World Fishing & Aquaculture October 2020

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INSIGHT

BLOWN AWAY BY OFFSHORE ENERGY PLANS

Realigning Asian aquafeeds page 10

NEW HORIZONS

Iran’s aquaculture picks up – despite sanctions page 12 The European fishing industry has greeted with alarm plans to increase offshore energy, with a projected twenty-fold boost under aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

The European Commission has announced this ambitious goal under its Green Deal.

The fishing sector’s scepticism is triggered by the claim that maritime space can continue to be managed sustainably, and Europêche has branded the notion of a ‘happy co-existence’ as a myth – one that a recent study commissioned

8 The fishing sector has slammed the idea of a ‘happy co-existence’ as a major expansion of offshore energy is proposed

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by the EU Executive body continues to echo.

Europêche and EAPO have told policy makers that a precautionary approach needs to be adopted, and current expansion of offshore wind parks should be halted until research has come up with answers to the many existing knowledge gaps.

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STARFISH project gathers critical SSF data page 19

Pelagic fishing company Astrid Fiskeri has placed an order for a large new pelagic vessel to be delivered in May 2022, designed with capacity to meet the challenges of future changes in fishing patterns.

The design of the new vessel has been developed

by Karstensens Skibsværft in close collaboration with the customer, which anticipates the strong likelihood that today’s key fisheries will in future not be where they currently are.

The new Astrid will be a 91.80 metre pelagic trawler/purse seiner, and its size and capacity reflect the company’s view that its projected operating pattern could include longer trips and a greater need for flexibility in future fisheries.

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8 The new Astrid is designed for 80% of its sea time to be spent steaming

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Can we look forward to Greenpeace, Bloom and the rest of the NGOs supposedly determined to safeguard the natural world pulling stunts and dropping boulders to prevent the energy industry from clear-cutting the seabed?

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The writing’s on the wall – or, rather, the writing’s on the sea bed.

A little bit of honesty would make a welcome change. The EU Commission is staffed by (mostly) smart, shrewd people. It’s inconceivable that these clever people can genuinely believe a happy co-existence between a colossal increase in offshore energy production and the fishing industry as it is today can be any kind of a realistic possibility.

We’ve grown out of fairy tales. So how about being straight for a change?

It’s blindingly clear that the North Sea, which has been a bread basket for generations, has been earmarked to become a wind farm on a vast scale. Unfortunately, it’s the ideal spot. The wind blows almost all the time, it’s shallow, and it’s in close proximity to some of the northern hemisphere’s most densely populated and energy-hungry regions.

The downside is that once this stretch of water has been planted with windmills, leaving just a few shipping lanes in between, there’ll be no room for fishing – and the energy sector isn’t going to shed any tears.

In the case of any other industry with the rug pulled from under its feet, we would be talking compensation and some serious transition support to ensure affected businesses and communities aren’t completely left out in the cold. Instead there’s this bizarre pretence from government and the wind power sector that we can all live together in peace and harmony, when the evidence to date is that this absolutely isn’t the case.

That all this is being proposed in the face of a lack of consensus on the potential effects of such a large-scale initiative, making a total mockery of the stringent precautionary approaches imposed on fisheries over the last few decades.

It’s acceptable to drive huge steel rings deep into the seabed to support windmills, or to propose artificial islands, or to dig a network of five metre deep trenches across the sea floor, but somehow a 300hp fishing boat towing a lightweight seine net is the one that’s threatening biodiversity and natural habitats. This is fairy tale territory again.

Looking at the arguments, and even the Commission’s own material that identifies the hazards posed by further windfarm development to this delicate ecosystem, can we look forward to Greenpeace, Bloom and the rest of the NGOs supposedly determined to safeguard the natural world pulling stunts and dropping boulders to prevent the energy industry from clear-cutting the seabed?

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INDUSTRY NEWS

BRIEFS Business stable at Sea Harvest despite Covid Sea Harvest Group has posted a stable set of interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2020 with a 7% increase in revenue to R2 billion.

EC adopts Baltic multiannual plan Ahead of this autumn’s negotiations on fishing opportunities for 2021, the European Commission has adopted a report taking stock of the multiannual plan (MAP) for the Baltic.

Skretting unveils carbon neutral feed Skretting Italy has launched a new carbon neutral feed in an attempt to minimise CO2 emissions generated by the aquaculture sector.

Gael Force Group launches recruitment drive Gael Force Group has launched a recruitment drive following the creation of new senior engineering and support roles at the company.

A fresh look at fisheries and food security A new book by Dr Ásta Dís Óladóttir and Dr Ágúst Einarsson book takes a unique and innovative approach to demonstrate how fisheries and aquaculture can achieve sustainability and how small fishing communities can become successful and contribute to overall industry globalisation.

New approach for a sustainable future Back in February 2017, Maruha Nichiro launched a model research project studying inland cherry salmon aquaculture, with a collaborative project between Maruha Nichiro and partners in industry, government, and academia.

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THAI UNION AND GSA TO BASE STANDARDS ON SPANISH MODEL The largest producer of tinned tuna in the world, Thai Union, and Global Seafood Assurances (GSA) will take the treatment of workers’ rights on board, as set out in the Spanish tuna sector’s Responsible Tuna Fishing standard (APR) as an example to incorporate into their social certification systems for fishing activities. Both organisations have signed a collaboration agreement with AENOR, which certifies catches of vessels grouped within the Organisation of Frozen Tuna Producers (OPAGAC).

Through this agreement, Thai Union, Global Seafood Assurances (GSA) and AENOR will exchange knowledge and resources to improve their respective standards and guarantee optimum social and labour conditions for fishing crews. The agreement, which will

8 The AENOR label currently certifies the 380,000 tonnes of tuna captured by the 47 vessels grouped within OPAGAC

initially last for one year, is also open to the incorporation of others interested in the development or improvement of their own certification strategies.

“It is undeniable that the question of workers’ rights in fishing is complex. As well as the difficulty of ensuring that

existing laws are respected thousands of kilometres from dry land, many very diverse regulations and interests converge,” said Julio Morón, managing director of OPAGAC. “Therefore, it is excellent news that more and more fleets make social and labour responsibility a pillar of our activity and, above all, we collaborate to promote our example in the protection of crews, our main asset, as well as the improvement on workers’ conditions in fishing fleets worldwide.”

In its efforts for internationalisation of the APR standard, OPAGAC has promoted the collaboration of AENOR with Thai Union and GSA, with the aim of promoting social sustainability principles on board the fishing fleet in future certifications under application or development.

ICELANDIC INDUSTRY’S FUEL USAGE AT RECORD LOW The Icelandic fishing industry’s fuel usage totalled 129,000 tonnes during 2019, the lowest figure since records began in 1982, according to figures published by the National Energy Authority.

Fuel consumption for the year turned out to be less than had been predicted from interim figures. The fleet consumed 126,000 tonnes of fuel, which is a 7% reduction on the previous year, while fishmeal production consumed 3000 tonnes, a 63% reduction.

According to industry body SFS, fuel consumption tends to be in proportion to production, although in this instance the reduction in fuel usage is in excess of the level to which exports shrank last year – attributed chiefly to the lack of a capelin season, which also explains to a large extent the fishmeal sector’s reduced fuel consumption.

SFS states that the industry’s fuel consumption has been steadily dropping since the mid-1990s, while export production has fluctuated within certain limits.

“This means that the seafood industry is using half the fuel it burned to catch and process the same amount in the 1990s. In other words, Icelandic fishing companies have managed to reduce fuel consumption without adversely affecting production,” an SFS spokesperson said.

“There are several factors that combine to support this development. These are primarily improved fisheries management, industry investment in equipment

8 The Icelandic fleet’s fuel footprint has dropped to its lowest since records began

and technology, the reduction and the renewal of the fleet with vessels that are more productive, more economic and with a new fuel consumption pattern.

