flounder, converting and expanding its capacity to bring it up to speed to handle 20,000 tonnes of redfish, 10,000 tonnes of redfish and around 8000 tonnes of breaded products annually.

Raw material is mainly sourced from Norway, especially during the spring season of heavy fishing in the north. Increasing amounts are also coming from Iceland, and salmon is being sourced from both Norwegian and Icelandic fish farming operations.

Managing director Agnar Lyng added that increased vertical integration is one of the options being explored, bringing in catches from the group’s own or contracted vessels, securing the source of at least part of Babord’s raw material.

“Our whitefish trawler Victoria May lands to Peterhead at the moment, as that’s the best place for whitefish,” he said, commenting that the logistics of taking catches from there to Poland are not easy, but possibilities are being explored.

“We are also in the pelagic sector, so it’s a possibility that we could be producing our own herring and mackerel products in the future. But for the moment we are co-operating with a couple of whitefish vessels, as well as sourcing whitefish from Norwegian auctions and salmon via agents.”

Babord is working with both fresh and frozen production, and according to Agnar Lyng, the location on the Polish coast provides a competitive advantage for Babord.

‘We can take delivery of fish at the factory in the afternoon and it can be with customers in the north of Italy, France or Ukraine the next morning,” he said. “Good logistics are very important, not least for the shelf life of the product.”

According to the company’s director of sales Laetitia Pipaluk Rosing, while fresh production is important, the bulk of Babord’s activity is in frozen processing and this year it is expected to be in the region of 8000-10,000 tonnes, largely for customers in mainland Europe, as well as some production for the UK and the US. ENTERING THE RETAIL SECTOR There’s also much more to Babord than production for external customers, and the company aims to be in the retail sector on its own account. Much has been done behind the scenes to prepare the ground for this, including building up a distinct profile.

“This doesn’t happen overnight,” Laetitia Rosing said. “But we’ll definitely be offering our own products under our own label this year.

“We’re patient, focused and determined,” Agnar Lyng commented, adding that his son Simen is already playing a role in the company, based in Poland where he is managing production and developing Babord’s products, while daughter Rebekka is part of the sales team. “So the succession as a family owned company is secured for a while,” he laughed.

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8 Babord’s managing director Agnar Lyng and director of sales Laetitia Pipaluk Rosing in front of pelagic vessel Torbas (since sold to the Faroes and fishing as Høgaberg) which was built at Stadyard with the involvement of ten of the Måløy Maritime Group companies

The line of Babord’s own products includes some more exotic items, such as skipjack tuna from Indonesia, prepared as an ingredient for salads or tapas as one of the pilot products to be produced under its own name.

“We were introduced to this last year ” Agnar Lyng said. “This is something we developed with a French partner and it looks promising both for the Nordic market as well as for the French market. It’s an example of the tailor-made products we can produce for demanding customers, and our competitive advantage is that with a relatively short management chain, we are able to adjust and manoeuvre easily to come up with what the customer is looking for.”

GREEN Babord’s profile has been carefully crafted, and according to Laetitia Rosing, this has been built around the Harbour to Home message.

“We want to emphasise the security of the home, and particularly the role played by fishermen’s wives who have historically been in the background and a forgotten part of all this history. The fisherman’s wife who was at home while the men were away fishing represents security and constancy, and we want to highlight the importance of this independent strength as part of Babord’s image,” she said.

“This is a coastal, island community, built on fishing and the strong women who were in charge ashore, and that’s a key part of the image we want to project for Babord,” she said.

“We also emphasise the company’s green profile, as we aim to take the green revolution seriously in our planning for the future to become one of the most green and sustainable companies in this sector.”

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Located on the Swedish Royal Summer island of Öland in the Baltic, SEAC has specialised for some years in processing equipment for very small fish, with a unique process to handle these smaller grades and species.

“What do we mean by smaller fish?” asked SEAC’s founder Ulf Groenqvist. “We used to say under 50 pieces per kilo, down to even 120 per kilo.”

During a recent demonstration for customers in Russia, Romania, Latvia and Finland, SEAC carried out an unusual test, to fillet and belly clean small sprat, Baltic herring and anchovy down to only 68 grammes in size.

“During the same test we processed up to six different end products from the same fish using the SEAC FPM-400 knobbing and filleting machine,” he reported. “Today it’s a century since German manufacturer Baader built the world’s first fish processing machine, and we congratulate then on that, but then, as now, almost all pelagic fish processing machines are designed for bigger fish,” he said, commenting that there are machines from manufacturers all over the world, but that until recently none of them had the right techniques for processing fish smaller that 25 pieces per kilo.

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8 Capelin fillets produced in a SEAC processing system

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“Now, when we are close to the edge in processing small fish, a machine works even better than hand filleting. In addition, a machine works constantly while human gets tired after a while, and you improve the hygiene standard inside the factory,” he said.

