World Fishing & Aquaculture February 2022

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EU COMMISSIONER HEARS THE VALUE OF BOTTOM TRAWLING

An alliance of fishing organisations, spanning 14 EU countries and representing more than 22,000 fishermen and 8,000 vessels, has met with EU Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to convey the importance of bottom fishing activities throughout Europe.

Fishing industry group Europêche confirmed that the meeting, held on 19 January 2022, was requested by the industry due to the “negative perception expressed by the European Commission towards certain bottom gears”, and against the background of the Action Plan that the Commission is developing to protect fisheries resources and marine ecosystems as part of the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.

According to Europêche, the sustainability and overall importance of these fishing methods in EU member states were explained to the Commissioner and it was demonstrated that the fisheries are well regulated, controlled, researched and widely certified.

8 EU bottom trawlers land more than 1 million tonnes of seafood annually

“Our vessels bring ashore more than 1 million tonnes of healthy and sustainable seafood annually, which represents around 25% of the total EU landings.

The value of the landings generates almost 40% of the total revenue of the sector, contributing to the wealth, employment and industrial fabric of many coastal and peripheral communities,” said Europêche President, Javier Garat, who convened the meeting.

Europêche highlighted that in the announced Action Plan, the Commission is considering introducing limitations and restrictions to the use of bottom contacting fishing gears.

Also at the meeting, it was announced that a European Bottom Fishing Alliance (EBFA) is being set up to defend, support and showcase the environmental, economic, social and cultural realities of bottom fishing activities across EU fishing nations.

NEW SHRIMPER READIED FOR ARGENTINA’S 2022 SEASON Wanchese Fish Company, a division of Cooke Seafood USA, is launching its newest shrimp trawler, F/V Destiny for operations in southern Argentine waters for the 2022 season.

Built by the Astilleros Armon shipyard in Spain, at a value of CAD 15 million, Destiny will be one of the newest and most modern fishing vessels in the Argentine shrimp industry. Destiny is 42.93 metres in total length and 11.1 metres in total width and has a maximum deadweight tonnage of 885.

In addition to the latest processing technology, the fishing vessel includes Ibercisa electric trawl winches for the outrigger system. The wild-caught Argentine red shrimp is vibrant in colour and sweet in taste.

INSIGHT

Shifting aquaculture’s currency to green page 10

NEWBUILDS

Macduff delivers latest Fruitful Vine page 18

AQUACULTURE

Wanchese supplies them to customers as frozenat-sea whole shrimp, shell-on tails, or peeled and deveined and ready to be cooked.

A new era for Russian aquaculture page 26

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Time to kick on

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What I take from the conversations that I’m now having and the events that I’m participating in as WF’s new editor is that fantastic opportunities await the proactive

Resilient. If ever there was a word that perfectly describes the collective, modern-day fishing, aquaculture and processing sectors then ‘resilient’ is that word. I don’t need to remind you – our readers – of the challenges that our particular world has faced and the sacrifices that it has made over the last couple of Covid-gripped years to keep supply chains alive and to feed hungry mouths.

While it’s true that the pandemic is still very much a part of our day-to-day lives, it’s also important to recognise that through new thinking and innovation, industry disruptions have largely been overcome, and from that same platform, the seafood economy can now forge ahead.

What I take from the conversations that I’m now having and the events that I’m participating in as WF’s new editor is that fantastic opportunities await the proactive. Because while we sheltered and isolated, vaccinated and boosted, the global demand for seafood soared. People everywhere have been brought much closer to fish and shellfish. And through the widespread closure of restaurant and catering channels for large periods, the general public has also grown a lot more confident in cooking these products at home, and this in turn has led them to explore new species and preparations.

These important shifts have underpinned the considerable surge in retail demand seen in many markets around the world, and will surely boost the hospitality sectors too.

The challenge now is a welcome one – to capitalise on consumers’ reconnection with seafood and their growing appetite for these wonderful foods. There’s little doubt that industry stakeholders and investors are alert to this golden opportunity and that we shall see many more ventures and technologies coming to the fore that will scale-up seafood production and the offerings available.

So, while there’s a lot for everyone connected to seafood to be proud about – particularly with regards to resilience – there is also a lot to look forward to in 2022 and for many years to come.

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NEWS

BRIEFS Sea Harvest to buy MG Kailis Sea Harvest Group is to acquire the fishing and related businesses of Western Australia-based MG Kailis and its subsidiaries for AUS$70 million. The acquisition assets will be held in Sea Harvest Marine, which is a newly-registered wholly-owned subsidiary of Sea Harvest Australia.

RUSSIAN FISHERY COMPANY PLACES BUMPER FOLLOW-UP ONBOARD PROCESSING ORDER WITH CARSOE

John Connelly to depart NFI

Vietnam’s panga earnings rise Despite supply chain difficulties, Vietnam exported US$1.6 billion worth of pangasius in 2021, an increase of 8.4% on the previous year. Included in the growth was a doubling of sales to the US market to $370.6 million.

SalmoNor and NRS to merge NRS Farming, a subsidiary of Norway Royal Salmon, has acquired 100% of SalmoNor creating the world’s sixth largest salmon farmer.

UK fishing gets £75m to modernise Fishing communities in the United Kingdom are to benefit from better infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and increased investment in skills, provided through a GBP 75 million government investment package. Funds will seek to strengthen the fishing sector’s ability to land more fish and get them to market faster.

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The board of directors at the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the US seafood industry trade organisation, has confirmed that its President, John Connelly, intends to retire in February 2023 and that a search committee has been impanelled to find his replacement. Connelly has served in the role since February 2003.

Danish processing equipment manufacturer Carsoe A/S has won a new contract from the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) for the fitting out of four of its vessels with fully-equipped onboard fish processing plants.

The order is valued at almost DKK 500 million (US$76.3 million).

Aalborg-headquartered Carsoe previously secured a DKK 800 million ($122.1 million) order from RFC for the delivery of seven other onboard processing systems.

The contracts have followed the introduction of a programme by the Russian government three years ago that encourages the fisheries sector to invest in a more modern fleet of fishing vessels. Initially, the programme led RFC to invest in the seven modern super trawlers designed esigned for processing surimi. Following lowing successful tests, RFC then n placed the order for a further ther four floating processing plants with Carsoe.

“The order for four more e plants is a clear sign of RFC’s huge ge ambitions in the fast-growing wing market,” Carsoe CEO, Hugo o Dissing, said. he “Carsoe is now by far the largest supplier of value adding

floating plants, and the new agreement will fuel our growth well into 2025. We have worked on this in close cooperation with our branch in Seattle and succeeded because of our proven, best of breed technology, which places us well ahead of our competitors.”

The super trawlers (ST192) – equipped with both processing, packaging, and freezing facilities – are 108 metres long and 21 metres wide. When fully functional a 150-man crew can catch up to 60,000 tonnes of fish annually.

Thanks to the onboard facilities, RFC can process, package, and freeze the products at sea – making them ready for consumers before reaching shore.

Meanwhile, RFC has confirmed

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8 Carsoe’s latest order from RFC is valued at almost DKK 500 million

that Olga Naumova has taken up the position of General Director.

Since November 2019, Naumova has been a member of the Board of Directors at both RFC and Russian Crab LLC as an independent director. She will hold on to her position at the latter.

“The RFC’s ambition is to become the world’s largest and most efficient company harvesting wild whitefish in five years,” RFC Chairman, Gleb Frank, said.

“When making this decision we, among other things, took into account Olga Naumova’s experience in retail. I am sure that under her leadership, the RFC will be able to significantly expand the sale markets for high value value-added products manu manufactured by the new fleet.”

Vik Viktor Litvinenko, who previo previously held the General Direc Director position, will continue to work for the company as a mem member of the Management and Gene General Director of subsidiary comp companies with responsibility for RFC’s operating business.

8 Olga Naumova has been appointed General Director of RFC

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NEWS

BRIEFS ASC first for Dutch turbot farmer Dutch turbot producer Seafarm has become the first fish farming operation in the world to secure certification against the Flatfish Standard introduced by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) in 2019.

Zeeland-based Seafarm takes what it calls a “whole circle” approach to farming turbot, from breeding to selling the fish in an on-site restaurant. It also supplies supermarkets and chefs.

Norcod increases harvest forecast Norwegian aquaculture company Norcod will continue the commercial harvest of its first batch of farmed cod through to April this year and is on course to achieving its target volume of 5,000 tonnes.

Also, by extending its in-sea growth phase to deliver an average of 4-plus kg fresh cod to the market, it has increased its expected harvested volume for 2025 by 10% to 27,500 tonnes.

Bakkafrost snaps up 90% of Danish processor Ninety percent of the shares in Danish canned fish processor Munkebo Seafood A/S have been acquired by the Bakkafrost Group. The remaining 10% are held by Michael Karlsen, General Manager at Munkembo.

The company operates a modern facility, which has scope for expansion, and currently produces a wide range of products.

Arctic Seafarm gets green light The Arctic Seafarm landbased production project, currently being built within the Nesna Industrial Park in Northern Norway, has received an official governmental permit for its flow through system, confirming the plans to produce up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon annually and to employ 50 people.

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PANDEMIC HIT ALASKA’S ‘RESILIENT’ SEAFOOD INDUSTRY HARD Alaska’s catching and processing sectors were heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, finds a new report detailing the regional, statewide, and national economic impacts of Alaska’s seafood industry from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI).

According to the latest edition of ‘The Economic Value of Alaska’s Seafood Industry’, while the state’s fishing industry is renowned for its resilience, whereby a weak season for one species is usually offset by a strong year for another, the industry suffered both from widespread COVID-19 impacts and from biological factors in several key fisheries in 2020.

The report establishes that the participation by Alaska commercial fishermen dropped 12% for permit holders and 28% for crew compared to the prior year, representing a decline of 1,058 skippers and 6,555 crewmembers, respectively.

Similarly, peak processing employment declined by 21% or 4,290 employees, as companies struggled to fill positions and reconfigured operations to increase social distancing.

At the same time, the ex-vessel value declined 27% from $2 billion in 2019 to $1.5 billion in 2020, with impacts felt across every major Fishery and marine platform Aruna has completed a US$30 million Series A follow-on funding, led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India. The round also saw participation from existing investors Prosus Ventures, AC Ventures, East Ventures (Growth Fund), Indogen Capital, SMDV and SIG Venture Capital. Its Series A funding now totals $65 million.