The extensive investments made by Icelandic fishing companies has paid a dividend in more environmentally friendly production.”

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THE MYTH OF ‘HAPPY CO-EXISTENCE’

A recent study carried out on behalf of the EU Commission puts forward a set of recommendations for positive interactions between fisheries and offshore wind farms. Fishing industry bodies Europêche and EAPO are sceptical about the main findings of this study, which downplays the conflicts, claiming that it echoes the myth of a “happy co-existence” promulgated by the wind energy sector.

“The most concerning aspect is the “win-win” rhetoric developed in the study, with a paradigm shift towards the industrialisation of the sea as a source of renewable energy is at the expense of renewable food production, fishermen, their families and their communities, without any sensible assessment,” said EAPO president Pim Visser.

He commented that the industry standpoint is that the expected consequences represent a direct threat to the main goals of the Biodiversity Strategy, and the good environmental status of waters and life within them.

Europêche points out that the report’s authors neglect the negative environmental impacts of windfarms and also the socio-economic consequences on fishing communities.

“Fishing communities will be the first ones to suffer from these serious environmental impacts, as commercial species and whole

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8 Under plans to expand offshore energy production, fishermen and their families will be the first to suffer, according to Europêche president Javier Garat

ecosystems are bound to be affected by the massive expansion of offshore wind farms,” said Europêche president Javier Garat.

“On top of that, our fishermen are continuously losing valuable fishing grounds and access to healthy stocks due to the growing use of marine space by new maritime activities and area closures for nature conservation.”

Another recent scientific concluded that the projected increase in offshore wind production will inevitably deploy large industrial structures at sea with far-reaching environmental consequences.

“The long term effects of a large rollout of offshore projects risk impairing the healthy functioning of the seas and their ecosystems as a result of negative cumulative effects,” Europêche states.

According to Europêche and EAPO, these severe impacts and the conclusions of the latest report from the Commission on the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), have flagged up renewable energy production as one of the “main activities reported under the MSFD causing physical loss of benthic habitat.”

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BIGGER AND BETTER IN 2021 There’s no doubt that 2020 will go down as a landmark year. There’s hardly a business that hasn’t been disrupted in some way, and for anyone organising a trade exhibition that brings people together, it has been a challenge to plan a few weeks ahead, let alone months “Back in June we took the decision to postpone, and we did the right thing,” said Mercator Media’s events director Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, the driving force behind the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition that would, under normal circumstances, have just ended.

She commented that as the decision was being taken, Iceland was starting to open up to tourism again.

“But the uncertainty of what the situation might be in another three months was too much for us to be confident in organising the successful exhibition and surrounding events that exhibitors and visitors expect. We consulted widely, both with exhibitors and the IceFish advisory board, which gave us viewpoints from right across the industry, before reaching the conclusion,” she said.

In recent months Iceland has been taking a tougher approach to the pandemic, with gatherings restricted and strict testing and isolation requirements for any visitors to the country.

“We did the right thing by postponing the event for a year. and all of our exhibitors have been behind us and transferred their stand to 2021,” she said, and the 2021 IceFish exhibition takes place at the usual venue at Smárinn in Kópavogur, 1517th September.

EVOLUTION There are some of us who remember the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition in its initial incarnation in Reykjavík, before it outgrew the original venue and shifted to the neighbouring town Kópavogur. It’s no understatement that there have been big changes over the years, and the changes to the event closely reflect the evolution of the industry, which has become increasingly streamlined and with a strong focus on technical innovation.

“It started as a commercial fishing event – and that side of IceFish continues to be strong. But today there’s a wider focus, not least on fish processing and the huge developments that continue to take place in that sector.

Aquaculture has also seen a strong resurgence in Iceland, and that’s also reflected in the composition of the 2021 exhibition,” she said, adding that Iceland has been a significant pioneer in extracting maximum value from seafood production, with a wealth of successful specialist companies that are utilising raw material that a few years ago would have been either waste or fishmeal. The series of Fish Waste for Profit conferences that Mercator Media has organised over the past few years continues with a fourth conference taking place as part of next year’s exhibition.

“The exhibition’s layout is highly focused and we’re also in the process of putting together opportunities for inward missions that facilitate taking selected groups of key visitors direct to the sections of the exhibition where they have an interest,” she said.

Alongside this, measures are being taken to ensure that IceFish isn’t only about the most familiar names and the largest players in the business.

“We understand that the requirements and the resources available to small companies are very different to those of the larger corporations. That’s why we have a two-tier pricing

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system in place, aimed specifically at ensuring that smaller companies are able to benefit from the opportunity to meet potential customers, with an effective option in Hall 1.”

In addition, there will be a small business zone area, designed for small ventures and start-ups, with standard walk-on stands.

“These are basic, but with everything they’ll need. All you have to bring with you is a couple of posters,” she said.

A further successful initiative from previous exhibitions is being extended in 2021, in response to demand for the matchmaking sessions bringing customers and businesses together.

“In 2017 we had 90 business meetings taking place between businesses from 24 countries over one day, with Innovation Centre Iceland acting as the matchmaker to make this a real success. This is likely to be extended from just one day of meetings to two days in 2021.”

8 Iceland’s President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson at the 2017 IceFish exhibition with Hampiðjan CEO Hjörtur Erlendsson

NEW FACES IceFish has grown steadily over the years, and continues to attract new exhibitors. The 2021 event is bringing its fair share of new faces to the exhibition in Kópavogur, not least with the first-time presence of a Spanish national pavilion.

“This is a first for us. We have had Danish and Norwegian pavilions from the outset, plus Faroese and UK pavilions. The Spanish companies, which are mainly shipyards, clearly see Iceland as a potential market for their services, and IceFish as the ideal platform to reach new customers.”

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As an additional boost for exhibiting companies, an IceFish 365 online directory has been set up, providing comprehensive searchable listings, with options for video and images, with listings in both English and Icelandic.

“We’ll be promoting this at regular intervals between now and the exhibition. Our customers have missed out with the exhibition being postponed to 2021, so this is to give them an additional platform for their products and services during this difficult year,” she said.

The advisory board that the organisers consult throughout the lead-in to each exhibition plays a central role in the evolution of the event, ensuring that IceFish remains tuned in to the requirements of the various aspects of the fisheries sector.

“The board represents a cross-section of the industry, and their recommendations are taken very seriously. This time they strongly advised that we re-think the strategy on providing companies with tickets to invite their customers,” she said.

Until now the number of tickets companies can distribute has been based on the size of their stand, but this changes in 2021.

“The advisory board made a strong recommendation that we remove any limits, and open it up so that exhibitors can invite as many guests as they like to the exhibition,” Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling explained.

“So that’s exactly what we’ve done. Exhibitors can either send invitations through the sophisticated online booking system or if they want to do it the traditional way, they can print tickets off the system and give them to their customers.”

The same principle has been applied to the industry awards

that are an integral part of this event. As tastes changed, the gala dinner that had been a focal point in the past was replaced some years ago with a more to-the-point reception held in Kópavogur’s Gerðarsafn, and the award categories have also been altered to reflect the changing nature of the North Atlantic’s fisheries, most recently with categories that have a wider scope, while maintaining the perennial industry standards that people look forward to seeing.

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INSIGHT

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REALIGNING ASIAN AQUAFEEDS With its aquaculture gradually moving away from low-cost production, we should expect the region’s feed suppliers to also change tack, writes Jason Holland

8 Aquaculture in Asia is shifting away from the use of low-priced trash fish or farm-made feeds in favour of much more technologically advanced diets capable of elevating feed performance and biosecurity

For the past twenty years, Asia has been aquaculture’s mecca, to the point that today it accounts for around 89% of world production and two-thirds of consumption.

