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A group of European fishing vessel operators are heading for a landmark legal case, taking the Norwegian government to court to seek a ruling on quota they see as having been stolen from them.

The European North Atlantic Fisheries Association (ENAFA) represents fishing companies in Poland, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal which have track records of fishing in the Svalbard area going back more than fifty years. According to ENAFA chairman Diek Parlevliet, the situation with the Norwegian authorities has been stable and largely amicable over a long period – right up to when Brexit wrecked the longstanding equilibrium.

“This is a cod war,” he said.

European and UK fishing vessels are currently fishing in Northern waters – working on a quota allocated by the European Union that doesn’t tally

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8 Pesquera Ancora’s trawler Lodairo is among those operating on disputed quotas in northern water

with Norway’s ideas of what the quota should be.

Norway has taken a robust stance, threatening to arrest vessels that overshoot the Norwegian quota limits , just as that limit is likely to be reached this month – which is coincidentally exactly when Norwegian voters are mulling over their options for this month’s general election.

“Norway has never been difficult before now,” he said. “A percentage of the Barents Sea TAC has been allocated to the EU. But Norway has taken advantage of Brexit to argue that the UK should have a smaller quota, and to cut the quota shares for both the UK and EU.” 8 Full story on page 4

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

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Norcod has harvested its first cod farmed in Norwegian waters, generating the Trondheimbased company’s first sales revenue.

Chief executive Christian Riber sees this initial harvest as a “huge milestone” for the company following an intensive four-year effort to get production underway. Norcod plans to produce more than 5000 tonnes of cod under a continuous harvest between now and February.

“We have had to start harvesting the fish slightly earlier than planned due to excellent biological performance. The fish are in fantastic condition and initial deliveries earlier this month have yielded highly positive customer feedback,” he said.

“The majority of the harvest volumes have been sold well above budgeted levels. As customers come to further appreciate Norcod and its many

8 Cod harvested from the first batch transferred from growth tanks into the sea in January last year

advantages it is expected that this price will increase. The market is looking very promising for the coming months,” he added.

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But what the hell? It scores points, gets attention and the focus groups like it, so just run with it

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Fishing and politics are inextricably entwined. But the two invariably make poor bedfellows and fishing generally comes out badly from any encounter between the two.

Like most businesses, fishing and aquaculture benefit from stability.

Managed largely on the basis of annual quotas, long-term visibility and stability are exactly what the fishing industry is starved of. It’s not easy to justify making investments in tonnage or people when the stroke of a pen or the click of a mouse can wreck next year’s business model.

All the same, this is more or less what fishing businesses have become accustomed to – but on top of that, when politicians see a fishing issue as a handy stepping stone for electoral success, then expect turmoil.

Fishing was the Brexit poster child, with a calculated campaign that adroitly tapped into deep social faultlines and longstanding grievances, and the outcome has been (mostly) the shameful shafting of the industry that desperately wanted to believe the promises.

Ahead of this month’s elections, a cynical observer could be tempted to imagine that Norway’s politicians have gleefully spun electoral capital out of taking a belligerent and unashamedly populist stance on mackerel and triggering yet another Svalbard debacle. No doubt there will be long-term implications, regardless of whether those politicians will have to deal with it themselves or it becomes someone else’s headache.

In the same week, a Danish political party has pledged to end demersal trawling in Denmark’s waters. It’s another trite promise, presumably without too much thought about the consequences or the costs of such a policy. There hasn’t been a word about who’s expected to foot the substantial bill (in both financial and social terms) for all this feelgood stuff.

But what the hell? It scores points, gets attention and the focus groups like it, so just run with it.

I’ve ranted here before about half-baked ideas and promises made up on the fly, with none of that tedious having to listen to people who might know what they’re talking about as they explain (generally patiently and with admirable courtesy) that there could be more to the latest political hobby horse than meets the eye.

But easy answers to complex problems look to be the new black, and experts seem to be out of fashion.

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NEWS

BRIEFS Endangered species tracking Researchers are using tracking devices off the UK coastline to monitor an endangered marine species.

Green milestone for Aller Aqua Fish feed producer Aller Aqua has reached an environmental milestone and industry first.

West Africa sustainability Two innovative marine projects are helping pave the way for sustainable fishing in West Africa.

Newcomers join Tuna Australia board New directors appointed to the Tuna Australia board are expected to bring fresh insights and ideas to support and strengthen the tuna longline industry.

New ASC requirements for farmed fish welfare The Aquaculture Stewardship Council is consulting the public on new requirements to improve the welfare of farmed fish that take advantage of new developments and research concerning issues including water quality, stocking density and slaughter.

Cermaq Award for work to improve fish welfare The Fish Welfare Prize prize was awarded to Cermaq at last week’s AquaNor exhibition in Trondheim, for the company’s improvement work at Holmvåg fry plant in Steigen, and the good results it has produced.

FASFA appoints new executive director The Frozen At Sea Fillets Association (FASFA) has announced the appointment of Julie Waites as its new executive director following the retirement of Malcolm Large.

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TAKING THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT TO COURT Diek Parlevliet explained that the proportion of the TAC that would under usual circumstances have been allocated to the EU and the UK would have been 32,800 tonnes in 2021. But under the Brexit TCA, 25% of the Svalbard quota quota goes to the UK – and this is where things have diverged from longstanding procedure.

‘The UK should have got around 8000 tonnes, and the European operators 24,546 tonnes. Instead, Norway allows the UK 5500 tonnes, and 17,855 tonnes to Europe,” he said.

“There is no explanation or reasoning for this very large reduction, and it is extraordinary what they are doing to utilise Brexit in this way. Europe is not prepared to accept this and the member states are behind the fleet all the way,” he said.

As the standoff has become increasingly acute and the possibility of flashpoints at sea come closer, ENAFA has set in motion a legal process to challenge the legality of the Norwegian government’s position, although no date has yet been set for this to go to court.

“It is really weird and nobody can understand where they are coming from on this. Norway takes back around 10,000 tonnes of cod, which is a vanishingly small amount compared to their 400,000 tonne TAC, and of that they have to give half to Russia,” he said.

“Why are they risking a trade war, which is a real possibility, for such a small gain? Norway is a great producer of seafood and supplies the largest and most wealthy market, which is the European Union, and they stand to lose out on a tremendous scale if this goes wrong for them.”

All of the ENAFA members in Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, UK and Poland have track records of fishing activity in those waters going back 70 years – predating both European Union membership and 200-mile EEZs – and for some their prospects depend on the stability of access to this fishery.

Futures in the balance “But there are companies in Spain whose future hang in the balance because of this,” said Iván López of fishing company Pesquera Ancora, who also also chairs the Long Distance AC. “One company has already cancelled an order for a new vessel due to the uncertainty of the situation. So there are real consequences here in terms of jobs and livelihoods,” he said.

“We’re not asking for more, but to maintain what we already have.

What we are asking of the EU is that they be as stern with Norway as they are with their own member states. Then we would be satisfied.

Norway sells €1.60 billion worth of seafood to the European market every year, and they don’t seem to be too worried.”

He added that Norway’s position on mackerel, having unilaterally increased its quotas this year by 53%, also demands action by the European Union.

“We are seeing some of these products appearing tariff-free in EU markets. This is a trading

8 “This is a cod war,” said Diek Parlevliet, chairman of the European North Atlantic Fisheries Association (ENAFA)

partner with a history of meddling in EU markets, but the EU lets them do what they want,” Iván López said.

Norway has reiterated its position, and Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen has stated that action will be taken as soon as EU fishing vessels overshoot the quota limits set by Norway.

“As repeatedly stated Norway has the sole regulatory power in the Fisheries Protection Zone around Svalbard and all activities must be carried out in accordance with applicable Norwegian law,” stated senior adviser at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries Øyvinn Myge.

“Any fishing activity carried out

by EU vessels in contravention of Norwegian regulations is illegal.

Vessels fishing illegally in Norwegian waters will be arrested and prosecuted.”

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NEWS

FARMED COD’S 8% HIGHER YIELD

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With whole fish initially marketed in Spain, Scandinavia and the UK, and value-added cod fillets destined for France, Germany and the US, Norcod’s farmed cod is fetching a premium price as the fish have an 8% higher yield than wild-caught cod and provide a thicker, meatier fillet, according to the company’s Christian Riber.

Norcod has secured buyers in advance for the fish as part of its marketing strategy to provide customers with stable year-round deliveries, through its exclusive marketing company Sirena Group.

“It’s only the second time since I started working here that I experience a product where customers are calling back, giving praise and actually sign up on a waiting list for next delivery,” said Magnus Gehlin from Fisk Idag, a leading seafood distributor in Sweden.

“We buy the majority of our cod from low-impact fisheries. In the summer, it is sometimes difficult to get enough cod from

sustainable fisheries. Therefore, we are pleased that we can now launch Norcod and are really excited about the great quality of this fish,” commented Jesper Hansen from Danish seafood customer Fiskerikajen.

This initial harvest marks a significant leap towards Norcod’s ambition to become the world’s first producer of high-quality farmed cod on an industrial scale

from its three farm sites in mid-Norway.

The next batch of 2.4 million fish was transferred to the sea earlier this summer and is set to be harvested in the third quarter of 2022 towards a current annual production target of 9000 tonnes, which is expected to increase to 25,000 tonnes by 2025.

“This schedule puts us on track to increase production

8 Norcod plans to produce more than 5000 tonnes of cod under a continuous harvest between now and February

significantly over the next few years. Both the high quality and volume of fish produced so far gives us confidence that we can exceed our sales ambition by meeting market demand,” Christian Riber said.

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NEWS Mercator Media Ltd has confirmed that as a result of the Icelandic Government’s decision to extend the current restrictions on gatherings, the 13th Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition (Icefish) will now be rescheduled to 8-10th June 2022 – with the online IceFish Connect 16-18th November 2021.

“As it has become necessary for the Government to extend the COVID restrictions, we recognise this creates uncertainties and makes planning for our exhibitors and visitors extremely difficult. We would all prefer that this was not the case, and we were anticipating that the exhibition would be able to go ahead.

Following consultation with our advisory board and stakeholders, we believe rescheduling to 2022 is the best decision for exhibitors, visitors, and for people’s safety in general,” explained Mercator Media Ltd Events Director Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling.

“Exhibitors, delegates and visitors return to Icefish again and

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again. We are conscious that there will be real disappointment for people not being able to exhibit and attend in person. Icefish Connect presents an opportunity for business to continue.”

