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UK fishing company Waterdance has taken delivery of the first new netter to be built for a UK company for many years.

The 20.40 metre LOA, 7.70 metre breadth Amanda of Ladram has been built at Parkol Marine Engineering for Waterdance and will fish from Newlyn, landing primarily hake, but also fishing for monkfish, turbot and other target species.

An addition to the company’s fleet, Amanda of Ladram is the third newbuild for Waterdance in recent years, following the deliveries of potting vessel Nichola of Ladram and beam trawler Georgina of Ladram last year, underscoring the company’s

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8 Amanda of Ladram has been delivered to English fishing company Waterdance

confidence in the future of fishing in the South-West of England.

Amanda of Ladram was delivered on time, despite the challenges presented by the Covid pandemic, and arrived in Newlyn just in time to take gear on board and catch the last few days of the neap tides to complete its first trip before an exceptionally large spring tide kept the new netter tied up for a few days.

8 We’ll take a closer look at Amanda of Ladram in the June issue of WF&A.

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ELECTRONICS

COURT UPHOLDS PULSE BAN Any expectation that an outright ban on pulse fishing could be avoided has been ended as the Court of Justice of the European Union unequivocally rejected a request by the Netherlands for the ban to be reviewed.

There had been 84 Dutch fishing vessels using this method of fishing, and the fleet had come to rely heavily on pulse fishing. There is now no question over whether or not the method will be prohibited, as the fleet is now in the last stage of phasing out pulse gear.

“Proven environmental benefits do not appear to be sufficient to allow a new fishing technique. This ruling increases the risk of investing in innovation, while innovation is crucial to be able to meet the European ambitions in the field of environmental conservation and more selective fishing,” stated Dutch industry bodies Visned and de Nederlandse Vissersbond as the court’s decision was announced.

“Unfortunately, the scientific facts did not give sufficient reason for the court to reverse the decisionmaking on legal grounds.”

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Outside the Netherlands, the decision has been welcomed, notably by fishermen in the Hauts de France region.

“This is excellent news,” said Olivier Lepretre President of the CRPMEM Hauts-de-France.

“French fishermen find it difficult to understand that we can defend practices that endanger artisanal fishing and the sustainability of the fishery resource.”

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This species, Blowhardus dogmaticus, isn’t confined to bars and works canteens

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We all know this kind of guy. There’s normally one in every workplace, or perched on a stool at the end of the bar, holding forth with absolute certainty from a position of woefully wilful ignorance.

It must be wonderful to live within that kind of mindset, absolutely confident in your worldview, unaffected by anyone else’s opinion, comfortably immune to and uninterested in any kind of evidence that might support a contrary viewpoint.

This species, Blowhardus dogmaticus, isn’t confined to bars and works canteens. As well populating the physical world, the internet is bursting with them, including sub-species ranging from tinfoil hat wearers through barrack-room lawyers to insufferably self-righteous fanatics of every stripe. You no longer have to go anywhere near a pub to encounter the traditional pub bore with a narrow-minded delight in simple answers to complex questions.

They’re not hard to spot, as the spiel usually starts with those five words of warning, “all you need to do…”

Those five words normally precede a poorly-informed explanation of exactly what needs to be banned to solve all the world’s problems.

Recently the “all you need to do...” is to stop eating fish.

That’s an easy enough decision if you happen to be a privileged urban westerner able to make that kind of lifestyle choice.

What has been in short supply is answers to a whole slew of subsequent questions. It would be great to get some concrete follow-up ideas here, such as how the roughly 60 million people around the world engaged in primary fish production are supposed to support themselves?

Let’s assume that the critics of fisheries are aware that the majority of these people are among the three-quarters of humans who live on less than $10 a day, and these people don’t have the luxury of making lifestyle choices.

Fish provides much of the world with a substantial chunk of its protein intake. Any ideas on how to replace that with something else?

Considering close to a billion humans are already undernourished, plus there’s likely to be another billion needing to be fed by the middle of this century, maybe some thoughtful, informed answers to these complex problems might work out better than simply issuing challenges?

But please leave out the “all you need to do…” part of any answers.

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NEWS

EU and Greenland sign fisheries deal The EU and Greenland have signed a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement and protocol that will strengthen their bond over the next four years with the possibility of a two year extension.

Skrei making headlines across Europe Norwegian skrei is making waves across Europe despite the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions with Norway exporting prime product worth €16.5m during the first quarter of 2021.

Nueva Pescanova custs CO2 emissions with solar power The Nueva Pescanova Group has installed seven photovoltaic farms in its facilities in Spain and Namibia to cut its CO2 emissions and boost operational efficiency.

NORWAY DEAL FAILURE SET TO COST HUNDREDS OF HUMBERSIDE JOBS The UK government’s failure to secure an agreement with Norway that would allow the British distant-waters fleet to keep working is set to cost hundreds of Humberside jobs, according to Jane Sandell, CEO of trawler operator UK Fisheries.

The company states that the UK government, instead of delivering a Brexit Bonus, has succeeded in sinking British distant waters fisheries. The UK has no rights to fish in Norwegian sub-Arctic waters in 2021.

“This is a very black day for Britain. George Eustice owes our crews and the Humberside region an explanation as to why Defra was unable even to maintain the rights we have had to fish in Norwegian waters for decades,” she said, commenting that the boasts of a ‘Brexit Bonus’ have turned into a disaster.

“In consequence, there will be no British-caught Arctic cod sold through chippies for our national dish – it will all be imported from the Norwegians, who will

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BRIEFS

8 With no distant waters fishing opportunities, UK Fisheries trawler Kirkella is tied up

continue to sell their fish products to the UK tariff-free while we are excluded from these waters. Quite simply, this is a disgrace and a national embarrassment.”

The board of UK Fisheries will now meet to decide what presence it can have in Hull with no viable fishing opportunities on its traditional grounds. UK Fisheries has invested approximately £180m over the past 20 years in the Humberside

RFC to supply surimi to Russian market

EFCA appoints new executive director The administrative board of the European Fisheries Control Agency has appointed Dr Susan Steele as executive director with effect from 1 September 2021.

New MOB prevention campaign A new man overboard prevention campaign has been launched in response to data showing that 85% of fatalities in the fishing industry involve people ending up in the water.

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8 The outcome is a “disgrace and a national embarrassment”, according to UK Fisheries CEO Jane Sandell

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The Russian Fishery Company has signed the first contracts for the supply of Pollock surimi to the Russian market.

fishing industry, and had planned further investment of up to £100m.

She pointed out that British politicians have failed to land a single bilateral deal with any of its traditional partners around the North Atlantic – The Faroes, Greenland, Iceland and now Norway.

UK Fisheries employed approximately a hundred crew in the economically-deprived Hull region, and supported many hundreds more jobs with suppliers and in downstream industries.

“The UK wanted to be an independent coastal state, but the only beneficiaries of Brexit will turn out to be a handful of Scottish pelagic fishing barons,” Jane Sandell said.

“Everyone else – including much of the UK domestic fleet and the people who work in it, will lose out.”

SEAFOOD SECTOR VETERAN TO CHAIR ISSF BOARD The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has appointed Kevin Bixler, global director of group fish procurement for Thai Union Group as chair of its board of directors, replacing Luciano Pirovano, director of sustainable development for Bolton Food.

William Gibbons-Fly, former US Department of State Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, also joins the board, and current member

Dr Rohan Currey, MSC chief ef science and standards officer, cer, has been appointed vice chair. hair.

“I want to extend our deepest epest gratitude to Luciano Pirovano ano for his service as chair,” said ISSF SSF president Susan Jackson. “During his tenure, ISSF adopted some ome of our most notable conservation ation measures, reaching a totall of 30 measures in effect today.”

8 Kevin Bixler takes over from m Luciano Pirovano as chair of the ISSF board

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NEWS

The collaboration between designer Skipskompetanse, vessel management company Rostein and shipyard Larsnes Mek. Verksted continues with the order for a new live fish carrier.

Rostein’s order is for a sister vessel to hybrid live fish carrier Ro Vision, which took the 2020 Ship of the Year award. Like Ro Vision, the as yet unnamed new vessel will be chartered to salmon producer SalMar ASA. Although it’s a sister vessel, there will be some differences, according to Skipskompetanse CEO Per Jørgen Silden.

“To the untrained eye it will look like a copy of Ro Vision, but some assignment-specific adjustments have been made internally and Rostein are focused on constant development at all times.

Although things have worked well on previous vessels, they want the new vessels to keep on improving,” he said.

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LARSNES TO BUILD SISTER VESSEL TO RO VISION

The new vessel will have an 84.20 metre overall length and a 15.50 metre breadth, and is to be built at Larsnes Mek Verksted to a Skipskompetanse SK6000 DEH IV design “We have very good experience with Ro Vision, with its gentle solutions and large capacities. It is

important for SalMar that our business creates jobs and positive ripple effects along the coast, and with the choice of Rostein as a partner, we know that Norwegian maritime suppliers will have increased activity with this new vessel. SalMar is focused on reducing the salmon’s already

8 Hybrid live fish carrier Ro Vision has performed well enough to warrant an order for a sister vessel

low carbon footprint and therefore it was important to us that the sister ship also is equipped as a battery hybrid,” said SalMar Farming’s CEO Roger Bekken.

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BRIEFS Thai Union launches new tuna oil range

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Thai Union Ingredients has launched a new tuna oil range, building on the success of the UniQTMBONE product launched in January.

Scottish seafood workers share FishStories

Australian technology company, GoMicro, has created technology based on artificial intelligence which will help prevent spoiled tuna from reaching retail shelves in Sri Lanka.

Sterner to build Red Sea aquaculture centre

Sterner has signed a deal with the Egyptian authorities for the construction of a landbased aquaculture centre with an annual production volume of 25,000 tonnes at Ain Sokhna by the Red Sea.

Database for Med fisheries legislation

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean is launching a new online regional repository for fisheries and aquaculture legislation in the region.

Solar lights trial shows 10% yield increase

Signify has launched new Philips solar fish grow lights that help to optimise farming for ponds, relying solely on the power of the sun.

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Orders are now being taken in Japan for a new automated fish counting system developed by Yanmar Marine Systems Co., Ltd. (YMS). Designed for tuna farming, this system utilises image recognition technology to count the number of fish.

Keeping track of the number of fish inside each net in order to control production volume and the amount of feed used is essential for fish farming. In addition, a drive in recent years towards more sustainable resource management, fishing vessels are required to accurately report the number of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna caught in the wild, which end up being used for breeding at fish farms.

Current methods are laborious and time-intensive requiring manual counting of the total number of fish caught, and visually counting underwater images when moving the fish to aquaculture nets.

To tackle this problem and

support the aquaculture industry, YMS has developed the Automated Fish Counting System which significantly reduces the time needed to count fish.

