World Fishing & Aquaculture June 2020

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EXPORTING EUROPE’S ENVIRONMENTAL DEBT

NEW HORIZONS

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AQUACULTURE

The EU Commission’s new biodiversity strategy is sending shockwaves through the European fishing industry, and no crystal ball is needed to see why the industry is alarmed. The Commission’s blueprint for the future is seen as a wholesale handover of fishing grounds to the energy and leisure sectors, at the direct expense of fishing.

“It wants to ban fishing in 10% of waters and limit activity in 30%, as well as a ban on bottom trawling,” said Javier Garat, president of European industry body Europêche.

“This is without acknowledging all the efforts and achievements in fisheries management in recent years. Instead of putting effort into improved management where needed, the policy is a ban.

8 Is this where the Biodiversity Strategy will lead? Proposals have been slammed as greenwash by the industry, which fears far-reaching socio-economic consequence

What will be the consequences? More destruction of companies, jobs, wealth and greater dependence on imports from third countries that have standards far below those of the EU.” He points out that fishing has been singled out here, as while the industry is set binding targets, high carbon-footprint sectors such as oil, gas, dredging, aquaculture and shipping do not even merit a mention.

“This is discriminatory treatment and windowdressing, since the Commission is trying to greenwash its own image through fisheries restrictions,’ he said.

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8 The White House’s executive order promises to facilitate the growth of aquaculture in US waters

Concerning US aquaculture, the White House’s executive order defines five different action categories intended to removing barriers to permits, establishing opportunity areas, improving regulatory transparency, updating the National Aquaculture Development Plan, and promoting aquatic animal health. Each of these categories has specific time frame requirements.

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NEWBUILD

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WHITE HOUSE SHAKES UP US SEAFOOD The White House’s ‘Executive Order on Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth’ has been welcomed in some quarters and is seen in others as a potential disaster as it sets the stage for a radical shake-up of the US seafood sector as a whole.

The new order seeks to remove what are termed “outdated and unnecessarily burdensome” regulations, while boosting efforts to combat IUU fishing, improving the transparency and efficiency of environmental reviews – and a renewed focus on long-term strategic planning to facilitate aquaculture projects.

Regional Fishery Management Councils are required to submit prioritised recommended actions to the Secretary of Commerce within 180 days of the order that will reduce burdens on domestic fishing and to increase production within sustainable fisheries, with proposals for initiating each action within one year.

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Think again

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This is a policy that will ensure that far more of the fish on European plates will come from anywhere but its own responsible fisheries

Somehow it feels like we’ve been here before. The words “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you” have never sounded less convincing than they do right now.

After the brutal rounds of decommissioning in the final decade of the last century, numerous clunky recovery plans and the heavy-handed fiasco of the discard ban, it’s practically impossible to imagine that anyone inside the fishing industry is going to take seriously the EU Commission’s claims of how wonderful its new biodiversity strategy is going to be.

Understandably, there are plenty of holes and unanswered questions around this extensive policy that the industry sees as being designed to slash fisheries still further, handing even more fishing areas over to the energy sector on a silver platter, while closing swathes of fishing grounds for apparently no good reason other than to placate aggressive NGOs. Unelected and essentially unaccountable lobby groups have for years become increasingly influential in Brussels, with the apparently endless wealth of their backers enabling them to steer the course of policy on fisheries – as the discard ban demonstrated.

Considering the European Union prides itself on its democratic principles, this insidious chipping away at a fundamental food industry for whatever reasons (remember, these charitable trusts have no obligation to be accountable to anyone other than themselves) makes a mockery of both democracy and the oft-touted principle of best available science – which is routinely sidelined, ignored or simply discredited when facts don’t line up with the preferred narrative.

It seems a very old-fashioned attitude in this post-truth world of fake news and alternative facts, but those of us who cling onto a forlorn belief in democracy can hope that the European Parliament will this time take an objective look at these proposals and tell the Commission that it needs to think again.

You have to ask why the Commission is even contemplating curtailing European fisheries still further. Europe’s demand for seafood continues to grow, and this is a policy that will ensure that far more of the fish on European plates will come from anywhere but its own responsible fisheries.

After the last couple of painful, angry decades turning European fishing into the largely well-run, sustainable industry it is today, and with the background of a global pandemic and serious questions of food security, anyone would imagine that it would make better sense to set an example of how to nurture and support a revitalised fishing industry, rather than chopping it off at the knees.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

BRIEFS Salmon investors at risk, says think tank

FAIRTRADE TUNA FISHERY GETS MSC RECOGNITION

Salmon production is fast approaching the practical physical limits permitted by current coastal farming methods, putting investors at risk, says non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker.

MarinTrust helps Panama fishery improve Fishery managers at a Panama small pelagics fishery are working on a series of improvement milestones to enable their processing plant to achieve full MarinTrust certification.

New DG at Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE)

The European Commission has appointed Charlina Vitcheva as Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE).

Carr & Sons Seafood acquires Nolan brand Award-winning Irish seafood producer Carr & Sons Seafood, based at Killala in Co Mayo has acquired HJ Nolan Seafood, Dublin, effective from March 2020.

Mariculture in Alaska workshop

NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have hosted a workshop to help realise the goal of developing a US$100 million mariculture industry in Alaska within the next 20 years.

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A small-scale hook-and-line tuna fishery in Indonesia operating with small one- or two-man boats has successfully demonstrated its sustainability to the globally recognised standard set by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

The North Buru and Maluku Fair Trade Fishing Association tuna fishery is the first handline yellowfin tuna fishery in the world and the second in Indonesia to be certified to the MSC Fisheries Standard.

The fishery in Buru, Maluku Province has been in a Fishery Improvement Project since April 2013. It was certified under the FairTrade USA Capture Fisheries Standard in October

8 This is the first handline yellowfin tuna fishery to be certified to the MSC Fisheries Standard

2014. The Buru handline tuna fishery consists of 123 fishermen who are organised in nine FairTrade associations.

“We’re extremely proud of seeing the first Indonesian handline yellowfin tuna fishery meet the highest standard for sustainability,” said Indonesia’s Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo.

“We congratulate Indonesia Handline Yellowfin tuna fishery and their partners for becoming MSC certified,” commented MSC Asia Pacific Director Patrick Caleo.

“They are demonstrating true

NEW LONGLINER FOR NORWEGIAN COMPANY The largest dedicated longliner in the North Atlantic region, the new Geir has been delivered by Vaagland Båtbyggeri and christened in its home port of Ålesund.

Built for HP Holmeset, Geir is a Skipsteknisk ST-156XL design and at 63 metres LOA and with a 13.50 metre beam, it is the largest dedicated longliner in the North Atlantic.

Geir hauls its gear through a moonpool to supply the onboard factory deck designed to produce top-quality cod and haddock for the top of the market.