Plans had already been in hand for the addition of a new online virtual exhibition platform to complement the ‘in person’

8 IceFish has been rescheduled to June 2022

13th Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition. IceFish Connect is a virtual exhibition with rich and engaging content that enables visitors and exhibitors to meet, network and develop business, features include the Conference

programme including Fish Waste for Profit.

Clients wanting to do business will still be able to reach the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition audiences plus the potential of an even broader and international audience. Visitors will be registered, and exhibitors will be able to see their profiles, organise meetings at stands or designated meeting areas and still have great networking opportunities. The platform also offers a clever AI based matchmaking system that pairs interested visitors with the correct equipment or service providing exhibitor that suits their requirements.

Icefish Connect will become a permanent part of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, offering additional features such as videos, rich content, longer exposure and more data focussed results.

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NEWS A new study of the implementation of the landing obligation (LO) has found control and enforcement remain challenging.

The study by the European Commission’s DirectorateGeneral for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries also looks at the impact of LO on discard rates. The landing obligation has been fully in force since 2019 after a phasing-in period from 2015.

In addition to control and enforcement of the landing obligation remain challenging, the study found that Member States have not adopted the necessary control measures and that significant undocumented discarding of catches occurs.

A key aspect of the study concerns the effectiveness and efficiency of traditional vs modern control tools to monitor the landing obligation. The study concludes that remote electronic monitoring (REM) tools are the most effective and cost-efficient means (although some

LANDING OBLIGATION CONTROL CHALLENGES

stakeholders raised issues such as privacy and costs). REM has been trialled by various Member States, but not been rolled out on a large scale.

In its proposal for a revised fisheries control system (COM/2018/368 final), currently negotiated with Council and Parliament, the Commission supports the use of such modern control tools. On the other hand,

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the study points to important shortcomings of traditional control tools, as these only provide a snapshot of compliance at the time of monitoring.

The study also concludes that the discard rates do not yet show clear trends or patterns as a result of the landing obligation. It was considered that there is a lack of evidence of changes in discarding practice, and that

8 A new study provides an overview of landing obligation implementation

discarding is still taking place.

Stakeholders contributing to the study identified a number of possible explanations, including complex legislation and regulation and the substantial adaptation to be undertaken on board vessels.

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INSIGHT

The future of fishing

MAKING BLUE FOODS GREENER While the COVID-19 pandemic has monopolised seafood industry action plans in recent times, the climate emergency remains a colossal concern, writes Jason Holland

8 Iceland has introduced a new target of 55% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040

The global seafood economy’s reliance on ocean health means that climate change is by far its most pressing environmental challenge, and without the luxury of a silver bullet solution, the onus is on all stakeholders to look at their own carbon intensities and to come up with radical actions that rapidly build on the modest progress already seen, heard a Sustainability Seminar at the recent North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF 2021).

Lesley Mitchell, Associate Director – Sustainable Nutrition with Forum for the Future, told the conference that a lot has changed as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but one constant has prevailed throughout – the climate emergency.

The non-profit organisation advocates for a quick transition to a carbon-positive economy that limits global warming to 1.5°C, but Mitchell warned that even through the COVID crisis and the widespread lockdown measures, the opportunity to stay below that level has continued to quickly disappear.

Consequently, climate change requires even faster, more intensive responses, she said.

“What we are seeing from more recent research is that some predictions could have been quite conservative and the situation is accelerating, with us potentially reaching 1.5°C by the mid-2030s.

“We should bear in mind that 1.5°C is in itself a challenge for disruption and presents an unacceptable risk of substantiative change, particularly for marine environments.

“With rising temperatures, we see increasing risks of tipping points, and frankly, this is where it gets really scary with the potential for runaway climate change.”

Moving forward, Mitchell acknowledged that a number of

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food businesses are now establishing more regenerative, environmentally-friendly action plans and making commitments to achieving net zero.

“There’s huge potential for seafood to be part of the solution, but within that there’s a key focus on embedding sustainability throughout business strategies, and increasing the level of urgency and boldness of ambition in achieving that.”

She advised that future seafood business and value creation models need to look at economic and social viability and practices that regenerate the environment, adding that as unpredictable as things are, “it’s a great opportunity to build something new” and to “create a sustainable future for food”.

Beneficial efficiencies NASF 2021 also heard that Iceland is on such a pathway, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, Guðlaugur Thór Thórdarson, confirming that alongside participating in regional and international efforts to combat climate change, the country and its fisheries sector are “deeply committed” to the 2015 Paris Agreement, the long-term, legally binding international treaty that amongst other things seeks to keep the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

Iceland has introduced a new target of 55% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040 and plans to reach these goals through several different actions, Thórdarson explained.

At the same time, he expects green hydrogen and eco-fuels to become increasingly relevant in heavy transport, shipping and aviation, and that that carbon capture and storage from

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INSIGHT industrial activities and other sources will become much more commonplace.

“I believe that there are great opportunities for businesses to cooperate on another level and innovate in ways that develop and upscale technologies that we need to build back better and greener.”

According to Thórdarson, Iceland is among just a few countries in the world where fisheries have in modern times become a primary driver for its economic growth and prosperity.

“Bitter experiences from past decades have taught us that there’s a strong need for proper conservation measures,” he said, adding that the Icelandic science-based fisheries management system has been able to overcome some of the inefficiencies that are still seen in many of the world’s other fisheries.

The efficiency of the system has been shown to be beneficial for the climate and the environment, and also for businesses, he said, highlighting that the Icelandic fishing fleet’s oil consumption has decreased by some 35% since 1990.

“This management that has resulted in stronger fish stocks and thereby less fishing effort for each tonne caught, as well as improved fishing vessel design. These are the reasons that most of the important fish stocks in Icelandic waters are being harvested within sustainable limits.”

At the same time, the fishing industry has become much more profitable by investing in research and innovation, including the creation of green and hi-tech solutions.

“For example, it’s now estimated we are utilising up to 80% of every cod landed. Icelandic companies are now producing innovative and valuable new products from parts of the fish that would otherwise have been thrown away,” he said.

Solving the hunger crisis On a global scale, Thórdarson maintained that “blue foods”, i.e. those products sourced from oceans and freshwater systems, already play “a central role” in ending malnutrition and building a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system.

“Many blue foods have been produced in ways that are more environmentally sustainable than terrestrial foods. Blue foods provide food and nutritional security for billions of people and are a vital provider of livelihoods, economies and cultures for many coastal states.”

In this regard, he said it’s “a positive development” that today a higher proportion of fish production goes for human consumption, and that the higher demand resulting from rising incomes and increased urbanisation is being met by increased fish production and improvements in post-harvest methods and distribution channels.

But he stressed it’s imperative that the industry realises that only by drastically reducing its greenhouse gas emissions will it be able to reverse the negative impacts of climate change on seafood production.

“The global community has committed to ending world hunger. Our ability to achieve this goal depends largely on how successful we are in utilising natural resources in a sustainable way. Improved and innovative processing of raw materials will yield more food and higher value products, but if we want the oceans to be an essential part of this solution then the sciencebased, sensible harvesting of marine resources must become a universal practice.”

Consumer concerns As an increasingly important contributor to food and nutritional security, the seafood industry needs to be alert to the emotional connection that consumers have to the climate change challenge, delegates were told.

Caroline Holme, Senior Director of Globe Scan, advised that

8 “Bitter experiences from past decades have taught us that there’s a strong need for proper conservation measures,” said Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, Guðlaugur Thór Thórdarson

climate change is influencing the behaviour and attitudes of conscious consumers, with one of the research company’s recent annual studies finding that 31% of people worldwide feeling that they had been personally affected by climate change. By comparison, some 49% said they were greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and 40% stated that they were impacted by the economic recession.

While some 68% of people also said that they were worried

by COVID and viewed it as a very serious global problem, Holme highlighted that environmental problems such as climate change, depletion of natural resources, plastic waste and biodiversity also ranked highly as a concern, with between 50 and 60% of people worldwide perceiving them as very serious issues.

“In 2020, there was a huge uptick in public concern about human disease, while concerns about climate change remained stable. Climate change has been consistently on peoples’ radars for the last couple of years,” she said.

“There’s a thirst for information. We have found a steep upward trend in recent years with people wanting to learn more about companies’ social and environmental impact.”

Globe Scan has also learned that more people want to learn about the sustainability of fish and seafood, with almost nine in 10 people wanting better information.

“They want to feel confident that they are not buying unsustainable fish, while 70% want to hear more about what companies are doing about the sustainability of their fish and seafood, and 65% wanted to know that their fish could be traced back to a known and trusted source.

“Overall, people want to know more about provenance and sustainability to make sure that they are not buying unsustainable products. At the same time, people are more empowered and believing more in their own personal impact, with 78% of people in 17 countries believing that they can, as consumers, make a difference in how responsibly companies behave,” Holme said.

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ANALYSIS

WARMING SEAS THREATEN TUNA-DEPENDENT ECONOMIES Climate change is driving tuna further to the east, threatening the economic security of several small island nations

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Global warming is expected to progressively push tuna populations from the waters of ten Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) onto the high seas, disrupting island economies, according to a new collaborative study by Conservation International and a consortium of technical agencies, including The Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Parties to the Nauru Agreement Office (PNAO), the University of Wollongong and their partners.

These research results, initially published in the journal Nature Sustainability, explores the impacts of ocean warming on tuna and quantifies the potential financial losses that these Pacific SIDS are likely to incur as tuna are redistributed due to climate change.

The robust modelling done during the multi-disciplinary study demonstrates that if ocean warming continues at current rates the tuna catch in the combined waters of the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu can be expected to decline by an average of 20% by 2050.

“This is a climate justice issue,” said Johann Bell, lead author and the Senior Director of Tuna Fisheries at Conservation International’s Center for Oceans.

“The ten Pacific SIDS have a deep economic dependence on tuna fishing but contribute little to global warming. In contrast, nations responsible for 60% of historical greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would benefit from the migration of tuna to the high seas.”

“The new modelling shows for the first time that tuna catches are likely to decrease in each of the Ten Pacific SIDS by 2050 under a high GHG scenario,” said Simon Nicol, Principal Fisheries Scientist (Fisheries and Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis) at SPC.

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“Previous modelling indicated that some of the ten Pacific SIDS would be losers and others would be winners from tuna redistribution. This new study demonstrates that all of the ten tuna-dependent economies will be negatively impacted.”