However, this is a territory that’s in transition, with a growing movement away from backyard fish farming operations in favour of more industrialised supply chains, and with an increased focus on providing consumers with safe, environmentally-responsible foods.

This changing landscape is expected to accelerate Asian aquaculture’s shift away from the use of low-priced trash fish or farm-made feeds in favour of much more technologically advanced diets capable of elevating feed performance and biosecurity. Stricter environmental policies and food safety regulations will also drive up the demand for these commercial aquafeeds.

Given the large market size and its growth potential, the new report from Rabobank, “Swimming in a Crowded Market”, suggests that Asia is ripe for aquafeed investment, and also that the region’s own established players are in prime position to drive the industrialisation of the aquaculture sector over the next decade. It advocates this can be achieved through the development and supply of much more sophisticated feed products.

Balanced nutrition, a sound business model, regional cooperation, and sustainability will be essential for success in the Asian aquafeed industry, it states.

Illustrating the changes taking place, the RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness analysis reports that aquaculture production in China, Southeast Asia and India grew at 5.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2000 to 2018 to reach 81.1 million tonnes. Through 2030, it projects a slower CAGR of 2.3% due to the broader enforcement of environmental regulations, the reduced availability of water and suitable production locations, increased outbreaks of aquatic animal diseases related to intensive production

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practices, and slowing aquaculture productivity gains. It also expects aquafeed production growth across the Asian region to slow to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2% through 2030, compared with a growth rate of 5.4% over the past decade. This, it says, includes a CAGR of 2.5% in China (compared with 3.4% previously), 4.5% in Southeast Asia (versus 9.4%) and 3.5% in India (against 15.4%) to reach 29 million, 16 million tonnes and 3.2 million tonnes of aquafeed production, respectively.

QUALITY FOCUS Rabobank’s report states that with intensive farming models necessitating better biosecurity, there will be increased adoption of extruded feeds and functional formulations, with much greater incorporation of novel ingredients that offer specific benefits, such as improving gut health and offering enhanced support against bacterial challenges.

According to the report’s author, Lief Chiang, analyst – grains and oilseeds at Rabobank, the penetration of functional feeds in Asia has been low to-date because the tendency is for the region’s aquaculture producers to seek immediate results. But he also believes that when farmers are able to validate the positive effects and see the potential to achieve higher returns, they will become more receptive to it.

Chiang’s research also highlights that the innovative use of raw materials is an effective way to reduce the dependency on fishmeal and to reduce costs. As global fishmeal production is expected to only grow by 1% from 2019 to 2030 – far below the increase in crude protein needs – alternative protein feed ingredients are needed to fill the gap, it states.

The analysis further explains that most Asian aquaculture countries started from a business model of low-cost production, but that they have been losing ground to Central and South American countries in recent times, mainly due to the high occurrence of disease and rising labour costs.

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INSIGHT Asian aquaculture needs to offer more value-added options. Quality, food safety, and traceability will be increasingly emphasised, thus requiring the development of functional feed and the utilisation of advanced digital technology, advises Chiang.

FISHMEAL SUBSTITUTION Concerted efforts to reduce the percentage of fishmeal and fish oil included in aquafeed formulations have been made in Asia, with the intention to lower production costs and to strengthen aquaculture’s sustainability credentials.

As a result, the inclusion of plant protein meal like soymeal and corn gluten meal, and plant oil (palm oil, soy oil etc.) in aquafeed formulations has also increased. But Rabobank highlights that these inclusion levels remain limited by the high variability of nutrient profiles, the inadequacy of essential amino acids, and the presence of anti-nutritional factors.

Even though the region’s aquafeed producers have reduced the proportion of fishmeal in their freshwater fish feed formulations, reductions of fishmeal in the diets of carnivorous fish and shrimp are still challenging. There is also the potential to further reduce the fishmeal inclusion rate in shrimp feed formulation, offers the report.

Looking ahead, it expects the need for crude protein for the region’s aquafeed production to increase by 5.6 million tonnes to 15.8 million tonnes through to 2030. With global fishmeal production forecast to reach but not surpass 5.9 million tonnes, the use of plant protein meal and other protein sources in aquafeed production will increase in the future.

Meanwhile, to achieve more sustainable, but cost-effective

farming operations, more R&D efforts are needed on feed formulation, genetic improvement, and animal health, said Chiang.

CHINESE SHIFTS Asia’s dominance within the aquaculture space owes much to China, which has by itself provided almost 60% of the world’s farmed fish and shrimp. But the country’s tight grip on the sector has been loosening in recent years – to a level now below 58% – and while it’s very unlikely to be dethroned, its share of world aquaculture production is likely to slip further in the years ahead.

The decline is attributed to government policies that have been introduced since 2016. Essentially, these aim to reshape the country’s aquaculture sector towards greener practices, improved quality of products, and improved efficiency and performance in resource utilisation, as well as an enhanced role in rural economic development and in poverty alleviation in certain regions.

As a result, according to the FAO, the annual growth rate of fish farming in China was only 2.2% and 1.6% in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

While China’s share is set to drop marginally through 2030, Southeast Asia and India are expected to make gains.

Currently, they account for 15% and 8.6% of world aquaculture production, respectively. With domestic consumption also expected to trend upwards, further underpinning the region’s aquafeed use – particularly in countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, and Myanmar – Asia can be expected to hang on to its near nine-tenths of the industry.

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IRAN’S AQUACULTURE PICKS UP, DESPITE SANCTIONS

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The Iranian government has made progress in boosting domestic aquaculture production, but further development may be jeopardised by the mounting pressure of sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, reports Vladislav Vorotnikov

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“However, due to insufficient state support in providing foreign exchange as well as bank funding, the combined production performance of the actually launched farms has only amounted to 30,000 tonnes,” Nabiollah Khanmirzayee said, commenting that, in total, investors are mulling over plans to launch aquaculture which would have a total production capacity of 300,000 tonnes.

FEED COSTS BECOME AN ISSUE International sanctions have become a severe burden for Iran’s aquaculture industry. The country fully meets the demand for 400,000 tonnes of aquaculture feed, according to Dr. Majid Movafegh Ghadirly, Chairman of the Iran Feed Industry Association. However, the same cannot be said about the feedstuff, on which the country depends on imports of roughly 80% of the required feedstuffs.

8 Feed is a crucial issue for fish farming in Iran

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Iran’s fish production jumped to 1.28 million tonnes in the Iranian year of 1398, ending on March 20th of 2020, from 1.1 million tonnes in the previous year, Nabiollah Khanmirzayee, the head of Iran’s Fisheries Organisation estimates. Aquaculture production climbed to 526,000 tonnes, from 489,000 tonnes in the last year.

“This production level was achieved despite the sanctions and associated difficulties we encountered in the previous year,” he said.

The production growth pushed the domestic per capita consumption to one of the highest levels in the past decade of around 13.3 kg, Nabiollah Khanmirzayee said. This is vital, as with the country under sanctions, Iran’s authorities have to pay particular attention to food security.

“Domestic fish consumption in terms of size is now comparable with poultry and red meat consumption, and we expect it to grow even further,” he added.

Currently, Iran is one of the biggest fish exporters in the Middle East, last year exporting 146,000 tonnes of fish products with a total value of $538.9 million, while importing only 29,000 tonnes valued at $98.9 million.

Production could have been greater without the US sanctions, which have effectively left the country short of cash to support new projects. According to Nabiollah Khanmirzayee, the government has issued licenses for dozens of projects with a total production capacity of 150,000 tonnes in northern and southern regions, specifically in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and the Caspian Sea.

8 Aquaculture production is a political issue in Iran

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have to get a green light from the government to export food, and shrimp is not an exception, but it is easier to get this permission for shrimp because it is not considered a sensitive product for the domestic market,” he added.