During the demo test in Sweden companies from four different countries tested defrosted Swedish Baltic herring and sprats, as well as sprats from the Black Sea and from both Latvia and the Russian part of the Baltic, plus some defrosted anchovy from Turkey were tested. According to Ulf Groenqvist, some of the fish was very soft, SEAC’s mechanical gutting system with individual head measurement, included in the SEAC FPM-series, it seems that the softer or poorer quality the fish, the better production.

He explained that most fish processing machines use vacuum gutting to remove offal and if fish is defrosted, with loose quality or belly spoiled, the vacuum struggles to clear the belly cavity, but the FPM-series with its mechanical gutting works almost exactly as hand-gutting.

8 The SEAC FPM-400 machine outstrips 40 hand filleters

During the demonstration test, the SEAC machine achieved a 43% yield filleting 576 grammes of Baltic sprat, made up of 64 approximately 9 gramme fish, which Ulf Groenqvist sees as a record, while also achieving a 54% yield with larger Baltic herring and sprat with 64 fish weighing approximately

17 grammes each and a 46% yield on a third test with 45 fish or about 24 grammes each.

“Yield is very difficult to predict as this depends of the size of the fish, its quality, how it has been caught and handled, how it has been frozen and defrosted, as well as on the skill of the operator and the processors’s requirements,” he said. “But SEAC is very proud to be able to say that size doesn’t matter.”

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NEXT GENERATION CUTTING AND TRIMMING TOOLS With its headquarters in Ohio, Bettcher Industries Inc is represented in Europe by Swiss-based Bettcher GmbH, which is directly responsible for a a growing number of the company’s markets. Bettcher has 75 years of experience in the industry, developing tools that enable simple, clean and ergonomic work on fish production lines – leading to higher production yield in a highly competitive market.

Its range of innovative trimmers and pneumatic cutting shears includes the Quantum Flex Trimmer, designed to fit any Bettcher motor, and its lighter weight and optimised ergonomic properties are also key features. It has a patented blade lock, ensuring that the blade remains in the same position, guaranteeing ease of use.

Lower vibration leads to greater comfort when working and reduces wear and tear on the blade and housing. Further technical adjustments provide increased blade speed and better cutting efficiency. This translates to significantly higher fish yields and a speedy return on investment.

As an alternative to the standard scissors that are used throughout the fish processing industry but which are also associated with a high repetitive movement and a high incident rate of cumulative trauma disorders, Bettcher has developed its AirShirz.

“Variability in the product will always limit the amount of automation that can be used in certain applications. Therefore, hand tools, individuals, and the work place environment pose an ergonomic challenge,” said Bettcher managing director Gregor Thomalla.

“Bettcher AirShirz are a lightweight yet powerful tool that reduces risks associated with CTDs and improves efficiency and product quality.”

These pneumatic scissors allow staff to perform tasks in less time while reducing physical exertion. The spring return and trigger control of the cutting action lead to a safer, easier and controlled cut.

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DIRECT SALES The subsidiary in Switzerland serves markets across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In part, this is done through local distributors, some of whom look back on decades of

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8 AirShirz pneumatic shears have been developed as an alternative to standard scissors

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Bettcher aims to set new standards with its optimised Quantum Flex Trimmer and AirShirz pneumatic shears.

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Variability in the product will always limit the amount of automation that can be used in certain applications. Therefore, hand tools, individuals, and the work place environment pose an ergonomic challenge

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partnership. However, when one of these partners leaves the network, Bettcher now opts increasingly for direct sales.

At the centre of the company’s sales concept are designated experts, consultants who are experienced practitioners, such as fishmongers, with local knowledge of their markets.

This includes specialised knowledge of country-specific applications and fish cutting processes.

Due to their proximity to customers, experts offer targeted on-site support such as free-of-charge training for new employees handling Bettcher tools on processing lines. For Bettcher, the initial outlay is rewarded by high levels of customer satisfaction. Another of the company’s strengths is short response times. For this purpose, existing capacity has been greatly expanded to ensure, among other things, short delivery times for spare parts.

“The move to provide direct sales in various regions of the world has brought the company strong growth,” said Gregor Thomalla took over at Bettcher GmbH in Switzerland in 2018 with a career behind him in the food industry going back to 1991.

“In recent times, Bettcher has celebrated the successful launch of innovative new products. The high level of investment in improved services and support is also paying off,” he said.

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GROWTH POTENTIAL IN ORGANIC Belgian company Morubel, based in Oostende’s fast-changing quayside district, is unique in sourcing much of its supply of shrimp from its own organic shrimp farm in Costa Rica

8 Morubel’s Tasty Bags are launched at this year’s Seafood Expo in Brussels

The parent Shore Group has a wide product range, both fresh and frozen, and is also expanding into ready meals.