The lower tuna catches are expected to reduce the access fees that Pacific SIDS receive from distant-water fishing nations to operate in their waters, resulting in annual losses of total government revenue in the range of 8-17% for some Pacific SIDS by 2050 under a high emissions scenario.

Such losses, according to the Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, Manu Tupou-Roosen, will have serious consequences for governments and Pacific people, who depend on tuna revenue to support livelihoods and vital programs in key sectors such as education and health.

“The losses are also expected to reduce the financial flexibility needed to assist communities to adapt to climate change,” she said.

The study identifies two pathways that would likely limit the impacts of tuna migration on the region. Firstly, implementing ambitious action plans from the largest GHG emitters to curb emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C, in line with the Paris Agreement would largely prevent redistribution of tuna.

A second possibility would be to enable Pacific SIDS to negotiate, through the Western ern and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), to maintain the benefits they receive eceive from tuna, regardless of the effects ects of climate change on the distribution ution of the fish.

“Pacific SIDs are disproportionately onately suffering from a crisis for which ch they are hardly responsible. Tuna e many redistribution is one of the consequences of climate change,

8 The ten Pacific Small Island Developing States have a deeprooted economic dependence on tuna but contribute little to global warming

8 Losses of revenue from tuna fisheries will have serious consequences for governments and Pacific people, according to the Forum Fisheries Agency’s Director General Manu Tupou-Roosen

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ANALYSIS which is expected to further weaken Pacific economies and important food systems already heavily impacted by COVID-19. This critical situation has already been raised in several international fora including the UN Security Council and will be highlighted by the Pacific Island region at COP26 in Glasgow, and we strongly hope that it will lead to concrete commitments by the COP and the UNFCCC architecture including its financing mechanisms” said Stuart Minchin, Director-General of SPC. The study also shows that tuna redistribution has implications for management of one of the world’s largest fisheries.

“When tuna move from the exclusive economic zones of Pacific SIDS to the high seas, it is more difficult to enforce the regulations designed to sustain the stocks and the economies that rely on them,” said Sangaalofa Clark, CEO of the Office of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement – the Pacific Island countries that have implemented the world-class ‘vessel day scheme’ to manage tuna catches sustainably within their combined waters.

According to Quentin Hanich from the University of Wollongong, the implications of tuna redistribution are potentially severe and need to be addressed through cooperative management consistent with the international legal framework.

“The WCPFC, has already begun to consider such issues and adopted a Resolution on Climate Change in 2019,” he said.

New levels of co-operation between the two regional fisheries management organisations responsible for regulating tuna fishing in the high-seas areas of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean and in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

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will also be needed to ensure a balance that benefits both natural resources and Pacific Island economies.

The study, Pathways to sustaining tuna-dependent Pacific Island economies during climate change was co-authored by scientists and other experts from 21 institutions. It is dedicated to the late Sue Taei, former Executive Director of Conservation International’s programmes in the Pacific Island region, and the first person to call for an investigation of the climate justice implications of tuna redistribution.

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8 The movement of tuna populations from the territorial waters onto the high seas stands to disrupt economies of ten Pacific Small Island Developing States

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

THYBORØN TAKE DOOR TECHNOLOGY TO A NEW LEVEL The Bluestream Type 22 trawl doors introduced by Thyborøn Trawldoor four years ago have been highly successful, but now the company has pushed development even further, while also preparing for full door control of the doors in the water The new Type 32 Bluestream doors now in use not only show a significant increase in efficiency, but these are also prepared for remote control functionality – a process that Thyborøn has had in development for some time, but which has been held up by the Covid pandemic.

“Our technical partners in Norway haven’t been able to travel during the pandemic, and that has really held us back on this,” said Thyborøn Trawldoor’s Henrik Andreassen, adding that the parallel developments they have been working on to produce the high-efficiency Type 32 doors and the control options promise a winning combination.

“The Type 22 doors have been extremely successful and we have shown that these are trawl doors with the best CL/ CD on the market today, with satisfied customers around the world. Over the last couple of years we have put a lot of resources into research and development – both towards control while towing and to achieve even more effective designs.”

The Type 32 doors have been tested initially on board trawlers in Greenland and Iceland, followed by a 10m2 pair being supplied for further testing on board pelagic vessel Frank Bonefaas, replacing a 12m2 pair of Type 22 doors.

The first production doors have also reached customers, with Faroese pelagic vessel Jupiter heading for mackerel grounds in international water with its 12.50m2 Type 32 doors which were delivered in Kollafjørður, and Shetland pelagic vessel Antares called in Skagen for a 12.50m2 pair of doors.

Skipper Graeme Sandison said that the new doors replace the 15m2 pair of Type 20 doors Antares has been using for the last five years.

“These should give us the same spreading force as an 18m2 pair of Type 20s,” he said as Antares sailed from Skagen after a call at Karstensens for a paint job and some work on the tanks.

“We were looking for some more spreading power for the blue whiting. But first we’ll get them tried on herring,” he said.

“They look good and hang well at the stern. It’ll be interesting to see how we get on with them. But the Faroese skippers think these are good doors. We’re very impressed with the hydraulic foils. These make it very quick and simple to adjust the doors.”

Refinements to the hydrodynamics, working with CFD simulation and with wind tunnel and flume tank testing, have built on the success of the Type 22 doors and the Bluestream technology to develop something new, while working within the overall dimensions and door weight largely unchanged.

“The results have been better than we could have expected,” Henrik Andreassen said.

“These Type 32 doors have significantly more spreading force than the Type 22s – and those are the best on the market. The Type 32 doors have a deeper curve to the foils which forces a larger volume of water through the door. That makes them both more powerful and gives them even greater stability. This isn’t a small increase – this is a big step

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in terms of generating spread,” he said and added that the deeper profile of the doors, combined with the high tensile steel that Thyborøn Trawldoor uses, makes these doors even stronger than previous pelagic trawl doors, traded off against a slight increase in weight.

The Type 32 doors are tailor made for each customer and can be supplied either straight or in a V configuration, plus they can be rigged to either V or parallel bridles, and protective door keels can be added for towing close to the seabed.

8 The first production pair of Thyborøn’s Type 32 Bluestream doors being lifted into position at the stern of Faroese pelagic vessel Jupiter

Ready for full control It has been a few years since Thyborøn introduced its Flipper option to trawl doors, providing skippers with the choice of altering the surface area of their doors by having these closed or open, but the technology has moved on rapidly in

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They look good and hang well at the stern. It’ll be interesting to see how we get on with them. But the Faroese skippers think these are good doors. We’re very impressed with the hydraulic foils. These make it very quick and simple to adjust the doors going from passive doors to trawl doors that are fully controllable during a tow, as well as adjusting the door parameters to fit the trawl gear.

“We’re very impressed with the hydraulic system,” said Graeme Sandison on Antares. “These are 12.50m2 doors, but we can adjust them down to 9.50m2 if that’s what we need.”

Despite Covid restrictions hampering co-operation with Thyborøn’s technical partners, progress has still been made and the company’s engineers have been developing a hydraulic system that allows the towing point to be adjusted remotely.

Combined with adjustable foils that are the latest evolution of the original Flipper concept, the aim is to offer complete control of the doors with adjustable flow through both lower and upper sections of each door, so that spread and positioning can be adjusted as required for the depth, target species and other parameters. This allows the same doors to be set for stability when working in deep water, and can also be re-set to be fully effective close to the surface.

According to Henrik Andreassen, the previous manual setup, which is still an option, requires the crew to get access to the doors to change the foil positions and lock them in place before the gear is shot away.

“This isn’t always easy on a moving deck in heavy weather,

so we have introduced a hydraulic arrangement. To make an adjustment, the deck crew have to just connect a hydraulic hose, and a couple of pumps with a manual pump places the foils where they should be. It’s a lot safer, and quicker to adjust the doors this way,’ he said.

As well as being quicker and safer to make adjustments via a single easily accessible hydraulic connection point, this option also offers a much wider choice of setting, making fine adjustments possible.

“This is a step in the process,” he said.

“The aim is for this to be operated wirelessly, with the doors in the water. We can already make a range of adjustments to the doors by altering towing points and foils, and once we can do this remotely during a tow, we’ll have fully controllable trawl doors.”

8 Shetland pelagic vessel Antares is starting out on herring with the new Type 32 doors

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8 A few pumps with a hydraulic pump attached to the door is enough to adjust the foils of the Type 32 Bluestream doors

The aim is for this to be operated wirelessly, with the doors in the water. We can already make a range of adjustments to the doors by altering towing points and foils, and once we can do this remotely during a tow, we’ll have fully controllable trawl doors

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There has already been plenty of interest in new electric longline systems, even with the new equipment is still in its trial phase on board some of the most successful Norwegian longliners.

The new Mustad Autoline equipment represents a shift to electric longline deck hardware, with the EL-hauler being trialled on board Loran since September last year and a new generation EL-Hookcleaner being rigorously tested on board Seir.

Environmental considerations are partly behind the move to electric technology, reducing carbon footprints and contamination risks, and offering lower sound levels, but a central aspect of this is the volume of data that becomes available through embedded electronics.

Major European manufacturers, including Siemens, Bosch and Wittenstein, integrate sensors in the motor and even use the motor itself as a sensor.

“In our new components, we use the same industrial level of data collection that’s in an industrial robot or in an electric car. We are using technology that is top of the range in Europe today,” said Mustad Autoline’s VP Sales & Service Svein Erik Bakke.

“An electric system provides accurate measurements of the hauling process. There is responsive and accurate tension control and you generally get more information, and faster.

While we can count maybe twelve pulses per revolution on a hydraulic motor, we will be able to count about 36000 positions per revolution of an electric motor. We get a greatly improved response time and again higher accuracy on the mooring function compared to the hydraulic system, and as the line is hauled in a more or less constant speed, this increases the chance of saving more catch on board.”

According to Loran’s skipper Ståle Dyb, the greatly improved response time that the electric system offers compared to conventional longline hardware is that the hauler adjusts accurately for ship movement, slowing down

8 Mustad Autoline is trialling a new range of electric longline hardware

to almost nothing as the vessel lifts, and accelerating as it drops down the wave. As a result, the catch is better and the fish are bigger, as with a constant pull on the line, fewer fish are lost.

“This new system compensates to a much greater extent for vessel movement,” said Svein Erik Bakke added that Mustad Autoline’s investment in developing new technology is rooted in the company’s strategy and environmental policy, and its determination to be the leading supplier of technology for one of the most sustainable techniques.

