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Your everyday life – our task Equipment for professional aquaculture

NRS Finnmark Mortensnes Photo: Alexander Evensen

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Living room, lounge

Drying room

Storage WC, personnel Stairwell Silo

WC, visitors

Diesel tank

Silo room

Machine room

Silo room

Ocea Feed Barges are module-based Depending on the need for space, expansion is possible with the ACC or CRM modules, or perhaps with both.

Basic An Ocea feed barge can be delivered with only one level. The control and other rooms are then collected on one level. This is suitable for locations where the barge is not often occupied.

Living area Office/visitor's area

ACC The accommodation module consists of an entire extra level containing kitchen, living quarters, WC, lounge and possibly the control room. This provides good space for the technician.

Control room

CRM The Control Room module can be placed on the silo deck or on the ACC module. The module contains the control room and any lounges so that there is even more space on the accommodation deck.

Moving the control room up provides extra space and an excellent view of the location.

Kitchen Sitting area

Crane

Locker room, personnel Locker room, visitors

Veterinary room

Visualisation: NAGELLd

Ensilage room

Name:

AURORA

Feeding lines:

6

Owner:

Lerøy Aurora

Length:

30 metres

Type:

400 CRM+

Width:

10 metres

Silo volume:

740 m3

Motor:

100 + 200 kVA

Certification:

NS-9415

Ensilage:

55 m3

Construction

451

Diesel tank:

33 m3

Freshwater:

5 m3

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Milling tank for ensilage Design:

Miscellaneous: Viewing barge with space for conferences

KARL PETTER MYKLEBUST · General manager at Ocea North Sea · Mobile no. +47 9587 5290 · karl.petter.myklebust@ocea.no

This is Ocea Many years as a fish farmer both on land and sea have taught me that modern equipment and processes with the necessary quality is a requirement for safe and efficient production.

My three years in Ocea has shown me that Ocea truly have a lot of skilled employees that truly apply themselves so that we can live up to the expectations set by you, our customers.

With this magazine, we want to show what Ocea offers of products and services, not the whole portfolio in detail, but one article for each of our product areas.

Ocea has quite a range of product areas; integrated feeding technology, barges, boats, cages, information systems, water engineer-

ing and of course service. Our goal in Ocea is to be leading within each of these areas. To reach this goal we all work focused towards it every day all year round.

support from an R&D team. Most of the product development is in any case done in close collaboration with our demanding customers.

We in Ocea shall provide products and services that go beyond customer expectation, products and services that we as a supplier can be proud of. This makes product development very important. During the last 12 months we have restructured the way we work with R&D. From being a centralized function, the product development is now driven by the various product teams with

Behind our work is a number of skilled employees, they are the ones who are Ocea.

In this magazine you will find articles about innovative and interesting topics. Should you want any more information, please contact us in Ocea!

Greetings.

Karl-Petter

TROND THORSEN Sales manager Mobile no. +47 905 84 022 trond.thorsen@ocea.no

KNUT BJARTE OTTERLEI Sales manager Mid/South Mobile no. +47 47 71 27 92 knut.otterlei@ocea.no

RAYMOND HORNE Service manager Mobile no. +47 41 44 86 96 raymond.horne@ocea.no

ADAM BIAŁECKI Lead Engineer / UK Coordinator OCEA Aquaculture Solutions Ltd Mobile no. 0044 (0)75 1111 4 500 adam.bialecki@ocea.no

ROLF HATLEVIK Product manager Integrated Feeding Technology. Mobile no. +47 918 53 023 rolf.hatlevik@ocea.no

RUNAR HATLEVIK Project manager Barges Mobile no. +47 40 09 10 28 runar.hatlevik@ocea.no

STEINAR HAVELAND MIDTBØ Project responsibility for MercatusSoftware Mobile no. +47 913 49 022 steinar.midtbo@ocea.no

TOMMY LARSEN Project manager Work boats/Cages Mobile no. +47 934 46 626 tommy.larsen@ocea.no

GEIR ARNE ALBERTSEN Head of Water engineering Mobile no. +47 48 60 17 30 geir.arne.albertsen@ocea.no

VIDAR ONARHEIM Sales manager Work boats Mobile no. +47 46 92 03 37 vidar.onarheim@ocea.no

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"This is an investment of several million kroner for fish farmers, and of course it is important that both we, as developers and they, as buyers follow the process closely. Often, the operation manager of the facility visits our shipyard, to tailor his or her own says industry, and Runar Hatlevik has grown up inworkplace." the aquaculture Runar project still makes a good living fromHatlevik, it. Feeding barges are an immanager for barges, who portant part of the fish farmer's daily life and thus the promade duct manager at Ocea has is also an innumerable important part of that same trips to Tallinn.