Designed in close co-operation with the owners, Skipsteknisk’s design team came up with a vessel that has the lowest possible carbon footprint and the

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Salmon Group is set to source locally-produced protein produced by Metapod from insect meal, which provides an alternative to usual soya and fishmeal feeds.

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Metapod aims to square the feed circle

leadership in sustainable fishing.

To maintain their certification, the fishery will need to work with other fishing organisations and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission to agree to important management measures to safeguard yellowfin tuna stocks.”

The customary fisheries management system created through the FairTrade associations helped to meet the MSC Standard requirements and shows how FairTrade can be an effective way for small-scale fisheries to achieve MSC certification.

Yayasan Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia (MDPI), an independent foundation focused on achieving responsible and sustainable fisheries activities, has supported the fishery and provided support to local community development, environment projects, safety-atsea training and fisheries management capacity building.

“The journey towards MSC certification has been a true collaboration between all parties of the client group as well as Yayasan Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia and MMAF both provincially and nationally,” said Blane Olson from Anova Food LLC.

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Accommodation is for a crew of 22.

Geir is latest in a long series of

8 Geir’s godmother Helen Holmeset christened the new longliner in Ålesund

longliners to carry the name, and the third for the company to be designed by Skipsteknisk.

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DESPITE BAN, TRAWLERS TO JOIN GHANAIAN FLEET

Three trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and have been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite the country’s moratorium on adding more fishing vessels to the fleet. The Ghanaian government’s own Fisheries Management Plan states that 48 trawlers are the most that the fishery can sustain, yet 76 trawlers were licensed at the end of 2019.

According to EJF, the three trawlers were built in China in 2016, and were under the Chinese flag before arriving in Ghana. Yu Feng 1, Yu Feng 2 and Yu Feng 3 are currently alongside in Tema, registered under the Ghanaian flag and awaiting licensing by the Fisheries Commission.

In 2018 EJF revealed that overseas companies, overwhelmingly Chinese, operate through Ghanaian front companies to flag vessels onto the Ghanaian registry and obtain fishing licences. According to EJF, the majority of the trawler fleet is linked to Chinese ownership – despite a prohibition on foreign ownership in Ghana’s industrial trawl sector, set out clearly in Ghana’s 2002 Fisheries Act. Ghana’s National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) has written an open letter to the Fisheries Commission opposing any decision to grant these vessels licences to fish in Ghana’s waters.

“We are firmly opposed to any decision to issue these newly arrived vessels with licenses to fish in Ghana’s waters,” states the GNCFC. “Not only is there a government moratorium on fishing licences for

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8 Three Chinese fishing vessels are waiting to join Ghana’s fleet – in defiance of a prohibition on new tonnage

new or replacement trawl vessels, in force since 2012, but overfishing and the destructive illegal practices of many trawlers are having a devastating impact on fish populations in Ghana and livelihoods of coastal communities.”

Although the Fisheries Management Plan – which is currently under review – states that the marine fisheries can sustain 48 trawlers, this may well be an overestimate since it does not account for the fish taken illegally.

“The country is already confronted with major challenges in controlling the vessels that have existing licenses in Ghana. We continue to see large quantities of fish landed by saiko canoes at Elmina fishing harbour, even after government and industry committed to end the practice last November,” states the GNCFC. The saiko trade – in which trawlers illegally target the main catch of canoe fishermen, transfer it at sea to specially adapted boats, and sell the stolen fish back to local communities – took an estimated 100,000 tonnes of fish in 2017.

This means that just 40% of catches were caught legally and reported to the government in that year. Therefore EJF estimates that the reality could be that just 24-25 trawlers may be the most the fisheries can support, and this is an issue requiring urgent scientific re-assessment.

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INSIGHT

The future of fishing

CAN TRUMP MAKE A BIGGER FISH OUT OF AMERICA? In terms of consumer demand, the United States is one of the most important seafood markets in the world, with a per capita consumption of fish and shellfish that has now reached a level of 16.1 pounds or around 7.3 kg. As positive as this trend is, it’s also recognised that only a small fraction of the products eaten in the market of some 326 million people are actually the result of domestic fisheries or aquaculture operations.

According to the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) analysis, US commercial capture landings in 2018 amounted to 9.4 billion pounds or 4.3 million tonnes valued at US$ 5.6 billion, and the nation’s aquaculture sector provided a further 626 million pounds (283,948 tonnes) of seafood products worth around US$ 1.5 billion. Factoring in a huge and increasing import trade and more modest and declining exports, of 6.1 billion pounds (2.8 million tonnes) and 2.9 billion pounds (1.3 million tonnes) respectively, the US supply of edible seafood that year was 12.8 billion pounds or 5.8 million tonnes.

Insisting that America needs a healthy and competitive seafood industry; one that can create jobs, food and economic wealth, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on 7th May that seeks to increase the country’s seafood production by enhancing multiple aspects of the catching sector and by laying out instructions designed to take US aquaculture to another level.

At the same time, the availability of US$ 300 million to support fishermen and related businesses hurt by the Covid-19 coronavirus was announced.

REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH Identifying that more than 85% of the seafood consumed in the US is imported and also that China’s aquaculture industry is producing 100 times more seafood in volume terms, the White House’s ‘Executive Order on Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth’ maintains that more effective permitting related to offshore aquaculture and additional streamlining of fishery regulations have the potential to “revolutionise American seafood production, enhance rural prosperity, and improve the quality of American lives”.

Moving forward, the new order is looking to remove “outdated and unnecessarily burdensome” regulations; strengthen efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; improve the transparency and efficiency of environmental reviews; and last but not least, renew the nation’s focus on long-term strategic planning to facilitate aquaculture projects.

To remove barriers to commercial fishing, each Regional Fishery Management Council (RFMC) is required to submit a prioritised list of recommended actions to the Secretary of Commerce within 180 days of the order that will reduce burdens on domestic fishing and to increase production within sustainable fisheries. The councils also need to include a proposal for initiating each action within one year. These actions must remain consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Through its new executive order, the White House is seeking to propel the nation’s seafood sector into the big league, writes Jason Holland

NEW FARMING LOCATIONS With regards to US aquaculture, which is currently ranked at just 17th in the world, the executive order defines five different action categories: Removing barriers to permits; establishing opportunity areas; improving regulatory transparency; updating the National Aquaculture Development Plan; and promoting aquatic animal health. Each of these has specific time frame requirements.

Most of these areas are self-explanatory, but there’s value in highlighting that any revisions to the aquaculture plan will seek to strengthen the nation’s domestic production and improve the efficiency and predictability of the permit processes.

The creation of aquaculture opportunity areas, meanwhile, tasks multiple federal agencies and officials, the RFMCs and state governments with identifying “at least two geographic areas containing locations suitable for commercial aquaculture” within a year. Furthermore, within two years of identifying those areas, the relevant agencies must have completed environmental impact statements (EIS) for those areas. Then, in the following four years, two more suitable locations for aquaculture must be identified.