This is being developed in collaboration with the aquaculture division of Maruha Nichiro Co., Ltd. In preparation for mass production, Maruha Nichiro arranged several sites for Yanmar to conduct trials under various environmental conditions to evaluate the product’s performance.

Yanmar’s Research & Development Center developed image recognition and processing technology and an integrated system including hardware, such as a specially designed underwater camera and image processing computer, to make possible real-time automated counting. Under optimal conditions, the system has succeeded in automatically counting tuna with an accuracy of more than 98%. In the future, YMS

8 Yanmar has launched an automated fish counting system based on image recognition technology

aims to contribute to greater efficiency and development of the fishing and aquaculture industry by reducing feed costs, cutting work time, and facilitating the accurate reporting of catches.

The counting system enables users to analyse and check results during or immediately after video capture and the angle of view of underwater cameras can be adjusted by remote control after installation, reducing the time required to install and adjust the camera.

The angle of view and brightness can be adjusted to reduce image disturbances and reduce impact on automated analysis. Screen display and correction functionality to enable easy manual counting and correction after automated analysis even for images affected by environmental disturbances.

RUSSIAN CRAB REPORTS HEALTHY Q1 Fishing vessels operated by the Russian Crab Company landed 2400 tonnes in the first quarter of 2021, 19% up on the figures for the same period a year ago.

The company states that it has become a leader in the supply of live crab to the Chinese market, having shipped 835 tons of live opilio snow crab, blue king

crab and horsehair crab to buyers in China this year, while also expanding its market reach with an initial shipment of blue king crab to the European Union and initiating a pilot project to supply king crab to the Russian market.

8 Russian Crab’s vessels accounted for 21% of Q1 crab landings in the Far Eastern region

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Seafood Scotland is launching a social media campaign to share personal stories from the individuals behind Scotland’s seafood sector.

NEWS

FLEET FALLS BACK ON TRADITIONAL METHODS

Pulse fishing had been a lifeline for the Dutch fleet as fuel prices soared, providing beam trawlers with an opportunity to continue fishing with significantly reduced fuel costs.

As the method became increasingly widespread, so opposition to it grew among fishermen on both sides of the North Sea, claiming that pulse trawlers were devastating their traditional fisheries.

The ban on pulse fishing that the European Parliament voted through signalled that pulse fishing was on borrowed time, and the rejection by the Court of Justice of the European Union of a legal procedure seeking a revision of the decision can be seen as a final confirmation of the pulse ban, although this jeopardises viability of numerous Dutch fishing businesses.

“We foresee more bankruptcies are on the way, as higher costs in combination with a lack of imagination, the consequences of Brexit and the lack of demand due to the Covid-19 measures is too much uncertainty,” stated Dutch

8 The pulse ban verdict is seen as a backward step by Dutch fishing industry federations

industry federations Visned and de Nederlandse Vissersbond in a joint statement.

“We are already seeing family businesses that are having to stop after generations of fishing.

Pulse fishing gave the sector the resilience to deal with setbacks.

The verdict is a backwards step for fishermen, fishing communities and Europe, which considers innovation to be of paramount importance,” the federations stated.

As the fleet has no choice but to revert to traditional higherimpact gear, there is no question that running costs will also increase significantly.

“More than ten years of scientific research shows that this fishing method significantly reduces by-catch, fuel consumption and seabed impact,” the Dutch federations state.

“The European to ban pulse fishing is based on emotional smear campaigns and not on the best available scientific advice.”

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INSIGHT

The future of fishing

AN INCREASINGLY ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION Aquaculture is in the midst of a technological revolution, with investors identifying plenty of scope for further uptake and value creation, writes Jason Holland

8 Ten years from now, aquaculture will be very different as the sector is on the cusp of pulling in a whole new set of entrepreneurs, according to tech pioneer Tony Fadell

Industry 4.0 Technologies – encompassing data-centric smart devices and machinery, robotics, AI, IoT, cloud and much more – are already responsible for disrupting many key industries, with early adopters in each space demonstrating that faster decision making and being more flexible and customer-focused offers a means to put more light between themselves and their competition.

Relatively speaking, aquaculture’s rapid expansion in recent decades – to the point that it today accounts for more than half of the seafood that the human race consumes – has come without barely scratching the surface in terms of applying such innovations and dynamic data. However, the recent GOAL 2021 virtual conference, entitled ‘Tomorrow’s aquaculture will be shaped by today’s emerging technologies’, recognised that producers of all sizes are increasingly looking to adapt by embracing new tech, and that the time has indeed come for these solutions to play a much more emphatic role in the future of the industry.

The event also highlighted that tech companies and investors are showing much more interest in aquaculture.

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Supply chain support If anything, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the appetite for tech application, with the acceptance that the world needs a resilient food system, and that what’s currently in place is not quite making it, advised Amy Novogratz of aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark.

The growing consensus is that tech can play a role, with some farmers already proving that it works, she added.

“But we’re doing more with data than just optimising farming; it’s serving multiple purposes, so the track record is starting to be there. And we have a better pipeline and more exciting deal flow right now than when we launched.

“We’re not developing tech for tech’s sake; we’re developing tech that serves farmers. There are specific needs and farmers really need to be a part of the transition into a technology-enabled industry.”

As an investor, Aqua-Spark therefore seeks companies with teams that listen to the market, and which are flexible and able to evolve. They must also be determined to solve what’s necessary, explained Novogratz.

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There are so many different ways of applying technology to each segment of this value chain

Right place, right time Ten years from now, aquaculture will be very different from today, with the sector on the cusp of pulling in a whole new set of entrepreneurs, and this will entice many new investors who recognise that its potential is now very real, anticipates the event’s keynote speaker and tech pioneer, Tony Fadell.

Fadell, who led the team at Apple Computers that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and first three generations of iPhone, before going on to co-found Nest Labs, is now founder and head of Future Shape, a global investment and advisory firm with half a dozen stakes in sustainable aquaculture and the application of technological innovations in that space.

Across its extensive portfolio, Future Shape’s focus is on nurturing foundational deep technologies (or “deep tech”), which Fadell defines as truly different, game-changing ideas that disrupt the existing state of play – essentially changing the way that people interact with the value chain and giving them greater confidence in it.

“There are so many different ways of applying technology to each segment of this value chain,” he told the conference.

“That’s what’s so exciting – to be in the right place at the right time. Ten or 20 years ago, this couldn’t have happened; we didn’t have smartphones or all this other stuff. Now is absolutely the right time for this revolution to occur. I’ve seen it happen in other markets over my 30 or 40-year career, and it’s right to happen now – here in aquaculture.”

Fadell said that he’s learned a lot in the four years that he has been involved in aquaculture. As well as noting many parallels with land-based agriculture, which Future Shape also has “a bunch of investments in”, he’s also seen that several of the technologies that he helped create for billions of people in the consumer electronics space are now helping shape these farming sectors.

This, he said, is thanks to the heavy commoditising of those goods, which has made everything from hardware and sensors to software that’s on the devices or in the cloud very prevalent, affordable and accessible.

“We can bundle it all together to address every part of the aquaculture supply chain,” said Fadell. “I can take those skillsets and then reapply them to these markets and help out.

“For us, we really love to see that these technologies don’t just go to ‘big aqua’; that they also go to small producers and family aquaculture farms. That’s what’s been really fun for us.

Learning about a new market, but with the technologies that we’ve already built.

“This market has basically been the same for decades and decades and decades, with just slight changes here and there. It really was a case of two worlds, with people who couldn’t get the technology having to live with what they had because the technology was so specific, so costly and only targeted for certain sized farms. Now that’s changed and everyone can get access to it; they can get more for less – data networks included.”

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“Those are the teams we need in aquaculture right now.

We’re in a unique moment where there’s a global movement of aligned entrepreneurs, investors and stakeholders and these teams need to be a part of that.”

Creation/destruction cycle Every industry has its first or early movers as well as those ventures at the other end of the scale that hang back on introducing new innovations, and aquaculture is not going to be any different, insisted Fadell. He also underlined that all producers care about return on investment (ROI) and advised that this needs to be duly taken into account by any start-ups looking to put new technologies into the sector.

As such, the ROI needs to be highly visible, and the technologies must be made very cheap for producers to try out, he said.

Returning to the smaller, family-run aquaculture sector, Fadell said that he and his team have observed that it’s the younger, tech-savvy generations that are increasingly taking fresh ideas back to these farms, and that they’re also applying innovations that they’ve seen used by other industries.

“That’s what’s wonderful. We are going to see a lot of success from this, and while there’s also going to be a lot of failures along the way, that’s ok. What’s refreshing for me is there’s this full evolution-revolution thing going on that’s being driven by multiple generation families that are in this business.

“They are seeing that they can finally get access to the technologies that they’ve been dreaming of for years. And if these start-ups do a good job of allowing producers to try them cheaply and easily, then this flywheel of creation, destruction and creation will start spinning, with continual innovation,” said Fadell, adding that such a scenario can be seen every year in consumer electronics, with technological progress enabling the latest phone, computer or television to offer something new.

“We are now going to see it in the aquaculture world because the technology and the speed of that is going to advance. And as soon as investors see that there’s a bigger market for this type of technology than just in ‘big aqua’, I think we are going to see a lot more revolution happening at many more farms and in different places around the world.”

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8 Nest Labs co-founder Tony Fadell now heads Future Shape, a global investment and advisory firm with half a dozen stakes in sustainable aquaculture and the application of technological innovations in that space

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ANALYSIS

COLLABORATION IS KEY Speaking at IFFO’s recent seminar, the numbers mentioned by its director general Petter M. Johannessen underscore the need for collaboration between stakeholders from public and private sectors to be strengthened

8 The supply of feed will could a limiting factor for aquaculture growth, according to IFFO President Anne Mette Bæk

He commented that fishery management principles depend on a combination of regulations, law enforcement and scientific as well as technical knowledge, while climate change presents new challenges to fisheries governance and management.

“There is a need for 20 million tonnes of additional farmed seafood towards 2030. In this decade, 25-30 million tonnes of additional feed ingredients are therefore required. Collaboration will be of vital importance for securing enough healthy food for the ever-growing global population,” he said, pledging that IFFO will continue applying science and market research intelligence to anticipate the future state of the marine ingredients industry regarding fish stocks and biomass.

“Collaboration is key for progress and will be of vital importance for securing enough healthy food for the evergrowing global population,” he said, and added that the industry also needs to challenge the supply chains again to secure access to more by-products from processing of wild caught and farmed seafood which represents a huge unused resource.

Marine ingredients play a pivotal role “As we all know feeds are a vital part of the global food production system,” said IFFO’s President Anne Mette Baek, stating that on a global scale its sustainability impacts on the environment, on local communities’ health and livelihoods,

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and traceability are coming under increased scrutiny, and this is only natural.