He follows everyday life. "I follow the feeding barges from A to Z," says the entire process from Runar. design board to shipyard negotiations, customer adaptations and up to completion and hand-over.

“plug & play” barges in 4 years Continuous supervision Runar Hatlevik tells us that he has been product manager for 50-60 barges and that visits to the shipyard are one of the most important things he does. This is where the important construction meetings and inspections of progress take place. Together with the fish farmer, he maintains continuous supervision and there are often changes along the way, with respect to both furnishings and technical solutions. "We emphasise tailoring according to the individual customer's wishes and of course gentle and effective feeding is a priority."

A new barge every 14 days "If everything goes according to plan, it takes about 4 1/2 months from

signing the contract to delivery."

Hatlevik can tell of a record year in 2011.

Ocea delivered 24 barges then, which meant a barge every other week. "We deliver barges for all types of fish farmers, from the largest to the smallest along the entire Norwegian shore, in addition to fish farmers abroad. The largest barge delivered so far was to the company Luna on the Faroes in 2011 that has a storage capacity of 600 tonnes. There are many repeat customers – the fish farmers are easy to relate to because they are decision-takers," emphasises Hatlevik.

"Our barges are made with large surfaces for easier cleaning. Everything is metallised to avoid rust. Service is expensive in Norway, so we focus on making the least possible maintenance necessary."

According to the product manager, the barges come completely ready from Estonia. These are "plug-and-play” barges that go right into production only hours after hand-over.

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Feedstation for

the world's most modern hatchery

Lerøy Midt in Hemne municipality has invested in a top modern hatchery facility with a focus on saving with respect to both water and electricity. In addition, consideration has been given to visitors' facilities and amenities. The pilot facility of 11,000 square metres stands out among the rocks at Belsvika. The structure is comprised of eight halls, designed to look like a series of boat-houses. The best of modern technology requires a major design.

Knute Bjarte Otterlei, Sales manager at Ocea and Erik Daaland, General manager for Lerøy Belsvik look forward to the developments at the gigantic facility in Trøndelag – right at the centre of the aquaculture industry in Mid-Norway.

Lerøy's decidedly largest smolt facility at Belsvika will supply 14million smolt annually, distributed over 5 separate inputs of roe. The smolt are produced for Lerøy's own fish farming facilities. With 50 tubs, they need a feeding system that makes it possible to maintain an overview and be able to feed the entire facility. The feeding system chosen was the Ocea Feedstation.

The user-friendliness of both the main software and the 8 remote controls makes it easy for them to adjust feeding both at the tubs and from the control room.

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decisive for the finished results, and with this in focus, they have invested in a solution that makes them able to optimise the water quality in relation to a number of parameters. The "main artery" in the facility is a 12 kilometre pipe in the bottom of the facility and up several floors. The facility is 100% escape proof.

8 large halls The facility is divided into 8 zones which are kept separate, despite the fact that they use the same feeding system. User-friendly remote controls that provide the technician with the possibility of adjusting the feed down to the tub level without having to run up and down to the

control room makes the day easier and ensures that cross-contamination between zones does not occur. The remote controls are an expansion of Feedstation, designed to be run on iPad, and allow the technician to make daily registrations and adjust the feeding.

User-friendliness and long service life Lerøy chose Ocea Feedstation because only Ocea could deliver a solution that made feeding and registration user-friendly in a facility of this size. In addition, they know from experience that Ocea's systems are operationally secure, have a long service life and are of high quality. A long service life was important; the piping for the system is of stainless steel and is designed to last. Thus they avoid replacement of traditional PE pipes at regular intervals.

Feedstation is in continual development "We are proud to once again be chosen to supply a feeding system to one of the world's largest hatcheries," says Knut Bjarte Otterlei, Sales manager at Ocea.

"This shows that the continual development of Feedstation that has occurred is appreciated by the customers. It is important for us to know that the customers talk to each other a lot across company borders.