“The new E-line product range is developed in co-operation with our customers. The new machines are produced in our factory in Gjøvik, and tested over a long period of time in actual operation at sea,” he said.

As well as reducing overall energy consumption, there are also options for connecting the system to send data to the cloud, where it can be stored and displayed through an app.

“This allows engineers, owners and Mustad Autoline’s service department to monitor the system’s condition and events,” he said.

“The app displays important data such as error codes, temperatures, tail speed, tail power, bait percentage, and more.

We can also set up alerts in the app which means that our service can receive e-mail or push notification as soon as an error code occurs, so they can provide preventive maintenance pointers, and detect faults before they lead to downtime.”

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ENGAGEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT

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When planning a newbuilding, interaction between concerned partners is essential to producing a vessel with optimal functionality. When leading expertise in design, shipbuilding, equipment, and operation is brought together, this process is enhanced, and the owner’s role is key to this

The owner’s requirements and understanding of operational requirements set the parameters that lead to development in design as well as equipment.

“Most fishing vessel owners are genuinely interested in new technology, and not least in the environment. Combined with the fact that there has been relatively good economy in fishing, owners have taken advantage of this by investing in new technology for their newbuildings. In addition, it is worth noting that many of the owners themselves are skippers on board, and therefore clearly see the benefit and gain from the investments in their own everyday work,” said Egil Sandvik, managing director of Salt Ship Design.

This independent design company, based at Stord in western Norway, has for years worked to improve the performance of new vessels through innovation and well recognised solutions. Environment, sustainability, and safety get the top focus.

“Fishing vessel owners often have an extra motivation to think about the environment, seeking sustainable solutions that result in healthy, clean seas and optimal conditions for the catch. Financially, both investments and not least the savings it can entail from operating expenses have a direct impact on the owner’s wallet to a much greater extent than if you build a vessel to be chartered or resold. With the current quota system, the income from fishing is to a great extent set, so reducing costs is a matter of efficient operation,” he said, adding that fishing vessel owners are very concerned about

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8 Odd Lundberg has a customised Brunvoll propulsion system optimised for the actual running condition of the vessel

each vessel’s seakeeping and other qualities, closely linked to hull design, propulsion, and manoeuvring efficiency, and not least noise. There is a strong focus on everything concerning the environment, emissions and fuel economies, and for the fishing vessel owner fuel economy is a vital aspect.

“Good collaboration with equipment suppliers provides great opportunities, and it’s a necessity that suppliers have both commitment and knowledge of the industry. Salt Ship Design and Brunvoll have collaborated on several development projects for a number of ship owners over the years. Our experience is that Brunvoll’s commitment and knowledge of the market are genuine, and this is essential for being involved in developing good products for the industry,” Egil Sandvik said.

Brunvoll’s Sales Manager Arne Tennøy shares this perception of the fishing vessel owners’ significant role in promoting development, and commented that he greatly appreciates being surrounded by so many talented players with great competence and willingness to invest.

Important to have the best solutions Aas Mekaniske Verksted specialises in the design and construction of live fish carriers. Ronny Uren, Technical Purchaser at the yard, emphasises suppliers’ agility and ability to adapt to the customer.

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development processes are constantly exchanged between the parties. Aas Mek. designs and builds the vessels themselves, providing a deeper perspective to the collaboration.

“We are now in close dialogue with Brunvoll about new solutions for control and automation systems,” he said, commenting that he believes involving external parties early in the process is positive and gives confidence in new products that are launched.

“For us, it is important that renewal takes place strategically, so that new product portfolios are established to last, since we would like to use them in series of vessels that are built over time.”

Savings with customised reduction gear Recently delivered pelagic vessel Odd Lundberg, owned by Norwegian fishing company of the same name, built with a strong focus on optimal working conditions, safety and comfort for the crew.

“We are very proud of our vessel,” said Mats Lundberg, Odd Lundberg’s skipper.

“The performance and the new technology means that we can save time and fuel when we are at sea, and this means more time at home with our families and friends. When using new technology, it is not unlikely to meet some challenges in the beginning to find out how the systems work and how to use them most efficiently, but we are very satisfied with the new vessel, everything has worked very well.”

A collaboration between the owner, the shipyard, the engine manufacturer and Brunvoll resulted in an effective and sustainable solution for propulsion and manoeuvring, based on the vessel’s operating profile. The propulsion system which includes a two step gearbox has been proven to provide significant savings.

“We have used step two of the system to a much greater extent than first expected. We also experimented with the plant during trawling, and to our surprise we experienced that trawling using step two and the 50-60 Hz floating frequency resulted in our fuel consumption decreasing by 100-130 litres per hour. With 12-20 hours spent in that condition per day for much of the year, such savings are very positive,” Mats Lundberg said.

“From our operational experience this first year and a half, we probably spend 70-80% of the time in step two and use step one if we are very busy or are trawling in bad weather. All in all, we are very satisfied with the system and the flexibility it gives us.”

Good processes provide the best solutions Ervik Havfiske is Norway’s largest longline fishing company and is one of the world’s largest longline operators. Stig Ervik

8 Longliners Nordic Prince and Argos Georgia each have a Brunvoll two-speed CP propulsion system, thrusters and control system

started himself as a fisherman, and today he is president of Ervik Havfiske Holding AS. He stresses the importance of collaboration around finding the best solutions in the process of developing a new vessel.

“We appreciate receiving suggestions for solutions, whether it is an electric motor, hydraulic system, or control systems, and that suppliers base recommendations for the best solutions adapted to our needs on their own expertise and experience. Furthermore, we work together to achieve the optimum layout leading to a good solution that we are confident in, and which is delivered as the result of a positive process,” Stig Ervik said.

Ervik Havfiske has many vessels with Brunvoll propulsion and manoeuvring systems, and he highlights the value of collaboration in achieving these results. He also sees it as a great advantage to have propulsion, manoeuvring and control systems from the same supplier.

“We have always used Norwegian suppliers where we could, and when we continue to order from the same supplier after almost 25 years, it goes without saying that we are thoroughly satisfied. The quality and follow-up have been superb,” he said.

“There is some excellent development taking place in the industry. A lot has happened, especially in the field of digitalisation. Now we can connect to each vessel online no matter where in the world it is and see if everything is in order and investigate problems if they arise.”

Demands lead to development Brunvoll’s Arne Tennøy believes that part of the company’s success in the fishing sector has been its ability to deliver system solutions based on products that are optimised for the different operating conditions that fishing vessels encounter.

“Although fishing vessels are relatively small in comparison to other sea-going vessels, they have a widely varying operational profile, requiring some of the most advanced propulsion systems. Demanding operations under rough conditions place great demands on safety and comfort on board. Efficient operation and reduced costs directly affect profitability,” Arne Tennøy commented.

This close interaction with the fishing sector has for years given Brunvoll first-hand knowledge of the challenges the industry faces, which have contributed to the company’s ability to provide customised systems.

“From a supplier’s point of view, we are very aware of how crucial it is that the shipowner is interested in the best solutions.

This is the key to a fruitful development and improvement of functions that benefit the shipowner and contribute to product development and innovation with us,” Arne Tennøy said.

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WHOLE FLEET GETS GREASE-FREE BEARINGS 8 Maros VII, fitted with a pair of SXL tailshaft bearings and TG100 seals

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In 2019 shrimp trawler Maros VII went to the Lighthouse Shipyard at Mazatlán in Mexico for a refit and an upgrade so successful that the rest of the company’s 50 vessels are to get the same treatment.

Fishing company Pesca Industrial Maros SA de CV has expressed its intention to start converting all of its vessels’ tailshaft seals to Thordon’s TG100 shaft seal later this year, following the refit on Maros VII in 2019 when it was fitted with Thordon SXL tailshaft bearings and TG100 seals, making this the first time that the company had converted one of its trawlers to run with a seawater lubricated tailshaft conversion.

The decision was made following the performance success of Thordon’s grease-free ThorPlas-Blue bearings, which have been retrofitted to the deck winches aboard almost half of the vessel operator’s 50-strong fleet.

“After many years of operating greased metal bearings, Maros now has grease-free ThorPlas-Blue bearings fitted to the winches of about twenty vessels,” said Arturo Selvas, managing director of Thordon’s Mexico based distributor, TZ Industrias.

He said that conventional winch bearings typically need about 56.6g of lubricating grease per day.

“When you have a fleet of 50 vessels, greasing every winch can be very costly and time-consuming. The performance of

ThorPlas-Blue, which is completely greasefree, has saved Maros a considerable amount of time and money. This was the basis for

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For Maros VII, TZ Industrias supplied, machined, and commissioned a pair of SXL tailshaft bearings and TG100 seals for a 127mm diameter shaft.

“Maros didn’t have any technical issues with the original packing seals but simply wanted to enjoy the benefits that a mechanical seal can bring,” Arturo Selvas said.

“Retrofitting to a Thordon seal is certainly an upgrade,” said Jason Perry, Thordon’s regional manager – North America.

“When you clutch in the shaft you really appreciate the difference. It’s a completely better experience in terms of performance, longevity and reliability.”

“Maros is very happy with the new shafting arrangement and plans to convert more vessels later this year, when government grants are reinstated,” Arturo Selvas added.

Between 2005-2019, approximately 13.6 billion Mexican pesos were invested in different subsidy programmes throughout the country, with an annual average of around 1 billion pesos, and approximately 216,000 beneficiaries.

Subsidies were halted two years ago but the government has proposed a return of grants for the country’s fisheries sector in 2022.

8 The grease-free ThorPlas-Blue deck winch bearing installed on Maros VII

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STARK GROUP OPTS FOR PROPSPEED Underwater foul-release coatings innovator Propspeed has been selected by Ocean Fisheries Ltd. as the preferred foul-release coating for its fleet of commercial fishing vessels

8 Legacy is one of the three three fishing vessels operated by Ocean Fisheries

Based in Lyttelton, New Zealand and part of the Stark Group of companies owned and operated by the Stark family, Ocean Fisheries Ltd. was started in 1967 to bring together the company’s commercial fishing operations.

The fleet currently consists of three trawlers – the 2004-built Frontier,ƢLegacy which was built in 2012, and the newest, Endeavour, delivered in 2016, making this one of the most modern vessel groups operating in New Zealand.

The three steel-hulled vessels are routinely dry-docked every two years.