“This should be seen as an opportunity to provide information on the way the industry operates. Marine ingredients are a key component of feeds and our sector is being increasingly scrutinised. This is something we want to address in a constructive way,” she said, speaking at a recent IFFO meeting.

“Aquaculture is the fastest growing global production of animal protein today. FAO estimates that by 2030, aquaculture will account for two-thirds of total seafood production. An increase in the global aquaculture production requires an increased supply of fish feed. Globally we will therefore be facing a situation where the supply of feed will be a limiting factor to aquaculture growth. This triggers a growing interest in what the future of seafood will look like.”

She commented that IFFO has no doubt that marine ingredients, in combination with other ingredients, will play a central role in supplying stable volumes from responsiblymanaged fisheries providing reliable nutritional benefits.

“We believe in responsible fishing, based on solid fishery management principles. Certification standards help flag the ecological, social and economic successes that certified small pelagic fisheries and fishmeal plants have obtained so far. They also set the target for those producers not yet achieving the standards.”

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ANALYSIS The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health, raised a key question in 2019: Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries?

The Commission presented a diet that is healthy for both people and planet and where seafood plays a key role with its many human health benefits connected to the consumption of important omega 3 fatty acids.

“At IFFO we believe that quality feed means quality food.

Marine ingredients, mostly fishmeal and fish oil, have been key contributors to developments of aquaculture because of the unique combination of micronutrients, amino acids and omega3s they offer in a single package,” Anne Mette Bæk said.

A significant challenge is presented by climate change to fisheries governance and management around the world as rising temperatures continue to cause some of the world’s largest fish stocks to shift their distributions.

“Scientific knowledge is improving on these potential redistribution patterns and is also providing strategic thinking to take relevant adaptation measures,” she said.

“We want to stick to the science and this is why IFFO is well connected to the academic network. We are happy to produce scientific knowledge that can help understand complex subjects.”

Updating Fish-in:fish-out ratios She observed that the general public’s focus tends to be more on raw materials than on processing, and IFFO believes that both sourcing and production should be assessed.

“Certification of small pelagic fisheries and of fishmeal and fish oil plants is driving positive change both on the water and on land. Not only are half of all marine ingredients worldwide sourced and produced responsibly, they are also audited against robust standards relying on independent and accredited certification bodies. IFFO works hand in hand with MarinTrust to ensure that the requirements for marine ingredients to be certified are well understood and the assurances they bring to the sector are clearly outlined,” she said.

“But we need to be ready to face new challenges and mobilise the industry to address them.”

IFFO is building a library of actions taken by its members from across our industry to mitigate carbon emissions and adapt to climate change, ahead of COP26 in November this year. These accounts will be presented alongside the latest scientific insights on climate change and how it affects the industry, in the expectation that this will help promote best practices.

Governments need to take responsibility “In this changing landscape, challenges are everywhere. We believe that collaboration within the value chain, but also engagement with local authorities, should be the focus of our attention. Management of fish stocks is critical to ensure sustainability of the fishing industry and the feed and food industries which rely on it,” she said. pointing out that this is a debate where collaboration between scientific bodies and political authorities is required.

“In the case of some European fisheries, quota sharing for 2021 still has to be agreed upon by coastal states with regards to blue whiting, Atlanto-Scandian herring and mackerel. The lack of agreement has led to suspension by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) of certificates for these stocks.”

IFFO points out that the European fishing industry, the certificate holders, have put much effort into this discussion, as have the marine ingredients industry and the feed producers.

“The bottom line is for governments to take responsibility and ensure an international agreement on allocation,” she said.

“The management of these fish stocks can be a driver for increased collaboration between stakeholders from public and private sectors, not only in Europe, but also in other key regions where fishery management principles depend on a combination of regulations, law enforcement and scientific as well as technical knowledge.”

8 “We want to stick to the science,” said IFFO President Anne Mette Bæk

Busy year Petter M. Johannessen reported that 2020 was a busy year for IFFO, during which it focused on increasing value creation for its members despite the consequences of Covid-19. A new market intelligence system has been set up to increase market coverage, plus an innovative traceability system is in development with Marin Trust to encompass activities from fishing to feed, using key information such as species, catch area, gear, vessel name, fishmeal plant, with the aim of fulfilling the environmental and commercial objectives (IUU and origin) of the market.

Focusing on Asia, IFFO has also been developing its knowledge on Asian markets and working on the new Chinese fishmeal standard. To address existing challenges and develop best practices for the future, IFFO is continuously engaging with key stakeholders and the whole value chain, with science being core to this approach.

IFFO has been looking at Fish-In:Fish Out (FIFO) ratios and developing a more sophisticated approach. It has also been also applying science to anticipate the future state of the marine ingredients industry with regard to fish stocks and biomass and investigating the potential of new marine raw materials through joining initiatives on sustainable harvesting of mesopelagic species.

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8 “In this decade, 25-30 million tonnes of additional feed ingredients are required,” predicted IFFO Director General Petter M. Johannessen

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TRAWL GEAR

LONG-LIFE SYNTHETIC WARPS The owners of Faroese pelagic vessel Finnur Friði, Gøta-based fishing and processing company Varðin, were early adopters when it came to synthetic trawl warps

8 Faroese pelagic vessel Finnur Friði has been working with DynIce warps since 2007

The 76 metre pelagic vessel has been one of the Faroese fleet’s consistent top catcher since it was delivered in 2003, and the first set of Hampiðjan’s DynIce warps were spooled onto its winch drums back in 2007. Now they have come back to Hampiðjan for their third set of DynIce warps, having ordered 2300 metres of 38mm warp for each winch drum.

“We’ve been very satisfied with the DynIce warps ever since we first had a set in 2007. These warps have performed extremely well in pelagic trawling over the years and they last an average of seven years, which is excellent, taking into account that we get a year and a half out of steel wire warps with the same diameter and breaking strength,” said Finnur Friði’s skipper Andri Hansen.

“We still have the older warps on the drums underneath and right after the blue whiting fishery ends in the summer we expect to spool a new set of warps onto the winches,” he said, adding that the Brattvaag winches cope well with the tensions involved in working with synthetic warps.

He explained that the warps perform exactly as they are intended to, and lie in a direct line to the doors, while the significantly heavier steel wire warps lie in a half-loop from the stern and then upward to the trawl doors.

“So the DynIce warps don’t spook the marks before the trawl and the doors reach the fish. That’s the reason why marks make their way more easily into the trawl with DynIce warps,” he said.

“When we fish for mackerel close to the surface it’s very easy to keep the pelagic trawl high in the water column when the mackerel are 40 to 50 metres below the surface. At

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shallow depths we can shoot away a lot more DynIce warp than we could with steel wire, so we get a good horizontal opening. We often see the warps are clear of the water when the doors are high in the water or at the surface. That’s because the DynIce warps are forty times lighter in water than steel wire. We have also repeatedly seen over the years that due to the light weight of these warps, there is virtually no maintenance needed to the trawl blocks and rollers on board,” Andri Hansen said.

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We’ve been very satisfied with the DynIce warps ever since we first had a set in 2007 He commented that when working in deeper water, such as on blue whiting at around 600 metres, they need to shoot 200 to 400 metres more warp than the trawlers using steel warps, as well as having to use toe-end weights that are 1000 to 1500kg heavier so that the trawl opens correctly at those depths.

“In comparing DynIce warps with steel wire warps of the same dimensions, it’s clear that DynIce warps are lighter to tow, so there is lower fuel consumption per towing hour. I can safely say that choosing DynIce warps back then was an investment that has paid itself back many times over for the company in terms of more economical operation,” Andri Hansen said.

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TRAWL GEAR

JSC OKEANRYBFLOT CHOOSES IBERCISA DECK EQUIPMENT

Photo: Ibercisa

Ibercisa Deck Machinery is supplying the deck hardware for JSC Okeanrybflot’s new trawler under construction at Tersan.

Designed by Skipstenkisk to operate in Far Eastern waters, and sister vessel to Georgiy Meshcheryakov, it has a 108.20 metre overall length, a 20 metre beam and accommodation for a crew of up to 150.

The factory deck is designed to handle and freeze pollock, herring and squid, depending on the season, and to be able to produce fishmeal and fish oil at sea while operating on fishing grounds off Kamchatka and in the Easter Pacific.

Ibercisa is supplying a comprehensive package of electric deck equipment, including a pair of 525kW split trawl winches with a 78-tonne pull, capable of feeding energy back into the ship’s power network and managed by the latest Scantrol iSym winch control system.

The order as a whole extends to 48 electric winches, plus power and control cabinets, included in the package are cod end, out haul, net sounder, auxiliary, gilson, anchor, mooring and tail end winches, as well as capstans.

Ibercisa’s remote management system is also included in this system and offers complete technical support from a technical team based in Vigo with 24/7 availability, regardless of the operation zones.

8 New net drums and winches for Okeanrybflot’s new trawler have been shipped to Turkey for installation

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TRAWL GEAR

NAUST SYSTEMS FOR NEWBUILDS AND REFITS

Illustr: Katstensens Skibsværft

Norwegian fishing company Carl Aamodt & Co has opted for Naust Marine deck equipment for its new Havvon, under construction at Karstensens Skibsværft and due for delivery in July

The 36 metre Havvon gets three 130kW trawl winches capable of holding 1100 metres of 28mm warp, twin of 280kW seine winches with capacity for 6600 metres of 50mm seine rope and an automatic winch control system for fly-shooting, single- and multi-rig trawling.

The system is similar to those supplied to Osprey’s Good Hope and Neeltje, which were built at the Nodosa yard in Spain in 2019 and 2020.

Naust Marine is also supplying Havvon with a pair of 75kW double net drums, 55kW and 5.8kW auxiliary winches and a double drum windlass for 18mm chain, with all winches controlled from the wheelhouse and from deck control points.

The installation will also include all the electric cabinets equipped with active front end units for regeneration, water-

8 Havvon is being fitted with a complete Naust marine system for trawling and seine netting.

cooled drives, and the ability to operate in floating voltage/ frequency between 400-440V, 50-60 Hz. In Spain Naust Marine’s engineers are preparing to install a complete deck equipment system on board 83 metre Falklands-registered freezer trawler Igueldo later this year, with completion in advance of the 2022 squid season in the South Atlantic. Igueldo’s owners have chosen a pair of 62-tonne trawl winches with an Automatic Trawl Winch (ATW) control system, as well as 30-tonne sweepline winches, 35-tonne gilsons, 22-tonne codend winches, a pair of 18-tonne auxiliary winches and 5-tonne capstans.

The package also includes a full set of electric cabinets and a water cooling system for the winches, in addition to all the necessary controls and panels.