Founded in 2016, Aruna acts as a one-stop-shop and end-to-end supply chain aggregator that streamlines the process for Indonesia’s fishermen to access a global network. It operates in 27 provinces in Indonesia, representing 70% of the country.

In 2021, Aruna’s representation grew to more than 26,000 registered fishermen in 75

species group. The first wholesale value declined slightly less at 21% - representing roughly $1 billion in reduced revenue to processors.

These value declines were due to both lower salmon returns unrelated to the virus and COVID-related price declines due to stalled demand from the foodservice sector as restaurants were closed, ASMI said.

The production value was also impacted in some cases by a shift to lower value product forms due to the inability to fully staff processing plants.

Meanwhile, the state’s processors spent upwards of $70 million on Covid mitigation costs, primarily on charter travel, quarantine facilities, security, and virus screening and testing.

Mitigation costs to harvesters are

8 The ex-vessel value of Alaska’s fisheries fell 27% to $1.5 billion in 2020

not as well quantified, but were also significant along with impacts to fishing schedules and other consequences, ASMI said.

The report states that certain aspects of the Alaska seafood industry may have returned to normal in 2021, but adds that some of the changes brought by the pandemic may have long-term consequences.

“It is too early to determine how these changes might affect the long-term economic impacts of Alaska’s seafood industry,” it said.

High shipping costs were a key lingering consequence of the pandemic at the end of 2021.

Also, labour costs for Alaska seafood processors soared last year.

Indonesian fishery platform raises additional $30m for expansion plans locations from Sumatra to Papua.

It sold 44,000 tonnes of seafood to overseas markets.

The company said that it will use the fresh funds to expand into new geographies in Indonesia and enlarge its market share in the global market. The funding will also be used to invest and bolster hiring to support its goal of building end-to-end technology infrastructure and sustainable fishery practices.

Aruna CEO, Farid Naufal Aslam, said the latest funding round “indicates investor confidence in Indonesia’s potential as the largest maritime country” and “validates Aruna as the leading start-up in this sector.”

The company remains committed to continue building a broader impact for Indonesian people, especially those in coastal communities, Aslam said, adding that this ambition is aligned with the government’s focus on bolstering an inclusive and sustainable economy by accelerating technology adoption across the country.

“We have a vision of making Indonesia the centre of the world’s maritime economy and we hope to achieve this by revolutionising the marine and fisheries industry chain, encouraging financial inclusion, and promoting sustainable fishing industry practices.”

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NEWS

BRIEFS Investment boost for Africa’s tilapia farming

An integrated aquaculture company in Sub Saharan Africa has attracted sustainable aquaculture fund Aqua-Spark as a new cornerstone investor. Together with Norwegian investment fund, NORFUND, AquaSpark is investing US$7 million in the growth of Lake Harvest’s tilapia operations in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda.

Royal Greenland boss to step down

Chief Executive of Royal Greenland, Mikael Thinghuus, is stepping down this summer after 11 years at the helm. Thinghuus took up the position at the beginning of 2011 at a time when the company was in crisis, both financially and strategically. Since then, the company has undergone a transformation, turning large deficits into solid profits.

The Kingfish Company lands additional finance

Land-based yellowtail kingfish farmer The Kingfish Company has confirmed that a bridge facility of €10 million has been secured from Rabobank to assure the expansion of its production in the Netherlands. The farm’s capacity is expected to reach 3,500 tonnes in the second-half of this year.

Leadership changes at Cermaq Chile

Cermaq Chile has appointed a new managing director. The salmon farming company’s current production director, Pedro Courard, will take over from Steven Rafferty on 1 March 2022 with Rafferty assuming the role of chief executive.

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ICELANDIC FLEET LANDED MORE FISH IN 2021 The volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 13% or more than 137,000 tonnes last year, reaching a total 1,158,288 tonnes.

According to preliminary figures for 2021 gathered by the country’s Directorate of Fisheries, there were increases in the volumes of demersal, pelagic, flatfish and shellfish landings.

Within the demersal category, which amounted to 472,492 tonnes – a 2% rise on 2020 – cod landings decreased by 2% to 271,765 tonnes, and the redfish catch slipped 3% to 50,283 tonnes. However, the volumes of haddock (56,423 tonnes), and saithe (59,782 tonnes) were up by 4% and 19% respectively.

The flatfish catch climbed 7% to 24,736 tonnes, while shellfish landings rose 27% to 6,316 tonnes.

At the same time, last year’s total pelagic volume soared by 24% to 654,727 tonnes. While the mackerel catch decreased by 13% to 132,126 tonnes and blue whiting fell 22% to 190,147 tonnes,

the herring volume was up 39% to 185,882 tonnes.

Also, after two years without any capelin, the fleet caught 146,566 tonnes in 2021.

The Directorate of Fisheries’ data also found that the December 2021 catch totaled 126,602 tonnes, which was 72% more than in the final month of 2020. There were increases in the

8 Iceland’s demersal catch increased to 472,492 tonnes in 2021, despite drops in the redfish and cod landings

month’s demersal (+18% to 34,095 tonnes), flatfish (+46% to 1,113 tonnes), and pelagic (+172% to 91,294 tonnes) species categories, while shellfish landings fell by 35% to just 101 tonnes.

CAPELIN FUELS BRIM’S FISHING GAINS The fishing fleet operated by Icelandic seafood company Brim landed a total of 147,000 tonnes in 2021, which was 19,000 tonnes more than the previous year.

This increase is largely due to the fact that a capelin quota was issued in 2021 following ban on catches in the two years before.

But despite the capelin catch being up, catches of blue whiting and mackerel decreased.

“The new year looks promising.

Fishing is good, as long as you’re in the right spot and the weather hasn’t troubled us.

There’s been the occasional storm, as you can expect at this time of year, but in between, fishing has been fine,’ said Jóhannes Ellert Eiríksson, skipper of Brim’s fresher trawler Viðey.

Viðey was the Icelandic fleet’s top catcher last year with a green weight

catch of around 10,300 tonnes.

The total catch value of the company’s vessels reached almost ISK 20 billion in 2021, increasing by more than ISK 1.9 billion.

Pelagic vessel catches reached about 96,000 tonnes, increasing by 14,000 tonnes between years. In August 2021, the company acquired its third pelagic vessel to keep up with the increase, Svanur RE.

Across the fleet, the freezer trawler catch was about 25,000 tonnes, which is about 2,000 tonnes less than in 2020. Brim’s vessel, Höfrungur III AK was sold in September 2021 to meet the contraction in the allocation of demersal fish quotas for cod and redfish.

The catch of icefish vessels was about 26,000 tonnes, which is about 6,000 tonnes more than in 2020. Brim said that this increase in catch is explained by more endurance and better fishing. But it can also be partly explained by the company’s fish factory at Norðurgarður being closed for about three months in 2020 due to the renewal and repair of processing equipment.

8 Brim’s Viðey was the Icelandic fleet’s top catcher in 2021

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NEWS 2021 was the best year ever for Norwegian seafood exports with a record 3.1 million tonnes exported in 2021 with a value of NOK 120.8 billion (€12.1 billion).

Records tumbled as the total export volume exceeded three million tonnes for the first time, value year on year increased by 14.3% and December saw its highest export value ever at NOK 12 billion (€1.2 billion).

Chief Executive of the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), Renate Larsen, said the country’s seafood exports were in high demand, even in times of crisis. “This has resulted in a growth in demand, record export volumes and a total export value that Norway has never experienced before,” she said.

Solid export records were set for, amongst others, salmon, king crab, snow crab and mackerel, with export values up 13%, 50%, 124% and 18% respectively.

Exports of cod, herring, trout and saith also increased in value by 2%, 11%, 5% and 7% respectively.

RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR NORWEGIAN SEAFOOD EXPORTS

Helping achieve these figures alongside robust demand is the strong Norwegian krone together with growth in both the aquaculture and fisheries sectors.

However, Larsen urged caution when interpreting growth as increased profitability for all.

“Challenges with market access and increased costs related to operations, purchasing and distribution led to lower margins in parts of the industry last year,” she said. “To be able to develop, invest and continue to be a leading seafood nation, the

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8 Norway’s total seafood exports in 2021 equated to the daily consumption of 42 million meals

industry needs stable operating frameworks and good market access,” she added.

Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs, Bjørnar Skjæran, praised the fantastic results delivered by the seafood industry acknowledging that seafood companies had overcome a challenging year.

“Together with all the skilled professionals in the seafood

industry, we will continue to work for further growth in the export of climate-friendly food, more activity along the coast and the setting of further impressive new records,” he said.

NSC’s data found that Norway exported 1.4 million tonnes of fish from aquaculture operations last year, with a value of NOK 85.7 billion. The export volume increased by 11% compared with 2020, while the value increased by 16% or NOK 15.1 billion. For fisheries, the 2021 export volume was 1.7 million tonnes, worth NOK 35.1 billion, up 13.8% and 11% year-on-year respectively.

The export value derived from aquaculture was 71%, while the proportion by volume was 44%.

Fisheries made up 29% of total seafood exports measured in value, while the volume accounted for 56%.

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INSIGHT

The future of fishing

SHIFTING AQUACULTURE’S CURRENCY TO GREEN RAS is big business, but what can IMTA bring to European fish farming? Jason Holland reports

8 Changing the beneficial emphasis from economic to environmental could offer real potential for IMTA and emerging production sectors like seaweed

Globally, a lot of excitement is being generated by recirculating aquaculture systems – or RAS – as a means of fish and food production, with countless new facilities now in production or in the planning stage. Even in Europe, where the total aquaculture output hovers just above very modest 1.3 million tonne level, RAS is the subject of a fastgrowing number of investments.

A key reason for this interest is that RAS offers a means to overcome many of the obstacles that have long hindered the advancement of European aquaculture – things like but not limited to lengthy licensing procedures, considerable regulatory red tape and weighty environmental opposition.

Speaking at the recent EUMOFA Talk, ‘Impact of new aquaculture technologies: growth potential in the EU’, Jacob Bregnballe, RAS expert at the AKVA Group, stated that the big benefit of recirculation aquaculture is that it offers fullycontrolled conditions.