To support efforts in both the wild-catch and aquaculture sectors, the executive order also calls for a new Interagency Seafood Trade Task Force to be established that will in turn create a “comprehensive interagency seafood trade strategy” that identifies opportunities to improve access to foreign markets through trade policy and negotiations. It’s also required to resolve technical barriers to US seafood exports, and to support fair market access for the country’s seafood products.

8 The new Executive Order is looking to remove “outdated and unnecessarily burdensome” regulations

INDUSTRY SUPPORT Not surprisingly, the executive order has been broadly welcomed by many in the US seafood sector, with several statements of support issued. Among the first to voice approval, industry coalition Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS)

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hailed it as an important step towards improving the competitiveness of the US seafood supply chain.

SATS president and vice-president of corporate sustainability and government affairs at High Liner Foods, Bill DiMento, said, “It provides regulatory reform to maximise commercial fishing while also enabling producers to revolutionise American seafood production through sustainable offshore aquaculture.

Combined, these measures will strengthen our coastal and agricultural communities and create thousands of jobs.”

DiMento added, “The United States has the technology, the skilled work force, the coastal infrastructure, and the growing market for healthy farmed seafood. Our country needs economic stimulus – not just in terms of immediate cash assistance, but also in the form of new job opportunities. Why not put Americans back to work in an emerging industry like aquaculture at a time when it is needed most?”

Meanwhile, Glenn Cooke, CEO of the Cooke family of companies, which collectively farm fish and shellfish and participate in wild fisheries across the country, is delighted that the regulatory challenges will be addressed and also that a nationwide permit authorising aquaculture activity in federal marine waters is to be implemented.

“I am very pleased President Trump has recognised that domestic farmed production of aquaculture seafood is vital to help correct the severe trade imbalance and strengthen local food security. This should be viewed as a call to state and local governments that the country is in dire need of domestically produced seafood protein and that they should find ways to support, promote, and expand this essential food sector as other countries have,” Cooke said.

CONCERNED PARTIES At the same time, some environmentalists and fishing groups are less enamoured with the package, aiming particular criticism at its aquaculture ambitions as well as the timing of the order – launched as the country contends with the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

“Instead of supporting the corporate takeover of our oceans while they hope we aren’t paying attention, the President should be focusing on providing immediate support to fishermen and small businesses suffering from the financial impacts of the pandemic,” said Rosanna Marie Neil, policy counsel for Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and a member of the Don’t Cage Our Ocean Coalition.

Marianne Cufone, an environmental attorney and director of the Recirculating Farms Coalition, insisted that the government should be strengthening local food security by supporting sustainable seafood, “rather than allowing corporations to pollute the ecosystems”.

Cufone said, “It’s shameful that the President is using the current pandemic to push through dangerous short-cuts to regulatory processes, while communities struggle to stay healthy, pay rent and put food on the table.”

This view was echoed by Hallie Templeton, senior oceans campaigner at Friends of the Earth, who said it was both “outrageous and unethical” for the government to use the current public health crisis “to bolster this polluting industry and its floating factory farms.”

She added, “Now is the time to prioritise our health, security, sustainable food systems, and American farmers and fishermen, not corporations.”

OVERCOMING DEFICITS The US president certainly isn’t alone in his seafood ambitions. The EU – the world’s largest consumer of seafood – has long talked about scaling up domestic production and reducing its heavy reliance on imports to meet the rising

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INSIGHT

market demand. With consumption across the EU28 reaching almost 12.9 million tonnes in 2018, equating to 25.1 kg per capita, some 62.5% of the seafood products eaten by Europeans that year were imported.

With Europe’s capture fisheries only able to supply small additional volumes, aquaculture has long been seen as the route to address the colossal trade imbalance in fisheries and aquaculture products. And yet, despite a wide variety of species and production systems, a strong entrepreneurial base and markets in waiting, the sector has long been in a state of stagnation, producing a very modest 1.4 million tonnes.

8 The White House is adamant that America needs a healthy and competitive seafood industry

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The United States has the technology, the skilled work force, the coastal infrastructure, and the growing market for healthy farmed seafood Like in the US, the main hindrances to aquaculture expansion in Europe are licence-based. Across much of the bloc, the procedure for obtaining a license for a new farm is regarded as highly unpredictable, it’s often costly and can take three to four years to achieve, which in turn is regarded as the biggest deterrent to outside investment.

With previous endeavours to reignite the industry failing to hit the mark, the Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC), which is part-funded by the EU, has been working on and refining recommendations on how to reinvigorate European aquaculture. These are intended to inform the European Commission as it drafts new guidelines for the sector.

AAC’s most recent recommendations, issued in January, include: Securing sustainable growth in aquaculture by optimising licensing procedures; enhancing the competitiveness of EU aquaculture; establishing a level playing field; improving the social acceptability of aquaculture and its products; and improving the integration of aquaculture into the environment.

With the White House’s executive order implementing some tight schedules for action, the global seafood economy will soon see if Trump has indeed administered the shot in the arm that the industry in the States has long been angling for.

It’s also conceivable that it could provide part of the blueprint for other regions to reinvigorate their respective industries, not least EU aquaculture.

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ANALYSIS

NEW POLICY SLAMMED AS GREENWASH With the world’s population expected to top 8.5 billion by 2030, Europêche argues that the Commission’s focus should be on producing more seafood in a sustainable manner rather than further closing traditional fishing areas Europêche President Javier Garat states that this policy will force Europe to import even more from third countries with lower standards.

“In short, this is exporting Europe’s environmental debt to developing countries to pacify the consciences of a few,” he said.

“In light of the trade disruptions created by the COVID-19 crisis, the EU cannot risk further reduction of our fisheries in exchange for more seafood supply from overseas from an environmental, social and food security point of view.”

The proposal to end demersal trawling has alarmed the European industry, considering there are numerous stocks currently exploited sustainably, and for which there is no alternative fishing method. These include sole, megrim, plaice, Greenland halibut, shrimps and nephrops, all of which are fished at MSY levels in European waters.

Europêche argues that, when referring the economic benefits of MPAs, which are largely related to tourism, ocean energy and recreation, the has Commission failed to mention that the economic benefits generated by these sectors have a negative impact on biodiversity, fish stocks and ecosystems.

“The Commission heavily relies on tourism and recreation as the main sources of new jobs and growth, two sectors that are very much struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” commented Europêche managing director Daniel Voces

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We want a real strategy with proportionate, rational and achievable objectives where all industries are treated on an equal footing, not an ill-founded proposal based on stereotypes “Closing off parts of the ocean to fishing is a policy which actually conflicts with fundamental Sustainable Development Goals such as increasing food security and reducing poverty – both of which require the use of the ocean. We are shocked to read that while fishing would be heavily restricted or closed in protected areas, offshore wind farms will be permitted and even prioritised. The Commission already tried in the past to convert the oceans into a mining extraction site and now wants to transform our seas into the new European energy engine.”