Iran’s annual shrimp farming is forecast to reach 52,000 tonnes in the current Iranian calendar year, Nabiollah Khanmirzayee said. This figure is set to double by the Iranian year of 1404, as the government has set a target to breed shrimp across 25,000 ha, with an average productivity of 4 tonnes/ha.

“The truth is the domestic seafood market is in bad shape.

The country’s GDP has been falling for three consecutive years, and up to 40% of the country’s population is living below the poverty level. Shrimps are a premium product, and regrettably, there are currently not many people in Iran who could afford them on their tables,” the farmer said.

However, the number of disease outbreaks at shrimp farms has been rising alongside the country’s shrimp production, said Ali Safar Maknali, the head of the Iranian veterinary organisation.

“We have recorded a record number of white spot syndrome outbreaks, which has negatively affected products price. We spent €238,000 bringing our veterinary requirements for shrimp production in line with the European standards,” he added.

Iranian shrimps are exported to Armenia, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the U.S., Belgium, Thailand, Turkey, South Korea, Oman, Russia, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Mexico, and Vietnam. Alongside shrimp, Iran is beginning to produce lobsters, which are almost entirely exported. Iran currently sends lobsters to France, Germany, Italy, and Armenia.

Nearly 30% of shrimps go to foreign markets. In Iran, aquaculture production punched above its weight, accounting for only 1% of the country’s agricultural production, but constituting close to 10% of the average value of agricultural exports, according to government sources.

SHRIMP AND LOBSTERS ARE POPULAR According to Nabiollah Khanmirzayee, twelve fish species are bred in Iran, and this should increase to 17 in 2021.

For decades, Iran’s aquaculture production has been dominated by Chinese carp and rainbow trout reared in freshwater, but in the past few years, the industry has increasingly diversified. The government now sees one of its primary objectives in boosting shrimp and lobster production, both to meet domestic market demand and generate foreign sales.

“Vast export opportunities make shrimp business very attractive for investments,” commented a local farmer. “You

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8 Iran is ramping up aquaculture production despite sanctions

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In response to the financial situation resulting from the US sanctions, the authorities introduced a special government exchange rate for imported feedstuffs and have been distributing feed at prices significantly lower than that on the open market. This measure was taken to avoid severe price fluctuations in the domestic fish market, and the same policy is also applied to the chicken and red meat industries.

Against the background of the US sanctions and the Covid-19 pandemic, the value of the Iranian rial has fallen to a record low this year, as the US dollar is traded on open markets in Tehran for 200,000 rials or even more. This could be the biggest devaluation of Iran’s national currency since records have started. Businesses have warned that they will not be able to cope with the drop in the national currency without government aid.

However, in the past few months, with supplies becoming scarce and government-distributed feed not enough to meet the domestic demand, farmers have been forced to purchase feed at prices they describe as “insane.” Asad-Nejad, the deputy head of Iran’s Chicken Producers Association, estimated that the open market’s feed price was nearly four times higher than that for the government feed.

The feed sector is not the only area in which sanctions are hurting Iran’s aquaculture industry. Fish farming in cages is reportedly held back as most cages are imported. According to Nabiollah Khanmirzayee, in the Iranian year of 1399, fish production in cages could total only 15,000 tonnes. A few years back, the Fisheries Organisation reported that Iran could switch to producing fish cages domestically, but so far there is no indication that this venture has made any progress.

In 2020, domestic prices for fish and shrimps have been soaring, according to Mehdi Yousefkhani, the head of the Union of Poultry and Fish Sellers. For instance, the price of fish has more than doubled compared to last year, with Spanish mackerel reaching 170,000 tomans/kg from 70,000 tomans/ kg, he estimated. The picture is similar across virtually all fish species, which helps farmers, although skyrocketing prices take their toll on domestic consumption.

8 Iran is facing a shortage of cages

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ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES EYES IN THE OCEAN Scientists at NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center in the USA are working to understand interactions between krill, their predators and the fishery as a whole. This is done using technology that combines acoustic Doppler current profiling and the capabilities of an echo sounder in a single device.

This is seen as essential research, as even the smallest creatures can have a large impact. Reaching just 6cm in length, an individual Antarctic krill may seem insignificant in the vastness of the Southern Ocean, but they form huge aggregations that can reach several kilometres in length and hundreds of metres depth.

Antarctic krill are a vital component of the Southern Ocean ecosystem, feeding a host of marine animals including whales, seals, penguins and squid that either live in the Southern Ocean year-round or migrate there to feed on these tiny crustaceans.

The Southern Ocean has seen significant changes over recent decades. With the climate crisis, waters are warming, losing oxygen and salinity, and acidifying – all of which places pressure on krill. The region has also seen an increase in commercial fishing directed at krill. For the management body charged with managing the Southern Ocean, CCAMLR (The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources), it’s a balancing act between allowing a fishery to take enough krill to allow it to be commercially viable and leaving enough for predators to eat – and letting enough krill survive to keep reproducing – all under rapidly changing conditions.

Dr. Christian Reiss, a fisheries scientist at NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center, is part of a team whose research in the Antarctic specifically supports management decisions.

“We conduct research around the Antarctic Peninsula, where the fishery for krill is the largest,” he explained. “What we’re trying to do is to be precautionary in the way that we manage krill.”

To study krill biology, abundance and distribution, he and colleagues used ships to run their acoustic and net surveys.

Although they have learned much about krill, ship-based research is not without its challenges. It is expensive and often inflexible with respect to timing and duration – especially so when operating in remote regions – and the Antarctic is extremely remote.

Historically, krill surveys typically took place in the austral summer – coinciding with the fishing fishing season. However, fishing is extending over a longer period in the Antarctic, and has moved into areas not covered by the surveys. Further, there are some aspects of ship-based research that limit what scientists can learn about krill dynamics.

“We are in a space for an hour, then we move to the next space 40 miles away and we take another sample, and we do this for weeks. We’re occupying a space for an insignificant amount of time,” Christian Reiss explained.

From a management perspective, defining what is precautionary, what “good catches” are, requires having data

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Scientists at NOAA are now using sophisticated new acoustic technology to truly “see” krill in the Southern Ocean. As krill is becomes an important supplement for producers looking to harvest new resources, there is a growing sustainable management of krill fisheries

at appropriate time and space scales. Expanding the timing and duration of ship-based research to match fishing is economically infeasible, so he and colleagues looked for a different way to survey the Antarctic. The solution has been to embrace autonomous technology.

8 Antarctic krill form the base of the Antarctic food chain, and are an essential part of the ecosystem

ADCP TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION With the help of two other CCAMLR nations (Norway and the UK) and the US National Science Foundation, a suite of moorings equipped with Signature100 ADCPs and gliders was deployed in the Antarctic Peninsula’s waters last year.

“Multiple simple moorings like the ones we have designed for this programme generate near-complete time series of biological conditions in the vicinity of fishing areas, albeit at fixed locations. The gliders, although slow-moving, can provide the spatial context from which to interpret the mooring data – and can sample over months for a fraction of the cost of ship-based research,” Christian Reiss said.

8 The Signature100 ADCP is used to determine sustainable harvesting of krill – an essential part of the ecosystem in the Antarctic

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY The data collected will help researchers understand interactions between predators, fishing vessels and krill by answering questions such as how fast krill return to an area once fishing has removed them, and how much overlap occurs between fishing and predators.

If fishing vessels target krill in the same places as predators, then taking a small amount of krill could have a greater impact on predators than if a larger amount of krill were removed elsewhere.

For this small research team, the Signature100 ADCP is crucial. From a logistical perspective, because the instrument is an integrated ADCP and an echo sounder in one device, a smaller staff is needed to maintain and deploy them than if these were separate.

In addition, the instrument’s ability to collect large amounts of data over several months (around 100GB per instrument) means fewer trips to what is an exceptionally remote part of the planet.