“That gives you exact production planning because you know how fast your fish or shrimp will grow. It also offers high biosecurity, saves on water use and allows discharges from the farm to be controlled.”

On the flip side, “it’s damn expensive to build a RAS facility; you need a lot of capital. And then once you have built it, it costs a lot of money to run,” he said.

As far as Bregnballe is concerned, the “real strength in RAS is growing big fish when they are still small”. This is because juvenile fish have high growth rates compared to getting large

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fish to market size, perhaps adding 2.5% of their bodyweight per day, compared to a larger fish’s 0.5%.

“The reality on the ground is that the production of small fish for further on-growing has been proven to be a success by such sectors as salmon, trout, seabass and seabream farming. But the production of market-size fish is really hard to make profitable,” he said.

Harmonised farming Alongside RAS and given the right circumstances, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) is another concept that’s been identified as having potential in Europe’s evolving, greener food landscape.

Currently, European aquaculture practices are focused on the monoculture of single species, while IMTA is a form of polyculture that requires the growing of two or more species together and for those species to be complementary, Frank Kane, aquaculture expert with Ireland’s Marine Institute, explained.

Zane said that although there’s no one ideal IMTA system, the concept must comprise three elements. First, there’s aquaculture and the farming of aquatic organisms like fish and shellfish; second is the multi-trophic element with other species coming from a different level of the food chain so that the nutrients can pass between the different levels being farmed; and third is the “key” integrated element with the species needing to be linked in a biological way with complimentary functions within the ecosystem.

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INSIGHT IMTA is mimicking the natural interaction in the ocean with animals and plants living in a circular ecosystem

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Frank Kane, Ireland’s Marine Institute “The idea is that the organic and inorganic waste from one species serves as nutritional inputs for others. For example, filter feeders like oysters and mussels take out particular waste as food, using it to grow, while seaweed and other plants in the water filter nutrients using those to grow. This model reduces negative elements and environmental impacts, and instead generates positive outcomes from the aquaculture process.

“IMTA is mimicking the natural interaction in the ocean with animals and plants living in a circular ecosystem.”

“The species being farmed must be chosen well and they must be complementary to each other – driving benefits from the arrangement, and the set up should be advantageous to both the farm and the environment,” Zane said.

Ecosystem value Like RAS, there are multiple benefits to IMTA. As well as allowing more biomass to be achieved from the same farming area, it creates greater diversity for farmers, with more saleable products reducing risks and increasing profitability while providing the scope to deliver year-round crops. It’s also a more efficient use of labour.

From a broader perspective, it increases biodiversity and provides a habitat for a wider variety of species. In turn, this has the potential to make aquaculture more socially accepted amongst the buying public.

Again, like RAS, IMTA has its challenges. These are largely economic, operational and regulatory, Zane confirmed. “There’s an imbalance of income potential between the different trophic layers, with fish being more profitable than seaweed, for example. This is a significant barrier to the concept.

“Also, having other trophic levels adds complexity to the farm set-up, with farmers usually being experts in just monoculture systems. It also adds cost and effort.”

Potentially casting shadow all these pros and cons, the one key benefit that makes IMTA worthwhile doing in the aquaculture sector is bioremediation – the production of other organisms that use contaminants in the farming system as food.

This is the major ecosystem service that IMTA provides, Zane said. However, because the concept is more of an environmental model than an economic one a change in culture is required.

“For ecosystem services to be a driver we need to be putting value on the ecosystem service of bioremediation of lower trophic species. This will be a key element in progressing the concept of IMTA. “In many cases, seaweed has a lower economic value compared to finfish production, but changing the currency from economic value to ecosystem services and environmental benefits sees these species offer real potential for the future.”

Practical application For IMTA to work from a production perspective, Zane suggests the focus should be on designing IMTA farms and being IMTA farmers rather than adding species to existing systems and remaining fish or shellfish farmers. The designs should also consider each stock equally.

“The potential is for production experts to work

collaboratively so that a finfish producer, a shellfish farmer and a seaweed grower could all work on one site rather than try and learn new expertise.

“This also provides scope for an IMTA product that goes beyond organic,’ he said.

While there are have been few incentives to get people together to do that, the new strategic guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture sector adopted by the European Commission in May 2021, propose specific actions to make progress in key areas including RAS and IMTA, Birgit Van Tongelen of the European Commission/DG MARE aquaculture team told the EUMOFA Talk.

These identify the EU aquaculture has “great scope” for further diversification towards new species, particularly nonfed and low-trophic species like molluscs and herbivorous fish, and new production methods. There’s also the opportunity to deliver new processed and ready-to-use products that appeal more to younger consumer groups, she said.

8 Building a RAS facility is very expensive and costs a lot of money to run, acknowledges AKVA’s RAS expert Jacob Bregnballe

[The] real strength in RAS is growing big fish when they are still small

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Jacob Bregnballe, AKVA Group To support the guidelines, the Commission is setting up a new EU Aquaculture Assistance Mechanism. As well as developing guidance documents, consolidating best practices and helping the implementation of both, a website that’s expected in May this year will provide an accessible knowledgebase for all stakeholders. Also included here will be all of the latest legislation and a database of all good practices.

“The Commission has also started to support the diversification to low impact production methods and is now in the process of revising draft national strategy plans for aquaculture that member states have to prepare for the period 2021 to 2027, including ensuring that diversification to low impact methods are definitely included as much as possible.”

She added that the same goes for the operational programmes that members states are preparing in order to receive funding from the European Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund.

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NEWHORIZONS

Focusing on Fisheries Development

IRAN TO HARNESS ITS FISH FARMING POTENTIAL

Image: Iranian Ministry of Agricultural Jihad

A trebling of the industry’s output is targeted before 2030, writes Vladislav Vorotnikov

Iran’s new government has rolled out ambitious plans to boost domestic farmed fish production from last year’s level of 560,000 tonnes to 1.6 million tonnes by the end of the decade through diversification and the application of new technologies.

According to Morteza Afrasiabi, deputy head of the Iranian Fisheries Organisation’s aquaculture department, the strategy – which the government is calling “a fish industry transformation programme” – is very ambitious, but its targets are deemed realistic, as they are supported by scientific data.

Afrasiabi added that recent research estimates that under the proper management, the country has an opportunity to grow beyond 5 million tonnes of farmed fish production per year.

With more than 80 million people, Iran has the secondlargest population in the Middle East after Egypt. It also has a coastline stretching 2,700 km. To the south, the country borders the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea, and in the north, the Caspian Sea. However, it has struggled with economic problems in recent years – caused by the US sanctions and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst other things, these have undermined the local population’s purchasing power and hindered its fish consumption, which is now estimated at 13 kg per capita.

To some extent, the planned aquaculture development is a forced measure for the Iranian authorities, as the available wild fish reserves are seemingly dwindling.

“Currently, we have 55% of our fish supply coming from the fishing sector and 45% from aquaculture. However, our aquatic reserves are declining sharply, and soon we will have these shares reversed,” Afrasiabi said.

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8 Iran is looking to dramatically ramp up its fish production over the next few years

Most of Iran’s farmed fish production takes place in remote southern areas of the country, where food security is an issue due to the lack of infrastructure. Different types of aquaculture are practiced as a result of varying weather conditions, but rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Chinese carp (Cyprinidae) are the most common species cultured.

The Iranian government has acknowledged that the available freshwater resources are currently being used close to their maximum possible potential, and Afrasiabi believes that in the future, most of the fish production growth is likely to be achieved through cage farming.

Government officials also think that while Iranian fish farmers have faced repeated droughts and general water shortages in some areas of the country, new technological approaches could help move the industry forward and boost its production performance.

Sanctions are the main impediment But while developing cage aquaculture might be a good plan, local fish farmers have highlighted there are some obstacles that need to be overcome. For example, Hossein Yousefi, CEO of Niksa Company, estimates that currently up to 70% of cages used in fish farming in Iran are imported.

In 2020, the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad asked government to allocate $400 million to purchase cages to ramp up production in this segment by 200,000 tonnes. In the long run, this measure would provide the national budget with $800 million, as a significant portion of the grown fish was expected to be exported, the Ministry said in an explanatory note to the decree.

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NEW HORIZONS Tilapia fish has a good biological capacity as it can grow in brackish waters, in high density, and has low feed requirements

Image: Iranian Ministry of Agricultural Jihad

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Mehdi Shakoori, Freshwater Aquaculture

As stated by Shakoori, this figure is expected to grow to 30,000 or 50,000 tonnes per year in the next five years.

On the other hand, Iranian farmer Issa Golshahi said the problem with tilapia is that in Iran, it is usually called “fish for poor”, which is a bad advertisement.

“Using this word for fish with the benefit of tilapia is very wrong and prevents people from looking into this [production segment],” Golshahi said, adding that strong growth in tilapia production could become a basis for a sharp increase in fish consumption in Iran.

Tilapia is also said to be the perfect fish for the Iranian fish farming sector, which experiences a shortage of high-quality feed. Golshahi said that tilapia needs only rather affordable plant-based feedstuff, while most other fish species require more expensive components of the animal origin.

Mohammad Pourkazemi, Head of the FAO Aquatic Genetics Management Advisory Group, commented that there was a lot of uncertainty about tilapia during the past few years, as this fish had been found destroying the ecosystem of Khuzestan waters.

“The discussion about tilapia is linked to the danger of invasive species, but the species of farmed tilapia that is licensed in Iran is Nile tilapia and is different from the invasive type that has penetrated from Iraqi waters to Khuzestan waters,” Pourkazemi said.

The picture is similar with shrimp which are also likely to become a booming segment in the coming years. Homayoun Hosseinzadeh Sahafi, Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, said that the Iranian shrimp production has nearly tripled over the past five years, reaching 80,000 tonnes last year. This figure is projected to jump to 150,000 tonnes in the next couple of years.

If boosting tilapia production is called to meet domestic demand, rising shrimp production is expected to secure additional export revenue for Iran. The country exports roughly 30,000 tonnes of shrimp for $150 million, constituting nearly one-third of the overall aquaculture exports. Most of the additional shrimp volumes are also expected to be exported.

Diversification is key In the coming years, Iran plans to focus on segments overlooked by fish farmers in previous years, with tilapia and shrimp offering two of the most promising directions.