Trawl specialist joins Vónin pelagic team m Oddmar Ørvarodd has joined the Vónin pelagic sales team, and comes to his new role from sailing as chief trawl master on board freezer trawler Nikolay Telenkov, which has been operating off West Africa.

Oddmar first went fishing in 1969 and spent 18 years on Faroese pair and single trawlers. Then moved on to spend some years on shrimp trawlers and Norwegian factory trawlers.

Since 1996 he has been trawl master and mostly chief trawl master with Russian

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trawlers fishing in different areas in the South Pacific, off the coast of Oman, in the sea of Okhotsk and off the coast of West Africa.

“We are very happy to have Oddmar on n board,’” said Vónin’s CEO Hjalmar Petersen. en.

“We can say with confidence that he will bring experience and expertise of great value to the company and are we looking forward ward to our co-operation with him.”

8 Trawl master Oddmar Ørvarodd brings many years of seagoing experience with him to Vónin’s pelagic sales team

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TRAWL GEAR

MORGÈRE’S NEW PLATFORM FOR GROWTH French trawl door manufacturer Morgère is moving from its historic base in Saint Malo to a new purpose-built manufacturing facility in Miniac-Morven, which is about 20 km away.

After more than a century based at the port of Saint Malo, the new and larger 2500m² manufacturing unit in Miniac-Morvan is currently under construction and is expected to become fully operational this August.

The €3 million investment in the new Miniac-Morvan facility will enable Morgère to modernise its production, with the latest manufacturing systems, as well as enhance storage and provide more efficient handling.

Founded in 1902 during the heyday of the Newfoundland Grand Banks cod fishery, Morgère has forged a strong reputation for the quality and high performance of its trawl door range, according to Michel Dagorn who has headed the company for the last decade.

“Innovation and new product development are at the heart of the Morgère operation, and the new state-of-the-art production facility will provide the company with a platform for new growth,” he said.

Pascal Reverseau, the new chief operating officer for Morgère, said that despite the

current challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, the company is optimistic for the future, and will look to diversify into other sectors, including ship repair.

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8 Set to retire this year, managing director Michel Dagorn in the company’s current workshops

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ELECTRONICS

CONNECTIVITY IS KING FOR DESS AQUA When Norwegian fish farming support vessel operator DESS Aqua wanted to improve connectivity on its vessels early last year, it had some demanding criteria

APIs: essential for success That is how ScanReach’s system operates and the company’s chief business development officer Jacob Grieg Eide believes that open APIs are now essential for successful business relationships. It is not realistic to expect a supplier or partner to adapt to a particular customer’s way of working because that would hinder innovation.

Open systems make it simple to aggregate, transmit and visualise data, “and that’s how we build trust,” he said.

ScanReach was not the only supplier that DESS was considering but the others all had limitations, such as limited wireless coverage on board. So when ScanReach came knocking, it took DESS just a week to sign up for its pilot programme. It initially installed the system on one vessel, which involved fitting a number of wireless nodes throughout the hull. Bjørn-Inge Engene subsequently spent some time on that vessel and crawled “absolutely all over the boat” with a wearable sensor.

“I clicked the panic button and it connected to the system every time,” he said.

It convinced him that ScanReach’s wireless technology was reliable even in the depths of a steel hull so, although the pilot was intended to last six months, DESS signed a fleet-wide agreement after just three.

Its main use of the system so far has been to run ScanReach’s ConnectPOB personnel tracking system, which makes use of the nodes and the mesh they create specifically to keep track of personnel on board (POB).

When they are called to their muster stations, ConnectPOB automatically records each person as they arrive and displays this information on the bridge. In the event that someone does not muster, ConnectPOB will show which node their sensor is currently – or was last – linked to, reducing the time needed to find them.

Creating a safety culture is good for business Jacob Grieg Eide believes that ConnectPOB is good for

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Photo: DESS Aqua

Just over a year later, it has installed a wireless system from ScanReach across most of its fleet and is likely to continue installations into the remaining vessels and three newbuildings.

DESS Aqua CEO Bjørn-Inge Engene was looking for more than just technical connectivity: he wanted business connectivity across the company.

“We have invested a lot into having one system to run our entire company,” he said. “So why should I spend money in having yet another system?”

That management system can integrate with third party software, such as the company’s accounting system. Invoices display on his phone for approval and, thanks to its face recognition ability, he can approve them at a glance.

As long as a potential new system has an open application programming interface (API), “we can do whatever we want with it,” he said.

business, which Bjørn-Inge Engene confirmed. His customers are fish farmers for whom DESS Aqua provides services such as harvesting and transporting salmon from fish farms.

“They want to see a good safety culture,” he said. “Using this technology promotes interest and shows why we are different.”

This distinction is important in a growth sector such as fish farming, which has doubled in volume since 2005 and is still growing.

Its vessels typically have eight-to-ten crew on board, many of them working along the vessel’s side during fish handling operations and sometimes stepping off the vessel to stand on the fish cages. This makes it likely that, over time, someone will fall overboard, Bjørn-Inge Engene said, prompting DESS Aqua to support a ScanReach project to develop a man-overboard (MoB) sensor.

This is not straightforward – it should not alarm every time a crew member intentionally steps onto a fish cage and the system should not rely on, for example, an accelerometer detecting a water impact as its sole MoB indicator because a fall may not be from sufficient height to produce a significant deceleration from ships with low freeboards.

ScanReach’s sensors do have accelerometers, Jacob Grieg Eide said, and the company is working with its suppliers to develop the next generation of wearable devices which may check for salinity or another parameter to detect an MoB situation.

“There is a lot of functionality in the wearable devices and in the node that is not yet deployed,” he said, adding that these could be enhanced, which can be done remotely via satellite.

8 Convinced that ScanReach’s wireless technology was reliable even in the depths of a steel hull, DESS signed a fleet-wide agreement just three months into a six-month pilot

Sensors save time and money A further project that DESS Aqua is supporting is developing gas measurement sensors that would link with ScanReach

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ELECTRONICS nodes to report the environment inside a confined space before it is entered. ScanReach is conducting a global technology survey to find suitable environmental sensors for this purpose, which will probably be calibrated remotely, and it is discussing with DESS Aqua and other clients what gasses should be monitored and other operational details.

Jacob Grieg Eide stressed a key benefit of linking sensors to the ScanReach wireless system, especially in a situation where drilling holes for cables is impracticable, such as into fish tanks. ”That would be the end of the business case,” he said, adding that wireless monitoring is also cheaper: “I know how much we paid to instal the fixed probes we have today and I’m not installing any more,” Bjørn-Inge Engene said.

Being able to combine POB information with environmental data “will be gold in our industry,” he predicted, because of the frequency that crew have to enter the fish tanks. Doing it correctly with all the necessary pre-entry checks takes time, so it can be tempting to cut corners. Automating those checks would remove that risk, he believes, and he is hopeful that the Norwegian flag authorities might be willing to view such a system to be acceptable instead of the current arrangement that uses set procedures that may be viewed as time-consuming. “We have to make it easy for our crew to do the right things,” he said.

Dramatic increase in safety He is also keen to take advantage of ScanReach’s next project, ConnectFleet, which will provide fleet-wide

surveillance that will “dramatically increase safety,” according to Jacob Grieg Eide.

This will deliver real-time information from across a fleet of ships to the shoreside office from where support can be offered in an emergency.

“When the alarm goes off, the captain is alone on the bridge, because everybody else is occupied, so to have that link between the office and the bridge during emergencies will be incredibly important,” Bjørn-Inge Engene said.

“The first hour in any emergency is the golden hour, especially on our ships with limited numbers of people on board,” he added.

This will not be only for emergencies. As more sensors are developed – such as to relay vibration data, fuel consumption and other information – ConnectFleet “can just add so much value,” Jacob Grieg Eide said.

Some of the development work behind ScanReach’s current development is being funded by Innovation Norway, which last year provided NoK18.5M ($2.1M) for five pilot projects: ConnectPOB, the MoB developments, real-time fuel monitoring, systems to check hazardous areas and a fall-detection capability.

Five ship operators, including DESS Aqua, are taking part in these pilot projects, which mark a turning point for ScanReach. It took five years to develop its wireless technology and secure type-approval from DNV GL but over the past year it has stepped beyond the development phase.

With about 30 installations so far, “we are no longer a ‘technology’, we are an approved solution,” Jacob Grieg Eide said.

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FLEET XPRESS LANDS CLEARWATER CONTRACT

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An agreement with leading Canadian seafood company includes crew internet access and Fleet Care support to secure fishing fleet connectivity off Canada’s east coast

Inmarsat has made a significant breakthrough in the fisheries sector, following an agreement with Clearwater Seafood that commits Canada’s largest vessel-operating seafood company to Fleet Xpress high-speed maritime broadband services.

Clearwater Seafood chose to install the Fleet Xpress combination of high speed Ka-band and continuous FleetBroadband backup on board seven vessels replacing Kuband services on each vessel. Deployed off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, each vessel is being fitted with Inmarsat-approved, high-performance GX100NX antennas from Intellian.

“Robust connectivity for the crew is imperative for Clearwater,” said Brad MacKinnon, director of Canadian Fleet Operations, at Clearwater Seafoods.

“We have over 400 personnel at sea who expect stable and reliable connectivity in challenging North Atlantic conditions, given that they can be away from home for up to 35 days at a time.”

The contract also includes Inmarsat’s fully managed Fleet Care programme for Fleet Xpress, developed to maximise equipment uptime and minimise out of pocket expenses on unplanned maintenance. Based on a fixed monthly cost, customers secure all spare parts for 36 months on purchased hardware and benefit from a lifetime warranty for rented equipment, with free of charge support from certified technicians in over 50 ports worldwide. Fleet Care also includes remote equipment health checks and allows customers to update without additional cost as new hardware develops.

“This contract represents outstanding recognition of the Fleet Xpress platform which will make waves among fishing

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8 Seven vessels in the Clearwater Seafoods fleet are fitted with the Fleet Xpress combination of high speed Ka-band and continuous FleetBroadband backup

customers along Canada’s east coast and elsewhere,” said Eric Griffin, Inmarsat Maritime’s VP Offshore & Fishing.

“Regional and global market leaders establish their positions for good reason and, in a sector quickly realising the benefits of always-on connectivity, we expect that others will be keen to learn how greater reliability and enhanced crew communications can be secured at truly competitive pricing.”

Clearwater Seafood is active off the coasts of Canada, UK and Argentina, and operates 21 vessels in total.

Fleet Xpress recently clocked up its ten thousandth vessel installation. While the majority are merchant vessels, the maritime broadband platform continues to make inroads among owners and operators in the offshore and fishing markets.