“We are producing fresh North Sea shrimp, Crangon crangon, and these are selling well,” said Morubel’s product developer Jeroen Lamote, explaining that they have an edge by eliminating the long road trip to Morocco for the shrimp to be peeled, which has been the usual method in recent years.

“Because we have the shrimp machine peeled at Lauwersoog, we have been able to offer a steady supply , and these chilled shrimps are fresher as they have only come from Holland and not via a peeling factory in Morocco. There’s also a lower concentration of preservatives as there’s no long transport route, and the carbon footprint is also much lower,” he said.

“Twenty-four hours after unloading on the quay, these shrimps are with our customers.”

Production takes place in Costa Rica alongside farming, and shrimps are either supplied to buyers whole or as partly processed as easypeel shrimps, or are block frozen to be shipped to Europe for production at Morubel in Oostende where a variety of products are manufactured, including marinaded shrimp.

“Each production location also has to have its own organic certification. Production is all for the European market, especially with organic shrimp produced for the Germany 8 Three minutes in a microwave, and the Tasty Bag shrimps in their sauce are ready for the table

ORGANIC Morubel established its farming division for breeding Vannamei shrimp in Costa Rica some years ago, and this is one of only a few certified organic shrimp.

“There are only seven, and this is the only one in Costa Rica,” he said, explaining that the organic certification is important, especially for the German and Swiss markets that appreciate this.

“It has to be carefully monitored. Larvae are from organic sources, feed has to be certified organic as well, and there are requirements for shrimp density in the ponds, as well as for the areas around the ponds where green belts are maintained.”

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where the certification really makes a difference, and for Switzerland. France and Belgium are also paying more attention to organic production, so we see this as a market that’s going to grow,” he said.

8 Morubel’s product developer Jeroen Lamote with the Tasty Bags

TASTY BAG Morubel’s production also includes wild-caught tropical shrimp and ASC sustainable aquaculture shrimp, and this production focuses on adding value, including with a venture into the so far barely existent market for convenience seafood in Belgium.

“We’re now producing the Tasty Bag, which is a unique product, especially for the Belgian and French markets,” he said, explaining that tropical shrimp are prepared with a sauce and frozen, and sold in a pack with two portions ready for the microwave.

“This really is convenience food. It needs three minutes in the bag in a microwave and it’s ready. There’s been a lot of interest here in Belgium where there have traditionally not been a lot of convenience products for the consumer market. There has also been interest from the food service sector, for bars and hotels that don’t have a restaurant, but which want to be able to offer some quality food on the menu.”

Morubel’s Tasty Bag is launched at this year’s Seafood Expo in Brussels with the first of the two sauce recipes that are part of the package, one a mild curry and the other a creamy garlic sauce, while there are a number of other recipes ready for production to extend the Tasty Bag range.

“We can also produce these using organic shrimp,” Jeroen Lamote said. “That means that the sauce also has to be organic – but we have that ready to go, with more flavours in preparation.”

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UMITRON: FEED OPTIMISATION THROUGH DIGITALISATION A new start-up is harnessing ways to optimise risk management and operational performance, as fish farms explore the integration of digital technologies, data analysis and algorithms for smarter, more sustainable operations. Given the growing importance of fish farming as a protein source, the need to boost production and supply the highest quality products has become all the more significant. This is in perfect sync with another impactful trend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; industrial digitalisation.

Based in Singapore and Japan, Umitron Pte. Ltd. develops computerised sustainable aquaculture models using a range of technology including Internet-of-Things (IoT), satellite remote sensing and AI. With a focus on fish feeding, the data analytics firm monitors fish activity in farms and runs data through a proprietary algorithm to detect when fish are actually hungry.

This optimises feeding, allowing farmers to offer the right amount of feed at the right time, and reduces environmental risks.

Founded on April 21st, 2016 by Masahiko Yamada, Ken Fujiwara and Takuma Okamoto, Umitron's mission is to "install sustainable aquaculture on Earth" by using technology to achieve stable and efficient fish production.

"Umitron's founders wanted to solve problems for fish farmers by bringing modern day software and hardware computing technology to aquaculture," said Andy Davison, Product Manager at Umitron. "With backgrounds in aerospace engineering and software programming, they were able to approach things with a fresh perspective."

Growth in the aquaculture industry, as well as its continued maturity, convinced Umitron that fish farming could have huge potential. Interest in Umitron is rising, with enquiries from larger enterprises as well as small and mid-sized farms. Today, the company works in Latin America (Peru) and the Asia Pacific region (Japan) with species such as red sea bream and rainbow trout.

"We've been very lucky to find a number of customers and project partners who are enthusiastic about using our technology," Andy said. "At the moment, a lot of our demand comes from word of mouth between local farmers in Japan, Singapore and abroad but we are getting interest from other companies too."