We view this as yet another confirmation that the customers are satisfied with the service and quality of the many systems we have already delivered, for both hatcheries and fish for the sea sites.

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Cameras and sensometrics NRS Finnmark:

Tough conditions

have given us a new start That the introduction of a camera system is not easy is something both Ocea and NRS at Mortensnes in Alta will vouch for.

"We just underestimated the tough winter climate in the North," says Frode Nekkøy, Project manager. Integration of the camera equipment with the existing Feedstation software functioned as planned, but the camera solution, fastening devices and antennas just did not tolerate the climate that North Norwegian fish farmers must deal with every winter. What we thought would be a success story became the start of a steep learning curve.

Based on experience from NRS Finnmark and experience from claims regarding multi-sensor installations, Ocea chose to take a break to analyse the situation tho-roughly. We have now chosen to restart by putting together a new camera and senso-metrics team, taking out components that weren't quite good enough and replacing them with products of better quality, adapted to the environment in which they will be used. The result is a camera system that Ocea is proud of.

Even more important, the customer is satisfied.

"We knew we would make it work, even though NRS Finnmark perhaps doubted us," Frode Nekkøy, project manager, smiles.

From poor to excellent "The first set of equipment we received just wasn’t good enough," confirms Per Magne Bølgen at NRS Finnmark. "It is possible it would have been good enough in the South, but here in the North, we need more. The road has been long, but the solution we now have is excellent. We get crystal clear pictures and the equipment has been stable throughout the en8

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tire winter." "We especially like the way Ocea has designed the camera controls.

That this is done directly from the feeding software is a great advantage. It provides a better overview, it is easy to use a program that we are already used to - and we don't have to relate to more screens and

programs than necessary. We have just expanded from 4 to 6 feeding lines and we will have cameras installed on the new lines as well. " "Introducing the camera system has been a steep and useful learning curve for Ocea," says Frode Nekkøy, Project manager.

Future oriented

Ocea cameras We believe that now we have proven ourselves in Finnmark, it will open eyes and give us a number of new customers," says Morten Siggarvåg, Service engineer.

"Our most extensive camera installation is in Scotland where we now have 24 pantilt cameras at one location. Without control in Feedstation, it would not have been possible to relate to so many cameras. The Scottish fish farmers are very satisfied; the individual user interface that Feedstation provides gives them full control."

However, it's a long way from Scotland to Norway. Norwegian aquaculture is the most modern and advanced in the world; it requires equipment of high quality. The sector is very transparent and fish farmers are good about talking among themselves.” "Then we must establish evidence in Norway. We are therefore very pleased that we achieved this - in what must be one of the locations with the toughest climate conditions in Finnmark," says Siggevåg.

Convincing others Karl Petter Myklebust says that the team that has been put together for camera, sensometrics and remote control have fine-tuned the software to accept data from several different sensors. "We have weeded out inadequate cabinets, cameras, procedures and other components. Lately we have also put in place the digitisation of our cameras, which provides many exciting opportunities for the future, among others, to transfer camera images via fibre cable for those who want it. I'm looking forward to demonstrating this to more customers," smiles Myklebust.

Excellent cameras and skilled people Ocea uses pan-tilt cameras developed by Precision in Scotland. These have been tested over several years by fish farmers in the UK: Ocea makes use of in-house software that is integrated in Feed-station as control. Ocea's camera team has had excellent support with expertise from Steve Davis at Precision, who has a background in the ROV environment in the offshore sector, and Malvinus in Gong from MP Teknik in the Faroe Islands, who has worked with practical camera and automation challenges for aquaculture over a number of years.

"We are now back on track and the customer need not be afraid of purchasing cameras or sensometrics from Ocea any longer," says Myklebust. He stresses that the rapid and excellent results have their background in expertise and human factors. Raymond Horne, Service manager, and Frode Nekkøy, Service engineer, with support from Malvinus and Steve, are responsible for Ocea’s integrated solution now being of interest to most fish farmers.

The camera team at Ocea has received excellent help from Malvinus in Gong from MP Teknik in the Faroe Islands and Steve Davis at precision.

Feedstation is the centre point – With camera, sensometrics and iPad at the edge of the cage "Today's Feedstation edition is built specially with a goal to collect all the information the technician needs to feed the fish, and in this way make it as easy as possible to achieve good results.