“Tilapia fish has a good biological capacity as it can grow in brackish waters, in high density, and has low feed requirements,” Mehdi Shakoori, Director General of Freshwater Aquaculture, said.

In 2020, Iranian farmers produced just 550 tonnes of tilapia.

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Image: Iranian Ministry of Agricultural Jihad

The Iranian Fisheries Organisation estimates that it takes 100 billion tomans to establish a fish farm with a designed production performance of 5,000 tonnes if investors manage to obtain foreign currency under a government-subsidised exchange rate. If no state aid is available, this figure rises to 250 billion tomans, which is described as “unbearable”.

The Fisheries Organisation said the industry has insufficient liquidity these days to secure such enormous financial resources, even if bank loans are available. At the open market exchange rate, that would equal $12 to $15 million.

Saifullah Haghighi, a spokesperson for the Iranian Fisheries Organisation, estimates that every 1,000 tonnes of designed production capacities in cage aquaculture requires around $2 million worth of imported equipment. And then there plus are the additional costs that come with launching a farm.

“The lack of investments in the private sector promises to hamper the cage aquaculture development plan,” Haghighi said. He added that neighbouring Turkey has put a lot of effort into developing cage aquaculture and has managed to reach 400,000 tonnes of annual production in this segment while Iran, with its longer coastline, only produces 15,000 tonnes of fish in cages per year.

This situation has caused some Iranian officials to call on the government to establish a new state-owned holding company to take over the country’s cage aquaculture.

Meanwhile, Iran currently uses three different exchange rates: the official subsidised rate, the market rate, and a rate controlled by the central bank available to importers and exporters of essential goods. The latter is known as the NIMA rate. The US sanctions introduced in 2018 have substantially reduced Iran’s dollar earnings since 2018, forcing the country to dip into its foreign currency reserves, which have dwindled since that time.

At the same time, Iran faces several impediments in buying foreign equipment. The main hurdle is paying for foreign equipment when the US banking sanction threatens foreign banks with third-party sanctions if they deal with Iran.

Equipment aside, some issues are being addressed.

Nabiullah Khoonmirzaei, head of the Iranian Fisheries Organization, said that in the fish farming sector, the Iranian government has been making some progress with regards to overcoming the dependence on imported broodstock.

“Last year, import of salmon broodstock constituted only a third of the previous two years’ level, as most of our needs were met by domestic production. We still have salmon production on the agenda, and we hope to increase it [broodstock production] up to the level of self-sufficiency,” he said.

8 New fish farming facilities are under construction

8 Increasing the country’s fish farming capacity is also expected to drive up domestic consumption

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

PLANNING AHEAD FOR BIOFADS IN THREE OCEANS The Spanish fleet has been working on evaluating the feasibility of biodegradable fish aggregation devices (FADs) for some years, and the latest stage brings this research to Atlantic waters This follows research that has been in progress in the Indian Ocean since 2017 and in the Pacific since 2019, and the project now in operation in the Atlantic during 2022 aims to evaluate the feasibility of biodegradable FADs under reallife operating conditions and their contribution to reducing marine pollution.

“Using FADs to help concentrate tropical tunas in one place is an ancient fishing technique that we want to help evolve to suit the new environment, where sustainability is a fundamental variable. That is why we are developing this new generation of FADs,” said Julio Morón, Managing Director of the Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), which represents a fleet of 51 Spanish tuna purse seiners that between them land 380,000 tonnes annually, accounting for 8% of the world tuna catch.

Gathering practical evidence The OPAGAC fleet operates in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, under the jurisdictions of the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).

Our fleet is looking for biodegradable alternatives to synthetic materials, so as to minimise the impact of FADs on the ecosystem

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Julio Morón, OPAGAC Morón commented that the Spanish fleet is spearheading this research and development work, and expects that results of these trials will give the fleet the practical evidence it needs to roll out biodegradable FADs on a general basis in all oceans.

“Our fleet is looking for biodegradable alternatives to synthetic materials, so as to minimise the impact of FADs on the ecosystem, especially when they sink or become beached. To do this, the OPAGAC fleet and a number of organisations, including AZTI and the ISSF, are testing the durability and biodegradability of organic materials including wood, fabric, bamboo, and plant-based ropes.

“The project is also analysing biodegradable FADs’ ability to aggregate tuna and FAD drift patterns, which are fundamental for maintaining fishing while at the same time minimising interaction with vulnerable marine ecosystems.”

Delivering viable solutions Morón explained that the goal is to design a type of FAD that contains the greatest possible quantity of biodegradable material, in a proportion that eliminates the risk of entanglement for associated animal species and does not hamper the device’s performance.

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“They must also be durable enough, according to the variable needs of each fleet and fishing area, they must be made with materials that are easy to obtain and they must come at a reasonable cost,” he said.

He also pointed out that the deadline that some NGOs have set for adopting 100% biodegradable FADs is not feasible, given the limitations still to be dealt with from several points of view, such as material biodegradability, design effectiveness and economic feasibility. For now, the regional fisheries organisations in charge of regulating tuna fishing have issued recommendations and resolutions to promote research and the use of biodegradable materials to build FADs. “The tuna fleet is framing this research effort as part of its ongoing work to improve the fishery, to guarantee moresustainable fishing with less of an impact on the ecosystem, and other measures, such as crew training in techniques for handling and releasing non-target species,” Morón said.

8 OPAGAC is leading extensive trials and research ahead of a changeover to biodegradable FADs in its tuna fisheries

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

LIGHTS, CAMERA, BY-CATCH The development of efficient, cost-effective light-emitting diode (LED) technology has led to a growing list of innovative residential and industrial applications. With NOAA Fisheries’ By-catch Reduction Engineering Programme funding, researchers have found that LEDs can play an important role in productive and sustainable fisheries as well

8 A study by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center has demonstrated the effectiveness of LEDs in guiding Chinook salmon to escape windows in Pacific hake trawls

A study by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center shows that LEDs are highly effective in directing Chinook salmon to escape windows in Pacific hake trawl gear. By-catches of Chinook salmon in the largest groundfish fishery on the US west coast, can be an issue, and if these by-catch levels are high the outcome can be management measures such as temporary closures.

Data show that Chinook salmon are much more likely to exit the nets where lights are placed, with 86% of escaped salmon shown to use the well-lit, LED-framed openings.

While further research is underway, the data suggest the LEDs can increase the salmon’s escapement overall.

Mark Lomeli, a researcher at the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, said that it is “always a concern for everyone involved” when an ESA-listed species is being caught, and so the agency wanted to develop a salmon excluder design to lower their incidental catches.

“Together with fishermen, we came up with a design that uses two sets of large, open escape windows that allow the salmon to swim out. We used a camera with an LED light attached to it to see if the escape windows were working, and we noticed the salmon seemed to be swimming toward the light. That made us wonder if we could modify our design with lights to influence where the salmon escape and how effectively they escape,” he said.

Escape artists Lomeli also explained that data and video observations indicate that at deeper, darker depths, light from the LEDs enhance the salmon’s ability to perceive the escape areas and the areas outside the nets.

“Our design is meant to exploit the strong swimming behaviour of the salmon – they’re quite powerful and can get to where they’re trying to go. When hake are toward the back of the trawl nets, where the excluder device is positioned, they’re generally too fatigued to swim out the escape windows.”

Wider applications According to Lomeli, this same technology has been used to effectively reduce bycatches of another ESA-listed species, eulachon, as well as juvenile rockfish and flatfish in the ocean shrimp trawl fishery off Oregon.

Our design is meant to exploit the strong swimming behaviour of the salmon – they’re quite powerful and can get to where they’re trying to go

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Mark Lomeli, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission “We also think the LEDs could be used in other fisheries – for example, in the walleye pollock midwater trawl fishery in Alaska – to reduce Chinook salmon bycatch,” he said.

“Many fishermen are aware of this technology now and [can] use it if they think Chinook by-catch will be an issue. It’s easy to use, relatively cheap, and widely available. You can easily clip the lights to the webbing around the escape openings.

“With these research results in hand, the lights are on the shelf for them when they need them. We think these LEDs are low-hanging fruit for contributing to the recovery of this species, and can also play an important role in the stability of this fishery.”

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY Marine electronics company Furuno has introduced high-resolution S- and X-band fishing radars, which are designed to spot birds on the surface – indicating where promising marks are to be found. These are the 60kW S-band FAR-2268DS and the 50kW X-band FAR-2258 radar.

According to Furuno, the benefit of S-band antennas lies not only in their signal strength of 60 kW, but also in their capability to detect objects other than ships without being affected by weather or sea swell, and the FAR-2268DS provides opportunities to detect birds, with improved detection performance and accuracy at long range compared to previous models.

While echoes can sometimes appear too faint or too large and can be mistaken for a ship, the FAR-2268DS’s accuracy allows it to distinguish echoes while making the whole presentation much sharper and clearer.

The X-band FAR-2258 is presented as having excellent signal processing technology, offering high resolution echoes and with long range detection, making it ideal for fishing as its 50kW output is combined with a new and improved receiver to reduce noise and ensure that even theweakest echoes are presented clearly.

Both support up to 32 customisable

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FISHING RADARS FROM FURUNO

8 Both radars offer a maximum of 40 origin marks, compared to 20 in previous models

8 Sea temperature is automatically displayed in the vessel track line

features and settings that can be assigned by the user via the function key combined with the numeric keypad.

Fishing gear echoes are easily visible with the addition of the Echo Average feature (EAV) and its wide dynamic range. This signal processing technology suppresses unnecessary echoes on the screen through image correlation, making it easier to distinguish echoes. This enables the display of

both weak and strong echoes in a coloured image and the new wider dynamic range EAV removes unwanted echoes and clearly shows the shape of the net.

Sea temperature is automatically displayed in the vessel track line, with the colour changing according to water temperature. This allows users to track changes in water temperature and easily identify fishing grounds.

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

X2s GO DOWN A STORM WITH SCOTTISH CRABBERS The X2 range of ropes manufactured by India-headquartered Garware Technical Fibres are ideally suited to the demands of crab fishing in Scottish waters, finds creel manufacturer Caithness Creels Ltd Caithness Creels’ factory in Wick, Scotland, was opened by John Sinclair in 1986, with the company’s products going on to becoming widely recognised for their quality and durability by the fishing industry.