With feed among the highest and most significant costs for fish farmers, reducing the dependency of aquaculture on fishmeal is key to aquaculture's sustainable development. In addition to high costs, there are also risks to the environment, as excess feed can lead to problems such as eutrophication, an imbalance in marine ecosystems caused by high nutrient levels in the water column. Umitron's technology and systems aim to reduce costs and risks in this particular area, and some farms in Japan are starting to see a difference.

Fish farmers in Ainan City, Ehime prefecture have been using Umitron CELL to manage day-to-day feeding, enabling them to reduce the need to go out in dangerous conditions to visit individual cages for observation or feeding. Fish can be remotely monitored and fed, while farmers can feed more precisely, better matching fish appetite with feed dispensed, thus improving overall feed use efficiency. This, in turn, reduces the risk of algal blooms and decreases costs by reducing labour requirements and wasted feed.

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Being able to remotely check and dispense feed from the comfort of their own offices has been met with enthusiasm, Andy said, as farmers are beginning to realise how a wider use of Umitron devices can make their current operations more streamlined. He also points out the importance of data and AI in fish farms.

"AI allows farmers to completely automate their feeding decision-making processes," he explained. "However, it is difficult for any human to blindly trust AI, or simply change their behaviour completely overnight. Farmers have years of experience and intuition that they rely on to inform their decision-making when it comes to fish feeding. Automated feeding gives the fish farmer another tool to use in combination with their own intuition to help improve their operations. Eventually AI feeding will become more common, and AI-powered fish appetite detection will take the guesswork out of fish feeding."

One of the key challenges for Umitron was getting its IoT technology to work underwater by finding high quality, costeffective cameras that could be submerged long-term. Work is now underway to waterproof cameras and the electronic parts of devices that are above water and exposed to high waves or heavy storms. With salt water being particularly corrosive, selecting the right materials is key. Reliable data connections and access to power are now relatively easy to come by thanks to the evolvement of solar technology and more cell providers that have expanded their services to reach billions of smart phone users.

"The real challenge for us at the moment is optimising how our systems work so that large amounts of data are not needed to control and monitor each device," Andy said. "One of the ways in which we address this is by doing a lot of the data processing locally on the device itself, rather than in the cloud. This is similar to the technology used in satellites where data connections are sometimes slow and come at a premium.

For offshore or lake-based farms where electric power isn't available we rely on solar panels and a battery to power our devices. A power management system is also used to

8 Umitron is partnering with Piscifactorias de los Andes (Piscis), a rainbow trout farming and processing company operating in Lake Titicaca, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest navigable lake

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data, we can give insurance providers peace of mind and create affordable options for farmers to protect their assets and business from potential catastrophic events. Along those lines, we're also starting to use satellite data to monitor and forecast events such as red tides. By combining satellite data with onthe-ground data gathering, we can begin to create an accurate model that can warn farmers when environmental conditions are changing for the worst or better.” he explained "We're hoping to continue finding customers and partners in Asia, South America and the rest of the world. We believe our technology can be used for a variety of different fish species and farming methods."

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This year, more developments are underway for Umitron following a US$2 million grant from the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) to improve aquaculture productivity in Peru's Lake Titicaca. Umitron is partnering with Piscifactorias de los Andes (Piscis), a forward-thinking rainbow trout farming and processing company operating in Lake Titicaca. Farmers will be able to remotely monitor and control feeders, increase operational efficiency and reduce feed waste and any potential pollution from uneaten food. Another of the project's objectives is to prepare Umitron's technology for the Spanish-speaking market and test it in a new environment – the world's highest navigable lake. As aquaculture enters a new age with technology like IoT, hopes are high for the Peru project.

"We hope that this is the first of many partnerships with public organisations like IDB who are interested in sustainable development goals and impact investing that improves local communities and the environment," Andy said.

Cost and sustainability won't be the only concerns for the aquaculture industry in future. Adopting new, innovative technology can also address other issues that farmers need more support for. Knowing that feed is not the only area in which Umitron can make a difference, Andy believes in the company's need to be creative and come up with fresh ideas to sharpen its competitive edge. Two potential areas are data that can help provide insurance to aquaculture businesses and forecasting possible environmental effects on fish farming.

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INTRODUCING M4P – AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA For the small scale farmers, a lack of return on investment is particularly serious if there is no break-even or profit margin at the end of their production cycle, reports Lilian Elekwachi

8 Weighing fish to feed by biomass

This has led to many of Nigeria’s farmers leaving the industry as soon as profits were either small or non-existent in relation to their efforts. The Chevron Initiative came up with an agenda called Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) to work with small scale farmers in aquaculture and other agricultural sectors, using a new approach.

The Market Systems Development (MSD) or Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P), is designed to change the way aquaculture markets in the Niger Delta work, so that poorer farmers can benefit from the growth and economic development of the sector.