He commented that these measures will have severe socio-economic impacts which need to be considered.

“According to the latest scientific figures, in the North East Atlantic there is 50% more fish in the sea in only ten years and overfishing in the EU is at an all-time low,” he said.

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“In addition, almost 100% of the landings from EU-regulated stocks in that area come from catches fished at the MSY levels. It also fails to recognise that fishing has the lowest carbon footprint if compared with other food production industries, since wild-caught seafood does not require being artificially fed, the use of water supply, antibiotics or pesticides.”

Europêche is calling for the European Parliament and Member States to stop the Commission’s policy in its tracks, and to demand a full revision, including the full cost of the policy in terms of impacts by the new users of space, intensification of fishing in even more limited areas, reductions in fishing pressure and food production, the proposal to eliminate trawling without a viable alternative, and impacts on exporting the EU’s environmental debt to developing countries.

“Despite the recovery of the stocks and biodiversity, mitigation of environmental impacts and lower greenhouse emissions, the Commission refuses to acknowledge these achievements and uses fishing as the easy scapegoat to launch its environmental campaign,” Javier Garat said.

“We want a real strategy with proportionate, rational and achievable objectives where all industries are treated on an equal footing, not an ill-founded proposal based on stereotypes. If the strategy is not changed, the Commissioner will fail to live up to his promise not to single out any of the pillars of sustainability – social, economic and environmental – during his mandate.”

8 Europêche President Javier Garat is accusing the EU Commission of ignoring the significant achievements in fisheries and management in recent years

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ANALYSIS

LOOKING FOR A BETTER BALANCE Photo: CC-BY-4.0: ©European Union 2019 – Source: EP

The European Commission sees its new Biodiversity and a Farm to Fork Strategies as mutually reinforcing, bringing together nature, farmers, business and consumers for jointly working towards a competitively sustainable future.

The plans are ambitious, proposing in line with the European Green Deal, actions and commitments to halt biodiversity loss and to transform food systems into global standards for competitive sustainability, the protection of human and planetary health, as well as the livelihoods of all actors in the food value chain.

“Nature is vital for our physical and mental wellbeing, it filters our air and water, it regulates the climate and it pollinates our crops,” commented Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius.

“But we are acting as if it didn’t matter, and losing it at an unprecedented rate. This new Biodiversity Strategy builds on what has worked in the past, and adds new tools that will set us on a path to true sustainability, with benefits for all. The EU’s aim is to protect and restore nature, to contribute to economic recovery from the current crisis, and to lead the way for an ambitious global framework to protect biodiversity around the planet.”

The Biodiversity Strategy is presented as tackling the key drivers of biodiversity loss,

8 Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius

such as unsustainable use of land and sea, overexploitation of natural resources, pollution, and invasive alien species, while also aiming to make biodiversity considerations an integral part of EU’s overall economic growth strategy.

It proposes establishing binding targets to restore damaged ecosystems and rivers, improve the health of EU protected habitats and species, while also pledging €20 billion/year in

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The coronavirus crisis has shown how vulnerable we all are, and how important it is to restore the balance between human activity and nature funding through various sources, including EU funds, national and private funding.

“The coronavirus crisis has shown how vulnerable we all are, and how important it is to restore the balance between human activity and nature. Climate change and biodiversity loss are a clear and present danger to humanity,” said Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans.

“At the heart of the Green Deal the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies point to a new and better balance of nature, food systems and biodiversity; to protect our people’s health and well-being, and at the same time to increase the EU’s competitiveness and resilience. These strategies are a crucial part of the great transition we are embarking upon.”

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NEWHORIZONS

Focusing on Fisheries Development

LOCKDOWN HITS INDIA’S TROUBLED FISHERIES With India’s pandemic-related lockdown resulting in a daily loss of US$29.50 million within the sector, fisheries and associated industries continue to be entangled in incessant problems, reports Aneetha NG Landing data showed a 9% decline in overall fish catches in 2018 compared to 2017, with 2019 also termed a bad year, given the unprecedented number of cyclones on the west coast reducing the number of fishing days. A massive slump in demand at the start of 2020 from large scale buyers, particularly China which was battling the Coronavirus pandemic, has hit the industry hard.

With India’s Fisheries Department banning fishing due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the issue has since snowballed into a huge crisis, said an official of the Kochi-based Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), the country’s only national centre for research on fisheries and fish-processing.

A report prepared by the Institute shows the monthly loss for the fisheries sector pegged at US$900 million. While the motorised sector is looking at a US$790 million loss, the artisanal sector is facing a loss of US$109 million.

The CIFT report does not consider losses incurred in fish processing, exports and other links of the value chain.

India’s Covid-19 lockdown, effective on the 25th March, also displaced 16 million fisherfolk and seafood exporters.

“Fishing had come to a complete halt following the lockdown announcement. Exports were derailed because countries refused to import seafood consignments, despite orders. Many local restaurants continue to be shut after weeks of the lockdown and local demand has slumped to an all-time low,” said an official of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI), adding that the cascading effect of the Covid-19 related lockdown has taken a severe toll on the livelihoods of the fishing community.

Fisheries is a part of the agriculture sector and along with aquaculture production contributes around 1% to India’s gross domestic product and over 5% to the agricultural GDP. Marine products are the most important agricultural commodity exported, accounting for close to US$6.7 billion, growing more than 10% per year, Several aquaculture and fishermen’s associations have appealed to the government for aid to counter the impact of the lockdown, and especially to provide for a workforce dominated by casually employed migrants, many from below-poverty-line families.

“With social distancing norms in place, 65% units (fish export factories) have only partially started operations. Not a single unit is operating fully since many workers have migrated to their villages. We are back to only 25-30% capacity,” said the SEAI official.

Fishermen and seafood exporters are also worried about the impending annual fishing ban during monsoon, The ban has already commenced in certain parts of India.

On the western coast, the fishing season lasts till 31st May, followed by the annual monsoon fishing ban until 31st July.

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On the eastern coast, the ban, meant to encourage fish breeding, is from 15th April to 15th June. Many fisherfolk employed on the west coast are unlikely to be able to get back to work until August 2020.

INDIA’S FISHERIES BOOST SCHEME In a boost to the fisheries sector in India, the government has announced a US$2.65 billion scheme that aims at doubling fish farmers incomes by 2024. The five-year scheme, from fiscal 2020-21 to fiscal 2024-25, will help improve infrastructure and boost investment in the fisheries sector.

The scheme will bring sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector in India under two components - Central Sector Scheme and Centrally Sponsored Scheme. While the central government’s share would be US$1.24 billion, the state government’s and beneficiaries’ share would be US$646 million and USD 763 million, respectively.