While Garware has been Caithness’ principal creel netting partner for more than two decades, until 2018, Sinclair sourced all the ropes that it used as crablines from Europe.

That all changed after he tried out Garware’s X2 range of crab ropes for customers who were seeking ropes that could offer better durability and strength while also being cost-effective.

Garware told WF that its X2 yarns offer a higher strengthto-weight ratio than other polyolefin fibres available in the market. This, it said, makes X2 crab ropes about 15% stronger than its peers of the same diameter, with the greater strength adding to the life of the rope.

Besides strength, another important aspect of a crabline rope is to be hockle-free. This facilitates smooth operations and handling, it explained. At the same time, the twist and lay of the rope should be firm and stiff to deal with the abrasions that a typical crab rope has to go through under difficult fishing conditions.

It was Sinclair’s idea to brand X2 ropes as “Blue Viking” for better differentiation and appeal to Scottish customers, and four years since their introduction, they have made deep inroads into the sector and are widely-regarded as excellent rope solutions for the crab industry.

“We recommend X2 ropes as an effective solution for the varied needs of crab fishing. Skippers have reported reliable and hassle-free operations after they switched to these ropes,” Sinclair said.

Garware Global Product Manager, Vivek Kumar, said the X2 crab ropes have also been well received in the United States, Canada and Australia.

8 John Sinclair with the Blue Viking (X2) crab rope at the Caithness Creels’ factory in Wick, Scotland

“The Scotland success is result of listening to our valued customers closely and developing localised versions of the rope while keeping the basic attributes of the rope intact,” Kumar said. “We are keen to take X2 ropes to other markets like Ireland and Russia – to bring benefits to industries that have struggled with the ongoing pandemic. Empowering our customers through application-focused and value-added products have been the hallmark of Garware since our inception and we remain grateful to our patrons like John Sinclair for their trust.”

Documenting marine mammal bycatch in the Bay of Biscay Marine Instruments has been awarded a 20-vessel project over 16 months to conduct electronic monitoring (EM) in the Bay of Biscay commercial gill net fisheries, focusing on documenting marine mammal bycatch.

According to the company, the new project is a step towards enabling fishermen and fisheries managers to work better together to manage bycatch in this important coastal fishery.

“This is possible thanks to the great joint work with our partner Archipelago, a provider of marine resource management products and services with more than forty years of experience, and this projects includes SINAY, a marine technology and AI start-up based in Caen, and Concarneau

8 A 16-month project aims to document Bay of Biscay commercial gill net fisheries, with the focus on documenting marine mammal bycatch

electronics provider ISIFISH,” a company representative said.

“MarineObserve is an electronic monitoring system that allows you to record

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all fishing operations safely and efficiently.

The system is based on the recommendations of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and it has been developed jointly with Archipelago.”

The system stores high-definition images and video with all the information collected during the fishing trip such as location, speed or sensor status.

Marine Instruments are leaders in the development and manufacture of marine electronic systems adapted to the marine environment, with a focus on smart oceans and sustainable fishing.

Archipelago pioneered EM in the late 1990’s and currently support 500+ vessels carrying their EM hardware and software products.

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NEWBUILDS

MACDUFF DELIVERS LATEST FRUITFUL VINE This isn’t the first trawler to carry the Fruitful Vine name, and it’s not the first for Nicol Fishing to have been built at Macduff Shipyards This latest newbuild designed to fish Scottish waters replaces the Fruitful Vine the same yard delivered in 2010, and it also closely follows the design and propulsion patterns of recent new trawlers for owners in Scotland.

Fruitful Vine BF-240 is designed to trawl with twin-rig gear on traditional fishing grounds, as well as having the option with a specially adapted winch to work as a pair – opposite the company’s other trawler, Steadfast Hope BF-340.

The original intention had been to work Macduff’s previous 24.5-metre design, but early in the design process the decision was taken to remodel the bow section of these vessels, based on the preliminary results of a tank testing programme which the yard and Macduff Ship Design were running for another project.

The outcome of a quick study conducted by the Wolfson Unit in Southampton using CFD technology to compare the proposed new bow against the previous model confirmed an expected net decrease in hull resistance at steaming speeds.

As a result, the hull form was faired and finalised by Macduff Ship Design, which then produced a full set of steel construction plans along with conducting the incline experiment and producing the vessels stability booklet. The hull’s fabrication went ahead in Macduff with the construction reviewed and verified by SFIA and the MCA. With an aluminium wheelhouse and masts, the 24.5-metre, 7.6-metre breadth, steel-hulled Fruitful Vine has a double chine hull form, transom stern and bow designed to cut cleanly through the water with less energy, resulting in reduced fuel consumption and emissions along, as well as making life more comfortable for the crew.

Tried and tested The layout is on much the same lines as other recent newbuilds for Scottish owners, with cabins for up to eight crew, the engine room and 700-box capacity fishroom below deck level, plus a substantial fresh water tank placed forward of the collision bulkhead. The above deck layout puts a trawl handling area under the after shelter, the galley and mess area blow the superstructure and the catch handling area under the forward shelterdeck and the winch room forward.

Tank capacity is for 20,600 litres of fresh water and 26,000 litres of fuel.

Fruitful Vine’s owners opted for the same propulsion package as has proved to work effectively on previous newbuilds – and this is the eighth new trawler to date to feature this combination with a Caterpillar main engine. The 660hp at 1600-1800rpm C32 main engine drives a 2500mm diameter Wärtsilä propeller inside a high-lift nozzle via a Masson Marine W7400 reversible gearbox with a 9.077:1 reduction ratio.

According to the yard, this combination has proved to be a winner, showing itself to be both robust and adaptable, and with the wide operating speed range of the C32 main engine providing flexibility to achieve full power from a fixed-pitch propeller both when steaming and towing.

Fruitful Vine also has steering gear from Scan Steering APS for the triple rudder, and the Kort Propulsion bow thruster for manoeuvring at low speeds is supplied by the yard.

8 Fruitful Vine is the latest in a series of 24.5-metre trawlers from Macduff Shipyards for Scottish owners

8 Far left: A pair of Norsap skipper’s chairs face the bank of electronics in Fruitful Vine’s wheelhouse Left: The galley and mess area for a crew of up to eight are at main deck level

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NEWBUILDS Power aplenty Electrical power is provided by two Mitsubishi gensets supplied by Macduff Diesels Limited, each with a rating of 98kWe and generating enough energy that each one is capable of meeting Fruitful Vine’s power requirements.

Electrical systems on board were designed and fitted by RD Downie who also fabricated the switchboard and control panels for all the pumps and motor starters, as well as providing fire, bilge and gas alarm systems, the navigation light panel, and assisting with the installation of the navigation equipment supplied and installed by McMinn Marine.

Cooling systems for all engines and hydraulics are served by box coolers supplied by Blokland Non-Ferro.

The deck is laid out with a pair of split net drums aft, lined up to the shooting hatches at the stern. The complete package of hydraulic deck equipment was supplied by Macduff Shipyards, and includes a triple barrel trawl winch located forward which has oversized drums providing the capacity needed for pair trawling gear. There are also two bagging winches, two small gear-handling winches, a codend lift and a dedicated anchor windlass.

Power for the hydraulics comes from a single Parker hydraulic pump driven from a dedicated 218kW Mitsubishi 6D24 auxiliary engine, while secondary hydraulic power is provided by a Parker hydraulic pump driven from a power take-off to the main propulsion gearbox.

The MFB8 landing crane forward and the MBK13 powerblock crane on the aft gantry are both mounted on slew ring bases, and were supplied by Thistle Marine.

The codends are taken forward to be emptied through the

hatch on the starboard side into a hopper below on the catch handling deck to be passed through the sorting, gutting and washing setup fabricated by the yard. The catch handling areas has a DEGA resin floor system fitted by PBP services.

There are two separate compartments within the fish processing area, providing an enclosed storeroom and an ice plant room to feed the ice pound in the fishroom below. The icemaker and the chiller system for the 700-box fishroom were supplied and fitted by Premier Refrigeration.

8 Fruitful Vine’s owners opted for an engine room layout with a C32 main engine and Mitsubishi auxiliaries

THE EXOCET IS AN INCREDIBLY VERSATILE TRAWL DOOR THAT CAN BE USED IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FISHERIES THE USE OF HIGH STRENGTH STEEL GIVES THIS NEW DESIGN ROBUSTNESS, STABILITY AND DURABILITY

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PLATES FOR BETTER ABRASION RESISTANCE

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NEWBUILDS

TRAWLS FOR EVERY OCCASION

Photo: Vónin

The new research vessel for the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources was delivered by its Spanish builder at the end of 2021 and broke its delivery trip to call in the Faroe Islands

Appropriate propulsion Energy systems on board are from MAN Energy Solutions, with a propulsion system designed to minimise noise.

The main engine is a MAN 8L27/38 Tier III with a MAN Selective Catalytic Reduction system, driving a five-bladed Alpha propeller and with an Alphatronic 3000 Remote Control system.

The gensets are a Tier III MAN 12V175D and a MAN D2862 units, both with Selective Catalytic Reduction. The gensets are on double-resilient mountings to comply with the vessel’s DNV-GL SILENT F classification.

The fully-integrated MAN HyProp ECO frequency drive for DE operation system control the operation of the five-bladed Alpha propeller. This combines a diesel engine with a frequency-converter-driven shaft-alternator/motor and features multiple operational modes including dieselelectric propulsion for acoustic research activities.

The system combines the advantages of a bi-directional operating frequency converter for the shaft machine with a high-efficiency CP propeller plant. HyProp ECO is also open for shore connection and the integration of energy-storage devices/batteries.

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Trusted gear Tarajoq is expected to focus much of its activities on commercially valuable demersal species, such as shrimp, cod and Greenland halibut, as well as conducting research into pelagic species including herring, mackerel and capelin.

Before heading northwards to Greenland in January, Tarajoq had some minor alterations and adjustments carried out in the Faroes, and also picked up its Vónin fishing gear. Among the three Vónin trawls are Bacalao 450 groundfish trawls and shrimp gear of a pattern used for research sampling.

“There’s nothing left to chance in going to Vónin for fishing gear. The reason is that we have long experience of using their gear, the trawls are well made and they last,” said Tarajoq’s skipper Rúni Niclasen.