Propspeed’s ultra-slick topcoat is specially formulated to prevent marine growth from bonding to metal surfaces below the waterline. It is proven to support vessel readiness, increase efficiency, prevent corrosion, save fuel and reduce maintenance costs. It features an exceptionally strong chemical and mechanical bond between the metal substrate, the Etching Primer and the Clear Coat – ensuring the Propspeed coating actually sticks to running gear, and that the vessel can run at its peak throughout the entire season.

Having applied Propspeed to several superyachts during routine dry docking contracts, the Stark family were aware of the product. Discussions with Propspeed highlighted the fact that the same benefits of clean propellers could apply to commercial fishing vessels, so a decision was made to prep and coat the propeller on each vessel as they were taken out of the water in 2014.

“The benefits of Propspeed are definitely noticeable in terms of a much cleaner propeller when we haul the vessel for survey, maintenance and repairs,” said Ocean Fisheries CEO Andrew Stark.

“Application of Propspeed has now become a must-do job at all haul outs. In addition, we historically had issues with weed growth on the keel coolers for the main and auxiliary

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engines, ice maker, hydraulics and echo sounder transducers.

After a discussion with Propspeed we applied the product to the echo sounders and keel coolers at our most recent 2020 haul outs and we expect the same lack of growth to occur. We would have no hesitation in recommending other trawl vessel owners apply Propspeed because it severely inhibits weed and marine growth. In the case of the keel coolers it saves us time and money using divers to clean the coolers in water, and increases refrigeration capacity and efficiency by allowing increased cooling capability for much longer periods.”

“We are very pleased to hear a successful commercial fishing fleet is experiencing the real-world benefits of our product line,” said Propspeed CEO Chris Baird.

“These vessels are put to the test in constant use in very demanding conditions and the livelihood and safety of the crew depends on their flawless operation. We are confident that they will continue to see positive result through the life of these boats.”

8 The propellers of all three Ocean Fisheries vessels have been treated with Propspeed, and this has been successfully extended to transducers and keel coolers

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FOLLA BUILDS ON LOPPA’S SUCCESS

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The success of the Loppa heading and gutting machine developed by Måløy company Havfront has been such that a new machine for use in shore-based fish processing has been developed, with the prototype already in use

A year of intensive development and testing has gone into preparing the prototype Folla, and this has worked so well that Havfront’s partner, Husøy company Br. Karlsen, which has been instrumental in initiating the Folla’s development, has already taken it into regular use.

Designed to gut and head cod, saithe, haddock, tusk, ling and catfish across the whole size range from from 1 to 20kg, the Folla’s origins go back to the Lofotfishing exhibition in 2017, when Terje Sørensen and Jakob Karlsen of Br. Karlsen saw what the Loppa gutting and heading machine for use at sea was capable of doing – and decided that this was the functionality they were looking for on shore as well.

“We were impressed by the Loppa, but it was not suitable for use on shore. At the same time, we were so dissatisfied with the machines we had that we suggested the idea of a shore-based machine,” Terje Sørensen said.

Their suggestion set things moving at Havfront, and having a partner to collaborate with in developing new technology is a key element of such a venture. Br. Karlsen provided opportunities and raw material for three rounds of full-scale testing under working conditions, as well as bringing their own input to the process.

“We’re grateful to Br. Karlsen for their commitment and hospitality. Without them as a test company, we would never have got the result we have with the Folla as it is today,” said Havfront’s Marius Strømmen, adding that they expect to develop this further.

Terje Sørensen added that there may be challenges to adapt the Folla to existing production lines, although it is easily fitted into a new processing setup.

“We see the Folla as a game changer for whitefish

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8 Havfront’s Folla has been in service with Husøy company Br. Karlsen, who were instrumental in initiating its development

processing on shore, replacing today’s manual handling with automated systems. Systematic development work has made it possible to achieve this,” Marius Strommen said.

The Folla development hasn’t escaped notice, including that of Egil Henning Ytterøy of Innovation Norway Vestland, which has collaborated with Havfront on previous projects, both in connection with start-ups and on the marketing side.

As Havfront’s results in these projects had been reassuring, Innovation Norway had no problem in contributing around NoK2.5 million in R&D support for the Folla development.

“Havfront and Br. Karlsen have managed the funds well.

We see that Havfront has established a niche where they identify challenges in the industry and deliver solutions that add value for customers,” said Egil Henning Ytterøy.

“During the Folla project, we maintained had a good dialogue all the way. Havfront has kept informed us about the progression compared to the project plan, which is very important. There is not a lot of development work of this type within the whitefish industry, so we have been very happy to collaborate with Havfront again to produce more such strong results.”

Frank Jakobsen at the Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Fund has also been impressed with the thoroughness of the testing process behind the Folla machine.

“The goals have been high, but they have worked really hard to reach them, without taking their expectations too far and generating unrealistic ambitions. They have run large volumes of fish through the rounds of testing and the results have been impressive,” he said.

“This has been a very exciting project that we look at as money well spent. We have already marketed this project at several large industry gatherings.”

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OZONE ELIMINATES LISTERIA AT NORWEGIAN PLANT

8 Ozone is a powerful and environmentally sustainable disinfectant that leaves no chemical by-products

extracellular polysaccharides that form adherent biofilms.

“The use of ozone has made the products safer, enhanced the shelf-life for the fresh produce and protects the company’s brand,” Trond Storebø added.

“Employees also noticed reduced smells in

the factory because ozone also removes the slippery fish-film from the floor. This has provided a better working environment for everyone, and in addition the use of ozone is a practical application since it is produced safely on site and allows the company the possibility to produce their own disinfectant.”

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A Norwegian fish processing plant turned to Evoqua partner Naustor Technology to eliminate a persistent listeria problem in production.

Trond Storebø at Naustor supplied them with one of Evoqua’s new PC Series ozone disinfection systems. This trolley mounted unit can provide ozonated water instantaneously anywhere in the food processing factory. The ozone is produced inside the on board generator from ambient air and electricity, making it capable of fully autonomous operation. The all stainless-steel PC Series incorporates an on-board oil-free air compressor, pump and off-gas destructor, making it completely safe for operators, with the capability to adjust the ozone output to provide greater flexibility and a broader range of application uses.

“Before the customer started using the mobile ozone system, they used chemicals for sanitisation, but could not get rid of the bacteria,” Trond Storebø said.

“Since the introduction of ozone, they have not detected listeria at all within the plant, process machinery or the final product.”

He explained that ozone acts more quickly than chlorine-based chemicals – at a concentration of 2,5 mg/l disinfection is almost instantaneous – and it destroys the

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MAKING AQUACULTURE MORE TRANSPARENT

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By launching its first ever online dashboard, Iceland is shining a light on its fish farming sector and taking new steps to share as much information as possible

Unveiled by Fisheries Minister Kristján Thór Júlíusson, hopes are high that Iceland’s new online dashboard will play a key role in enabling information on the country’s aquaculture – at sea and on land – to be accessible to the public and the government. The dashboard will highlight everything connected with aquaculture including company locations, data on offshore and land-based production, information on biomass, disease and deaths, sea lice numbers, risk factors and the number of farms that have been issued with operating licenses.

“In 2020, the government decided on the need to officially release detailed information on Iceland’s aquaculture,” said Karl Steinar Óskarsson, Officer in Aquaculture at Matvælastofnun (MAST), the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority.

“The background to this lies with Norway, which has a very detailed dashboard system already, along with Scotland and the Faroe Islands. The main goal of the new dashboard is to put all information on the table. For example, we tend to have a lot of interest from the media on things such as how many licenses have been issued or how much fish is produced. The dashboard takes away a lot of the pressure that we have in answering such queries and enables people to access the information themselves.”

By law, each month fish farms in Iceland are obliged to share information from their production base with MAST,

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8 The Laxar aquaculture site in Reyðarfjörður in Iceland’s Eastfjords

including the number of fish that are produced, the number of fish that have died or been slaughtered and the average number of lice on each fish. This enables MAST to monitor what is happening on each farm and now, it will form part of the new dashboard. The number of deaths is shown as a percentage along with the number of fish in each offshore cage. Because MAST’s main focus is the issuing of licenses and monitoring of fish farming systems, in particular escapees, information on the type of feed that is used on a farm as well as processing and harvesting methods is currently unavailable. The dashboard began this spring and is still in the trial-and-error stage.

Staying informed Iceland has a highly vocal sports fishing lobby, which is strongly opposed to fish farming and claims that the industry is a threat to wild salmon stocks. In this sense, and because local interest in aquaculture is relatively high, Karl Steinar Óskarsson says that there is a duty to keep people informed of what is going on. Doing so may also help to alleviate some of the opposition towards aquaculture, he says.

“So far we haven’t had any reaction to the dashboard from those who are opposed to aquaculture,” he said.

“But what they want is to promote land-based aquaculture and that information is available to them if they want it.

Compared to other countries, the scale of Iceland’s aquaculture

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is very small although it is growing a lot and fast. Luckily there haven’t been any great issues such as big escapes, lice epidemics or serious diseases. The dashboard is quite good if you want an overview of what is happening in Iceland in terms of biomass, production, and deaths, so we hope that making this information available may give those who are opposed to aquaculture a better picture of the industry.”

Land-based aquaculture facilities have long been drawing attention around the world as a more sustainable alternative than open water fish farms, and in Iceland, efforts are underway to establish more such operations. Thanks to its mix of climatic and geological conditions, the country is also particularly well suited to land-based fish farming, and applications for land-based farms have been rising, he said.

With this trend likely to continue, information on the landbased sector will become a key part of the dashboard.

Fish farmers know that aquaculture is one of the most efficient ways of producing protein and that salmon farming is one solution to the world’s food challenges. With consumers keen to make informed choices on what they buy and who from, and wanting further information on seafood production, offering greater visibility into salmon farming is a significant challenge for Iceland’s aquaculture. At the same time, it’s a great opportunity for better conversations with stakeholders, local communities and more positive, solutionfocused outcomes.

“Being transparent is a really great tool for communication, and I think it’s extremely important to keep information visible for everybody,” Kalr Steinar Óskarsson commented.

Real data “That is what we are trying to do with the dashboard.

Conversations can also be based on real data as opposed to a perceived understanding of what is going on. This is extremely useful and allows us to have much more practical, open talks.”

While transparency and traceability are developing fast in the broader seafood and fish farming sector, Iceland’s dashboard is only just beginning. In addition to the information it already contains, he hopes to see more data on what aquaculture is doing for local communities, how it might be affecting other industries such as housing and house prices, how many jobs it’s creating, the value of the fish it produces compared to other types of fish and how it’s making money for the people. Bringing all this information, which is currently scattered across many institutions, into the dashboard will enable users to see the whole picture beyond aquaculture.