The scheme also entails insurance coverage for fishermen and their boats, and is part of the third tranche of reforms to improve farm infrastructure and logistics for the agriculture sector, in an economic package announced by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.

The package is intended to support increasing production and also aims to provide employment to more than 5.5 million people.

As much as US$1.45 billion of the US$2.65 billion is to be kept for activities in marine, inland fisheries and aquaculture while the remaining US$1.19 billion is for creating infrastructure such as fishing harbours, cold chains and markets.

Jagdish Fofandi, President of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI), said the objective of the scheme is to immediately generate direct employment opportunities for 1.5 million people, doubling income of fish farmers and workers by 2024, besides addressing the critical gaps in the fisheries sector.

8 Exemption from a nationwide lockdown has not helped India’s fisheries sector which is yet to resume normal activities

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“The aim is to increase fish production to 22 million tonnes by 2024-25 through sustainable and responsible fishing practices. The scheme will focus on creating critical infrastructure including modernisation and strengthening of value chain and improve availability of certified quality fish seed and feed, traceability in fish and includes effective aquatic health management,� he said.

It will give a boost to investments in the fisheries sector and increase the competitiveness of fish and fisheries products, he added.

The scheme will also help in doubling India’s export to INR1 trillion (US$13.23 billion), and will usher in better standards and traceability.

The government has continued to support the sector after the imposition of India’s nationwide lockdown by easing compliance burdens and designating fisheries as an essential service, so as to allow it to continue working during the ongoing lockdown. The lockdown, initiated on 25th March, jeopardised the livelihoods, and food security of fishing people. “Fisheries in India, unlike other countries, is still a livelihood sector, with most people working on daily wages. It is not corporatised. As a result, daily-wage earners as well as small fishermen have been struggling all through the lockdown period,� said SEAI’s Jagdish Fofandi.

Though marine exporting units have commenced work, many are working only at 20% capacity, he said, adding fish farmers have lost a month and a half of the season due to the Covid-19 lockdown. “There is an urgent need to make India the prime producer of seafood and to lift it from the fourth position it is now

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occupying on the global stage. While the new government policy will address some of the burning issues, our exports have been drastically hit,� he said.

India’s last year’s export figure was US$6.7 billion. Jagdish Fofandi said,. “We expect 25% drop in exports this year. Plus, fishing season has almost ended with the rains commencing later this month.�

8 The scheme to boost fisheries is part of an economic package announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

TAKING OUT THE BACKACHE Wicki-Alex H-410 and skipper Thomas Jensen work from Hundested in Denmark, fishing strings of traps to catch whelks (Buccinum undatum) that are packed for markets in France, China and South-East Asia

8 Clean whelks emerging from the riddle on Wicki-Alex’s deck

A local EMFF-funded project with consultancy company Aquamind brought together Wicki-Alex and a local metal fabricator to take a new look at the boat’s deck layout to develop a handling system for the whelk pots that eliminates the usual heavy lifting. This project’s aims were to prioritise the crew’s health and well-being, so that the fishery would still be an attractive workplace ten years from now.

As well as fishing for whelk, brown crab and lobster with pots, Wicki-Alex also fishes for sole and cod with gillnets, but whelking has become a steadily larger part of the boat’s activities as fish prices have fluctuated.This year skipper Thomas Jensen hopes to catch around 200 tonnes of whelk – something he expects will be easier now.

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We are getting a better product and we can work for much longer “This is simply not comparable to the way we worked before. Mechanisation means that the crew can work the entire day without being exhausted. No-one is worn out. It was also more dangerous before, but now the pots just land on the table, without bouncing around,” he said.

The deck layout has been developed by Thomas Jensen and Aquamind, which specialises in solutions for fishing vessels. The system involves line guides and a new placement of the winch to eliminate lifting the pots. The sorting table and the washing machine are integrated, taking the catch away from the sorting area, while cleaning off barnacles, algae and sand.

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“In efficiency terms, we are not fishing faster than before but with the washing machine we are getting a better product and we can work for much longer. Before we had to stop because the crew were tired out. Now we can just go on and on,” Thomas Jensen said.

The payback time for such a system is around one year at pre-corona prices, and data over the last two years shows that there is a 5% increase in the number of pots handled since the installation, which corresponds to a 7% increase in earnings per trip.

He commented that fishing with pots is sustainable and can be lucrative, but it is a hard physical job and often the crews’ backs, hands and fingers are injured when the heavy pots are moved around the deck – and the image the fishery has is believed to be discouraging interested fishermen. So the this project could convince fishermen that fishing with pots can be done without the physical wear and tear that comes from endless heavy lifting.

8 Stacked whelk pots ready to be shot back

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The government of the Solomon Islands has selected technology from Spanish company Satlink to better monitor and manage longline fishing activity.

The tropical tuna fishery is economically highly important for the Pacific states and the Solomon Islands is grouped into the Parties of the Nauru Agreement (PNA),which is responsible for approximately 25% of the world’s tuna supply.

With this electronic monitoring technology, the Solomon Islands are taking a further step towards supporting its commitment to fight against illegal fishing and to preserve one of the most important sectors of its economy.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) is following the recommendations of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to employ technological solutions as a complement to human observer coverage and improve fisheries management.

Under the agreement, MFMR authorizes Satlink to install SeaTube certified electronic monitoring systems on nine tropical tuna longline vessels. Each installation includes high-definition cameras and hydraulic sensors to record and monitor fishing activity.

Recordings can be analysed post-trip by authorised personnel to generate accurate

8 Satlink has been authorised by the Solomon Islands government to install SeaTube monitoring systems on board tuna longliners

reports that will include catch composition, size, by-catch designation and fishing areas.

Satlink will develop local capabilities by training a team of ten observers and nine technicians to operate and self manage the EM system. The on-shore analysis system will be set up in fishing port locations of Noro and Honiara.

The Solomon Islands is a member of the WCPFC and is required to have a minimum of

5% human observer coverage for the longline fleet and 100% coverage for the purse seine fleet. The installation of SeaTube on these nine longline vessels is therefore the first phase of a project that seeks to provide electronic and/or human observation to all tuna longline and purse-seine vessels with the financial support of the World Bank, through its Pacific Regional Oceanscape Programme (PROP).

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

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Vónin has seen significant growth in the Barents Sea fleet that trusts its shrimp gear to deliver the right results.

While the company has a long-established reputation for shrimp gear that has been standard for the Faroese, Greenlandic and much of the Canadian fleet, fishing companies in Norway, Iceland and Russia have increasingly been coming to Vónin for trawls for the Barents Sea shrimp fishery, and now the majority of this fleet is using shrimp gear from Vónin.

According to Vónin’s Óli Horn, there’s no coincidence at work here, as the choice comes down to fishing gear that returns results – and Vónin has a very long background in producing and developing shrimp trawls.