The Feedstation no longer "just" governs the feeding machinery. Expansions with sensors, cameras and remote controls make it a centre point for collection of all necessary data. Data that can be used to better understand the challenges of a specific location, or advantages and disadvantages of a specific feeding regime, in addition to taking care of data for silo contents, feeding and similar.

A bumpy road "It has been some years since we first began to work with a wholly integrated solution and the road has been bumpy," says Myklebust. "We have tested camera solutions that have proven to be inadequate and we have had to stop sales of the sensors that we had done so much to develop. We've learned from this.

When Ocea sells a product, it must be something we can be proud of and the customers will know performs as it should.

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Common expertise is the key to

yellow succe You can't avoid seeing the bright yellow boats, which are in shuttle traffic between assignments. The boats are the distinctive mark of the founder, Per-Kåre Navekvien and General manager Jon Sindre Kragset. Ocea has delivered 5 identical boats of this type in under 12 months.

From hobby to a business gazelle It all started as a hobby for the founder, Navekvien. The Dykkerservice Group, which comprises West Dykkerservice, Møre Dykkerservice and Sunnfjord Dykkerservice, today has 90 employees with departments in Sunnfjord and Ørsta in addition to at the head office in Måløy.

Dag Sindre Kragset, the General manager, can tell of major orders for fish farms from Sognefjord to Aukra. The fish farms make more and more use of the yellow catamarans and their crew, for both changing nets and treatments for lice.

"Long experience and new technical equipment have made the company able to accept increasingly new work fields and markets, and we are continually developing," says Kragset. West Dykkerservice was a gazelle company in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Millions invested West Dykkerservice is continually growing

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OCEA'S OWN WORK BOATS Ocea has produced a total of about 40 work boats over the past five years. Most of the boats are made of steel, however lately Ocea has successfully produced boats in aluminium. The work boats are distinguished among other ways by their high quality, long service life excellent performance and speed. The boats are adapted to the conditions they will meet and the use they are meant for. The boats are equipped according to the shipowners’ wishes and we ensure that all equipment has its natural and carefully considered placement. Ocea delivers catamarans in steel and aluminium from 13.5 m to 14.95 m in length.

and there will be more and more yellow boats "We invested NOK 60 million in 3 new boats in 2012 and now there are 2 new boats in the pipeline. These 5 boats are developed in close collaboration with Ocea, who is responsible for project manage-ment. The boats are built in Poland, and the Project manager, Kjetil Berge at Ocea and John Sindre Kragset at Dykkerservice travel every 14 days together to the shipyard in Poland. "Our common expertise and experience is icing on the cake in such a project," says Kragset. "We are constantly finding new and better solutions, while Ocea takes care of the more technical sides of the boat construction.

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FACTS ABOUT THE BOATS Dykkerservice 6 is one of the newest boats in the Dykkerservice Group. The boat is primarily used within the aquaculture industry as a service boat for mooring, changing nets and so forth. With their excellent crane capacity and large winch, it can take on many other assignments as well. There is 80 m2 of deck space, which can be used to transport large objects.

The boat has accommodation facilities for six persons aboard. Ocea has delivered 5 such boats to West Dykkerservice in 2012 and 2013.

Dykkerservice 6 is owned by Sunnfjord Dykkerservice c/o Eivind Lervik, a subsidiary of West Dykkerservice. The boats are designed

by Edgar Kvernevik in collaboration with the Dykkerservice Group. Ocea was responsible for construction and project management for the 5 boats.

Unique boats and equipment The boats or catamarans built by Ocea are in a class of their own when compared to equivalent boats of the same size. The main reason for this is over 20 years of experience. "We see what we need for the job," says Kragset and tells us the boats have ballast tanks that can be filled so that the boats are sunk right down into the "tunnel" in the hull, thereby becoming extremely stable, for example, for crane work. In addition, the newest models are equipped with multi-ray equipment that makes it possible to obtain 3D images of the seabed in a 100 metre radius out from the boat. This is very useful when handling anchors in connection with laying cable.

"We get three dimensional drawings of the seabed, while we also are able to map seabed conditions in relation to hardness, type of bed and more.

Kragset emphasises that it is the long experience in practical work that West Dykkerservice and Ocea have that make the boats so unique. The equipment and handling of anchors are a good example.

Our small catamarans have an anchor handling equal to the large offshore boats with respect to risk," says a contented General manager.