Because the research will operate over many years, calibration and a standardised setup prior to deployment have been essential.

Year in, year out, “if one instrument measures 10g of krill, the other one should be measuring 10g of krill for the same amount of acoustic energy that comes back. That standardisation becomes critical to understanding the amount of krill that is in the system,” Christian Reiss said.

The Signature100 ADCP has proven particularly efficient at picking up krill as they move throughout the water column and with currents.

“The data we’ve collected so far has been very high-quality

data, with a good signal-to-noise ratio. That’s allowed us to be confident that we can move forward with estimating the krill biomass that is critical to our work,” he explained.

The researchers have also deployed the moorings and gliders in the Antarctic in the austral summer of 2019.

“Within two to three years, the data we have collected with these instruments will be used by CCAMLR to understand all manner of interactions between krill, their predators and the fishery,” Christian Reiss said.

“You can say we ‘see’ the ocean in the Antarctic through these instruments.”

8 Data collected with the Signature100 ADCP and other tools will contribute to the conservation of the Southern Ocean ecosystem

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“Let’s say that catches have been pretty good since the beginning of July. We’ve been landing 25 to 35 tonnes of shrimp per trip and have mostly been on the banks leading eastwards from the Skagafjörður Deeps.

“We’re happy with the fishing gear, and the development that began four years ago with the inshore shrimp fishery and four-panel codends rigged on QuickLines. It’s certainly proved itself in environmental and quality terms with significantly greater efficiency in offshore shrimp fishing,” said Guðbjartur Jónsson, skipper of Klakkur ÍS-903.

Klakkur was originally from the Westman Islands, and later based in Grundarfjörður.

Now it’s fishing from Ísafjörður as one of the port’s four offshore shrimp trawlers.

A third winch was fitted by Naust Marine on board Klakkur last winter, enabling Guðbjartur Jónsson and his crew to work their trawls in a twin-rig configuration.

These are two new 2200 mesh Pandalus shrimp trawls designed by Hermann H Guðmundsson at Hampiðjan in Akureyri. The trawls are towed on 30 metre sweeplines and

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with a 5000kg centre weight. A pair of 9.5 square metre Injector doors are used to open the gear to give a door spread of 120 to 125 metres. The headline height averages 7.5 metres.

According to Guðbjartur Jónsson, Klakkur

8 Klakkur is fishing with a pair of Hampiðjan’s Pandalus shrimp trawls

handles the trawls well, up to a towing speed of 2.4 knots, and the tensions are roughly similar to the single whitefish trawl they towed before.

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Regulations governing offshore shrimp fisheries changed earlier this year, with a mandatory requirement to use T90 configuration codends instead of the conventional codends that have been in use for many years.

“Our experience of the T90 codends from Hampiðjan in Ísafjörður for inshore shrimping has been excellent and this codend with DynIce QuickLines has been just as good on offshore shrimp. It took us a little while to get used to handling the codend, but after that everything has worked well. The difference is that offshore we tow for longer than we do inshore, and there’s more separation of shrimp the longer the tow. We have to take care that the QuickLines are rigged so that we don’t lose too much marketable shrimp. But that’s easy enough as working with the QuickLines is quick and easy. This system gives us a lot of flexibility and allows us to release small shrimp and maximise the proportion of retained marketable shrimp. It can make a difference to the catch value. The difference between grades is only 15 pieces, and the smallest grade of shrimp has practically no value to it,” he said, commenting that he expects the new codend to demonstrate even greater effectiveness as they get into the autumn.

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small shrimp can be expected to be found, and the flexible Quickline setup makes it possible to adjust the codend’s rigging to maintain the separation rate of catches within specified limits.

‘We’re also allowed to use a square mesh codend, but the drawback with those is that

8 The four-panel codends are rigged on QuickLines has been shown to be more effective than square mesh

too much shrimp catches on the bars when the gear is hauled. That damages them, and so those shrimp become worthless,’ Guðbjartur Jónsson said.

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YORKSHIRE MARINE RESEARCH CENTRE OPENS IN BRIDLINGTON The Holderness Fishing Industry Group (HFIG) has opened a community laboratory and research hatchery in Bridlington to conduct vital research on fishing grounds in the North Sea The Yorkshire Marine Research Centre’s build was implemented by HFIG and funded by the West of Morecambe Fisheries Fund and the European Marine Fisheries Fund. The project aims to undertake studies on ecology, marine science and fishery biology.

In a collaborative approach, many of the facility’s projects have been suggested by fishermen who belong to HFIG, with a number of them being funded by offshore wind developer, Ørsted and its East Coast Projects Fund (ECPF).

Founded in 2011, HFIG aims to protect and promote the local fishery grounds and to facilitate co-operation and coexistence with other marine sectors, including companies such as Ørsted.

Having worked with HFIG for a number of years and with four offshore wind farms located within the group’s remit reach, Ørsted’s East Coast Projects have committed to a ten year research sponsorship, to better understand the impacts of offshore wind on the North Sea ecology.

In 2013, Ørsted funded a long-term study led by HFIG fisheries scientist Mike Roach that examined the ecological effects of the construction and operation of their offshore wind farms. Data was collected within Ørsted’s Westermost Rough site. The study had been the first of its kind to be conducted anywhere in the world and soon proved to be of significant value in easing fishermen’s concerns about offshore wind developments.

“As a company that’s committed to building a clean, sustainable future for us all, it’s imperative that we listen to our moral compass when it comes to constructing and operating offshore windfarms. We make every effort throughout the planning process to ensure that we minimise our impact on the environment and other sea users, and we’re keen to continue making improvements to the way we work as our projects progress,” said Ørsted’s Head of Market Development, Consenting and External Affairs Benj Sykes.

“The partnership between HFIG and Ørsted has had a very positive impact on the way the two organisations work together. It’s fantastic to see our partnership flourish on a project like this innovative facility. We’re both hoping to better understand and minimise impact on the North Sea’s ecology, and the new research will show us how best to accomplish this together.”

While the new centre will not be open to the public, it will publicly display research findings for passers-by to view. A

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schedule of live Q&A sessions with scientists will also be promoted throughout the year for anyone to attend.

The brand new laboratory within the facility boasts the latest in digital microscopy, a continual supply of filtered seawater, and larval rearing equipment allowing the scientists to investigate early life stages of lobster and crab that would not be possible in the open sea.

“The Yorkshire Marine Research Centre, being a quay-side laboratory, complements the at-sea programme taking place aboard our dedicated research vessel, Huntress.

Combining these resources will allow us to conduct robust and relevant scientific investigations into the North Sea’s ecology, biology, and the extremely important fishery,” said Dr John A. Terschak, laboratory manager and facility marine scientist.

“The results from these studies will make a real difference in supporting evidence-based decision making for our region.

We appreciate the commitment Ørsted has made through its East Coast Projects Fund to not only the YMRC but also, in general, to our Holderness Coast and its people who rely upon a healthy coastal ecosystem for their prosperity.”

The pioneering project will see important research being undertaken on the precious habitat of native marine species.

Upon completion of the various studies, healthy juvenile shellfish will be released back in to the sea, acting as a form of stock enhancement.

“Through the ECPF, HFIG and Ørsted are fast becoming the centre of excellence for crustacean fisheries and wind farm development research,” commented Courtney French, Ørsted commercial fisheries manager.

“Through scientific collaboration such as this, we are able to fill data gaps and feed into the knowledge of impacts which can be shared around the global markets. It is hoped that the research undertaken through the ECRF will provide significant value in easing fishermen’s concerns about offshore wind developments.”