Photo: MAST

AQUACULTURE

8 The Arnarlax processing plant at Bíldudalur in Arnarfjörður

“Going forward, our focus is on land-based aquaculture and we plan to put all information on it into the dashboard,” Karl Steinar Óskarsson said.

“We are currently deciding exactly what we are going to share, for example the production of smolts or the production of fish as food. We want to get a better overview of the landbased business, and after that we will be tweaking the information, working out what we can fix, what can be done better and what to add next. I hope we can develop the dashboard even more so it provides a whole picture of the industry and how aquaculture is progressing in Iceland.

Hopefully we will also be able to translate everything into English in the future.”

“I believe that in five years from now, the dashboard will be even better,” he continued. “Aquaculture is an extremely important business for the Icelandic economy. It is still a very young industry but it’s already generating a lot of income for the country. It will be really interesting to see how much will be produced and how the industry will progress in the future.

The global population will always need fish and if we want more fish, we will need aquaculture so the dashboard is going to be really important in reassuring the public of the standard of aquaculture here in Iceland.”

Photo: MAST

8 The Ice Fish Farm site in Berufjörður in eastern Iceland.

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AQUACULTURE

BRAZILIAN FISH FARMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT EUROPEAN BAN

Photo: Ceará State Government

Once hopeful about President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration and the promise of long-awaited changes in the aquaculture legislation, Brazilian producers are now increasingly impatient with the government’s failure to push for a reopening of the European market for Brazil’s farmed fish, after three years of a ban, reports Eduardo Campos Lima

Since 2018, when the EU closed the bloc to Brazilian fish after identifying problems in the industry, tilapia and shrimp producers have been penalised for something they didn’t do, said Francisco Medeiros, President of the Brazilian Pisciculture Association (Peixe BR).

“Our segment has been growing every year, but we could have been growing much more if we were able to export to the European Union,” he said, adding that many other countries, including major tilapia consumers like Israel, follow the EU protocols and are equally inaccessible to Brazilian fish farmers’ production.

“We have been asking the Ministry of Agriculture to assume a stronger attitude and take the Brazilian aquaculture segment’s demands ahead with the EU. But no concrete measures have yet been taken,” Francisco Medeiros said.

Brazilian aquaculture grew by 5.9% in 2020, with a production of 802,930 tonnes. Tilapia was the most important part of this volume, with 486,155 tonnes and a growth of 12.5%.

Brazil is currently the world’s fourth biggest tilapia producer, with exports to the United States, Chile, China, and Japan.

The fish farmers recognise that a significant change took place at the end of 2020. The Brazilian government approved in December a much-needed law concerning the use of national waters for aquaculture, making much easier a procedure that previously could take as long as ten years.

“The use of the State’s water reservoirs by fish farmers entailed a highly bureaucratic process. It was based on a 2003 law that we had been criticising for years,” FransiscoMedeiros said.

With the new law, such reservoirs are almost automatically designated for aquaculture. Producers just have to present their projects digitally and wait for a rapid analysis to be carried out. Under the new procedure, producers who had been waiting for several years to have projects approved

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8 Tilapia producer Rede do Peixe farms by the Castanhão Dam

were recently granted the right to implement them. This was the case of Camilo Diógenes, owner of tilapia producer Rede do Peixe.

“Our production is in Castanhão Dam, in Ceará State, but it has been suffering with extended droughts for years. So, we initially presented a project to the government in 2010 in order to launch an operation in a reservoir in neighbouring Piauí State,” he explained, adding that the complexity of the process, with each phase taking months, was a huge disappointment.

“The Federal Government’s environmental agency took six months just to send the process to Piauí State’s environmental agency, which was the competent authority to analyse our project,” he said.

As the authorisation was taking too long, Camilo Diógenes began sporadic production, something that most fish farmers in the country are obliged to do due to the disproportional legal requirements.

“However, this way we could not submit a project to get a loan from a bank, for instance. That is extremely negative for Brazilian aquaculture,” he added.

With the new system, at the beginning of 2021 Rede do Peixe’s request was finally approved within 10 days.

“Now we are waiting for the approval of a processing plant license. We hope to be able to begin to export soon,” he said.

Peixe BR has welcomed the new legislation and estimates that the measure could quintuple Brazilian production within a decade.

Brazil’s fish farmers have reasons to celebrate: fish consumption in Brazil has grown since the beginning of the pandemic and the Brazilian Real is devalued now, which favours exports.

“But we need the European market to be open for us,” Fransisco Medeiros concluded.

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AQUACULTURE

DELOUSING SYSTEMS FITTED

BY TÓRSHAVN YARD

Photo: MEST

The MEST shipyard in Tórshavn earlier this summer completed the installation of an advanced delousing system for Bakkafrost and is working on outfitting a second vessel for operation in Scotland

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“We have previously had great collaborations with MEST, who also repurposed our FSV Róland. Bakkanes will be equipped with the same delousing system as Martin. So we are confident that MEST will carry out the project satisfactorily.”

Repurposing Bakkanes is an extensive job and includes sandblasting, painting, installation of four cranes and a hawser system as well as installation of the new FLS delousing system. All timber and steel has to be removed from the deck in preparation for the installation of the FLS system. A new A-frame is being fabricated, similar to the one fitted to Martin, plus four Melcal cranes and winches are installed, plus some changes and adjustments are being made to the accommodation and on the bridge.

8 The 12x8.50 metre A-frame has a 24-tonne lifting capacity

Photo: MEST

MEST has been responsible for the design, production and installation of an A-frame and a delousing system supplied

by Norwegian company FLS on board Bakkafrost’s Martin.

The A-frame is designed and developed to operate under challenging conditions in the Faroese fjords. The A-frame has a height of 12 metres and an 8.50 metre width, and has a 24 tonne lifting capacity. This has been tailor-made to meet Bakkafrost’s requirements and includes a special footbrigde on the A-frame, providing staff easy and safe access so they can get as close as possible to the cages.

The yard also installed on board Martin a delousing system from FLS, and combined with the A-fame arrangement enables Bakkafrost to undertake efficient salmon delousing operations. The system was successfully tested and Martin was put into delousing operation a few days later.

In competition with international shipyards, MEST also secured the contract to repurpose former platform supply vessel Bakkanes into a delousing vessel to operate for Bakkafrost in Scotland.

“We are very pleased to have completed the design and installation work successfully for Bakkafrost. On the basis of this successful project we are delighted to have won this new project which is to rebuild a PSV supply vessel into a delousing vessel (FFUV) for Bakkafrost’s Scottish operation,” said MEST Shipyard CEO Mouritz Mohr.

“We are very excited to begin this project, and we look forward to working with MEST,” commented Bakkafrost’s Operations Manager Sverri Kjærbæk.

8 MEST has fitted an A-frame and FTS delousing system to Bakkafrost’s fish farm support vessel Martin

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AQUACULTURE

GARWARE V2 TECHNOLOGY 100% ANTIBACTERIAL

Photo: Garware

Copper microparticles incorporated in Garware’s V2 mesh, used in fish tanks and cage nets, skirts and ropes, have been shown to be effective against bacteria responsible for Piscirickettsiosis (SRS) and Tenacibaculosis

The V2 technology has been developed in response to the main sanitary challenges of the Chilean aquaculture sector.

Evaluation by ADL Diagnostic Chile has confirmed that after 24 hours of exposure, it is 100% effective. ADL Diagnostic Chile’s audit indicates that the Garware STAR V2 netting has components that have an active antibacterial effect against Piscirickettsia salmonis and Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi, significantly after a four-hour exposure and 100% effective after 24 hours.

“It is extremely important, since both bacteria are two of the main culprits for fish mortality and the consumption of antibiotics in Chile. P. salmonis is found mainly in Chile, but Tenacibaculum is also in the northern hemisphere. This study rules out the possibility of Garware V2 systems harbouring bacterial diseases,” commented Garware Technical Fibres commercial manager Francisco Serra.

The recent evaluation was carried out with T. dicentrarchi and P. salmonis, using methodology implemented by ADL based on the British Standards Institution protocol for the evaluation of disinfectant products for veterinary use.

Garware STAR V2 mesh sections and HDPE mesh sections of approximately 1g were obtained, the segments were immersed in a solution of hard water, organic matter and a standard bacterial suspension of P. salmonis (strain PM-15972) and T. dicentrarchi (strain PM-90951) adjusted to a microbiological procedure -of 0.5 McFarland equivalent to 108 cfu /mL- incubated at 18 ° C for one, four, 24 and 48 hours.

“The effectiveness of Garware’s V2 technology was amazing. We did not expect such a high efficacy, at four hours we already had a significant effect and at 24 hours we registered 100% efficacy. Its effect is undeniable, even more

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8 Copper particles inlaid in Garware’s V2 mesh have a powerful antibacterial effect.

remarkable, if we consider that we were working with a matrix that has copper particles. In sanitary terms, the active antibacterial mesh aims to control the environment, helping to keep bacterial loads low in the farms, with a better sanitary condition of the fish,” said Álvaro Sandoval, head of R&D projects at ADL Diagnostic Chile.

“Although there were evaluations of the V2 technology in other regions, our results validate this and even better, since it was carried out with field strains present in outbreaks of clinical cases in the national environment..”

Garware developed the V2 technology, adding metallic copper to various HPDE product lines, after research and development and field trials which commenced in 2017. A special procedure for V2 incorporates metallic copper microparticle inlays in the manufacture of HDPE fibre, in which the final product can release in a controlled way the elements that will allow the nets to stay clean in the water for a longer time. This uses less copper than in paints and the V2 technology does not flake. It has a positive impact on the environment, due to the reduction of the release of copper and organic residues and the reduction of dirt. Garware V2 nets have completed production cycles in Norway, Canada, Chile, Australia, Scotland and have shown positive results in delayed fouling and low mortality due to disease.

According to the company, it is notable that most of the Tenacibaculosis cases that occurred in Norway and Chile involve topical infections of the epidermis, capable of producing mortality, with environmental consequences and their correlation with endemic diseases such as Piscirickettsiosis.

Opportunistic diseases such as Tenacibaculosis could be associated with SRS.