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Yellow multi-boats West Dykkerservice has 11 yellow catamaran boats in its fleet. 11 boats that are continually developed and which are given constantly new assignments. "The boats are equipped with powerful motors, winches and cranes that make them well-suited to handling anchors, changing nets and various service work. The latest addition to our service portfolio is the laying of fibre cables on the seabed."

Kragset tells us that the first fibre cable they laid was from Stryn to Selje, and after this they have had a similar assignment in Boknafjord and north of Stad.

KJETIL BERGE

The connection

between shipyard and customer Kjetil Berge is a technical inspector at Ocea and therefore has the role of ‘link’ between shipyard and customer.

He comes from the active aquaculture sector in Austevoll and has worked with work boats since 1964 "The work is as exciting today as it was almost 30 years ago, and no workday is the same," smiles the satisfied inspector.

Berge says that, on average, he is responsible for 5-6 new constructions a year, of different sizes and equipment "Ocean delivers work boats to fish farmers in the entire North Sea area, and has major customers in the UK, the Shetland Islands and the Faroe Islands in addition to along the Norwegian coast.

"In most cases, I follow the boat from the first ideas and sketches on paper to completion and hand-over. We are a small and efficient organisation, with a team that functions well together.

Our customers profit from this." Berge says that the main focus is on supplying quality and being flexible. "Our customers often have a great deal of experience and know where the shoe pinches with respect to work boats."

Berge and his staff strive to give the customers what they want.

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Quality

Over 30 years Tommy Larsen takes the trip from Ocea's department at Skodje in Sunnmøre to Værland in Sunnfjord to greet one of his most loyal collaborative partners over the past 30 years. Ingvar Landøy at Landøy Fiskeoppdrett is one of the pioneers of Norwegian fish farming and he is still going strong.

Ingvar and his brother Jarle started small in 1982 - today the family enterprise has 3 concessions furthest out towards the sea in Askvoll municipality. Ingvar's three sons, Helge, Roar and Kjell, have grown up on and around fishfarming sites and are actively involved in the company. Tommy Larsen has been an important partner since the beginning, and is warmly welcomed at the Ånnaholmane location in Værland. Talk turns quickly to various technical challenges and solutions.

"Landøy Fiskeoppdrett was one of the first customers we delivered Viking/Nordic facilities to early in the 1980s and they Landøy Fiskeoppdrett is a family enterprise.

Here is the senior member, Ingvar Landøy, flanked by his sons, Roar and Helge.

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Tommy Larsen is Ocea's man with respect to boats and cages. He has over 30 years’ experience in the sector and has followed Landøy Fiskeoppdrett since its beginning. Tommy has excellent knowledge of the challenges that comes with the tough climate at the exposed outermost part of the fjord.

received the latest from us in 2012," says Larsen, who has been in the sector just as long as Landøy.

Solution-oriented Landøyfisk Jr., the boat that lies moored at the location was also supplied by Ocea and it's not long before Tommy is led down into the machine to study a technical detail. "These fellows are easy to work with," says Larsen. "They are more concerned about solutions than problems." Back at the office in Skodje he has brought with him some good stories and useful input for possible improvements, which may make the next boat he delivers even better.

Exposed and unsheltered Værland demands quality "It is exposed and unsheltered in Værland and we focus on quality," say the fish farmers, who have the legendary landmark Alden and the North Sea as closest neighbors. "Steel and concrete is solid, safe easy to work with, and requires little maintenance. We have run with the same concept over 30 years, and we know what works here.

Photo: Anita Øygard, A til Å / Ocea

Torsion couplings that link the steel cages together are an important detail in the cages from Ocea." Tommy Larsen says that the patented connections are unique and provide a solid, silent connection point between the cages. Landøy Fiskeoppdrett is proof that steel cages and couplings bear the longterm brunt. Ocea has delivered about 2000 Viking/Nordic cages since 1983. There has been a change in trends in Norway, where plastic cages are taking over from steel cages. In Chile on the other hand, the demand for Ocea's steel cages is increasing.

The patented torsion couplings give a solid and silent connection point

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Information systems

that communicate with everything

Ocea's software team consists of experienced developers, testers and project managers. The department is divided among four locations in three different countries. The main location for the development team is in Florø, where Ocea Mercatus have always been located. Last year, all software development in the Ocea Group was gathered into one team under a common management.