Producing complete packages is a significant part of the workload, providing the entire setup that includes ground gear, codends and the mandatory selectivity grids. Óli Horn commented that the company’s long experience of working with grids is one of the key reasons why customers come to them.

“We have been doing this for a long time and it’s vital to get the grid right.

Getting the right grid is something that can make a big difference to a trawler’s catch rate,” he said.

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The Storm trawl doors that Vónin developed and produces have become an integral part of the package as these doors are performing

well, from the 16m2 doors Norwegian factory trawler Granit uses to square its triple rig gear all the way down to the 3m2 and smaller doors at the other end of the scale. Vónin has also developed its own roller clumps to complete the picture.

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FISHING TECHNOLOGY ATTENTION TO DETAIL “Key points are the design, the material and the workmanship that all go into these trawl gears,” he said, adding that the design process brings together extensive experience with computeraided techniques that make it possible to identify tensions and hot-spots, which means that potential weaknesses can be eliminated ahead of flume tank testing and long before a full-scale prototype goes into the water.

“Using the correct high-quality materials from handpicked suppliers makes a big difference,” he said. Among these materials is the Fortis netting, which is developed for Vónin. Fortis netting combines strength and lightness, and this pays dividends.

“It’s noticeable that those who are using this lightweight netting tend to fish better,” Óli Horn said.

A further factor is Vónin’s production values in sticking to working practices that lead to lower maintenance, which means more time to fish.

“Our high standard of workmanship pays off in minimising maintenance for the deck crew, giving you more time to fish and prolonging the working life of each trawl we supply,” he said.

8 Using lightweight Fortis netting pays dividends in better water flow and better catches

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AQUACULTURE

MILESTONES FOR ​BIOMAR IN CHINA AND AUSTRALIA

BIOMAR AUSTRALIA BEGINS PRODUCTION BioMar Australia has commenced aqua-feed production at its €40 million facility in Tasmania, which is welcome news for the local aquaculture industry at a time when many businesses are facing COVID-19 operating restrictions. In a virtual media conference to comply with social distancing requirements, Minster for Primary Industries and Water Guy Barnett congratulated BioMar on achieving this milestone.

“While it’s not currently possible to formally celebrate our opening together with our staff, customers and community, we must acknowledge all those involved in bringing the

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8 Production previously shipped from Denmark is now being produced at the BioMar-Tongwei JV in China

project to life. We are now up and running in Tasmania and we’re excited to add our technical and production capacity to the region’s aquaculture industry,” said BioMar Australia’s managing director David Whyte during the virtual launch.

“Trials of our products are already underway in a variety of species in Australia and New Zealand, and we are bringing BioMar’s global best practices and nutritional know-how into our region helping to support sustainable innovation in aquaculture.”

BioMar announced plans to establish production in Australia back in 2017 and after a two-year build, the first trucks of fishfeed have started to roll out of the facility. The production facility will produce up to 110,000 tonnes per annum of aqua feed to support the Australian and Oceania aquaculture industry. Despite COVID-19, it is business as usual productionwise at the facility with the adoption of key social distancing measures to ensure the wellbeing of BioMar employees.

8 BioMar’s new facility in Tasmania is now producing aquafeed

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The new facility has already proved its capacity to deliver high and consistent quality, making it possible to transfer production of high-end aqua feeds for China that had previously been produced in Denmark.

The green field site development in Wuxi was announced as a strategic and important growth initiative back in 2016 to bring BioMar’s production expertise to the Chinese market.

Together with an existing factory in southern China, the new factory will service a wide range of species all over China.

“We are very happy with this important next step to expand our activities. We have established a good business in China through a combination of local production and imported products. We are serving traditional customers as well as customers striving to bring new value propositions to retailers and end consumers. The Wuxi factory will allow new possibilities for customers with advanced product requirements through all production life stages,”said BioMar Group CEO Carlos Diaz.

“We have seen incredible dedication from staff as well as from the supporting project team. During the corona crisis, we have managed to find new ways of collaborating and bringing people together across the globe, exchanging process knowledge, formulation experience and innovation ideas. It has been amazing to witness, how we can work closely together, while at a distance, and obtain such high product quality. I envision a ‘New Normal’ in terms of global collaboration, when we open up borders and countries.”

During the commissioning phase of the new Wuxi factory, BioMar has been able to achieve product nutritional values and physical quality comparable to the standards seen in established aqua feed factories. Key customers have started to place orders in the new factory for products previously delivered from Denmark.

“After some delays in the construction of the factory, we are extremely happy to have come through an uncomplicated commissioning phase, where we obtained a consistently high nutritional and physical quality,” said BioMar-Tongwei general manager Alan Xiaoqing Qian.

“Feeds for sturgeon, rainbow trout, Californian sea bass and large yellow croaker are ready for the market. We have agreed with our customers, that we will start moving some orders from the BioMar factory in Denmark to now be produced in China.”

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The BioMar-Tongwei JV in China has begun commercial production of aqua feeds at its new factory in Wuxi

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AIMING FOR AQUAFEED SELF-SUFFICIENCY Russia is set to ramp up aquafeed production nearly tenfold to 525,000 tonnes by 2030 to make fish farmers less dependent on imports, reports Vladislav Vorotnikov The Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated the problem of expensive imported aquafeed. Quarantine measures introduced in China and the European Union to slow down the spread of the virus pushed prices on the Russian market up, while depreciation of the Russian ruble has further worsened the problem.

Expensive feed was the main challenge Russian fish farmers had to face even prior the pandemic.

The main challenge for industrial fish farming in Russia is feed, said Nikolay Senin, general director of the Russian aquaculture producer Volgorechenskrybhoz, commenting that imported feed is expensive, while Russian products are cheaper, but are of lower quality.

The expense of imported feed has made commercial production of certain species, such as carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Russia loss-making, said Alexander Ginisburg, general director of aquaculture producer Smolenskrybhoz. This is the reason why fish farmers were shifting from growing carp in warm water to growing trout (Salmo gen.), sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and some other valuable fish species, he added.

The problem with the Russian aquafeed is that quality from a single supplier can vary from batch to batch, commented a source in the Russian fish farming industry who preferred to not be named, commenting that some Russian products are good and great improvements have been in formulations during the past few years, but they are yet to catch up with the premium imported brands.

Most Russian aquafeed has low nutritional value, crumbles easily, has low water resistance, plus some ingredients are frequently replaced with cheaper and lower-quality feedstuff and there are cases of non-compliance with the feed formulation, this source explained.

The problem of expensive aquafeed has even prompted the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries to introduce a programme of soft loans for farmers to purchase feed. Under this initiative, farmers could obtain a loan in a state-owned bank at the interest rate of 3% to 6%, instead of the usual 10% to 12% terms.