“The fact that this regional breakthrough came when Covid-19 restrictions have been in place also shows what is possible by adapting our processes as required, to deploy our technicians in the field, work with engineers remotely or – where possible – carry out installations virtually,” Eric Griffin commented.

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INTELSAT’S COMPACT FLEXMARITIME ANTENNA CLASS Intelsat has released a smaller antenna class for its FlexMaritime service that will bring a new level of broadband connectivity performance and affordability to fishing and light commercial vessels around the world The 45 centimetre antennas are small enough to hand carry aboard vessels and easy to install. They are also easy to connect to the Intelsat FlexMaritime network, which provides fast data speeds of up to 6 x 2 megabits per second (Mbps), enabling everything from accessing real-time online weather forecasts to livestreaming over social media.

“Our new 45cm antenna class on FlexMaritime is a new, highly innovative offering in the maritime market,” said Intelsat Director of Maritime Products Shane Rossbacher.

“By combining new 45cm antenna technology with the FlexMaritime global HTS satellite network, we have enabled smaller commercial and recreational vessels to easily, and affordably, access the same great connectivity using a smaller and cost-effective antenna form factor.”

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Our compact and lightweight antenna is easy to install, and the flexibility of Intelsat’s service allows end customers to quickly and easily dial bandwidth up or down to meet their real-time needs 45cm terminals from KNS and Intellian are qualified on the Intelsat FlexMaritime network. They come with a choice of separate or integrated Antenna Control Unit (ACU) and a modem powered by ST Engineering iDirect. Connectivity is provided by the high-performance Intelsat FlexMaritime network, which delivers unparalleled, multi-layered global coverage through more than 140 satellite beams.

“With Intelsat’s new FlexMaritime 45cm antenna class, users will experience unmatched performance with ubiquitous coverage wherever they go, enabling even more vessels around the world to take advantage of the high-

8 45cm terminals from Intellian and KNS are now qualified on the Intelsat FlexMaritime network

8 Intelsat and Seasat A/S tested the new Intelsat FlexMaritime 45cm service on board the Esvagt Innovator earlier this year

throughput capabilities of Intelsat’s global network,” Shane Rossbacher added.

Over the last year, Intelsat had conducted extensive testing of the new 45cm service with beta partner KNS, which included fine tuning design and algorithms to meet the FlexMaritime requirements. Extensive sea trials were also conducted earlier this year onboard Esvagt Innovator, an emergency response and rescue vehicle, with the 45cm service delivering the consistent and dependable performance expected from Intelsat’s FlexMaritime service.

“We conducted extensive testing and sea trials of FlexMaritime’s 45cm service using the KNS C4 antenna, with the service consistently meeting or exceeding our performance expectations; in fact, during testing, our crew stayed connected during some very harsh sea conditions,” said Kim Martinsen, CEO and Co-Founder of Seasat A/S, a Flex45 beta launch solution partner.

“This is a great application,” he continued.

“Our compact and lightweight antenna is easy to install, and the flexibility of Intelsat’s service allows end customers to quickly and easily dial bandwidth up or down to meet their real-time needs.”

Maritime solutions providers can source Intelsat-qualified 45cm terminals directly from KNS or Intellian, or from their distribution partners.

The addition of the 45cm terminal represents the third terminal class for Intelsat FlexMaritime services, adding to Intelsat’s existing 60cm and one-meter antenna service offerings.

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SENSOR GLOBE GOES GLOBAL

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Canadian seafood tech company Sedna Technologies has partnered up with ex-AKVA group executive Trond Severinsen to introduce new and innovative water- and fish welfare monitoring technology worldwide

Having developed many new markets and products during his 25 years with AKVA group, Trond Severinsen is now Sedna’s new Norwegian Partner. Together they have just set up Sedna Technologies Norway AS in Stavanger as a hub for commercialising the product throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.

The wireless Sensor Globe is a powerful multi-functional sensor concept the size of a small grapefruit. Customers can build their own units with various micro-sensors and monitor real time data through an app on their smartphone, tablet or via the internet. Or simply leave the Sensor Globe offline anywhere to log data for months at a time, then retrieve it and upload data for analysis through the Sedna Cloud.

“We are now launching the first version which is available with micro-sensors such as optical oxygen, temperature, pH, acceleration and shock. Later this year Nitrate, Ammonia and Salinity micro-sensors will follow, and we will keep adding many new sensors and features going forward to stay leading edge,” explained Canadian Co-Founders Sheamus MacDonald and Aleksandr Stabenow.

“I am very excited to work with such young and talented entrepreneurs in Canada, to offer my lifelong experience in the aquaculture technology industry and together grow the company, work on R&D, and set up a global sales and service network,” Trond Severinsen said.

“We discover new uses and markets for the Sensor Globe concept just about every week right now. Including the growing need for environmental impact monitoring by various companies involved in mining, forestry, energy, construction, engineering and consulting, as well as in many government agencies. ”

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8 Trond Severinsen with the wireless Sensor Globe

8 A Sensor Globe alongside a dissolved oxygen readout

The Sensor Globe was originally designed to monitor water quality and animal welfare for the live lobster fishing industry on Canada’s East Coast. Unlike any other sensor concepts on the market, the Sensor Globe has adjustable internal ballast so that it can either float like a small iceberg, sink or have neutral buoyancy. It measures only 95mm in diameter, weighs 325 grams and is designed to flow-with-the-fish through pipes, hoses, fish pumps, lice treatment and other machinery, measuring both water quality and physical impact on the fish (acceleration and shock), which both are crucial for fish welfare.

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OCEAN TESTING STARFISH CLOSED CAGES

Photo: Nekkar ASA

Nekkar ASA has successfully commenced ocean testing of its innovative Starfish closed fish cage at Hidra outside Flekkefjord in southern Norway.

Starfish is a fully automated, closed fish cage system with digital remote management.

At the heart of it is a software platform for remote surveillance, data acquisition, bio analytics and production control.

“We are excited about the forthcoming ocean testing and the future opportunities this may present,” said Nekkar CEO Preben Liltved, commenting that Starfish has been designed to reduce environmental impact and operating expenditure to a minimum.

It has double protection against escapes, avoids problems with salmon lice due to water intake from deep below the cage, and collects up to 90% of biological waste. It is produced in soft materials, is recyclable and designed to optimise logistics.

The downscaled pilot version has now been filled with seawater, and the Starfish will commence the ocean testing period before summer.

“The idea behind Starfish is to reduce opex level dramatically for the fish farming industry, while simultaneously improving fish welfare and focusing on circular economy. We look forward to verifying the technical and operational

8 Nekkar has co-operated with Lerøy Seafood ASA from the beginning of the Starfish development work, and the project is supported by Innovation Norway

parameters of the solution, before we start preparations for testing with biomass later this year,” said Mette Harv, EVP of Nekkar’s aquaculture business area.

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a political drive towards closed caged fish farming. Authorities view closed fish cages as a potential solution to major environmental and sustainability challenges such as sea lice, escapes and mortality rate.

“Today there are around 4000 open cages in Norway. Closed cages will open up additional locations. This illustrates the market potential for Starfish,” Mette Harv added.

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UNLOCKING THE MOTOR-DRIVEN POTENTIAL OF AQUACULTURE High-efficiency motors combined with variable speed drives hold the key to higher productivity, lower costs and sustainability for aquaculture plants. Torben Poulsen, Business Development Manager, Drives and Pumps, at ABB Motion, explains why

8 Environmental protection regulations are becoming stricter, and in some countries it is no longer possible to set up new fish farms at sea, according to ABB Motion’s Torben Poulsen

Onshore and offshore fish farms use electric motors in pumps and other equipment for water circulation, filtration, aeration and much more. Depending on the size and nature of the operation, a farm’s total motor count can range from dozens to many hundreds. Operators need their motordriven equipment to work reliably and effectively, with low ongoing costs, so production and profits can be maximised.

In addition, their machinery must operate sustainably.

Satisfying these requirements matters not only to producers but to the global community, with its growing appetite for the healthy, high-quality food that aquaculture provides. Over half of the world’s seafood output already comes from aquaculture.

For some countries, food independence has been an additional driver for aquaculture development – reinforced by the effects of Covid on supply chains.

Fish farmers, feed manufacturers and fish processing companies have to manage many complex demands in parallel, including uncompromising safety, hygiene, traceability and continuous, reliable operations. Even a small lapse can result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of fish.

At the same time, businesses must remain profitable while protecting the environment.

Variable speed drives (VSDs) support this industry by optimising the economy and performance of motors in various ways. Their cost reduction benefits relate not only to lowering energy consumption but to minimising maintenance and replacement expenses, and avoiding damage, waste and productivity losses. As well as shrinking carbon footprints, they help to achieve more sustainable and less wasteful use of resources, including water and feed, and avoid pollution.

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Issues to address The wide variety of aquaculture plants and conditions influences the technology they depend on and, in turn, their differing requirements for motorised equipment. Fish farms can be broadly divided into offshore and onshore. Offshore fish farming, typically focusing on salmon, remains a huge industry but onshore is the much faster-growing sector.

Although traditional pond-based operations still exist, the onshore segment is now characterised by high-tech recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) in which water is continuously cleaned and recycled. No longer restricted to producing purely freshwater fish, modern onshore aquaculture can support salmon through every life stage – with artificially formulated sea water where necessary.

For offshore fish farms, pollution of the marine environment by leftover feed, fish waste products and medicines can be a problem. Environmental protection regulations are becoming stricter, and in some countries it is no longer possible to set up new fish farms at sea. However, great efforts are being made to increase the sustainability of offshore aquaculture, through technological advances, and the industry will undoubtedly continue.

It should be noted that traditional onshore fish farming can also be highly polluting, if untreated wastewater is discharged into rivers and coastal waters. Today’s RAS approach addresses ecological impacts and allows aquaculture to succeed even in the most landlocked of areas – in an extreme case even in the desert.

Fish farms using RAS tend to require much more motorised equipment than offshore operations. For example, they

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For offshore fish farms, pollution of the marine environment by leftover feed, fish waste products and medicines can be a problem employ pumps in their water recirculation and treatment processes. Their demand for oxygenation and cooling equipment is also usually greater – especially in warmer parts of the world. More motors mean higher energy demands. A medium-to-large facility, producing 10,000 tonnes of fish annually, require 8 megawatts (MW) of power. Energy conservation is therefore a prime sustainability concern.

Where are motors found in aquaculture?

Movement of liquids and solids is fundamental, and this requires motors for pumps and other conveying systems.

Materials moved include water, wastewater and sludge.

There are also systems for transporting and dosing feed, medicines and water-conditioning additives, including salt for artificial sea water.