8 Ørsted’s East Coast Projects have committed to a ten year research sponsorship, to better understand the impacts of offshore wind on the North Sea ecology

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STARFISH PROJECT GATHERS CRITICAL SSF DATA CLS is working with partners APC and ECR on project STARFISH to trial an innovative tracking system which will provide valuable data on small scale fisheries (SSF) for the very first time The information gathered will offer crucial insight to support the effective sustainable management of fisheries resources. STARFISH is one of 26 sustainable blue economy projects selected for funding by the EU Commission under the European Maritime Fisheries Fund, and part of €19.1million EU funding to accelerate the sustainable development of the Blue Economy through innovative means, and to support its maritime policy goals.

Small scale fisheries account for 50% of the global catch and 95% of the world’s fishermen and very little is known about how much is caught, which species and where. SSF also account for much of the world’s unregulated catch. The FAO’s stated intention is to end illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing by 2020, but the measures used to regulate large scale industrial fisheries simply won’t work for local and traditional SSF around the world.

“It’s increasingly recognised that the oceans resources are finite and fisheries around the world - of any size - need to adopt sustainable practices if they are to have any sort of longterm future,” said Michel Dejean, Head of CLS Fisheries Division.

“Small scale fisheries are incredibly diverse, they need systems which will empower the traditional communities, few traditional fishers can afford the technical equipment used by industrial fisheries and most have been fishing in the same way for generations. Any attempt to monitor their activities must be collaborative, offering clear benefits to gain their support and buy-in.”

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It’s increasingly recognised that the oceans resources are finite and fisheries around the world - of any size - need to adopt sustainable practices if they are to have any sort of long-term future STARFISH uses a VMS terminal with a call for assistance button, and fisheries monitoring software with Big Data capabilities handles the information gathered from massive numbers of traditional vessels. The apps have been specifically developed to support SSF fishermen, and include navigation maps, VMS track visualisation, real-time positioning on a sea map as well as the chance to create marks for personal preferences, specific fishing zones or places to avoid, and offline maps for when out of coastal range or in new territories.

Equally important is a range of apps which provide comprehensive catch reporting, noting species, size and where caught – clearly demonstrating to authorities, fisheries managers and export markets that the fish has not been caught in illegal zones or marine protected areas. The reporting enables fishers to market their catch as ‘locally sourced’, offering for the first time a degree of evidenced-

traceability about who, where and when the fish was caught and how it was handled on the vessel from a food safety/ cold chain integrity insurance perspective.

The STARFISH project aims to support SSF communities by making digital technologies accessible, combining CLS’s expertise in design, engineering, and the fisheries data chain, with local partners APC in Greece and ECR in Mauritania, both of which have unique local knowledge and contacts.

Following the break imposed by COVID lockdowns, workshops have been held to recruit participating fishermen and installations began in October.

“This project will test the device in real-time, in real ocean conditions, with the structure of a Mediterranean fleet. The Greek SSF fleet is the biggest. With the user feedback collected, the project partners can further refine the system to the needs of these fishermen,” said Nikos Anagnopoulos, head of APC. “I also think it’s important for awareness and fishermen engagement, because there will be many workshops and surveys to get their feedback. We want them to understand this is something helpful and not a new problem. We want to change their minds and have them become familiar with new technology. I want them to see the benefits of this technology for them. If the fishermen in the STARFISH project are happy with it, then it will spread by word of mouth.”

CLS has also approached the SUREFISH EU-funded project to collaborate and explore how their traceability mobile Apps could be integrated into the CLS Apps Store and tested during STARFISH. Overall, the project hopes to clearly demonstrate to the fishermen involved, that digital technologies like STARFISH can add value to their business operations, based on local and sustainably-sourced seafood supply chains and direct or short-circuit sales.

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8 Greece has the largest small-scale fishing fleet in Europe and the STARFISH project aims to track fisheries to gather vital management data

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EXPLORING NEW ANCHORING TECHNOLOGY FOR AQUACULTURE For the past year, tidal energy technology specialist Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd (SME), the University of Dundee, marine equipment supplier Gael Force Group and the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) have explored the feasibility of adapting a rock anchor approach from techniques used in marine energy sites to aquaculture.

With additional support from software provider Optum, the initial testing phase has been successfully completed and the results will allow the group to accurately predict the loads and capacity that rock anchors can bear in field trials.

The findings will also enable SME to reduce the amount of material required to manufacture the anchors, leading to a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly product.

While traditional gravity and drag anchors made of concrete or steel are suitable for existing fish farming sites, the new technology could support the deployment of aquaculture sites in more remote, higher energy locations.

The anchor forms a mechanical ground lock with the rock seabed without the need for resin or grout, and the reduction in weight also allows operators to use modestly sized, readily available vessels for deployment.

“To date, the project has been a tremendous success, allowing us to create a more cost-effective anchoring technology that will benefit the aquaculture sector. Each partner has played a pivotal role in getting us to this point – from Dundee’s analysis of anchor behaviour, to Gael Force’s input on typical fish farm mooring loads – allowing us to create a more efficient and innovative design,” said Adam Caton, geotechnical engineer at Sustainable Marine Energy.

“These anchors have the potential to allow expansion of aquaculture to previously inaccessible sites with scope for large farms in energetic areas. This will bring benefits in terms of fish fitness and waste dispersal. This is a new sector for us and a market in which we are extremely interested. The next stage is to trial the technology at a fish farm alongside continued lab testing, to take another step forward in bringing the product to market.”

The group is now looking for an aquaculture partner to trial the new anchors at a fish farm, progressing towards a fullscale deployment.

“This has been a challenging and academically interesting project that has pushed us to explore the use of novel numerical simulation techniques to capture the complex behaviour associated with different rock types, and distil this into practical approaches for cost-effective anchor design,” commented Dr Michael Brown at the University of Dundee’s Geotechnical Engineering research group.

“Although rock anchors have been used for many years for classic civil engineering applications, they are often heavily over-designed and rely on grouting to bond to the rock mass.

This new anchor technology is designed to be much simpler and without the need for separate grouting operations. This has resulted in the need to develop new approaches to anchor design, which we think has pushed the envelope of current rock anchor understanding.”

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A consortium of researchers has taken a significant step forward in the development of anchoring technology that could support the aquaculture sector’s ambitions

When fully developed, adoption of the new anchoring technology could allow fish and shellfish farms to look at areas which are currently unusable. Locating operations in deeper, higher energy waters could help to reduce a range of health and wellbeing risks for aquaculture species, while also increasing the industry’s capacity, by allowing the development of larger farms with a lower environmental footprint.

“A new approach to anchoring could be a significant development for aquaculture in Scotland and the progress made on the project so far is very encouraging,” said SAIC CEO Heather Jones.

“Having an alternative way of deploying sites in higher energy water could play an important role in the sector’s sustainable growth over the next decade. It builds on many of our previous projects around fish wellbeing and it is particularly pleasing to bring skills from another key area of the Scottish economy into aquaculture, underlining the potential for crosssector collaboration and knowledge sharing.”

8 A new approach to anchoring could make currently unusable areas available for aquaculture

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ICELAND’S AQUACULTURE IS EXPANDING – BUT AT WHAT COST? As Iceland’s largest aquaculture centre, the Arctic Fish facility has been built with further expansion in mind, aquaculture expansion plans are drawing attention in Iceland amidst warnings of environmental impacts.

In fact, farming salmon on Iceland’s west coast is unlikely to have significants impacts on wild salmon and other marine life, according to a report published in May 2020 by consulting engineers Verkis. The report states that any impact from the breeding of up to 10,000 tonnes of salmon is likely to be “at the most negligible.” Any adverse effects, it says, could also be kept local and easily reversed.

But the possible expansion of offshore fish farms is pitting Iceland’s aquaculture against those who are concerned for the country’s environment. According to Elvar Friðriksson, programme director of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund, the report shows a willingness to sacrifice nature and wild fish stocks for capital gains.

“It’s important to address this not only as tonnes of salmon but also in terms of the number of individual fish we’re talking about,” he said.