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NEWBUILDS

ANTARCTIC DELIVERED TO KILLYBEGS OWNERS The new Antarctic, which docked for the first time in Killybegs at the end of July, is built to the Karstensen yard’s own 63 metre design which has been the basis for a series of new pelagic trawlers going back quite some years, and there is already a K63 in operation in Ireland as Paula

8 Antarctic is the latest in a long series of 63-metre pelagic vessels built at the Karstensen yard in Skagen

With a string of deliveries behind it and a healthy orderbook ahead of it, Karstensens Skibsværft has established itself as the leading builder of pelagic fishing vessels for the North Atlantic region. The latest delivery is for the Antarctic Fishing Company in Ireland, the first time that this owner has come to Karstensen for a newbuild.

Teresa and Eamon McHugh have headed the Antarctic Fishing Company for 25 years, starting out in 1987 with the first Antarctic, acquired from Eamon’s bother Kevin McHugh.

This vessel was replaced in 1997 with a newbuild, and the latest Antarctic is the fifth fishing vessel in the family’s ownership.

The Irish flag was raised over the new trawler’s wheelhouse on a hot day in Skagen, by the youngest members of the McHugh family, Eamon Óg and Gerard Jr, under the watchful eyes of Teresa and Eamon McHugh.

Antarctic’s operating company is very much a family business, with sons Eamon J handling the shore side of the business and Gerard in the wheelhouse, while Eamon McHugh, a well-known figure in the pelagic community with a forty-year seagoing career behind him, will continue to skipper the new Antarctic.

Antarctic has an overall length of 62.60 metres, with a breadth of 12.80 metres and depth to the shelterdeck of 7.80 metres. Construction took place at Karstensen’s yard at Gdynia in Poland and the semi-outfitted hull was brought to the yard in Denmark for completion, arriving in Skagen in January this year.

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Accommodation on board is for a crew of twelve in wellappointed single en-suite cabins at man deck level, plus skipper’s and mate’s cabins in the superstructure, plus crew areas fitted out to the usual Karstensen standard.

Although based on the proven Karstensen 63 metre pelagic vessel pattern, the design, specifications and arrangement have been completed by the yard’s design team in co-operation with Antarctic’s owners to suit Eamon McHugh’s precise requirements, with the focus on building a pelagic trawler with safe working conditions and comfortable crew quarters, while also achieving the best possible catch handling and storage facilities and optimised fuel consumption. Antarctic is fitted out with equipment selected to make it possible to hit these targets, including a 2499kW MAN 9L27/38 main engine turning a 3800mm diameter MAN VBS940 propeller via a Renk RSVL-900 reduction gearbox, which is also runs a 1650 kWe Cummins AvK shaft generator from the power take-off.

The energy arrangement on board is for the gearbox PTO top be clutched in to produce electrical power while hauling and shooting, working on the basis of when there is a demand for full power to the deck equipment systems, there is not likely to be a need for full propulsion power, so the main engine can serve as the power source for both propulsion and hydraulic systems. While towing the gear, the shaft generator can be clutched out for the main engine to provide solely propulsive power, while energy for electrical systems can be sourced from the 930 kWe Caterpillar C32 and the

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NEWBUILDS 565 kWe Caterpillar C18 gensets. Power while alongside is provided by the 115 kWe Mitsubishi harbour set.

The two Caterpillar gensets connect into main switchboard, controlled by the vessel’s DEIF Power Management System.

Antarctic’s power system is arranged for sliding frequency (60-50 Hz), by means of frequency converters for 400/440 V and a clean power static supply/converter for 230 V. This allows the main engine and propeller revolutions to be reduced by 17%.

Deck hardware from Killybegs Eamon McHugh went to Killybegs company SeaQuest for Antarctic’s 175-210 bar hydraulic deck machinery, and the layout places the two 61.80 tonne trawl winches on the aft side of the wheelhouse and above the main working deck.

The deck has a pair of 61.80 tonne net drums lined up to lead to the hydraulically operated gates in the transom, each of which has three hydraulic guiding-on poles.

SeaQuest also supplied the 51.50 tonne topline and 43.60 tonne winches, as well as mooring and anchoring systems. A 4t/12m crane is located on the foredeck, while there are a netsounder winch, a 4t/12m powerblock crane and a 4t/10m fish pump crane mounted on the aft gallows.

The port side of the aft deck is laid out for pumping catches aboard, and SeaQuest also supplied the two 18-inch fish pumps, fish hose and hydraulic hose reels, as well as hydraulic drive systems for both the winches and other equipment, and for the fish pumps.

Catches pumped at the stern pass forward to the separator box on the foredeck and from there are routed to the manifold and the selected RSW tanks.

Another Killybegs company, KER Group, was selected to supply both the RSW and vacuum discharging systems for Antarctic, which has a 1370 cubic metre capacity in its eight tanks.

The two 800kW RSW installations operate with pairs of 600 cubic metre/hour circulation pumps and 280 cubic metre/hour condenser pumps, with the RSW circulation system working with remotely operated RSW valves through the KER control system. The vacuum discharging system has three 66kW compressor units and three 2800 litre tanks.

Both SeaQuest and KER Group have long associations with Eamon McHugh, but this is these are the first complete installations that these companies have supplied for fitting at Karstensen.

Another Killybegs supplier, Barry Electronics, was selected to supply and fit the full set of electronics for Antarctic.

The wheelhouse with its 360° visibility is laid out with two Nor-Sap 1600 chairs, each flanked by an island unit, facing the banks of screens, including four 55-inch Hatteland displays with a BEL Pacific MS-6C Video Matrix to channel data feeds from the vessel’s fishfinding and navigational electronics. There are an additional three 26-inch Hatteland screens, and twelve 32-inch Neovo screens.

The fishfinding sonars are Furuno low frequency FSV-25S and high frequency FSV-75 sets, and the trawl-mounted sonar is a Simrad FS-70, while Marport supplied the array of wireless trawl sensors. Echo sounders on board Antarctic are a Simrad ES-80 and Furuno FCV-1900 and FSS-1BB sets, and the current indicator is a Furuno CI68. Plotters are MaxSea Time Zero and Olex 3D plotting sets.

8 SeaQuest supplied Antarctic’s full deck equipment layout

8 Fishfinding and navigation systems are displayed through the four 55inch screens facing the skipper chairs

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NORWEGIAN SEINER FROM TURKISH YARD

Photo: Özata Shipyard

The Özata shipyard in Turkey has delivered versatile purse seiner/seine netter Vikanøy to its Norwegian owners

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set by IMO TIER III. This technology has been beneficial achieving compliance with emissions regulations and also it reduces the environmental footprint of the vessel.

The deck is laid out with DMT winches, and the Triplex/ Rapp purse seine handling hardware and deck cranes are from Macgregor. The deck layout also features the first electric fish pump and fish pump crane with integrated cable drum supplied to a new Norwegian coastal vessel.

Accommodation is for a crew of eight and outfitting of crew areas has been completed by Accomar.

8 Vikanøy is designed by NSK Ship Design

Photo: Özata Shipyard

“It was great to work so closely with the ship owner and Özata shipyard,” said NSK Ship Design’s CEO Mats Nygaard Johnsen.

“There is a great deal of experience between us and we pulled together proven systems with the very latest technology to create something special. By optimising the hull lines, we can really streamline the vessel, but it’s how the machinery is managed that makes the difference to the emissions.”

The 44.20 metre, 11.50 metre breadth Vikanøy is designed

by NSK Ship Design and has been built for Havbor AS. Replacing an older vessel of the same name which was built in 2011, Vikanøy has capacity to hold catches in its 490m3 RSW tanks, as well as opportunities for landing live fish, and has a Melbu processing facility for groundfish species at main deck level. The new vessel has quotas for mackerel and herring fisheries and for haddock, saithe and cod.

Kuldeteknisk supplied the chillers and the pumping and discharging systems are from C-Flow.

The main engine is a 1920kW Yanmar 6EY26W, powering a Finnøy reduction gearbox and controllable pitch propeller.

The gensets are are a pair of 450kWe Margen/Scania/Leroy Somer units and a single 70kWe Margen/Perkins/Leroy Somer set. Thrusters are from Brunvoll.

Vikanøy has Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology, which uses a chemical reaction to neutralise the NOx in exhaust gases. This cost-effective and proven NOx reduction solution is capable of achieving the emission limits

8 Vikanøy has been built at the Özata yard in Turkey

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NEWBUILDS

BEAMY AUTOLINER FOR ICELANDIC COMPANY Looking to replace their older vessel with a newbuild offering more capacity and greater comfort, Icelandic fishing company Blakksnes earlier this year took delivery of new longliner Hulda GK-17, built by Trefjar The 12.50 metre, 6.70 metre breadth Hulda departs from the usual pattern of the yard’s Cleopatra designs, notably with the significantly greater than usual beam, while remaining within the 30gt limitation for Iceland’s hook and line fishery management regime.

The design was developed with Ráðgarður, and while based on the conventional Cleopatra layout, some sections have been completely redesigned.

“The bow section is based on an existing mould and is much the same as the standard boats, but the demands of working with such a broad hull mean that the underwater section of the hull has been completely remodelled so that Hulda performs well when pushing into the weather or operating in a following sea,” said Trefjar’s Högni Bergthórsson.

“What also makes Hulda different is the accommodation, with eight bunks in four separate cabins, so it’s no problem to rotate two crews, with each crewman having his own bunk.

This means that Hulda has the capacity in both the fishroom and accommodation space to work extended trips if required.”

He added that a sister vessel is currently under construction for another Icelandic customer, with a delivery date scheduled for late 2021.

Placing the wheelhouse one level up from the usual position in a vessel of this length means that Hulda has a fulllength working deck, laid out with a dedicated hauler room on the starboard side with a hauling hatch in the shelterdeck.

The HV200 longline hauler the racking system and the baiter located by the aft shooting hatch are all from Mustad Autoline. The Line Controller system provides the skipper with a constant readout of progress while hauling, including a total of how many hooks had a fish on and the baiting rate.

The line tension and speed can be adjusted from the wheelhouse. The 22,000-hook system consists of Mustad 12 hooks rigged on 7.20mm line.

The bait tub is from Beitir and Stálorka supplied the bait racks, as well as rails on the upper deck and other steelwork on board.

8 With a 6.70 metre beam, autoliner Hulda GK-17 has plenty of space on board for working extended trips

The catch handling layout includes bleeding and cooling facilities supplied by Micro, as well as reception and bycatch tanks. The icemaker and the pre-chilling system are from Kæling. The midships fishroom is laid out for up to 54 tubs, each with a 460 litre capacity.