“I have fished with trawls from Vónin around Greenland, Norway and in the Barents Sea as well as in Faroese waters.

These trawls have worked well everywhere. In addition, Vónin provides excellent service for their clients. Getting the right equipment and advice is very important, because every hour counts,” he said.

8 Tarajoq’s skipper Rúni Niclasen

Photo: Vónin

The 61.4-metre, 16.3-metre breadth Tarajoq is designed by Skipsteknisk and built at Astilloros Balenciaga as a fully ice-strengthened research vessel and specially equipped to operate in this challenging part of the world. Tarajoq is one of the best outfitted vessels of its kind anywhere in the world, and can tow research trawl gear down to 2,300 metres.

Fitted out for both demersal and pelagic trawl operations, Tarajoq is also able to carry out acoustic research with electronics deployed using a drop keel to keep clear of surface noise, as well as environmental research and sampling duties.

Accommodation is for up to 32 crew and scientists.

8 New Greenlandic research vessel Tarajoq during its stopover in the Faroe Islands before heading north in the New Year

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NEWBUILDS Háey ÞH-295 has been built for processing company GPG Fiskverkun, based in Húsavík in the north of Iceland

Built by Víkingbátar, Háey is the first of a new design from Skiparáðgjöf Ráðgarður

Built to a new design developed by Skiparáðgjöf Ráðgarður, Háey is the latest in a growing number of fishing vessels designed to fit below the 30gt limit for access to the coastal hooked gears management system.

Háey has been built by Víkingbátar, a GRP builder with a strong reputation going back to the 1970s, and long track record of building fishing vessels. In 2012, new investors came in, and the company moved to new premises with a construction hall.

The latest delivery is a 13.79-metre LOA GRP vessel with a 5.5-metre beam, measuring 29.88gt to remain within the 30gt limitation.

The layout places the fishroom amidships and the engine space is aft, with the 628kW Yanmar main engine driving a ZF665 reduction gear.

Fuel capacity is in two 3000 litre tanks, and there are two tanks for 970 litres of fresh water each, plus two 1,760-litre sea ballast tanks.

Crew comforts Raising the wheelhouse provides space for an exceptionally roomy working deck, and the plumb bow also makes better use of the space in the forward section, with the galley, mess area, shower and toilet compartments at the main deck level, while the four cabins are in the forward section below, arranged around a central area.

Háey alternates two crews of four, and as each of the four cabins has two bunks and two lockers, each crewman has a cabin to himself while at sea, with an individual bunk for everyone. This means that crew do not need to take belongings home with them when the relief crew takes over. For the same reason, the deck-level oilskin store has lockers for both crews.

This class of longliner is increasingly nomadic, operating not from a specific port, but wherever the best fishing grounds are at the time. As a result, better living conditions on board are important for the crew, as well as saving costs for the company as there is no need to rent temporary facilities ashore wherever the boat happens to be landing.

LONGLINER’S FOCUS ON COMFORT The fishroom is designed with a height of close to 2 metres, allowing crew to work standing fully upright, and capacity is for 62 460-litre tubs.

Háey’s longline gear is a Mustad Coastal system with a Line Controller to monitor line

tension and manage hauling, plus a SeaBird Saver to deter birds from diving for bait as the line is shot away.

With 13 four-metre racks, each holding 1600 hooks, Háey’s longline configuration has capacity for roughly 22,000 hooks.

The array of electronics facing the skipper’s control position in Háey’s wheelhouse

Trip flexibility While longliners in this size class tend to operate as day boats, which allows them to land catches that are bled but ungutted, Háey’s working deck is outfitted with a catch-handling line supplied by Micro that includes gutting facilities. This provides the option of working longer trips if required, with bleeding and washing facilities and a slurry ice machine on board to chill catches.

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NEWBUILDS

NEW GREENLAND SHRIMPER FROM SPANISH YARD Built for Ice Trawl Greenland Nataarnaq has an overall length of 82.3 metres and a beam of 18 metres. It has been built to operate on shrimp, with options for fishing for Greenland halibut

8 Nataarnaq has been built to a Skipsteknisk design for Ice Trawl Greenland

Delivered at the end of 2021, Nataarnaq has been built at Astilleros de Murueta in Spain, which has already built filleter Sisimiut and shrimp trawler Avataq for Royal Greenland, which is a partner in Ice Trawl Greenland, and another trawler in the same Skipsteknisk-designed series, Tuugaalik, has recently been launched for outfitting.

Nataarnaq has a Carsoe factory deck with processing lines for grading, cooking and weighing shrimp, a line for processing Greenland halibut, freezing and palletising systems, and elevators to take frozen production to the refrigerated fishroom.

The main engine is a 7200kW MAN 12V32/44CR, driving a 4500mm MAN CCP VBS 1180 propeller via an ACG 1080 reduction gear. Gensets are pair of 940kW Caterpillar 32 units, plus a 163kW Caterpillar 7.1. Electrical power is also drawn

from the 3200Kw PTO shaft generator. The deck is laid out with four 45-tonne Seaonics permanent magnet winches, enabling Nataarnaq to operate with three trawls, managed via a Seaonics Scantrol control system. Seaonics also supplied the eight 18-tonne sweepline winches and a package of additional winches.

Nataarnaq has four 3400-mesh Vónin 2014 shrimp trawls.

This is a three-wingtip trawl, which distributes the tension along the selvedges, providing better headline height as well as stability during the tow to result in higher catch rates.

The four trawls were supplied rigged onto rockhopper footropes and the gear is spread with a 16m2 pair of Vónin Storm trawl doors, plus Nataarnaq also has a 16m2 pair of Injector Kiwi trawl doors from Mørenot.

Rostein orders new live fish carrier A contract for a new carrier has been placed by Norwegian live fish transport and services company Rostein AS. Designed by Skipskompetanse, the new live fish carrier will occupy yard no. 71 at Larsnes Mek Verksted AS and will be the sister vessel to yard no. 67’s Ro Sailor that was delivered to Rostein in July last year.

The 79.3-metre by 15-metre newbuild will be the 10th vessel in a series of live fish carriers – all based on the Ro Arctic innovation project. The design has a slimmer hull, which is optimised for transporting salmon, and offers a loading capacity of 2,800 cubic metres.

The wells are arranged for the open and closed transport of salmon and smolt.

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8 The newbuild will be the 10th live fish carrier to be based on the Ro Arctic innovation project

“With this vessel, Rostein is approaching NOK 3.5 billion in new constructions at Larsnes Mek, and this is a statement on how important the aquaculture industry is for the maritime sector,” said Jarle Gunnarstein at Larsnes Mek Verksted AS. To take the design and experience from

Ro Sailor a step further, the new vessel will be equipped with IMO Tier III- machinery and arranged to give fish and crew calm and comfortable journeys.

Also, by optimising the hull, lines and machinery for operations, an energy-efficient vessel with reduced emissions is created.

During closed transport, the new vessel’s emissions will be zero.

On completion, it will include equipment for monitoring, water circulation purification, UV-treating water in and out of the cargo hold, an automatic cleaning and disinfection system, as well as monitors that regulate and log water parameters. The hull will be built in Gdansk by Marine Projects and is scheduled for delivery in May 2023.

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RABOBANK: 2020 LOOKS GOOD FOR SALMON AND SHRIMP Strong retail demand and the reopening of the hospitality sector will provide welcome opportunities for aquaculture’s leading categories to kick on, offers a new industry report

8 Rabobank projects that the global farmed salmon supply will grow by 5% in 2022

Seafood’s popularity in the retail channels of most western markets, added to the expected further reopening of foodservice sectors will drive up the demand for aquaculture products this year, especially for the leading farmed species salmon and shrimp, according to new analysis from Rabobank.

Summarising the main takeaways from the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) GOAL Conference, held towards the end of 2021, RaboResearch’s ‘What to Expect in the Global Aquaculture Industry in 2022’ report determines that shifting consumer behaviours favour farmed seafood, and also that retail channels have the potential to grow further still in 2022 if the aquaculture industry can continue adding convenience options to its product ranges.

It also adds that a structural change in the demand for seafood has followed rising global beef and poultry prices, with consumers beginning to seek alternatives as well as additional healthy options.

Shrimp surges In terms of species, the report – compiled by Rabobank’s seafood analyst Novel Deep Sharma and senior analyst Gorjan Nikolik – states that following a strong rebound last year, 2022 is set to be another excellent year for the world’s major shrimp producers. This prediction follows the new data presented at the GSA GOAL conference advising that the year-on-year growth achieved in 2021 could potentially be well over 10% – putting it above pre-pandemic levels.

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“The demand dynamics that enabled this growth resulted from changing consumption patterns, which are expected to persist in 2022, with shrimp producers benefiting from growth in retail consumption in the EU and especially the US,” Sharma said.

China is also on the path to recovery, but its imports have still been below the pre-pandemic level, the report states.

The consumption upturn has mainly been fuelled by increased production in Ecuador and India. These are the shrimp sector’s two largest exporters, with their trades growing at nearly 20% and 30% respectively throughout most of last year.

Rabobank’s analysis determines that Ecuador is on track to continue its “impressive 2021 performance” in 2022, enabled by an increase the stocking densities, the recovering Chinese demand, and record demand from the US and EU markets.

The South American country’s production is estimated to have reached 940,000 tonnes in 2021, representing an annual increase of around 19%.

Ecuador missed the 1 million tonne mark last year, but will achieve this milestone in 2022, offers the report.

Shifting dynamics Similarly, the main salmon-producing regions can look forward to a profitable 2022, with minor increases in the volumes produced, while prices are set to remain well above-average levels, forecasts Rabobank’s report.

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AQUACULTURE It explains that Norway and Chile experienced “complementary supply dynamics” in 2021 as volumes in Norway grew by 10.2%, while Chile’s harvest contracted by 14.1%. The Chilean industry is now expected to grow at around 20% for the first few months in 2022 before slowing down again to reach year-on-year growth of 8-9%.

“This projection, combined with the expected normalised growth for Norway, should result in global supply expanding by 5% in 2022. In the current market, this is considered below demand growth and thus supportive to prices,” Sharma said.