Wastewater treatment and recycling processes may use pumps, aerators, digesters, screens, filters, scrubbers, chemical dosing systems, centrifuges and sludge handling equipment. Cooling and oxygenation of water uses a combination of pumping and aeration equipment, like air compressors, blowers, bubble diffusers and agitators. Air conditioning, ventilation and heating systems may be needed for plant buildings, and for workers’ accommodation in some offshore or other remote sites. On-site feed preparation can involve hammermills, mixers, ovens, extruders, pelletisers, cooling fans, air conveyors, aerators and compressors.

Delousing of fish using mechanical methods such as the Hydrolicer is another motor-driven activity. Some sites also include facilities for processing, freezing, packing and coldstoring fish – each with potential motor applications.

Why aquaculture needs VSDs Essentially, VSDs control motors in a way which maximises their operating efficiency. One important aspect of this is their ability to adjust motor speed and torque, precisely, to meet a system’s changing needs. It allows a pump, for instance, to deliver exactly the right flow at any moment.

Without this control, equipment may be running unnecessarily fast. As the energy consumption of a motor is proportional to the cube of its speed, this situation is highly inefficient. Other approaches to regulating speed are possible, but they lack the accuracy, dynamic performance and sensitivity of VSDs. With a VSD you can be sure of delivering precisely the right amount of oxygen, chemicals, feed or ingredients, for example, rather than a wasteful and expensive excess. Connection of VSDs to sensors enables adjustment of motor speed and torque automatically according to monitored parameters.

VSDs also reduce wear, mechanical stress and damage in machinery and pipework by avoiding excessive speeds and extremely high or low pressures, smoothing out start-ups and speed changes, reducing harmonics and preventing pump cavitation. This saves on maintenance, repair and downtime expenses, and extends equipment lifespan.

Harmonics are voltage or current distortions generated in poor-quality power networks – often in remote locations – which can result in erratic behaviour or breakdown of equipment. VSDs can be specified with functionality for

harmonic reduction and even continuing operation in the event of short-term disruptions in the power supply.

Cavitation is the formation of bubbles in liquid in areas of relatively low pressure around a pump’s impeller. As they collapse, these bubbles trigger shockwaves which can damage the pump. VSDs can be equipped with software which detects and counters this problem.

Additional VSD functionalities available include precise synchronisation and optimisation of the activation times and speeds of multiple pumps and conveyors. Another is pump self-cleaning to clear impeller blockages

8 Motors are a key element of every part of the aquaculture production chain

Remote monitoring and control There are strong arguments for remote monitoring and control in offshore fish farms, especially those far out at sea, as well as remotely located onshore sites. Instead of just raising an alarm when a fault occurs, integrated systems use sensors to monitor equipment activity and condition constantly. With remote drive control functions, operators can adjust motor activities and settings in response to information received. Often this avoids the need for a maintenance visit.

The same remote sensing and cloud-based communication technology enables condition-based predictive maintenance – the most cost-efficient approach to servicing equipment.

Data gathered can also be analysed to identify problems and their causes, with a view to making improvements in reliability, efficiency, performance and safety. ABB Motion can advise on integrating all these functions to gain full benefit from today’s motor and drive technology.

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8 There is a growing appetite for the healthy, high-quality food that aquaculture provides, Torben Poulson said

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SAMHERJI’S PELAGIC FLAGSHIP

Photo: Thórhallur Jónsson

Only a couple of weeks after delivery by Karstensens Skibsværft, new Icelandic pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson was back alongside in Skagen, this time to land the catch from its first trip, 3400 tonnes of blue whiting caught in Faroese waters and landed to FF Skagen

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we can say that the vessel is the result of a collaboration between Karstensens and our staff. I think the result is excellent, and it was great to sail home with the vessel. The time with the crew is time well spent.”

3000+ tonne capacity The 89 metre LOA, 16.60 metre breadth Vilhelm Thorsteinsson has a 3440 cubic metres of tank space, providing a carrying capacity in excess of 3000 tonnes in its 13 tanks. The double 1500kW/hour / 1.290.000 kCal/h RSW system is from Johnson Controls and the tanks have an HL Skjong automated tank washing system with three nozzles in each tank. Iras supplied the vacuum system, with three 87kW compressor units and three 30000 litre tanks.

8 Vilhelm Thorsteinsson’s wheelhouse has been fitted out with mainly Furuno electronics and a Brimrún video wall

Photo: Karstensens Skibsværft

The new Vilhelm Thorsteinsson EA-11 was welcomed to its home of Akureyri for the first time at Easter, with a muted welcoming ceremony due to the current Covid restrictions which made the customary open ship out of the question.

Built at the Karstensen yard in Poland and towed to the Skagen yard for outfitting, Vilhelm Thorsteinsson and sister vessel Börkur, due for delivery in May to Síldarvinnslan, are designed by the yard with input from the customer.

Contracts for the new vessels were signed back in 2018, and the date chosen was a significant one. September 4th that year was the day that twin brothers Baldvin and Vilhelm Thorsteinsson – both of them highly successful skippers and the fathers of Samherji founders Kristján Vilhelmsson and Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson – would have turned 90.

The new pelagic vessel replaces an older one of the same name that was delivered to Samherji in 2000, and which was a pioneering pelagic factory vessel, sold to owners in Russia ahead of the arrival of the new Vilhelm Thorsteinsson, which is a dedicated RSW vessel. This indicates a change of strategy, away from freezing at sea and instead focusing on landing fresh catches for processing ashore.

Samherji CEO Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson joined skipper Guðmundur Jónsson and his crew for the delivery trip to Akureyri.

“This is the third generation of pelagic vessels that I have participated in operating. We decided to entrust this to the Karstensen shipyard,“ he said.

“The ship’s main designers work at the shipyard, but Samherji staff have been involved in this process with their ideas, for example, those concerning energy efficiency. So

8 Vilhelm Thorsteinsson arriving in Akureyri for the first time

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Twin engines The engine room is laid out with two Rolls Royce Bergen Diesel B33:45L6P main engines, each delivering power to a Flender GVL-1400 reduction gearbox to drive a 4500mm diameter Kongsberg KaMeWa CPP111A1 propeller.

The provides options for flexible operation, with capacity to run on a single engine during routine operations, while having the power required for heavy trawling by running both engines. Each engine also powers a 2300kW/2900kVA Cummins AvK shaft generator, and under most circumstances a single engine can supply both propulsion power and meet the ship’s electrical power requirements.

The single auxiliary engine is an 840kWe Mitsubishi, plus there is a 166kWe John Deere 6068 harbour set.

In addition to the standard 250 Amp electrical shore connection, there is an 1100 Amp shore connection for use when discharging, providing enough power to run vessel, including gear handling winches. This is the highest capacity shore connection Karstensen Shipyard has delivered for a fishing vessel.

“This is a large ship and it is very well equipped,” said Kristján Vilhelmsson, who heads Samherji’s seagoing operations.

“On board we have all the latest technology for handling catches and the best available fishing gear. A vessel like this, operating with both trawl and purse seine has varying power requirements, hence the two engines. Steaming home, only

Photo: Karstensens Skibsværft

Designed to operate as a pelagic trawler on blue whiting, herring and mackerel, and to purse seine for capelin, Vilhelm Thorsteinsson has both low- and high-pressure hydraulic deck equipment systems. The low pressure trawl setup is from Kongsberg Brattvaag, and includes a pair of 93-tonne trawl winches and twin 102-tonne net drums, as well as tail end, end wire, net sounder and other winches, plus a pair of 30-tonne purse winches.

Alongside this is the high pressure hydraulic purse seining arrangement supplied by Macgregor Triplex, with a 32-tonne Triplex 1020 hauler, KNR-120 net crane, NK-6000 intermediate roller, corkline and leadline stackers. The KN-75 foredeck and KN-60 fish pump cranes are part of the package, and Macgregor Rapp supplied the two 20-inch electric fish pumps, with cable and fish hose reels.

The Blue Line trawl blocks are from Brdr. Markussen.

Vilhelm Thorsteinsson sails with a Hampiðjan 2432 Gloria trawl and an FS Atlantica 2600 trawl. The gear is spread with a pair of 14 square metre Injector Admiral doors. one was used and under these conditions the ship uses much less fuel.”

Investment He commented that it is important to remain competitive, and Samherji has invested heavily in new technology, both ashore and at sea. The company’s fleet has been extensively renewed and last year production began at a new high-tech processing plant in Dalvík, while the plant in Akureyri has been extensively renewed.

Sailing from the shipyard in Skagen to dock in Akureyri at Easter, careful precautions were taken before departure. The entire crew and passengers sailing with the ship were screened for Covid before departure, and again on arrival.

Covid restrictions in force meant that the usual welcome and open ship were not an option. Instead, Akureyri’s mayor Ásthildur Sturludóttir presented skipper Guðmundur Jónsson with a bouquet in a simple occasion in the new ship’s magnificently outfitted wheelhouse.

Guðmundur Jónsson commented that Vilhelm Thorsteinsson is a well-designed ship.

‘During the delivery trip we filled the tanks and took a turn at full speed, and the ship hardly listed. It performed extremely well,” he said.

“I have sailed as skipper for thirty years, and I can say with confidence that this is one of the finest fishing vessels I have skippered during my career,” Guðmundur Jónsson said.

8 The net drums are offset to port, opposite the net bin on the starboard side

Photo: Karstensens Skibsværft

8 Accommodation consists of single and double cabins, and includes a dayroom, mess area, a cinema and a gym

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INNOVATIVE LIVE FISH CARRIER DELIVERED TO NORDLAKS Tersan Shipyard has delivered Bjørg Pauline to Norwegian company Nordlaks, the first of a pair of LNG hybrid live fish carriers designed to service The Nordlaks Havfarm

8 Bjørg Pauline’s LNG propulsion system reduces NOx emissions by 90%

The 85.54 metre, 19 metre breadth Bjørg Pauline is among the largest live fish carriers that Tersan Shipyard has built so far, and is equipped with a unique with her propulsion system and technologically advanced fish handling systems. With two LNG deck tanks and four fuel conditioning systems, AKA TCS, Bjørg Pauline is a significant LNG powered vessel. The use of gas engines is expected to result in a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to traditional diesel propulsion.

The use of liquefied natural gas will also provide a 90% reduction of the emissions of NOx. With a carrying capacity of 4300 cubic metres, Bjørg Pauline is also equipped with a sea lice treatment system.

She is equipped with spacious and luxuriously appointed accommodation for the crew on board. Designed by NSK Ship Design and built under supervision of DNV GL, Bjørg Pauline is due to be followed by sister vessel Harald Martin, which is scheduled for delivery in September 2021.

The two vessels, Bjørg Pauline and Harald Martin are intended to serve Nordlaks’ ground-breaking salmon Havfarm named after the company’s chairman Josten Albert Refnes. The vessels have special Havfarm connection systems. The 395-metre long, ship-shaped floating Havfarm can hold 10,000 tonnes of fish in its six 47x47 metre pens.