Electronics in the wheelhouse include WASSP F3i multibeam and Simrad ES80 split-beam echo sounders. A JRC JLN-652 Doppler Current log helps assess conditions when shooting the line away. Plotters are Olex and Maxsea TimeZero sets. The autopilot is a Simrad AP70 MKII, and is linked to the Quick aft and stern thrusters to come into play automatically to keep Hulda on track when hauling at slow speeds.

Hulda’s wheelhouse electronics are routed through an array of AG Neovo QX-43 4K PRO displays.

With the standard Trefjar arrangement placing the engine room aft, Hulda has an 800hp Doosan 4V222TI main engine powering a free-standing ZF 665 reduction gearbox, all supplied by Ásafl, who also supplied the pair of 105kW Scam/FPT gensets, the stern gear and propeller, the propeller knife, pumps and the steering gear, while the rudder is from KN Vélsmiðja.

8 The HV200 longline hauler is located in a dedicated space on the starboard side

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8 Hulda’s wheelhouse is placed one level higher than usual in a vessel of this size

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NEWBUILDS

TRAWLER LAUNCH GETS PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL 8 Mekanik Sizov launched at the Adrmiralty Shipyard Inset: Mekanik Sizov’s launch was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin

Photos: USC

The launch of the third in the series of new factory trawlers being built for the Russian Fishery Company was watched by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the new vessel was floated off at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg.

Mekanik Sizov is one of the series of ten such vessels being built for RFC under the government investment quotas initiative, and is due to be commissioned in 2022.

“Russia’s fisheries infrastructure is now receiving a lot of attention as an integral part of our food security,” said Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, the new trawler’s godmother, commenting that 79 agreements have already been signed under the investment quotas initiative.

“The Ministry of Agriculture has a strong interest in such projects. These will allow us to deliver high-quality finished products and, of course, increase the value of exports.”

The RFC vessels will operate under challenging conditions, while the high-tech production systems on board are expected to enable the production of high-value products from pollock and herring catches, including the production of surimi.

“With the commissioning of new trawlers, the Russian fishing industry will have at its disposal a fundamentally new level of efficiency,

environmental friendliness, and safety,” said RFC general director Viktor Litvinenko.

Mekanik Sizov is named after fishing

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industry veteran Vladimir Abramovich Sizov (1936-2013), who spent more than 30 years to working on whalers and trawlers.

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NEWBUILDS

GENTLE DE-LOUSING VESSEL

Photo: Macduff Ship Design

The project began in the summer of 2018 when Inverlussa came to Macduff Ship Design with a request for a de-lousing vessel with fish health and welfare front of mind

Completed earlier this year by Fergusons Marine Engineering, Kallista Helen is the fifth vessel built to a Macduff design for Inverlussa and is now in service with Scottish Sea Farms, following some delays to the final outfitting and commissioning of its Thermolicer equipment in Shetland.

Central to the layout is a Thermolicer designed and engineered by ScaleAQ, the first of its kind to be constructed in Scotland. A sudden rise in water temperature is a wellknown method of killing lice so the Thermolicer has been developed to bathe the fish in temperate water for a short period. This causes the lice to die and fall off the fish, after which they are separated from the water using a 500-micron filtration system and collected to be removed from the marine environment. Wider pipes with an overall straighter and simpler layout create a gentler experience for the fish.

This method allows for de-licing up to 120 tonnes per hour of fish.

The process uses only seawater, eliminating any chemical discharge into the sea. To protect this installation, it has been enclosed in a dedicated shelter deck to shield it from the elements. In turn, this provides a safer working environment for the crew as well as better operational efficiency and improved seaworthiness. Additionally, it provides a large area on the top deck for cargo and the three HS Marine AK 40 cranes. The 40 t/m cranes have a max15.1 metre outreach and can all operate simultaneously. This capability allows the vessel to operate the entire system including all intakes and return systems, minimising dependence on other workboats

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8 Kallista Helen is now in service with Scottish Sea Farms

while on site. Incorporation of cargo space and container latching points in the top deck allows for the haulage of ISO tanks should it be required.

The systems and machinery on board have a high peak electrical load, requiring large engine room that spans over half the length of the hull. Propulsion power is derived from two Cat C32 main engines delivering a total power of 1300hp, and the engines are paired with two ZF W1800 reverse reduction gearboxes. The shafts are connected to twin fixed pitched 1500mm propellors which are combined with low drag nozzles, supplied by Kort propulsion, to improve free running speed while maintaining a bollard pull of 15 tonnes.

The 26.50 metre by 12 metre beam Kallista Helen also has two Cat C32 generators, providing 860kW each. These power the thermolicing equipment, including the heating elements used to warm and maintain the temperature in the 22,000 litres of seawater contained in the fish treatment system.

They also provide power for the fish pumps and a 130m3/h pump used to fill the system. The pumps used to bring the fish on board to begin the treatment are large vacuum pumps as these are relatively gentle on the fish and offer high fish welfare. To properly delouse the fish the system’s water is required to be at 28⁰C to 34⁰C depending on seawater temperatures however, there is a heat recovery system in place to draw heat from the engines and transfer it to the delousing system, saving on both fuel usage and carbon emissions. Smaller Cat C4.4 auxiliary engines provide power when the main generators are not in use.

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Brdr. Markussens Metalvarefabrik A/S Sverigesvej 5-11, DK-7480 Vildbjerg, Denmark Phone. +45 99 92 00 00 Mail: Sales@blueline.dk

Mitsubishi Propulsion and auxiliary generator sets New and reconditioned spare parts

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Buoys, Fenders & Floats

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The world’s leading manufacturer of iron hardware including: Swivels, Hooks, Chains, Bobbins, Blocks, Floats, Shackles and many more, download our catalogue for complete list of quality products.

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Clothing

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GUY COTTEN SA BP 538 29185 CONCARNEAU Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 2 98 97 66 79 Email: info@guycotten.com www.guycotten.com Guy Cotten is the main manufacturer of very high quality protective clothing, boots, lifejackets and survival suits for fishermen and processors.

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Fish Block Cartons

High quality antifoulings and coatings for fishfarming net pens

Clothing

WWW.WASSP.COM Sales@wassp.com +64 9 373 5595

Electronics/Communications

Anchors & Chains

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

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Cartolit A/S.

Skovdalvej 30, 8300 Odder, Denmark Tel: +45 86784099 Fax: +45 86784060 Email cartolit@cartolit.dk Website www.cartolit.dk

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

Zum Kuehlhaus 5 18069 Rostock GERMANY Tel: +49 381 811 2805 Fax: +49 381 811 2482 E-Mail: rofia@kloska.com www.kloska.com Contact: Stefan Lehmann Designer and manufacturer of bottom trawls, semi-pelagic and pelagic trawls, shrimp trawls, beam trawls, security nets of all sizes using the most-up-to-date materials with best quality.

Supplier of the complete range of fishing equipment (twines, ropes, wire ropes and hardware in general) to customers all around the world.

A Poutada

Riveira – A Coruña – Spain Tel.: +34 981 87 60 08 Tel.: +34 686 930 025 Fax: +34 981 87 43 48 Email: correo@apoutada.com Website: www.apoutada.com Manufacturer of fishing hooks since 1985.

Steels and interna onally proven designs and best warranty.

Specialized supplier of a wide range of material for longline fleet.

HI-FISHING

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3rd Generation HDPE Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group Tel: +44 (0) 1302 565111 (PDLO ȴVKLQJ#EULGRQ EHNDHUW FRP ZZZ EULGRQ EHNDHUW FRP

Metallurgica Abruzzese S.p.a.

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.

www.fisa.com.pe sales@fisanet.com.pe +51 998 128 737

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.

Recently Launched!

Eurosteel®Plus / Euroglow® Branded products for improved efficiency!

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

DELIVERING THE DIFFERENCE™

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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Fish Processing

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

TRAUST Know­how

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Fornandergatan 1, Fornandergatan 1, 392 33 Kalmar, SWEDEN SWEDEN +46 (0) 480 945 945 12 00 vmk@arenco.com vmk@arenco.com ǁǁǁ͘ǀŵŬĮƐŚ͘ĐŽŵ www.vmkfish.com

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.

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 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

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

IRAS A/S Gammelby Mollevej 3 DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark Tel: +45 7611 4949 Email: iras@iras.dk Web: www.iras.dk

Injectors and Protein-Tec ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣

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

PROGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS for White fish & Salmon

SEA SEAC AC FPM-200 F PM-200 nobb bing machine b bin machine nobbing with h in creas cr e ed yield increased

Examples off processed processed fish

belly cleaning

www.seac.se

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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.

filleting

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

Maximize your product quality

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– Portion Cutting

– Icedosing – Labelling

– Packing to boxes – Empty box handle

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

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Ice & Refrigeration

Anchovy A h nobbing bbing nobbing

– Trimming

– Pin bone removal

– Production software – Order handling

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

Sardine nobbing

Baltic herring

– Grading

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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Netting

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

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

www.saeplast.com www www.saeplast.com .saeplast.com

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!

Tel:++86 631 5306208 Fax:++86 631 5306209 Cell/Whatsapp:++86 138 0631 1778

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

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.

Website: www.king-net.com.tw Email: sales@mail.king-net.com.tw Main phone No. +886 7 535 2939 Fax No. +886 7 535 2938 23F-2, No.2 Chung Shang 2nd Road Kaohsiung City, Taiwan , Zip code: #806

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

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

www.forevernetco.com

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

We make what works for you.

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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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3rd Generation HDPE

BJ 5000Ex

BELITRONIC SWEDEN AB

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.

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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FISKENETT A/S

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.

Reykjavík, Iceland

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ICELAND FAROE ISLANDS

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IRELAND DENMARK

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

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The Exocet

An incredibly versatile trawl Centrally located in the North Sea basin

Ship Design

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

Netloft for mounting and repairs of purse-seines.

Trawl Doors

Ship Design

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

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.

REACH PREREGISTERED

Her family’s fishing legacy.

Powered by John Deere.

Purse Seine Nets

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

Ship Yards

www.cat.com/marine

REDES SALINAS S.A.

Steel Wire Ropes & Trawl Wire

Caterpillar Marine provides premier power solutions in the medium and high-speed segments with outputs from 93 to 16,800 kW in main propulsion and 10 to 16, 100 ekW in marine generator sets.

Ropes & Net Coatings

Propulsion

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

Stability Durability Efficiency

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

Made in Denmark

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

MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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.

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.

YOUR PARTNER SINCE 1941

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

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Trawl Doors

Ytawl Makers

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

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

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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

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

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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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:

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

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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