Rabobank’s report also cites Kontali’s Head of Analysis, Ragnar Nystøyl, who informed the GSA GOAL conference that Norway’s growth in 2021 was primarily due to good biology, a large smolt strategy, and better feed sales, while the contraction of Chilean volumes in 2021 was attributable to decisions made by farmers regarding potential foodservice demand weakness at the onset of the pandemic in early 2020.

Greening operations With many major producers and retailers setting ambitious carbon footprint reduction targets in their supply chains, Rabobank expects sustainability-related investments to be ramped up this year. In this regard, Sharma suggests that this will be the year that many countries make reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions their leading policy.

“With COP26 in Glasgow nearly coinciding with the GSA GOAL conference, commitments to reduce emissions are more than just top of mind for the aquaculture industry; they are a new key priority for many companies in the industry,” Sharma said.

The report proposes that sustainable growth in the aquaculture sector is possible through a range of new technologies, including recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), offshore production, the use of circular and restorative ingredients for feed, improved genetics, and also new data and software solutions.

It states that as feed is the largest input in aquaculture farming, the industry needs to decouple feed supply chains from products associated with deforestation and overfishing and increasingly incorporate more raw materials originating from by-products and waste streams, adding that these actions will greatly improve the circularity of the aquaculture industry.

Technology can also play a key role in reducing the carbon footprint of logistics in 2022, which, next to feed, is the other key

source of carbon emissions in the aquaculture industry, it said.

The leading trends identified by stakeholders are the use of renewable energy and the reduction of air freight – both through RAS systems or by frozen marine freight transport, the report confirmed.

Strong sales growth for Vietnam’s shrimp sector Vietnam is expected to have earned around US$3.9 billion from its shrimp exports last year, an increase of 4% on 2020, thanks largely to strong growth rates in the industry’s sales to the US and EU markets, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Data compiled by Vietnam Customs finds that for the year up to 15 December 2021, Vietnam’s shrimp exports achieved overseas sales of $3.7 billion, an increase 3.7% over the same period of the previous year.

Within this period, the country’s exports to the US have been valued in excess of $1 billion, up 22% year-on-year, while its shrimp trade with the EU reached $576.6 million, representing an increase of 17%.

8 Vietnam’s most important US and EU markets sourced more shrimp in 2021

VASEP explained that Vietnamese shrimp’s market share in the US market increased to 13% last year from 11% in 2020,

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and that exports to the three main EU markets of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium increased by 8%, 22% and 17% respectively in 2021.

In terms of production, Vietnam’s shrimp farming area amounts to more than 740,000 hectares, and this has increased by around 1.5% annually over the past five years.

The industry’s total harvest stands at more than 900,000 tonnes, with some 80% of products coming from the country’s southwestern provinces.

Overall, Vietnam’s seafood exports earned $8.9 billion in 2021, an increase of 6% on the previous year. The US was its main market, sourcing more than $2 billion worth of Vietnamese products.

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AQUACULTURE

A NEW ERA FOR RUSSIAN AQUACULTURE

Image: Russian Salmon

New production technologies offer real potential for the industry, reports Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russia has targeted a dramatic increase in its fish farming output over the next decade, with authorities believing this ambition will be best realised through localised aquafeed and broodstock production and by encouraging producers to switch to recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).

The country’s aquaculture production has doubled over the course of the past decade, according to estimates from the Russian federal agency for fisheries, Rosrybolovstvo. Its most recent analysis finds that in 2020, Russia’s farmers produced 329,000 tonnes of fish, up 14% compared with the previous year. In 2021, this figure was projected to grow by another 15%, and by 2030, Russian aquaculture production is expected to reach a total 620,000 tonnes, the agency has forecast.

This fast growth will owe much to the increased sophistication of Russian aquaculture production. At the same time, a stronger emphasis on salmonids has emerged.

Historically, Russian farmers were primarily interested in growing carp species. In 2020, this sector accounted for 45% of the country’s overall farmed fish output. However, salmon production has been growing rapidly for several years, with Rosrybolovstvo’s data confirming that Russian farmed salmon and trout production has tripled since 2017, reaching 120,000 tonnes in the first three quarters of 2021.

By 2030, the Russian salmon harvest is projected to reach 220,000 tonnes, of which Atlantic salmon will account for 150,000 tonnes, Rosrybolovstvo said.

New tech in the spotlight In the first-quarter of 2022, the first Russian industrial salmon farm to run a RAS facility is scheduled to be launched by

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8 Russia’s salmon harvest is projected to reach 220,000 tonnes by 2030

Vologda-based JSC Aquaproduct. This development is expected to be an important milestone for the entire Russian aquaculture industry, which has been somewhat conservative and reluctant to adopt new innovations in recent times.

However, Rosrybolovstvo is confident that the future of Russian fish farming is RAS. “In recent years, we have clearly seen this trend [of rising RAS popularity globally] and support it. Aquaculture development [in Russia] should follow the path of creating farms that will move away from open or uncontrolled water sources to industrial cultivation in modern conditions,” Rosrybolovstvo’s Deputy Director, Vasily Sokolov, said.

“This approach helps to avoid many problems. Now we see a meaningful practice of introducing the latest advances in aquaculture. Taking into account the restrictions on the location of cage farms and environmental safety standards, beating the strategic target of [boosting] commercial aquaculture production is possible through the development of this new direction for Russia,” he said.

Alexey Dorin, General Director of JSC Aquaproduct, said that in the company’s first batches in 2022, its salmon is likely to weigh 2.5 to 3 kg, but that in the future, it plans to grow salmon to weights of up to 5 kg.

Dorin also pointed out that most of the farms currently running RAS technology around the world are only growing salmon up to 500g for transfer to at-sea grow-out, so in his opinion, the new Vologda farm will be unique.

JSC Aquaproduct’s salmon farm is not the only project involving RAS technology currently in the pipeline in Russia.

In July 2021, Moscow-based investment fund Russian Friends Capital (RFC) announced plans to build two land-based

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salmon farms in Russia and one in Kazakhstan, with AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies Ltd. selected as the RAS technology provider for all three facilities.

Each farm has been designed to have a production performance of 2,500 tonnes of Atlantic salmon per year.

RFC spokesperson, Dmitry Perman, said that AquaMaof was chosen as an equipment supplier because its technology secured lower electricity consumption and a higher level of biological safety compared to other offers the company was considering.

Perman also commented that AquaMaof had already had its technology tested in some large markets.

Meanwhile, Rosrybolovstvo has forecast that Russian farms employing RAS technology would be producing to 30,000 tonnes of fish annually.

Achilles heel Despite the strong growth in production performance, some Russian farmers have continued to complain about the lack of aquafeed and broodstock available in the domestic market. The instability of the Russian Ruble’s exchange rate and the poorly-predictable veterinary policy have also added to their woes.

The aquafeed problem was exposed in November 2021 when an association of salmon hatcheries in the Sakhalin region voiced its concern – suggesting that the challenge could ruin its members’ businesses and wreak havoc on the entire Russian salmon industry.

The Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselhoznadzor imposed temporary restrictions on the supply of feed and feed additives imports from Denmark on 27 October 2021, claiming that recent inspections had revealed “improper control by the Danish regulator over the companies selling feed products to Russia”. However, it turned out that almost the entire feed for salmon hatcheries in the Russian Far East was coming from Denmark, primarily supplied by Aller Aqua. Consequently, Rosselhoznadzor was pushed to urgently withdraw the veterinary restrictions in order to save the salmon farmers.

Moving forward, during a meeting on 28 December, Rosrybolovstvo promised that aquafeeds would be subject to import-replacement in the coming years.

“Currently, Russia has all the conditions for the localisation of feed production and the development of its own feed production,” Rosrybolovstvo said, adding that the Russian regulator was negotiating on some specific projects in this field, including some with foreign investors.

While several Russian companies produce aquafeeds, it’s felt that most of them offer products of dubious and unstable quality, commented a source in Russia’s fish farming industry.

In recent years, the country’s fish farmers have also had the constant fear that a ban could be introduced on all European aquafeeds.

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8 Russian Aquaculture is the largest producer of farmed fish in the country, harvesting around 28,000 tonnes of salmonids per year

“Switching to domestic aquafeed is not possible for us.

This could entail lower gains and higher mortality rates. Our businesses have no scientific base to compete with foreign suppliers yet,” the source said.

The picture is similar with broodstock, which is in short supply in Russia. In June 2021, Sokolov said that the Russian salmon industry had complete dependence on aquafeed and broodstock. Sokolov added that Russian authorities planned to attract private investors to overcome the problem of the aquafeed shortage, while on broodstock, the problem could be solved by building a genetics centre in the Karelia Republic.

“There are practically no hatcheries for industrial aquaculture in Russia,” said Lasar Taufik, general director of the Russian company Kroft Tau. This is primarily associated with long investment cycles on such projects, which normally range between 10 and 15 years, Taufik explained.

Aquaculture development should follow the path of creating farms that will move away from open or uncontrolled water sources to industrial cultivation in modern conditions

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Vasily Sokolov, Rosrybolovstvo “Work with promising aquaculture species has been phased out since the mid-1980s. Few remember that back in the days of the USSR, successful work was carried out on the cultivation of American striped perch and river eel. Work on the technology of industrial cultivation of pike perch has been stopped. Exotic species like arapaima and paca are forgotten, even though they are one of the most promising freshwater aquaculture species.”

Strategic importance In total, there are around 3,000 fish farms currently in operation in Russia, most of which are small businesses. It is estimated that 55% of these farms produce less than 10 tonnes of fish per year, 35% produce between 11 and 100 tonnes, and less than 1% have a production performance above 1,000 tonnes.

Russian Aquaculture is the largest producer of farmed fish in the country. The company runs several Atlantic salmon and trout farms in the Russian northwest with a designed production performance of around 28,000 tonnes per year.

The upcoming industry development is primarily associated with the major industrial farms, Russian government officials promised. All farms in Russia are currently subjected to state

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AQUACULTURE There are practically no hatcheries for industrial aquaculture in Russia

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aid, but for industrial farms, it is still easier to be subjected to state support.

“We compensate 50% of the costs of equipment to fish farms, as well as 20% of capital construction costs as well as the price of broodstock from the regional budget,” Oleg Kuvshinnikov, governor of Vologda Oblast, said in a statement published on the government website in 2021.

Kuvshinnikov added that investors tend to go in the segments of the economy where the best economic conditions are offered, and this is why the state aid is introduced in the fish farming sector.