"We have pure software products like the well-known Mercatus products Aqua Farmer, Future, Finance and AquaVet," says Per Christian Engdal, Head of development. "Now we have also taken over the responsibility for developing information systems for our production systems.”

Engdal emphasizes the value of having the team gathered together. "It is easier to cooperate across product types, and customers have already begun to notice that Ocea products are made to be able to "talk together".

Automatic data flow "We want Ocea's customers to have the simplest possible work conditions. The total solution must be user-friendly, not just locally, but for the entire enterprise. Therefore, we have worked hard to automatically be able to send data from the location to Aqua Farmer. This makes it possible to use the large database of registrations in Aqua Farmer for analyses and improvement work. The Mercatus portfolio has been tightly integrated for a number of years.

By automating data capture from the loca-

tions, we expand the opportunities available to understand the location's characteristics, or the development of biomass for the entire ponding. This is especially visible when using sensors and Ocea FeedProfiler.

The objective is to ensure easy data flow from a sensor in the cage to storage in Aqua Farmer so that it may be used for planning in AquaFuture, for economic information and for decision bases via AquaFinance.

On-going projects

- Hopper control in Feedstation

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"To an increasing degree, we see our customers want to optimise their feeding regimes, especially for smaller fish where feeding and dosing in all tubs at the same time is desirable," says Frode Nekkøy, Project manager for integrated feeding technology. "Therefore we are working to integrate control of dispensers together with the central feeding facilities. This will provide complete control of feeding - for both small and large fish. Automated control will use the well-known Feedstation principles - feeding profiles with intensity curves, activity factor adjustments and control of individual or grouped dispens-

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Better operations with simple, efficient planning - Next generation Aqua Future

Meal times minute for minute “In addition to transferring environmental data, the detail data about meal times is one of the things that customers will be more focused on in future," says Frode Nekkøy, Project manager for integrated feeding technology. "We call it Feed-profiler." Feedstation can automatically send data from the location to Aqua Farmer and to Ocea Live. Ocea sees that this will open a whole new world of possibilities for details and analysis of data. "What about being able to compare meal times minute

for minute for an entire ponding at all locations in the region? What about being able to see these data in relation to oxygen conditions for each individual location - or for each individual cage? We know that these data provide invaluable information that can be used for improvements in many areas," says Nekkøy. Small improvements can result in enormous value for locations and enterprises - and Ocea delivers the data needed in a flexible and understandable way.

Good and effective biological planning can be an important condition for an efficient and profitable operation. Aqua Future has for many years been the leading tool for biological planning in the aqua-culture sector.

Budgeted production data, compared with current, updated production figures from your production system, provide you with a good overview and predictability in the basis of figures according to which you operate.

Over the last year, Ocea, collaborating closely with our customers, has implemented a major modernisation and created the next generation of Aqua Future. The result is a tool with even simpler user interfaces, combined with good access to historical production data during planning.

Instruments such as the extensive use of visualisation and rapid response in the case of consequences of changed feeding conditions give the planner an effective tool for even more precise plans.

ers. "A simple, user-friendly workday for fish farmers with one work surface from which the entire facility is controlled central feeding, dispensers, cameras and sensomatics - is our focus," says Nekkøy.

Integrated solutions under development In addition to being an integrated part of the central feeding facility, automated control could be run as a separate product without central feeding. If you already have central feeding and want an integrated solution, parts of the facility will be able to be used to fill the dispensers if this is desirable. "The R&D environments in Florø and Bergen, and the production department at Austevoll are working closely to complete a good solution," promises the project manager.

We are currently installing the first delivery of Ocea Hopper Control.

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Both photos: Runar Andersen at Maritimt Magasin

Geir Arne Albertson, Head of Water Engineering and founder and the entrepreneur, Magnar Støylen, at Ocea Aquaservice show Håvard Bjørndal from the shipping company Sølvtrans how the Aquatrans system performs.

World class

Filters "Like a fish in water" is a well-known expression, and increasingly more stringent requirements are being made for the water in which fish both live and are transported. Water quality and the handling of fish during moving and transport into the facility or from cages via wellboats to slaughter shall be optimal. At Straumgjerde, Ocea has found the formula to ensure the quality of fish and water - both on land and at sea.

Per Anton Støylen, Sales manager, can refer to systems that remove particles, salmon lice and lice eggs in addition to ensuring gentle transport. The filters that are developed at Straumgjerde will be installed on board well-boats and at fish farms.