“Ten thousand tonnes could be about 4,000,000 salmon in open net pens. Massive quantities could escape and these fish have the same instinct as wild salmon, to run up rivers and spawn. Iceland’s total wild fish population is only about 50,000. The odds are stacked heavily against it.”

Jón Helgi Björnsson of The Federation of Icelandic River Owners says members are also concerned.

“Wild strains will weaken considerably and negatively affect landowners’ incomes. In rural areas of Iceland, an income from fishing permits can account for up to 70% of profits and wages in larger areas of the country,” he said.

However, the Verkis report suggests that aquaculture would bring significant economic benefits to an area that has lost much of its traditional fishing industry. An expansion in aquaculture and predicted growth in Iceland’s aquaculture industry will mean new investments and hundreds of new jobs and related activities, says Björn Hembre, CEO of Arnarlax, which is hoping to expand aquaculture in the Isafjörður region.

“Iceland was going into a period of negative development in GDP, -0.4% in 2019, and coronavirus hasn’t had a positive effect on the forecast for 2020 and coming years,” he said.

“Building up a new industry is important for Icelandic society, including salmon farming, which has a strong potential for growth.”

Because Iceland’s salmon farming is located in rural areas, Björn Hembre believes that it will be important for local development and for Iceland as a nation with increased exports. Any change that gives more predictability is good for all farming companies, he said. Industry leaders also believe that an expansion of aquaculture could take Iceland’s salmon production as high as 200,000 tonnes a year, while a Parliamentary bill that came into force in 2019 means that farm licenses can now be extended from 10 to 16 years. This is seen as an important step in getting aquaculture growing.

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In October 2019, a salmon aquaculture facility opened in the north-west of Iceland. Owned by Arctic Fish, it covers 10,000 square metres near Tálknafjörður, reports Bonnie Waycott

Although it’s hard to say for certain, Björn Hembre believes that aquaculture production could be ramped up.

“In 2018, the exported volume of salmon from Iceland was 13,500 tonnes,” he said.

“The expected volume for 2020 is somewhere around 30,000 tonnes and there is still potential for growth.

Production is restricted by a risk assessment for wild stocks but that assessment states that it’s possible to have a standing biomass of 106,000 tonnes in Iceland. All this biomass is not given in licenses yet but that’s expected to happen. The risk assessment will also be re-evaluated every three years.”

8 Aquaculture in Iceland could reach a 200,000 tonne annual production – a significant increase on the 30,000 tonne figure that this year’s salmon exports are predicted to reach

BALANCING THE RISKS But Elvar Friðriksson says that expansion is risky. In addition to escapes, there is already evidence of genetic mixing because of escaped fish, while sea lice are also a concern.

Open net farms have been described as an ideal environment for their spread, he said, while every smolt from the rivers will have to swim through heavily infested fjords and seas, which could significantly increase their mortality rates. Other species such as wild arctic charr and sea trout may be further affected, as they don’t wander as far as salmon do. Adding to the toll are chemicals and excrement, which will flow unhindered into the fjords, and possible eutrophication problems. Animal welfare is a further issue.

“When offshore farms reach a certain threshold with chemical use, they start using lumpfish that eat the sea lice,” Elvar Friðriksson said.

“But in Norway it is estimated that 150,000 lumpfish die everyday because of the situation that they’re in.”

In response to the environmental backlash, Björn Hembre said that Arnarlax is operating sustainably, so wild stocks are affected as little as possible and production is controlled for minimal environmental footprint, which allows the firm to establish as many sustainable and lasting jobs as possible.

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Photo: Thorsteinn Guðmundsson

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8 The North Atlantic Salmon Fund and owners of salmon rivers see the growth of cage aquaculture as a threat to both river fisheries and the Icelandic environment

Despite its high cost, environmentalists see land-based farming as the future of Iceland’s aquaculture, and would like to see such farms utilise Iceland’s most ample resources like water, cheap electricity and land.

Information on sea lice, water quality and benthic impact can also be published in real time, Elvar Friðriksson suggested, so that the industry can be held accountable in case of severe impacts. But providing farms with economic incentives and making land-based farming appealing will be up to the authorities, he said.

But Björn Hembre’s view is more cautious.

“Production from Iceland’s land-based salmon industry was approximately 1000 tonnes last year and it’s not likely to become significant for a while,” he said.

“The main focus of land-based farming in Iceland is arctic charr, production of which increased from 2400 tonnes in 2010 to 4900 tonnes in 2018. Apart from those who are against salmon farming at sea, the willingness to invest in land-based farming in Iceland isn’t huge.”

Elvar Friðriksson believes that when it comes to offshore farming, changing the minds and perceptions of the public and authorities will be key.

“Iceland is still clean and unspoiled, and that’s the image that we, as a country, thrive on,” he said.

“It was tourism, based on this image, that saved us after the last economic crisis so it’s unbelievable to see the political pressure to sacrifice nature for job creation and rush in a polluting industry.”

“Consumers also need to be more aware of where their salmon comes from,” he continued. “We encourage them only to buy from sustainable, land-based farms. What we’d really like to see is the realisation that this is an environmental issue. As soon as the public can turn on to that and to the consumer side of things, we’ll see broader discussions.”

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UNLOCKING THE GENETIC POTENTIAL OF TILAPIA Genetics experts Xelect have completed a genetic analysis project supported by Msingi East Africa. This project helps to enable modern genetic selective breeding in tilapia operations in Kenya and Uganda The project is a significant step forward in sustainable aquaculture in the area, and began with Xelect’s experts providing the partner farms with on-the-ground training in the best methods to take tissue samples. The samples were then brought back to Xelect’s custom built laboratory in Scotland for DNA extraction and genetic analysis. This data will help East African tilapia producers create long-term, sustainable breeding programme plans.

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CEO Professor Ian Johnston believes this growth is due to an increasing maturity in the market. “With so much inward investment in the industry we’ve reached a tipping point. We

believe the market will ultimately fracture into major producers, using the latest genetics best practice, and smaller local operations,” he said.

“Investors would be very unwise to commit significant resources to aquaculture operations if they don’t truly understand - and protect - the genetic capital of their broodstock.”

8 A project completed by Xelect and supported by Msingi East Africa helps to enable modern genetic selective breeding in tilapia operations in Kenya and Uganda

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NEW ASTRID ORDER AT KARSTENSEN

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He commented that this is one of the highest value contracts the yard has entered into.

“The company is looking for innovative and optimised solutions, partly based on the very positive operations of recent years on the current Astrid. Particular emphasis has been placed on optimising working conditions, safety and comfort for the crew,” he said.

“At the moment, Karstensens has Astrid Marie under construction for the company’s Swedish operation, and we are delighted at the loyalty and trust that the Johansson family has shown by contracting another newbuilding. It is a great pleasure for the yard to get to work with this far-sighted and innovative fishing company, which has been one of the leaders in Denmark and Sweden for many years,” Kent Damgaard said, adding that a number of suppliers have yet to be selected, and this will be done in the coming weeks, with the focus on sustainability, quality, innovation and reliability.

So far selected are the Wärtsilä 31 main engine, Caterpillar auxiliaries, MacGregor Triplex and Rapp deck equipment systems, Brunvoll thrusters and a Frio Nordica RSW system.

8 The new Astrid is designed for 80% of its sea time to be spent steaming

Illustr: Karstensens Skibsværft

Astrid Fiskeri is a longstanding venture between the Johansson family from Rörö in Sweden and Mogens Ørts Jensen. Three generations of the Johansson family take part in the business, from Leif Johansson – now in his 80s but still active – to Börje and Tomas Johansson who have skippered Astrid and Astrid Marie, and the youngest generation; Daniel Johansson and brothers Kristian and Johannes Johansson who will be responsible for the daily operation of the new vessel.