Farmed fish production in Russia is currently eligible for a broad range of state support measures from both federal and regional budgets since it is acknowledged as a segment of strategic importance. In 2014, the Russian government introduced a food embargo banning almost all food imports from the European Union and the US. As a result, the domestic market experienced a shortage of some fish, especially salmon.

Currently, Russia consumes around 90,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon, most of which is supplied from Chile and Faroe Islands, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service. Rosrybolovstvo, meanwhile, estimates that in 2020

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Lasar Taufik, Kroft Tau

the domestic production met 30% of the Russian demand for Atlantic salmon. It projects that in the next 5-6 years, Russia would be able to fully meet the domestic demand and begin exporting its Atlantic salmon.

This growth is expected to drive the Russian demand for Atlantic salmon up to at least 100,000 tonnes.

Boosting domestic fish consumption is one of the targets regularly proclaimed by government officials. The country has ample wild-catch marine resources – producing around 5 million tonnes of fish per year. However, most fish are caught in the Far East, thousands of kilometres away from the main sales markets in European Russia, whereas the growth in domestic fish farming production should serve to make more fish available to more Russian customers.

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8 Farmed salmon and trout production in Russia has tripled since 2017, reaching 120,000 tonnes in the first three quarters of 2021

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NO PLACE FOR KNEE-JERK REACTIONS Using the farmed salmon supply to solve pelagic impasse would damage European processing, says AIPCE-CEP. Jason Holland reports

8 Farmed salmon is the most important raw material for the EU’s fish processing industry

While there are strong concerns about the disruptive effects that the lack of catch share agreements for certain species in the European Economic Area (EEA) will have on fish processors in the EU, any attempts to address these issues through other trade interferences such as import measures on farmed salmon should be greatly discouraged, cautions AIPCE-CEP, the EU Fish Processors and Traders Association.

Particularly in the case of the high-volume Northeast Atlantic pelagic fisheries, the failure of coastal states to bring fishing effort into line with scientific advice amid the continuing dispute over quota allocations, and the subsequent suspension of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, have brought the long-term sustainability of these stocks increasingly into question.

These fisheries are very relevant for the supply of the EU processing industry, while the MSC certification has been a “valuable asset” in the marketing of these products, Guus Pastoor, President of AIPCE, and Peter Bamberger, President of CEP, told WF. Bamberger and Pastoor acknowledged that historically, reaching such agreements has proven difficult for the relevant states and the EU to achieve, and that with Brexit as another complicating element, and possible effects of climate change on the migration of fish stocks, it won’t be any easier in the future.

“We have to find ways to manage this to ensure sustainable fisheries and smooth trade flows. We are concerned about the disruptive effects that the lack of agreement eventually could have for the rest of the supply chain, i.e., the importing and processing industry within the EU. We [also] understand the pressure being put on Norway and other coastal states to reach compromises.

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“However, permanent loss of the MSC certificate would be felt in the market, and there is a risk that defensive instruments could be activated affecting supplies to the EU.” Treading carefully With regards to the pelagic fisheries, coastal state talks have been paused while a working group takes a closer look at how the stocks have been moving between zones. Further negotiations will await these conclusions, probably resuming in March or April 2022.

Pastoor and Bamberger also advised that any “defensive instruments” applied by the EU to force the desired solution to the pelagic stalemate, such as tougher import measures on third-country salmon supplies would have “a serious impact” on processors, as the supplies from the bloc’s Nordic trading partners are substantial.

“Farmed salmon and pelagic fisheries are two totally different value chains. It would be a strange case if the problems in the fisheries were to be connected to the supply of farmed salmon.

“Norwegian seafood, including aquaculture, creates more jobs in the EU than it does in Norway, and if we take salmon, this is currently the most important raw material for the fish processing industry in many EU countries. And salmon is the most consumed seafood species in the EU. So, clearly maintaining free import is very important both for industry and consumers within the EU,” they said.

Leave no stone unturned From AIPCE-CEP’s conversations and interactions thus far, using the salmon trade in such a way would be “very unlikely” from a legal point of view and it’s a scenario that the

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Guus Pastoor, AIPCE, and Peter Bamberger, CEP association would firmly contest. Before such a measure could be applied, all other ways to reach a consensus should be exhausted, Pastoor and Bamberger said.

“We take note of the fact that the EU does not, to our best knowledge, have any legal base for raising a trade instrument to punish non-sustainable mackerel with barriers on farmed salmon, and we really doubt whether such a step would comply with WTO rules for fair trade.”

The pair also underlined that such a measure aimed at Norwegian farmed salmon would have a severe economic impact on the processors and traders in the EU, and put jobs at risk.

“There is no alternative sourcing in the short- or mediumterm. It would also hurt the consumers, as salmon would be more expensive to buy, or even hard to get. We like to promote the consumption of fish because of the positive health benefits, and salmon is one of the most consumed fish species.”

Instead, AIPCE-CEP would like to see the situation settled among the involved coastal states, with the hope that they will have a better basis for deciding on the division of quotas once the working group has concluded its work.

“This is the right forum to solve an issue clearly within its

mandate. International fisheries management is a public issue.

Without a clear governmental decision, the market cannot solve these kind of problems,” Pastoor and Bamberger said.

Supplies bounce back Meanwhile, according to the recent ‘Finfish Study 2021’, published by AIPCE-CEP, EU consumers had access to a little more than 13 million tonnes of seafood in 2020, representing a decrease of 215,000 tonnes on the previous year.

The 30th edition of the report found that the net EU domestic supply of seafood for human consumption fell by 100,000 tonnes in 2020 to just over ver 4.07 million tonnes, while imports from third-countries ntries dropped below 9 million tonnes. Also thatt year, the EU exported 2.5 million tonnes of fisheries heries and aquaculture products, resulting in a net consumption of 10.5 million tonnes. nes. This was a decrease of 218,000 tonnes onnes compared with 2019. Consequently, ently, the EU27’s per capita consumption mption decreased by 500g to 23.5 kg in 2020.

AIPCE-CEP’s preliminary estimates mates for last year see the EU’s total al supply returning to more than 13.3 million on tonnes, with its supply for human consumption nsumption rising to 4.2 million tonnes, imports rts reaching 9.1 million tonnes, and net consumption climbing to 10.9 million tonnes. s. Per capita consumption in 2021 is expected d to have risen 1 kg to 24.5 kg.

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MARITECH FISH QUALITY SCANNER INTRODUCED AT MOWI To further enhance quality assessments of its Mowi-brand smoked salmon, Mowi Consumer Products UK has implemented new Maritech Eye to provide real-time hyperspectral scanning of its fillets According to Norway-headquartered seafood tech company Maritech Systems AS, its Maritech Eye’s advanced algorithms and hyperspectral camera solution detect and document blemishes within a fish fillet and the size location of these quality challenges.

This quality assessment method is the only one of its kind in the world, it is done at industrial speed, and live data is provided to operators and management, Maritech said.

In 2018, producer Mowi, Maritech, and the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima) began a joint innovation project to develop a technology for real-time quality scanning of salmon fillets at industrial speed.

The project was successful, and Maritech Eye was launched for redfish at Aqua Nor in August 2021.

Following the project, Mowi Consumer Products UK and Maritech then co-operated in a short pilot period to establish the quality criteria and make the necessary adjustments to integrate Maritech Eye within the production environment.

“For our business here in the UK and in particular the Mowi brand, this gives us the ability to pre-select fillets based on a specification to reduce the manual intervention of removing blemishes once the fillets have been sliced. Furthermore, sorting by quality and providing objective information gives us the ability to allocate the material accordingly and allows us to utilise our resources more efficiently and effectively,” said Gary Paterson, Head of Operations, Mowi CP UK. Per Alfred Holte, Vice-President Technical Solutions in Maritech, explained that Mowi Consumer Products UK is one of three international Maritech Eye redfish projects being delivered.

Holte also highlighted that because of travel difficulties caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the Maritech team was only

able to visit Mowi’s site in Scotland once last year after the initial physical installation of the equipment.

Nevertheless, Mowi’s subsequent handling of the solution’s development and implementation was impressive, he said.

“Together we have proved that most of the optimisation and implementation process can be done remotely and that Maritech Eye is ready for the global seafood industry, even during a pandemic,” he said.

8 Maritech Eye conducts quality assessments at industrial speeds, with live data supplied to operators and managers

Project seeks high value in by-products and by-catch A team of European researchers are hoping to demonstrate that there is untapped potential in utilising marine co-products and non-target by-catch species as ingredients in high-value products such as creams and dietary supplements.

Backed by the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), BlueCC scientists have been extracting collagen and chitin from invasive species that appear in European waters or fish that end up as by-catch from commercial fishing. Another aim is to find ways to exploit lumpfish, which are used as cleaner fish in aquaculture systems.

According to the researchers, lumpfish, starfish and jellyfish may become valuable

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8 Collagen and chitin are being extracted from invasive species and by-catch from commercial fishing

sources of collagen, while chitosan is a derivative of chitin, which is extracted from crabs and other crustaceans. Both of these

natural biopolymers are widely used in cosmetics and dietary supplements.

Project-lead, Nofima’s Runar Gjerp Solstad, explained that the research has taken a more “consumer-driven approach” and is guided by surveys intended to identify consumer demand.

“We will then try to extract collagen and chitin from marine co-products using more sustainable methods,” he said.

In addition to using underutilised marine resources, the project will also adopt more sustainable extraction methods.

BlueCC has eight partners from six different countries and has been allocated funding of €2 million from the BlueBio Cofund. The project runs until autumn 2023.

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Founded in Denmark in 1840, steel wire rope manufacturer.

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PEGUET & Cie 12 Rue Des Buchillons 74105 Annemasse, France Tel: +33 450 95 54 54 Fax: +33 450 92 22 06 E-mail: info@peguet.fr Website: www.peguet.fr Manufacture of Maillon Rapide® quick links for permanent connection in aeronautics, architecture, rigging equipment, industrial supplies, sailing, parachuting & paragliding, professional fishing, tramways facilities, climbing.

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Designer & manufacturer of Pelagic, Semi-Pelagic & Bottom trawls since 1992 with active trawls in North Atlantic, Far-Eastern & Western-African fisheries.

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