The major objective is to tackle market failures and help poor fish farmers to increase their productivity and yield, as well as to reduce poverty and create job opportunities. According to Market System Development specialist Elekwachi James, when they came to the Niger Delta for the aquaculture intervention project, they encountered difficulties in getting the farmers to sign up for training, finding they were very reluctant to accept them because they there had been similar donors and government advisors in the past who came but never achieved anything tangible. Most of the farmers believed that MSD officials were wasting their time, hence their lack of interest.

However, the MSD officials persisted, and were able to convince a few farmers to undergo training and radically change their business plans.

When others saw that those who had been trained were making significant amounts of money, they quickly keyed into the system and the number of trained fish farmers rapidly doubled as new entrants quickly flooded the system.

The Market System Development approach has three elements; production, processing, and marketing. On production, the PIND foundation contacted two fish feed

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companies – Ranan Feed and Vital Feeds – who donated fish feed for the demonstration, fingerlings company Brafin Hatchery, which agreed to supply fingerlings, and farmers’ group United Ufuoma Fish Farmers Association (UUFFA) which assumed responsibility for the day-to-day management of the demonstration and also provided ponds.

The Usaid Markets 11 project and the PIND foundation provided a consultant, Dr Okoro, to oversee the knowledge transfer relating to the demonstration ponds. Four ponds were stocked for the demonstration. Two of these served as control sites, which were not given experimental treatment but continued with their normal practice (including using homemade fish feeds) while the other two were the experimental ponds, set up to trial the new technology, sorting, fertilising the ponds, and using biomass for feeding.

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the two experimental ponds increased from 5% to 22%. This is because the cost of production drastically dropped, as feeding by biomass reduced over-feeding and feed wastage, resulting in cost savings. The yield also increased, because the fish are being fed at the right time. The result of saving a lot of feed in the early part of the experiment enabled the operators to feed the fish until they reached table size without running out of feed, which had invariablly happened under the farmers’ normal practice. Many farmers quickly adopted the new practices – and more and more people moved into fish farming.

Dr Okoro who supervised the demonstration left as his contract came to an end, but the farmers he had trained were knowledgeable, skillful, young and entrepreneurial, and some of them started teaching new entrants and existing farmers. These entrepreneurs are UUFFA farmers, and today, there are nearly 60 consultants from UUFFA who are delivering training, providing advice and information and transferring technology to existing fish farmers and potentially new fish farmers, all of whom are operating profitably.

Another introduced component was training in the Nigerian Agricultural Enterprise Curriculum (NAEC), which is the business side of catfish farming management which helps farmers to keep records telling them whether they are running at a profit. So the new consultants were combining NAEC training with technical delivery of the MSD approach.

After the first harvest, the PIND foundation turned its attention to smoking the harvested fish, which prolongs the shelf life of the fish after harvest and consequently provides the farmers with greater bargaining power in selling their product.

Another benefit of smoke-processing is that it decreases the cost of production. This is because when the fish reach table size, they continue to consume feed and if the farmer doesn’t have a ready market, he can slaughter the fish and therefore stop feeding it, smoking the fish and adding value to it. Smoked fish commands a higher price because it gives a unique taste that goes with Nigerian native delicacies.

The PIND Foundation improved the quality of processing by introducing two new types of processing methods, first smoking kilns, and secondly chorkor ovens offering a cheaper technology for fish smoking, albeit not as efficient as smoking kilns. However, both types are better than the traditional fish smoking technology that introduces a lot of smoke to the final product, making it unhealthy for both processors and consumers.

The smoking kilns technology was the brainchild of the Nigerian Institute for Oceanographic and Marine Resources (NIOMR). The PIND Foundation obtained from NIOMR blueprints for smoking kilns and engaged a local fabricator

produce kilns which were then promoted. The Chorkor oven was copied from Ghana, where it is quite common, and the PIND Foundation brought it into Nigeria as well, using local masons to build these, and this method is now particularly common in Nigerian riverine communities.

Marketing presented no great problems, as more than 50% of the fish consumed in Nigeria is imported. Demand exceeds supply and so there is a ready market for the product. All that Niger Delta fish farmers needed was to find ways to produce more efficiently so they could compete with imports. They managed this by reducing their costs of feed, which is the major cost component, and so they could keep their selling prices low which would help them compete with the international importers.

According to Chief Joshua Ughere, who has been a fish farmer for over 30 years and Chairman of the UUFFA Board of Trustees, commented after the PIND experiment, this initiative has led to significant improvements in productivity, yield and sales of the farmers due to good working practices and access to new markets.

He said that average profit per fish farmer rose dramatically, largely as a result of increased yield resulting from application of better management practices and cost of production reduced because of the production technologies adopted by the farmers. What the fish farmers were previously doing wrong was corrected – a lot of wastage of feeds had occurred without the farmers knowing; and proper sorting drastically reduced levels of mortality through cannibalism. The majority of farmers changed their attitude to farming and more people joined the cluster. At the end of the experiment, the demand for Vital and Ranan feed rose by over 30%, as existing farmers maintained their use of these two feeds and other farmers who were trained by the new consultants followed suit.