Water quality is the alpha & omega It may be a short distance between success and catastrophe; the quality of the water in which fish live is a vulnerable and decisive factor. Water quality has received increasingly greater attention by authorities as well as in R&D environments and from the fish farmers themselves. Magnar Støylen, founder and concept developer at Ocea Aquaservice has taken this seriously and found a unique solution to it.

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conditions and optimal economics for the fish farmer," says Støylen.

"Water quality is the alpha and omega in this sector.

Technology that takes care of the fish Our new self-cleaning particle filter is the result of long exper-ience and excellent collaboration," says the Sales manager at Sykkylven. The particle filter was developed in close cooperation with the industry over 25 years, and it isn't coincidental that today this filter is being installed on just about every well-boat.. The cleaning system together with the new, advanced three-way valves ensure the fish a future-oriented transport that meets all requirements for cleanliness and care.

Innovative concept creators "The filters that Ocea delivers to both well-boats and major tank facilities are

very reliable," emphasises Geir Arne Albertsen, Head of Water engineering in the Ocea department at Sykkylven. He explains that they filter down to 20 microns and can handle more than 3000 cubic meters of water per hour.

"It's genuine interest and close collaboration with the industry that makes the department at Sykkylven able to continually come up with excellent product development ideas," says Albertsen.

Careful

transport system Ocea has developed the fish transport-ation valve, Aquatrans, for careful transport of fish. "There are no sharp edges or dead ends and both the fish and the flow of water may be directed in 6 different directions." Støylen says that this system is now being used in hatcheries and extensively on modern well-boats.

The transportation system is so flexible that only one transport pipe is needed throughout the entire facility and the entire transport route can be easily cleaned and disinfected.

Direct from tubs to boats Aquatrans makes it possible to deliver smolt from any tub at the hatchery directly out to the edge of the quay and on board

the well-boat. "It's both rational and careful," says Støylen at Ocea Aquaservice. He points to Vartdal Fiskeoppdrett as a good example where internal transport has been considerably improved. No injuries have been recorded for the fish and handling has become much simpler because the entire system for transportation, sorting and delivery is always ready to be used. The well-boat owner Sølvtrans also

has excellent experience with Aquatrans.

For the moment, they have a new boat on the slip which of course will have the multi-selection Aquatrans valve on board.

The system is the only one without dead ends or impasses, which makes it easy and secure with respect to cleaning and emptying. "Besides, PE plastic lasts almost forever in seawater," says the sales manager for the successful valve. www.ocea.no

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updated knowledge Since October 2011, Ocea has had its own employee focus on training and skills development for customers and the company's employees.

The Icelander Bjorgolfur Havardsson ensures that people are kept professionally up-to-date.

The aquaculture industry is in incredible development and employee skills must be developed in pace with this. “Even I use a large part of my day to update myself on relevant themes," says Havardsson.

"Actually I am fascinated by how many interesting fields have become relevant for us in the industry. Biology, mechanics, oceanography, economics, safety and not least IT." Feedstation in focus Bjorgolfur Havardsson travels throughout the country to provide seminars for fish farmers and other customers. "We tailor our courses depending on interests and the customer's focus. I have had from 3 to 25 participants in sessions, which focus primarily on the Feedstation system." It is important that fish farmers can make use of the many opportunities that lie in the 18

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integrated data and mechanical system, to get the most out of the system itself, the fish and the feed.

"Such a feeding facility is robust and reliable, but as with a Formula 1 car, it is very important to take care of the systems - so they perform at peak level, are stable over time and deliver the maximum right up to the finish line. Therefore, maintenance, and the technical aspects of operating the facility are important themes."

Discussions provide knowledge "Although Feedstation is the main theme in the courses, we always address other topics as well," tells Havardsson. The fish farmers usually want an hour or two on a specific topic. "It can be fish behaviour, feeding, light, industrial policies, oceanography or the quality of smolt. This al-

ways sparks lively discussions with many opinions. It is educational for both the course participants and us at Ocea. It is, after all, the fish farmers who know what the issues are. It all happens out there," says a smiling Havardsson.