The Havfarm has integrated fish feed silos and a robust water injection system optimising the oxygen level inside the pens. The unit is dimensioned to cope with a wave height of 10m Hs. It also has protective steel skirts reducing current

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8 The new Bjørg Pauline will be followed later this year by sister vessel Harald Martin

effects inside the pens, together with overpressure from a water injection system designed to deter sea lice from entering the system. The Havfarm has accommodation for limited number of crew on board, but many functions such as feeding are carried out from shore via internet and wi-fi systems.

Havfarm has been transported to Norway from China, and with a weight of 36,000 tonnes, Havfarm has been the largest construction ever transported by a vessel.

Nordlaks, who are one of the largest companies in the aquaculture sector and focused on development of new aquaculture technology, has some ground-breaking investments with the construction of these two advanced live fish carriers, coupled to the Havfarm installation.

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AQUACULTURE SUPPORT VESSEL FOR ORGANIC SEA HARVEST

Photo: Damen Shipyards

The Damen Shipyards Landing Utility Vessel (LUV) 1908 is a larger version of the LUV 1608, the first example of which entered service in August 2019, and the first LUV 1908 has been delivered to Organic Sea Harvest to operate on the Isle of Skye

Like the LUV 1608, this larger version has been built at Coastal Workboats Scotland, with full Damen support.

Damen has also provided financing for the vessel.

The owner of the first vessel is Organic Sea Harvest, a new company operating on the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. The company’s intention is to use pioneering technologies and methods to bring sustainable, organic Scottish salmon to the UK and worldwide markets. Their LUV 1908 will ultimately support a total of four individual fish farms, all off the north east coast of Skye.

“Both Damen and Coastal Workboats Scotland have been very supportive during the construction of our vessel and are completely aligned with our mission to encourage sustainable aquaculture in the region. During the construction, builders allowed us to fit the vessel with a range of equipment, helping us get her ready for our distinct scope of work,” said Ove Thu, CEO of Organic Sea Harvest.

“This proved very helpful, as it resulted in the vessel being ready for operation immediately upon delivery.”

The LUV 1908 has all the advantages of its predecessor, which until now was unique among vessel types serving the aquaculture sector for its bow ramp for go anywhere RoRo capability. It also offers additional deck space, higher freeboard and a larger crane.

The design has been engineered by Damen’s design bureau OSD-IMT to allow it to carry out a wide range of

8 The first LUV 1908 has been built for Organic Sea Harvest at Coastal Workboats Scotland

support tasks for the aquaculture industry. These include the transportation of people, equipment, feed and other dry cargo to offshore fish-farming locations with loading and unloading taking place either by RoRo direct to the shore or by using the deck crane. The first LUV 1908 is fitted with an HS Marine AK 72/26 E4 fully foldable and telescopic boom type crane. When on-site, the vessel can also be used to support activities of all kinds including pen maintenance and net cleaning.

Although the LUV 1908 is a compact 19 metres in length and 7.5 metres across it has a total of 100m² of unobstructed deck space rated at 2.5 tonnes per m². In total, the vessel can carry 40 tonnes of cargo and also has day accommodation for up to eight people. This includes a toilet, drying locker, pantry/ mess room and an off-watch seating area and navigation console in the wheelhouse.

“Organic Sea Harvest wanted a clean ship with minimal power consumption and emissions for maximum sustainability,” said Damen sales manager Mike Besijn.

“We are delighted that the LUV 1908 meets all their needs and we are very pleased to have built it in the UK. The aquaculture sector is an important market for Damen and we have developed good relationships with its participants. Our decision to build vessels for stock so that we can respond quickly to their needs, demonstrates the confidence that we have in its long-term prospects.”

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GONDAN DELIVERS NEW TRAWLER MAGNE ARVESEN

Photo: Gondan

The Gondan shipyard at Castropol in Spain has delivered a new freezer trawler to Norwegian company Engenes Fiskeriselskap.

The 69.90 metre Magne Arvesen is built to a Kongsberg Maritime NVC 370 design with a 16 metre beam, and is built to operate in the north Atlantic, Barents Sea and Svalbard waters, with capacity for handling both groundfish and shrimp.

Magne Arvesen has a steel structure with an aluminium superstructure, and has accommodation for a crew of up to 29.

The highly automated Optimar factory deck has a groundfish processing line for producing head and gutted frozen whitefish, plus there is a shrimp processing line. Frozen catches are stored in the 1400m3 fishroom.

According to Gondan, the pandemic has presented challenges for the company and the yard, while significant efforts, careful co-ordination and implementation of necessary measures in compliance with government guidelines have made it possible to complete and deliver the new trawler, despite the difficulties faced during the build.

Magne Arvesen in the second recent delivery of a sophisticated factory vessel from Gondan for Norwegian owners, following the delivery of Sunderøy last year.

8 Magne Arvesen has been delivered by Gondan to Engenes Fiskeriselskap

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Strada della Repubblica, 58 43121 Parma – Italy Tel: +39 0521 221411 Fax: +39 0521 221449 email: a.contini@cavatorta.it web: www.cavatorta.it/EN

Cavatorta Group is a dynamic European manufacturer that specializes in the production of galvanized and PVC coated multifunctional wire mesh products. Our SEAPLAX marine mesh uses include lobster and crab traps, oyser trays, aquaculture and general marine applications.

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Rua da Cerfil (Cap. Gramaxo) P.O. Box 1029, 4471-909 Maia PORTUGAL Tel: +351 22 961 9200 Fax: +351 22 960 5757 Email: sales@lankhorsteuronete.com www.euronete.com Contact: Mafalda Gramaxo Salvador Castro Producer of the recognized brands: Netting: Euroline®, Premium®, Premium Plus, Lankoforce , Anza®.

Wire Ropes: Eurowire® and Europact®.

Fibre Ropes: Lankoforce, Eurosteel®, Tipto®.

Super 12 net twines.

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SICOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Gore Cross Business Park Bridport Dorset DT6 3UX Tel: 01308 428 224 Fax: 01308 428 228 Email: sales@sicor-int.com Website: www.sicor-int.com Contact: Toby Eeles

SICOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Producer and distributor of all kinds of fishing gear for commercial fishing We are present in all major markets through our own companies, distributors and agents.

Dyrkorn longline and accessories Catch hooks, King Crab and Snow Crab pots, Purse seine, Trawl – bottom and pelagic, Injector Trawl doors ISO 9001:2008 Certified

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Mørenot Fishery AS, Søvikneset 91, 6280 Søvik, Norway Tel: +47 70 20 95 00 E-mail: fishery@morenot.no www.morenot.com

Unit 3 Murcar Trading Estate, Denmore Road, Bridge of Don Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Tel: 01224 707560 Fax: 01224 707561 Email: aberdeen@sicor-int.com Contact: Gary Mitchell Manufacturers of all types of fishing ropes, netting and twines including poly steel ropes and compact netting.

EUROROCK NV ALLEWERELT 1-2 Shing Nung Road, Tungkang, Pingtung,Taiwan Tel: 886-8-8331100~9 Fax: 886-8-8327022 E-mail: export@chingfa.com.tw Website: www.chingfa.com.tw Specialized manufacturer & exporter of: Hi-tech 7 tuna purse seine nets, Super 20 aquaculture knotless nets (Raschel type), nylon longline & its spare parts, nylon fishing line, nylon mono & multi-mono nets, nylon twisted and braided nets, PE trawl nets, ropes, twines, floats and etc.

Koolboeistraat 4, 8620 Nieuwpoort, Belgium Tel: +32 58 233595 Email: eurorock@scarlet.be www.eurorock-belgium.com Contact: COO Laurent Messiaen Manufacturers of steel bobbins, rubber bobbins, spoked and bunt bobbins, rubber disc (tyres, conveyor and moulded discs), rockhoppers, spacers Shirmpgear. We can make other rubber products as clients needs.

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Randers Reb International A/S Engelsholmvej 28 8940 Randers SV Denmark Tel.: +45 89 11 12 13 Fax: +45 89 11 12 12 info@randers-reb.dk www.randers-reb.dk Contact name: Bent Herold Founded in Denmark in 1840, steel wire rope manufacturer.

The assortment includes steel wire rope, as well as rope works made of both synthetic and natural fibres. We offer a versatile range of products with programmes especially suited for all segments of the fishing industry.

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VÓNIN LTD

P.O. 19 FO-530 Fuglafjørõur P.O.Box Box 19 FO-530 Fuglafjørður Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Tel: +298 474 200 Tel: +298 +298 474 Fax: 474200 201 Fax: +298 474 201 Email: info@vonin.com E-mail: info@vonin.com Web: Web:www.vonin.com www.vonin.com Contact: Non Contact:Bogi Eystein Elttør Manufacturer of pelagic trawls, Vónin is a major supplier to the fishing fleet and semi-pelagic shrimpin trawls, aquaculture industrytrawls, with branches the Faroe various bottom trawls, purse and seine Islands, Greenland, Canada, Denmark Norway. nets, fish farming nets andsemi sorting Vónin manufactures pelagic trawls, pelagic grids.

Vónin is abottom major supplier togrids, trawl, shrimp trawls, trawls, sorting the North Atlantic/Arctic fishingand fleet. crab pots, net cages, mooring systems net We have all accessories in stock. washing systems.

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Trusted solutions for 40 years Advanced raw material usage LIMA are specialists in the manufacture of meat-bone separators, deboning and desinewing machines for poultry, pork, fish, lamb and beef industries. 70 different models are available from 100 to 20.000 kg/hr.

(220 – 44.000 lbs/hr).

LIMA S.A.S. 456 Route de Rosporden Z.I. du Guélen • 29000 QUIMPER Tel. : 02 98 94 89 68 • Fax : 02 98 94 89 69 E-Mail : lima@lima-france.com www.lima-france.com

Langerbruggekaai 15 9000 • Gent • Belgium Tel: +32 9 376 95 95 Fax: +32 9 376 95 96 info@cretel.com www.cretel.com Cretel is manufacturing in Belgium

MAREL Sales & service offices in 30 countries Tel: +354 563 8000 Fax: +354 563 8001 E-mail: info@marel.com www.marel.com/fish

FISH SKINNERS FISH SCALERS VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINES INDUSTRIAL WASHING AND DRYING EQUIPMENT

The leading global provider of advanced equipment and integrated systems for onboard and onshore fish processing.

Our cutting-edge equipment and groundbreaking Innova production software enable fish processors of all sizes to operate at peak efficiency.

Consult us and take advantage of our worldwide experience and expertise.