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8 Mrs Peters Ugheoke providing training services to fish farmers

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BRAZIL’S TILAPIA PRODUCTION IN FOURTH PLACE The growth of Brazil’s tilapia production is a clearly visible trend as its share in overall production had been of 51.7% in 2017 and jumped almost four points in the next year, reports Eduardo Campos Lima

8 Production of tilapia has continued to grow in Brazil, making it the world’s fourth largest producer

Tilapia is produced in all regions of Brazil at 110,072 farms – and is mainly consumed by Brazilians, with a relatively small volume of exports. In 2018, for instance, only 700 tonnes were sold to the United States, with revenues of US$ 5.5 million.

The Brazilian yield of tilapia is still small when compared to its global competitors. China, the world’s major producer, had an output of 1.86 million tonnes in 2018. Ranking second, Indonesia’s production reached 1.25 million tonnes, followed by Egypt, with 860 thousand tonnes.

But Brazilian productivity is increasing. Many processing plants have acquired new processing technology and there have been huge strides in improving efficiency, such as filleting, said Francisco Medeiros. Associated to other factors, such as a favourable currency exchange rate and the adoption of a drawback regime for tilapia producers, innovation contributed to raise the volume of exports from particular companies.

This was the case with GeneSeas. The company is currently doubling its production capacity and expects to grow its exports to the United States and Canada.

“In 2018, 10% of our revenues came from exports. We want to double it in 2019, betting on a rising demand for Brazilian tilapia in North America,” said Roberto Haag, CEO at GeneSeas.

GeneSeas had an overall growth of 25% in 2018 and is optimistic for possible incentives in tilapia production from the new Brazilian government that took over in January.

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“We expect that necessary changes in legislation and in licensing processes, that take too long to be concluded, will be finally approved in 2019,” Roberto Haag said.

According to Peixe BR, the total growth of fish farming in Brazil last year was lower than expected, corresponding to 4.5%.

The association had previously estimated an increment of 8%.

“The limited growth in annual output was caused by the decrease in the native species segment production, chiefly the tambaquis,” said Francisco Medeiros.

The production of native species, generally classified as round fish, such as tambaqui, pacu, and pirapitinga, in 2018 amounted to 288 thousand tonnes, a decline of 4.76% compared to the previous year. He explained that the producers of native species had to face climatic, marketing and hygiene challenges last year, something that had a significant effect on a sector that already struggles to organise and modernise its operations.

“By now, Brazil doesn’t export a relevant volume of its roundfish. The international market is dominated by the Chinese, who produce our native pacu and sell it worldwide under the name of ‘red pacu’. It’s up to us to take advantage of this sector opened up by China,” Francisco Medeiros said. Nowadays, a small amount of the yield of native species is exported to Peru.

The expansion of this sector depends on investments in improved productivity, and producers can be expected to follow in the steps of tilapia farmers in order to grow.

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CHANGING WHAT IS CONSIDERED NORMAL – FEMALE WELDERS AKVA group, which provides aquaculture technology and services to the salmon industry, with headquarters in Puerto Montt, last year established a programme to include women in their production processes and welding workshops. The purpose of this programme is to promote the employment of local women in the workplace through a commitment to gender equality and this training programme of feminine inclusion has been successfully in place for a year.

“We want to see more empowered women working in the salmon industry. For a year we have been developing inclusion and training projects for women in the welding area, to create excellent products, with the best welders from both genders,” said Andrew Campbell, regional president of AKVA group for America, UK, and Australasia.

There are now 23 women in the company’s welding workshop, following training in the AKVA academy which initially offered men-only courses, then mixed classes, and finally, the first women-only course.

“This is a call for women to accomplish everything they set their minds on, and we are willing to accompany them in this process.

Sustainability is also about people, collaboration among local people and the local communities,” Andrew Campbell stressed.

“Could I do it?” wondered Jeanette Salazar, food technician and secretary, and now a pioneer of AKVA Group’s female welders Chile.

“I never imagined working in something like this. I had to prove to myself that I could do it. The world is changing. And this is a major turn, very important and positive for me. It was hard in the beginning because it was an area full of men and tough work, and today I really enjoy it. I feel integrated and capable of performing in any area”, she commented.

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An inclusion work programme run by Norwegian aquaculture industry supplier AKVA at its Puerto Montt facility in Chile has created a team of female welders

8 Jeanette Salazar, one of the group of female welders at AKVA Group in Puerto Montt

Working in the welding workshops, the women specialise in raw material, structure, and accessories, receiving training over six months, to produce high-quality pens and walkways for local and export markets. There are more than 350 people working for the company in Chile, including 46 women in different areas.

At the beginning of the programme, there was concern that it would not work, but it has clearly been successful.