For Volgorechenskrybhoz, that programme was one of the main factors driving the growth in production performance in the past few years, said Nikolay Senin.

According to the Moscow-based think tank Euroexpert, import-dependence on aquafeed in Russia is close to 75%, reaching even 93% in some years. The demand for feed for valuable fish species in Russia is expected to reach 280,000 tonnes in 2025. In 2019, Russian companies produced only around 50,000 to 65,000 tonnes of feed in this industry sector.

FOCUS ON SALMON FEED Russia is going to become self-sufficient on aquafeed by 2030, when the production is expected to reach 525,000 tonnes per year, stated the Russian Agricultural Ministry

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when it introduced a fish complex development programme adopted in December of 2019. By that time Russian fishing companies are expected to have established infrastructure to process 1 million tonnes of fish annually. This would be enough to manufacture 150,000 tonnes of fish meal and 120,000 tonnes of fish oil; volumes that should become a basis for booming aquafeed production in the country, the Ministry said.

As of today, import-dependence on feed for fish farms breeding salmon and trout species in Russia is close to 100%, the Ministry said, stating that establishing a new fish feed production industry would secure co-operation between fishing and fish farming industry. This scheme is also predicted to generate a new industry sector in Russia with companies engaged in both fishing and aquaculture.

The new strategy is primarily focused on salmon production. In 2014, Russia banned fish import from the European Union, so supplies of salmon dropped by as much as 130,000 tonnes per year – or 30%, driving up retail prices.

By 2030, the Ministry of Agriculture hopes to see numerous salmon farms established in the Russian Far East, as well as feed mills, with predicted production of 330,000 tonnes of feed per year.

8 Locally-produced feed frequently has poor nutritional value. Inset: The Russian government expects to see aquaculture and feed production boosted

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AQUACULTURE The overall investments in the ​Russian salmon growing industry during the coming decade should reach Rub80 billion ($1.2 billion), the Ministry estimates.

The development programme set an ambitious target to boost value-added production of the Russian fish industry by 71% during the coming decade to Rub418 billion ($5.9 billion).

By 2030, aquaculture production is expected to grow by a factor of 2.6 to 618,000 tonnes, contributing to this added value.

FILLING THE GAPS Some Russian companies have already promised to participate in the new programme, investing in projects predicted to make the Russian aquaculture industry self-sufficient in aquafeed.

Kaliningrad-based company Sodruzhestvo plans to invest Rub2.8 billion ($45 million) to build a protein concentrate plant in Kaliningrad Oblast and make it operational by 2024, said the region’s economic development minister Dmitry Kustov. With a planned production capacity of 510 tonnes per day, this plant is expected to focus on fish farming industry, he added.

Sodruzhestvo director Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov said that this will be the world’s largest production plant for protein concentrates.

There are also several projects expected to provide alternative components to the Russian aquafeed market.

Russian company Zooprotein is embarking on a project to produce feed protein out of food waste. According to Zooprotein’s deputy development director Alexey Istomin, the price of fish meal on the global market may soon reach $2000 per tonne and fish farmers have no choice but to look for alternative source of raw materials.

He commented that a promising option is to produce feed protein from insects, and there are several such projects in progress in Russia.

New feed mills are expected to be built in Russia during the coming few years. The Astrakhan-based Fish Feed Company has recently announced plans to invest Rub1.3 billion ($22 million) in a new fish feed plant with a predicted annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes.

The company claims it has formulations that include soya, rapeseed and cottonseed meal, as well as feather flour and meat and bone waste from poultry processing. The degree of protein digestibility is promised to be up to 86-92% –although there would be a dependence on imported soya meal.

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NEW FREEZER TRAWLER FLIES GREENLANDIC FLAG The new factory freezer trawler that docked in Reykjavík at the beginning of May after its delivery trip from the Armón yard at Gijon in Spain has already had a chequered career

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Ordered by Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi some years ago with the intention of replacing some of its existing elderly filleters, the new vessel was billed as set to become the most sophisticated factory vessel of its kind in the North Atlantic region, after having already replaced its pelagic capacity and most of its fresher trawlers.

Then things changed as HB Grandi’s ownership changed; its new proprietors and managers brought with them a new focus, and the future of the new factory trawler – expected to be named Therney – appeared uncertain, and HB Grandi became Brim. At the same time, factory trawler Vigri, which had been acquired by the new owners from Ögurvík became integrated into the Brim fleet.

But the new trawler has now been delivered from Spain, collected by skipper Páll Thórir Rúnarsson and his crew. The new Ilivileq flies the Greenlandic flag and is owned by Brim subsidiary Arctic Prime Fisheries.

The 82 metre by 17 metre beam Ilivileq is a NVC 375 WP design from Rolls-Royce – which also changed hands during the construction period to become part of Kongsberg Maritime – and is fitted with a great deal of Rolls-Royce technology. This includes the 5400kW Bergen B33:45 L9P main engine, reported to be the most powerful in its class, offering 600 kW per cylinder in compact engine design as it sets new standards for fuel efficiency, low emission and low life-cycle cost. Ilivileq also has the Hybrid Shaft Generator system, which automatically runs the main engine at the most efficient speed following the propeller curve. The new integrated Acon-R control and monitoring system monitors all alarms and control pumps, valves and tanks on board.

According to Kongsberg Maritime, Ilivileq’s low-resistance, wave-piercing hull maximises speed, comfort and seakeeping qualities, while the hybrid propulsion system makes for a substantial reduction in fuel usage and operational noise (both on board and into the water) by offering options of either diesel-mechanical or diesel-electric modes. It also features integration of the latest nitrogen oxide reduction technology.

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The steering gear, flap rudder, tunnel bow thruster and Helicon X3 remote control are also from Kongsberg, as is the all-new electric winch system with permanent magnet (PM) motors. With their high torque direct drive, the motors offer a similar response level to low-pressure hydraulic winches. The PM motor drives the winch drum directly without a gearbox.

Ilivileq has a factory deck fitted with Vélfag production machinery, and with a throughput capacity of 150 tonnes per 24 hours. The Hedinn Protein Plant (HPP) processes factory deck offal and offcuts into fishmeal and fish oil at sea more economically and efficiently than had previously been possible and has a raw material capacity of 50 tonnes per 24 hours.

The fishroom on board has capacity for 1000 tonnes of production on pallets, and there is an additional 690m3 meal store.

“The delivery of Ilivileq represents yet another successful waypoint in our continuous commitment towards helping crews of all kinds to operate sustainably and conscientiously in the world’s oceans while simultaneously increasing crew safety and boosting productivity,” said Kongsberg Maritime’s EVP global sales and marketing Bård Bjørløw “Given the fragility of today’s marine ecosystems and the pressures of commerce, these considerations obviously have to go hand-in-hand if any positive changes are to be made – and it’s highly encouraging to know that our vessel designs and integrated technologies are driving such a constructive evolution in the maritime industries.”