The present Astrid operates on both industrial and consumption fisheries, and its replacement is expected to operate on much the same principles.

Designed by Karstensens Skibsværft, Astrid’s construction is scheduled to take place at Karstensen Shipyard Poland, with the partially outfitted hull to be brought to the yard in Skagen for completion.

According to Kent Damgaard at Karstensens Skibsværft, the ship’s overall concept has been developed around the expected operating profile and a requirement to fish sustainably with minimal CO2 and NOx emissions per kilo of landed fish.

“The entire concept of the ship – not just propulsion systems or winches – has been carefully assessed and calculated on the basis of the company’s exact operating profile. It is their stated goal to carry out sustainable fishing with minimal NOx and CO2 emissions per kilo of fish. This has resulted in a well-thought out and calculated combination of new and proven design aspects, which together provide the most economical and climate-optimised project possible.”

The propulsion system is optimised for an operating pattern with 80% of sea time spent free sailing, with a large single propeller, and the layout of deck equipment and fish pumps will be all electric.

8 Astrid’s owners are looking to a future operating pattern in which key species may have shifted to other fishing grounds

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KALININGRAD YARD LAUNCHES PELAGIC TRAWLER

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With a few months to go before completion and delivery, the first new trawler in many years to be built in Kaliningrad for a local operator has been launched.

The customer is Marfish Group, and the 27-metre Vseslav has been built at the Svetlovsky Ship Repair Plant and designed by local engineering company Adomat.

“I congratulate you on the new fishing vessel, which bears the historic name Vseslav.

This is the first vessel built in Kaliningrad, with a Kaliningrad registration, for fishing in the Baltic. This has not happened for a very long time,” commented deputy head of the Federal Fisheries Agency Petr Savchuk at the launch ceremony, which was followed by a formal keel-laying for a second trawler, to be built for St Petersburg company Petrotral 2.

“The renewal of the Baltic fishing fleet is in progress. It is especially encouraging that, for the first time in the post-Soviet period, the region is implementing a full cycle of building vessels for local fishermen,” Petr Savchuk said.

The 27 metre Vseslav has an 8.60 metre beam and a 735hp main engine, and is expected to catch around 1000 tonnes of pelagic species per month, with catches held in its 200 cubic metre fishroom.

According to the yard, while these project 174610 vessels are intended for the Baltic,

these could also be suitable for Black Sea and Sea of Azov fisheries. Construction is subsidised by the Russian state, which will cover approximately Rub90 million of the Rub270 million building costs.

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8 Vseslav is under construction in the Kaliningrad Region for local company Marfish Group

Kaliningrad Region’s fisheries complex is the most rapidly developing in Russia.

“This is a good example for other regions of our country,” he said

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ANTARCTIC PROVIDER READY FOR 2021 KRILL SEASON

Photo: Aker Biomarine

Norwegian-based krill catching and producing company Aker BioMarine has celebrated the launch of its new support vessel at a ceremony at CIMC Raffles’ Yantai yard, ready for commissioning and final outfitting in time for the 2021 krill harvesting season.

Antarctic Provider has been built by China’s CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. The 168-metre vessel will come into service to replace the company’s current tender, La Manche, and its role is to operate as a transporter carrying krill products, crew and stores back and forth between operations in the Southern Ocean and Aker BioMarine’s logistics hub in Montevideo, with limited interruption to the company’s harvesting operations.

The completion of Antarctic Provider follows the delivery a year ago of Aker BioMarine’s 129 metre krill harvesting vessel Antarctic Endurance.

To facilitate transhipping, Antarctic Provider is fitted with dynamic positioning capacity, enabling it to maintain station with the use of its main propulsion and frequency-controlled thrusters, designed to to avoid zero pitch loss and reduce underwater noise. The main engine is a Wärtsilä 31.

“With a propulsion system convertible for future fuels, we have built a future proof

8 AkerBiomarine’s new Southern Ocean support vessel is being commissioned ready for the 2021 krill season

vessel that will support our operations in Antarctica for decades ahead,” said Eldar Vindvik, Aker BioMarine’s VP Fleet Renewal

and Procurement. Antarctic Provider has a 40,000 cubic metre cargo capacity in four holds, with cranes mounted over each.

It is also built in full compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s Polar Code, meeting requirements on hull

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8 “We have built a future proof vessel,” said Aker BioMarine’s Eldar Vindvik

strength and cold-proofing to cope with the Antarctic climate.

“We set the highest of ambitions for Antarctic Provider, as well as for CIMC and the suppliers. What we didn’t anticipate was COVID-19,” Eldar Vindvik said.

“Despite the challenging global

environment and lockdown periods in 2020, our partners truly stepped up to keep up the progress on this vessel. The result is an incredible leap forward in maritime technology and sustainability that will enhance our krill harvesting operations in Antarctica.”

He commented that there were challenges throughout the build process, including travel restrictions and quarantine requirements.

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8 Antarctic Provider has been built at the CIMC Raffles’ Yantai yard

“It’s to the enormous credit of the sub-contractors in Norway, Wärtsilä, CIMC, as well as our own team, that this vessel is launched just a few weeks behind schedule, setting new standards for technology and sustainability in krill harvesting,” he said.

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DANISH THROUGH AND THROUGH A new fishery inspection vessel for the Danish Fisheries Agency is both designed and built in Denmark. Naval architect OSK-ShipTech A/S was appointed consultants for the newbuilding back in 2018 to provide concept and basic design, tender process, and on-site supervision during construction.

Ny Vestkysten, the new, future-proof fishery inspection vessel, will be built by Hvide Sande Shipyard, Steel and Service and will replace the existing Vestkysten which dates back to1987. Ny Vestkysten is partly funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and expected to be ready for delivery by summer 2022.

OSK-ShipTech has designed the multipurpose inspection vessel with flexibility and sustainability in mind, and Hvide Sande Shipyard will draw on its experience within sustainable systems when it comes to fuel efficiency, insulation, and use of materials.

Mogens Jensen, Minister for Food, Fisheries and Equal Opportunities is happy that The Danish Fisheries Agency has unveiled the builder of the Agency’s new inspection vessel.

“The vessel will be built at Hvide Sande Shipyard, Steel and Service – a Danish

shipyard known for its proud shipbuilding traditions and quality craftsmanship. The foundation is now laid for an inspection vessel with maximum efficiency as well as being state-of-the-art when it comes to environmental requirements, energy optimisation, and noise reduction,” he said.

In addition to its main purpose as fishery inspection vessel for the North Sea and Skagerrak area, the new vessel is designed to fit future inspection challenges, such as the use of large drones, and cover service functions, including emergency towing assistance, salvage, and surveys.

8 Ny Vestkysten, the future-proof inspection vessel for the Danish Fisheries Agency is designed by Danish naval Architects OSK-ShipTech A/S

“It has been a pleasure working with the ‘crew’ of the Danish Fisheries Agency. The design and development of special vessels like this is one of OSK-ShipTech’s core expertises,” said Kristian Carøe Lind, CTO of OSK-ShipTech.

“It is always a very fruitful and beautiful process when the profound understanding of operational and functional requirements from the client’s side merges with the technical skills of our project team,” he said.

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295 Moo 11 Suksawad Soi 92 Road Samutprakarn, Thailand 10290 Tel +6628154501 Fax +6624258532 Email roongtiwapat@gmail.com www.thaiindustry.co.th Established in 1973, our key products include polyethylene fishing nets, PE Ropes, twine and agricultural nets.

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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.

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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.

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Ice & Refrigeration

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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.

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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.

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– Ice machines and ice storage silos – Blast freezers – Turnkey refrigeration installations

Developing and supplying technology to the world’s line fishing fleet.

We increase the profitability, safety and sustainability of longlining by using our knowledge and new technology to automate the fishing process.

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YM Fishing Corporation

#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.

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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!

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

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.

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