“We are going to change what is considered normal. At AKVA group we recognise the female contribution and celebrate their participation,” Andrew Campbell concluded.

8 AKVA Group produces highquality pens and walkways for local and export markets at its facility in Puerto Montt

8 The group of women in Chile’s 10th region taking part in a AKVA Group’s female inclusion work programme designed to promote the role of local women in the workplace, with a commitment to gender equality and sustainable development

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NEW PELAGIC CATCHER TAITS HEADS HOME TO SCOTLAND The Westcon shipyard at Ølensvåg in Norway has delivered the latest pelagic vessel to join the Scottish fleet, the Rolls-Royce-designed Taits, built for the Klondyke Fishing Company

8 Taits has been built at Westcon to a Rolls-Royce design for the Klondyke Fishing Company

Taits FR-229 represents a return visit by the Tait family to Westcon, which built the Chris Andra for them in 2006. This time the new 74.80 metre LOA by 15.50 metre pelagic vessel was completed at Westcon on a hull that was delivered last year partially outfitted by the Remontowa yard in Poland.

According to the Klondyke Fishing Company’s William Tait, the smooth building of Chris Andra back in 2006 was one of the key reasons for coming back to the Westcon yard for the new trawler.

“Here there are people with plenty of expertise who are very easy to work with. If they come across a challenge they go straight into solution mode,” said William Tait, who has spent the past few months at the yard during the fitting out process.

“This ship has great advantages in that it ensures the quality of the catch is even better, with opportunities for even faster cooling of the fish.”

One of the most technologically advanced fishing vessels of its kind, Taits has a 2202m3 carrying capacity in eleven RSW tanks chilled by a pair of FrioNordica 1300kW RSW systems, and with a Cflow vacuum pump system. Karmøy Winch supplied the two 20-inch fish pumps, as well as the forward and gallows fish pump cranes, plus the net handling crane.

Rolls-Royce provided not only the NVC331 design for Taits, but are also a prominent supplier, providing the comprehensive package of Brattwaag type winches, including the main trawl winches, top-line, mid-line and tail end winches, plus a pair of net drums.

The engine room also has Rolls-Royce all over it, with a Bergen Diesel B32:40 V12P main engine developing 6000kW to drive a KaMeWa controllable pitch propeller inside a 4200mm nozzle via a 950 GHC P600 reduction gear with a PES MJR710M shaft generator. The rudder, steering gear and Helocon X3 thrusters and propulsion control are also from Rolls-Royce.

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Gensets are a pair of 3512C Caterpillars coupled to Stamford PM734F-2 generators, plus a C9.3 harbour/emergency set.

A great deal of the most up-to-date technology has gone into Taits, including a bank of 55-inch wheelhouse displays and one of the first of the new Furuno navigation systems to be fitted to a fishing vessel.

The radar sets in the wheelhouse are Furuno FAR3210 and FAR32305-SSD sets. Simrad supplied the ES80 38 and 200kHz sounders, while the sonars are a medium-frequency Kaijo KCS-5885Z and Furuno FSV25 and FSV75 sets. The chart plotters are MaxSea TZ Pro Fishing units and the AP80 autopilot and GC-80 gyro compass are from Simrad.

Furuno also delivered the CI-68 current log, SC70 satellite compass, pair of GP170 navigators and the FA170 AIS. Boning supplied the integrated bridge system and Sailor supplied the communications systems, including the VHF and MF/HF radios, as well as the 600ka Vsat system and the 6110 Mini-C GMDSS installation.

8 The new Taits is one of the most technologically advanced fishing vessels of its kind

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Milford Marina, the largest fishing port in Wales, has welcomed FPV Rhodri Morgan, one of five new fisheries patrol vessels coming into service in Wales 2019.

The new vessel was built by local company Mainstay Marine Solutions, and was named in Cardiff Bay in December, memorialising former First Minister Rhodri Morgan.

It has been built, along with four other vessels, to replace older patrol craft. This fleet will monitor Welsh waters for illegal fishing activity and FPV Rhodri Morgan will focus on waters around south Wales.

“As Wales’ largest fishing port, we are honoured to have the FPV Rhodri Morgan here in the marina,” said Melanie Durney, Milford Marina’s Docks and Marina Manager.

“It is an impressive vessel, and we are pleased to see that it will be part of the fleet patrolling the Welsh fishing grounds.”

Mainstay Marine Solutions also delivered the 19 metre catamaran FPV Lady Megan, which will monitor North Wales sea areas.

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8 FPV Rhodri Morgan arriving at Milford Marina.

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STRAND SENIOR FROM KARSTENSENS

Photo: Bandholm Skibsbilleder

Ålesund fishing company Strand Sea Service has replaced the 68 metre, 1999-built Strand Senior with a new vessel of the same name, delivered by Karstensens Skibsværft, reports Terje Engø.