IRAS A/S Gammelby Mollevej 3 DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark Tel: +45 7611 4949 Email: iras@iras.dk Web: www.iras.dk IRAS is supplying the modern fishing and aquaculture industry with innovative solutions within: Pumping, Classification, Weighing, Ice handling, Storage, Transport and Distribution systems. IRAS offers single products or complete systems for raw material handling.

Based on decades of experience, IRAS KNOW HOW to handle fish

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Increases yield natural way Low pressure injection Adjustable injection levels Packing yield increase Increases yield natural way Protein in Protein Reduced drip Lower cook and chill loss No chemicals

Sale: +354 516 3000 traust@traust.is www.traust.is

Fish Processing Machines for small and very small fish

Flottweg SE, Industriestraße 6-8 84137 Vilsbiburg, Deutschland (Germany) Tel.: + 49 8741 301-313 Fax: + 49 8741 301-303 wim@flottweg.com / www.flottweg.com Contact Name: Mr. Michael Wimmer

FLOTTWEG CENTRIFUGES for most efficient industrial fish processing • Production of fish oil, fish meal and surimi • Waste water treatment • Processing of fish by-products • Hydrolysis FLOTTWEG SERVICE WORLDWIDE • quick and reliable

Kroma A/S RÆVEVEJ 22 - DK-7800 SKIVE Phone: +45 9752 2099 Fax: +45 9752 0572 Web: www.kroma.dk E-mail: kroma@kroma.dk Kroma A/S is a supplier of high quality de-scaling, gutting and filleting machines for all kind of fish species. Specialist in handling of roe, and filleting of soft fish species like mackerel.

PROGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS for White fish & Salmon

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SEAC A AB Slånbärsvägen 4, SE-386 90 Öland, SWEDEN Phone: +46 485 35 200 Mobile: +46 720 168 758 +46 707 505 230 E-mail: info@seac.se

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– Trimming

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– Packing to boxes – Empty box handle

Vesturvör 29 201 Kópavogur Iceland Tel: +354 4300 600 sales@valka.is www.valka.is

Sardine nobbing

Baltic herring

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SEA SEAC AC FPM-400 F PM-400 nobbin bing and filleting nobbing machine for small ma pelagic fish

Ice & Refrigeration

Fish Processing

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

210 Gardabaer – Iceland Tel 00 354 587 1300 Email: freyr@kapp.is Contact: Freyr Fridriksson

Sales and service of liquid ice machines Type OptimICE, pre-coolers and tanks, Manual or automatic horizontal and Vertical plate freezers, RSW systems, Vacuum pumps and processing equipment for both onshore and onboard installations.

Refrigeration system and services

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Ice & Refrigeration

Netting

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

World’s leading supplier of Fishing nets (our globally trusted brands are SNG, Sapphire and Olivene), assembled trawls, Purse Seines, Aquaculture cages and anti-predator nets for aquaculture industry, ropes for the fishing, aquaculture and shipping industry. Our products are exported to over 60 countries globally.

Purse Seine Nets Trawl Netting Rigged Cages Anti-Seal & Bird Nets

Use durable Sæplast containers to protect your catch

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Worldwide #1 in Ice Factories

Ice Plants for Fish and Seafood Flake Ice & Plate Ice up to 100t / 24h Ice Storage with Automatic Rake System Systems for Ice Conveying and Weighing Built in a Container or on a Frame www.kti-plersch.com | info@kti-plersch.com

Longlining & Jigging

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Garware Technical Fibres Plot No 11, Block D-1, MIDC, Chinchwad, Pune, India

3rd Generation HDPE

Web: www.garwarefibres.com Tel: (+91)2027990381 Contact: Vivek Kumar Email: vkumar@garwarefibres.com Mobile: +917767802806

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NET MANUFACTURERS We are a professional fish net maker and provide assembly & design service for various nets.

We use Nylon, HDPE, PP, PE to make purse seine net, fish farming cage net for smolt, grower, growout, predator & anti-bird, trawl net, trap net, safety net, sports net, twine, float and steel wire.

The making of fish nets can be twisted, braided, super-knot knotless or raschell knotless, mono or multi-mono filaments.

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BELITRONIC SWEDEN AB Rattarevagen 7, S-872 63 Lunde, Sweden Tel: +46 6123 2000 mailbox@belitronic.se www.belitronic.se Top of the line Jig fishing machine – BJ 5000Ex. Friendly, Flexible and Intelligent!

Reliable, effective and recently improved Jig Fishing Machine, special programs on request. The BJ 5000Ex can reach fishing depth fast!

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Forever Industries Co., Ltd. No.88, Di An Truong Tre St., Di An Town, Binh Duong, Vietnam Tel: (+84) 916 225 068 (+84) 251 378 9125 sales@forevernetco.com

YM Fishing Corporation

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D12 ropes and D3/D16 nets with Dyneema®.

Enkalon® nylon netting and ropes with the highest strength in the industry.

High tenacity Supercatch polyester products, and HDPE in Powerblue and Powergreen.

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#586-10, Choryang-Dong, Dong-Ku, Busan 601-830 • Korea Tel: +82 51 469 2411 Fax: +82 51 469 2412 Email: longline@ympesca.com www.ympesca.com Contact: Hak Sam, Yoon (Mr) Nylon Monofilament longline and synthetic polyester longline. SS Tuna hook with ring, swordfish hook & tuna circle hook. Longline snap, branch hanger and all kind of longline swivel. YM PrimeLight chemical light, fishing luring light & strobe light. Tuna and swordfish longline fishing related all accessories.

Van Beelen Group bv P +31(0)255 560 560 E info@vanbeelengroup.nl IJmuiden, Netherlands vanbeelengroup.nl vb-ropes.com

Fishing nets, aquaculture nets, agriculture nets, sports nets, all types of ropes and twines.

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Fortune Net Group of Companies No. 42 Sto. Domingo St • Quezon City Metro Manila • The Philippines Tel: 00632 7119238, 00632 7125362 Fax: 00632 7110169 www.fortunenetgrp.com fortunenetgrp@pldtdsl.net.

Braided knotted nets; Twisted knotted nets; Raschel knotless nets; Monofilaments double knot nets; PE shade nets. All types of twines and ropes, Specialising in: Tuna & Sardine, Purse Seiners; Mono and Multi gill nets; Nylon & HDPE trawl nets; Aquaculture fence & cage nets; Safety and sports nets; Ornamental nets.

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Steel Wire Ropes & Trawl Wire

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MARKUS LIFENET LTD

N-5936 Manger Norway Tel:+47 56 34 98 60 Fax: +47 56 34 98 70 Email: ulvatn@fiskenett.no www.fiskenett.no Contact: Hugo Ulvatn

Breidvangur 30 IS-220 Hafnarfjordur, Iceland Tel.Iceland: +354 5651375 Tel. UK: 01525 851234 Email: sales@markusnet.com Contact: Petur Th. Petursson We specialise in the development and manufacture of man overboard recovery systems suitable for all types of fishing vessels, such as the Markusnet and the Markus MOB Scramble-net/Cradle.

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Engelsholmvej 28 8940 Randers SV Denmark Tel.: +45 89 11 12 13 Fax: +45 89 11 12 12 info@randers-reb.dk www.randers-reb.dk Contact name: Bent Herold Founded in Denmark in 1840, steel wire rope manufacturer.

The assortment includes steel wire rope, as well as rope works made of both synthetic and natural fibres. We offer a versatile range of products with programmes especially suited for all segments of the fishing industry.

Trawl Doors

Carretera de Catral, no 30 03360 Callosa de Segura, Alicante, Spain Tel: 0034 965 310 408 Fax: 0034 965 31 2166 Email: redessalinas@redessalinas.com www.redessalinas.com Contact: Srta. Carmen Salinas Manufacturer of special purse seining nets for tuna and horse mackerel, also trawl gear, ropes and twines

K. Mercierlei 29 • B-2600 Berchem • Belgium Tel: +32 32 81 73 03 • Fax: +32 32 81 73 04 info@i-coats.be • www.i-coats.be Contact: Koen Van Goethem We offer environmentally friendly, waterbased coatings for ropes and nets made out of all types of synthetic fibers.

(ARAMIDS, HMPE, LCP, …) Tailor-made products developed to the needs of the market.

Waxes, acrylics, polyurethanes, pigments and specialty coatings (LAGO 45, LAGO BF 10A, ICO-LUBE 10, ICO-THANE 10, ICO-THANE 32, ICO – THANE 96, ICO-THANE 98) All coatings are compatible, allowing development for individual solutions.

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Sydhalevej 8 - 7680 Thyborøn - Denmark T: +45 9783 1922 . W: trawldoor.dk

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.

All product range self-certified.

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Ekko Trawl Doors Reykjavik Iceland Tel:+354 896 2300 smari@ekko.is

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Vágsvegur 52 FO-900 Vágur Faroe Islands E-mail: rock@rock.fo Phone +298 22 56 19

Reykjavík, Iceland

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ICELAND FAROE ISLANDS

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SERVICE POINT FOR THE NORTH SEA

The Exocet

An incredibly versatile trawl Centrally located in the North Sea basin

Available 24/7 SHIPYARD SERVICES FISHING GEAR TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT & SERVICES DESIGN & ENGINEERING GENERAL SUPPLIES PORT & FISH LANDING FACILITIES

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Sp/f Rock Trawl-doors

Complete range of high efficient trawl doors for demersal fishing, “off the seabed” semi-pelagic fishing and pelagic fishing.

Ship Yards

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Ship Design

Norwegian producer of twisted, braided and knotless netting for purse-seining and trawling.

Netloft for mounting and repairs of purse-seines.

Made in Denmark

Ytawl Makers

Purse Seine Nets

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

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Contact : Tel. : +33 (0)2 99 56 14 36 Fax : +33 (0)2 99 40 03 43 trawldoor.morgere@morgere.fr www.morgere.com

AKVASERVIS TRAWLS Email: office@akvaservis.lt www.akvaservis-trawl.com Tel: +370 46 365 363 Las Palmas - Baltic - Murmansk Designer & manufacturer of Pelagic, Semi-Pelagic & Bottom trawls since 1992 with active trawls in North Atlantic, Far-Eastern & Western-African fisheries.

COMPETITIVE PRICES WITHOUT COMPROMISE IN QUALITY

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Estrada de Fortons 23 36812 Redondela (Pontevedra) Spain Tel: +34 986 20 33 12 E-mail: info@grupoeurored.com Website: www.grupoeurored.com Hi tech design and production of pelagic and bottom fishing trawl systems. Nets and deck material for tuna purse seiners, inshore fishing and longliners. Everything necessary for fishing activities: MORGERE trawl doors, COTESI nets, ropes, mooring, BRIDON cable, flotation, CROSBY GROUP naval hardware, longline material, etc.

Aquaculture integral supplies and installation of fish farming and Long Line production systems, OFFSHORE facilities.

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VÓNIN LTD

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