Internal expertise is our strength Refreshing and maintaining skills and expertise are a natural part of human resource development in a company, believes Bjorgolfur, who answers to the nickname Bøggi [Buggy] at Ocea. "Once a month we will send out newsletters intern-ally, to arm people with new knowledge. Topics can as easily touch on a legal aspect as an aspect of biology." Bøggi also arranges technician gatherings internally in Ocea. Systems become more and more sophisticated and internal training must of course keep up with this.

“Courses for both customers and Ocea employees are very popular,” says the course supervisor.

"Simultaneously, course participants return the favour by giving us good tips, something that we find very valuable." Bøggi has a background as a fish biologist and has worked in aqua-culture for 25 years. "There are many extremely nice people in the industry," he says, and emphasises that he always leaves these meetings a wiser man. - If you need a course, contact Bøggi.

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Trond Thorsen (middle) in dialog with Raymond Horne and a Scottish customer.

An important man in our international sales is Trond Thorsen. He has been part of the aquaculture industry since 1982 and is still going strong.

The importance of experience He is based in Sortland in the north of Norway but serves the world as Sales Manager in Ocea. Along with our partners he is involved in all sales outside of Norway except North and South America. A daunting task perhaps, but Trond takes it in the stride. Barges and Feeding systems is his specialty, and he has been involved in countless startups and upgrades of sites all over the world. The knowledge is something the customers appreciate and everybody that has done business with Trond knows he never makes a promise unless he is absolutely sure he can keep

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it! A lot of his work is done alongside our partner Catvis. Catvis is our most important partner in central Europa. For Ocea they bring local presence in central Europe and the Mediterranean area and have been an integral part in Ocea’s many deliveries to aquaculture sites around the Mediterranean. All sales in South and North America is handled by our subsidiary Ocea Americas, located in Puero Mont in Chile.

Another very important partner is MP Teknik in the Faroes. We work closely with

MP Teknik to serve the market in The Faroes. MP Teknik has been a vendor of nautical equipment and marine electronics to the aquaculture and Marine industry in the Faroes since 2004. Their skill end expertise has also made them a natural partner for Ocea in parts of our product development. They have among other things provided invaluable input in the recent digitalization of our camera systems. MP Teknik is certified in Ocea FeedStation and most of their personnel have received Ocea Service education and are fully capable of servicing all Ocea equipment.

A day in the life Adam Bialecki is Ocea’s Lead Engineer UK and UK Coordinator. He is responsible for service and market activities in Scotland and Ireland.

Adams usual day starts early. To be on site when the farmers get there he often needs to start around 3am, that is, if he actually manages to get home the night before. Adam is nothing if not flexible, he always packs a sleeping bag and an inflatable mattress when travelling, especially around holiday seasons it can be hard to get hotel accommodation. The regular destination is the Hebrides via Orkney.

During his workday he makes sure to fill any dead-time or time spent on ferries with follow ups by phone and email correspondence. Most issues a cleared by phone, but now and again the issue at hand requires a visit. Despite a full calendar Adam mostly manages to make the visit already the day after the customer request.

Despite the long hours and the extensive traveling Adam truly enjoys his work.

Hands on work and practical problem solving comes naturally for the for Ocea lead engineer in UK. His engineering degree in industrial machinery gives him an advantage, as does his years of experience from various parts of the aquaculture industry.

There is a lot of Ocea equipment in daily use in the UK, and the customers require regular attention. Adam tells us that the fish farmers in the UK are flexible and always willing to lend a hand when he is on site. He is also backed up by the Ocea team based in Norway, they are regularly over to assist Adam and to help out in larger projects. “I have great support in my Norwegian colleagues” says Adam, “there are lots of experienced people in Ocea and along the continuous product development and improvement done in Norway it translates into satisfied customers” Adam will soon be joined by more local Ocea employees. “We have bold plans” he says,”we are going to expand in Scotland and Ireland, and who knows where else.

We are currently building a support team of engineers located in the west of Scotland, more precisely in Oban. From there we can reach the west coast easily, and the infrastructure makes it a great hub for accsess to all islands surrounding Scotland.

Ocea UK has great potential with great products tried and tested in the Norwe-

gian and the rest of the world for years, I am happy to be part of it and look forward to making further progress in Scotland and Ireland.

Support With so many Ocea installations around the world there is bound to be a number of incoming requests for support and assistance.

A stoppage can be a very expensive experience, and immediate support is becoming more sought after by our customers.

Our support system ensures a safety for our customers that they will be helped when they need it most and that there always are experienced technicians ready to handle their questions.

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