Strand Senior’s design focuses on environmental factors and its design is strong on economic running and low fuel consumption with heat recovery systems, energy routed back to the ship’s systems while shooting away and LED lights throughout. The propulsion system is an all-Wärtsilä package with a 4880kW 8V31 main engine, a 4200mm diameter propeller and a Wärtsila two-speed reduction gear, as well as a Marelli shaft generator with a 3000kW output capable of providing all the energy needed to run the trawl and purse seine deck machinery.

Auxiliaries are three 567kWe QSK-19DM Cummins diesels, with a power management system optimised to administer fuel consumption, with automatic start-up and shutdown of auxiliaries as required. Heat from the engines is recovered and reused, and the main engine and auxiliaries are configured to minimise consumption.

Strand Senior has all-electric Rapp Marine trawl winches and net drums, and is also the first Norwegian fishing vessel to be fitted with a 50-tonne pull Triplex 1020 net winch, claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world. Both Rapp

Marine and Triplex are part of the MacGregor group, which has completed the package of equipment for Strand Senior with deck cranes, net stacker crane, fish pump crane, net rollers and more.

There has been much more to the design of the new pelagic vessel than the focus on environmental impact and fuel consumption, as throughout the design process Karstensens

8 Strand Senior at the quayside in Skagen

Skibsværft worked closely with the owners to ensure that Strand Senior is a comfortable and safe working platform. The main deck is enclosed, and by doing this deck operations are moved three metres higher than has been usual, adding to the safety of the deck crew.

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VIGO YARD DELIVERS FIRST OF SHRIMPER PAIR The CNP Freire shipyard Vigo has completed the first of a pair of Rolls-Royce factory trawlers designed to catch and process shrimp for owners in Greenland 8 Markus was christened at the Freire yard in Vigo by Rhea Helimann

Markus was delivered in February by the Freire yard, where the naming ceremony was held and the new trawler was christened by its Godmother Rhea Helimann in Greenlandic national dress.

The new Markus is the first of the two factory trawlers built at Freire for Qajaq Trawl and Polar Seafood, and the yard has a history of building sophisticated fishing vessels for owners in the Nordic region to fish in Arctic waters.

Markus and its sister vessel due for delivery shortly both feature a high level of automation and are optimised for high fuel efficiency and low emissions, as well as for good seakeeping qualities and the comfort and safety of the crew. Built to an NVC375 design, the main dimensions of the pair are 80.80 metres LOA, with a 17 metre beam and a depth to the main deck of 10.60 metres. The refrigerated fishroom measures 2265m3 and the processing deck with four IQF belt freezers can handle approximately 100 tones of shrimp over a 21 hour period and the two automatic horizontal plate freezers can process approximately 25 tonnes per 24 hours. Tank capacities on board are for 248m3 of MDO, 683m3 of HFO and 81 tonnes of fresh water.

The Rolls-Royce is prominent on board Markus, having not only provided the design package, but also a great deal of the equipment.

“Rolls-Royce has a long history working with both Qajaq Trawl and Polar Seafood in designing several fishing vessels for use in a harsh climate. We are of course very happy to continue this co-operation,” said Rolls-Royce’s VP Sales-Marine Monrad Hide.

In addition to ship design, the equipment package includes engines, propulsion system, automation, winches, steering gear and a power electric system.

Both Markus and its sister vessel are each powered by a 5400kW nine-cylinder Bergen B33:45L9P, a high-efficiency engine developed by Rolls-Royce and demonstrating its capacity to deliver 20% more power per cylinder compared to its predecessor. This lowers the costs through the engine’s lifecycle, and allows for smaller engine spaces on board.

Markus also has a 3300 PTI/PTO shaft generator, 1843kW Bergen Diesel C25:33 and 910kW Mitsubishi S12R-MPTAW-4 auxiliary engines, and a 250kW Volvo Penta D13MG emergency set.

The propulsion systems of both vessels are completed by a Promas installation that integrates the propeller, a hubcap, rudder bulb and the rudder itself into a single hydrodynamic efficient unit. A Hybrid Shaft Generator (HSG) is also installed.

This is an advanced power electrical system that enables a highly flexible use of engine and propeller speed variations to maximise both propeller and engine efficiencies, which again helps to reduce exhaust CO2 and NOx emissions.

Bow thrusters are 750kW TT1850 units, also from Rolls-Royce, which also supplied the package of low pressure hydraulic main winches with electrically driven auxiliary winches. In bad weather the dynamic winches keep the trawl gear in the best position to fish efficiently and reduce wear on the equipment.

The Freire yard is currently completing the second trawler for owners in Greenland, and also has a new marine research vessel for the Belgian government under construction – also a Rolls-Royce design – plus an order for a 77 metre tuna purse seiner for the Calvo Group in Spain.

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8 The 80.80 metre Markus is the latest new vessel for the Greenland shrimp fleet

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