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INNOVATIVE SCALLOPER BUILT AT WHITBY YARD The biggest fishing vessel to be built in the UK for many years, Alcedo has been delivered

by Parkol Marine Engineering to West Coast Sea Products, reports Dave Moore The company’s intention with this new vessel was to replace its existing scalloper Albatross BA-88, which had 47 years of use behind it, and the project to build this innovative and specialised new vessel began four years ago when John King at West Coast Sea Products got together with staff at Parkol to draw up a timescale and develop plans. Alcedo BA-77 is designed by SC McAllister and is built to fish for both king and queenie scallops on fishing grounds around the UK, with catches from its 6-7 day trips trucked to the Kirkcudbright processing plant.

John King commented that there is rarely a right time to order a new vessel, but added that in terms of design, build quality, engineering and internal finish, Alcedo is everything they had hoped for and more.

“At some point you have to take plunge,” he said. “Ordering Alcedo was clearly a very big and difficult decision to take.

West Coast Sea Products took delivery of its last new boat, the 21.30 metre King Challenger in 2006.

Since then, scallop fishing has continued to evolve, as have crew requirements and regulations. Alcedo is designed to be suitable to fish in all areas around the UK. Skippers Jamie Clarke and Scott Bremner and crew are delighted with how efficient the boat is to work, and after some poor weather was encountered towards the end of the first trip, are extremely impressed by her seakeeping capabilities. Credit for this goes to designer Ian Paton for the divergent thinking he put in to delivering our requirements.”

From the outset, a maximum draft of 4.80 metres was a key requirement in order to ensure high water access to Kirkcudbright’s tidal harbour. This was achieved by incorporating into the layout two trim tanks aft and one in the forepeak, enabling draft aft to be reduced when approaching harbour on the River Dee. The 34 metre LOA, 8.90 metre beam Alcedo was lifted into the river Tees at Parkol’s Middlesbrough facility and steamed from there to the Whitby yard for the final stages of outfitting.

Alcedo deploys and tows its scallop gear from derricks mounted on the amidships A-frame gantry, and tipping doors pivoting on the bulwarks are used to empty the dredges. With 17 dredges each side, fishing gear is supplied by West Coast Sea Products’ subsidiary Kirkcudbright Scallop Gear. The 500 metres of 32mm Bridon Dyform warp on each of the main winch drums was supplied by Jackson Trawls and the stays and rigging are from Tyson’s Ships Riggers.

The custom-built electric drive main split trawl and beam winches, together with the associated electrical distribution boards, are from Padmos, and the decision to opt for electric winches was due to their quiet running and minimum service requirements. The main winch system is fed via Alcedo’s 415V power supplies. As the winches pay out warp, the reverse rotation of the motor generates energy which is fed back to the 415V power supply.

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Driven by 90kW motors, the main winches have a bottom layer pull of 33 tonnes and are located in dedicated spaces at the fore end of the deck house, from where the trawl wires have slightly elevated leads above the main deck forward to horizontal rollers before leading outboard to the derrick heads. The 10 tonne derrick topping winches are mounted on the main deck forward, with a five-fold purchase to lift and lower the derricks.

EK Marine supplied the remainder of the deck equipment, including hydraulically-operated outer hull tipping doors, catch conveyor system, tugger winches, stiff boom landing crane and anchor winch.

The tipping doors, which are deep enough at 1.20 metres to handle queenie gear, are activated by three hydraulic rams each side, which invert the gear to drop the contents of the dredges into hoppers, from where forward and aft conveyors carry scallops to a short transverse selection conveyor, while anything left on the conveyor goes back over the side via a discharge chute. A large diameter plastic chute then delivers king scallops to the fishroom to be bagged.

Alcedo has a 12- cylinder Mitsubishi S12R MPTAW main engine delivering 749kW and coupled to a Reintjes WGF 773 gearbox with a reduction ratio of 11.919:1, turning a 2750mm four-bladed propeller mounted in a nozzle custom fabricated by the yard. The energy arrangements on board leave the gensets to deliver power to the boat’s systems, while the main engine is solely for propulsion.

Electrical power is provided by a Mitsubishi S6A3 driving a 540kVa generator while a Caterpillar C7.1 engine supplies 185kVa, plus there is an air-cooled Mitsubishi S4K-based

8 Alcedo has been built at Parkol Marine Engineering for West Coast Sea Products. Inset: Banks of screens flank the central wheelhouse control position overlooking the deck

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NEWBUILD 70kVA harbour/emergency genset that is also capable of running Alcedo’s emergency fire pump. 45kW and 22kW motors in the lower forward workshop space drive the hydraulics for Alcedo’s hydraulic deck machinery, including the catch conveyors. Two compressors supply the scalloper’s air system, including the brake release for the winches, shaft brake and pneumatic deck tools.

The wheelhouse is laid out with a central island unit between two Norsap skipper chairs and double tiers of screens flank a central deck equipment control position overlooking the deck.

The importance of being able to visualise both the composition and shape of the seabed is reflected by the latest plotters and sounders. The array includes an Olex 2D/3D plotting system, a pair of Time Zero V4 plotters integrated with the Furuno radars, high-definition chirp sounder and wind sensor and a FishingWin (formerly Sodena) plotting system with pre-mapped 3D high resolution seabed charts from Shetland south to the French coast. This incorporates more than a billion soundings and represents a five-year initiative by Seafield Navigation, as pre-mapped charts provides full visualisation of new grounds from the first tow, without the need for a vessel to build up historical evidence. The FishingWin system also gives the facility to track the ends of the scallop beams.

The 60kHZ CH250 Black Box sonar with hi-definition active colour matrix and the FCV 1900 BB sounder giving high definition echoes and a DFF1-UHD Chirp unit interfaced to give hardness mapping on the Time Zero plotting systems are from Furuno.

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With the Tersan shipyard ready to hand over new factory trawler Calvert to its Canadian owners, every precaution was taken to comply with Covid-19 restrictions.

Calvert’s crew were flown to Turkey in a chartered aircraft to take delivery of the new trawler, while the ship had also been cleared and evacuated ahead of their arrival to ensure minimum contact.

Both yard and owners made efforts to obtain all the necessary certification, involving Turkey’s Ministries of the Interior, Foreign Affairs and Health, as well as the Canadian authorities and the Canadian consulate.

“We are so pleased and proud to successfully deliver this vessel to Ocean Choice International despite the challenges of Covid-19,” said Mehmet Gazioglu, Managing Director of Tersan, commenting that Calvert is the first vessel delivered to an overseas customer under this kind of legal process during the Covid-19 period.

“Calvert has a special place for us due to her contributions to economic co-operation between Turkey and Canada. We believe this co-operation will continue to increase thanks to being able to add Ocean Choice International to our references. We are very proud to work with Ocean Choice International, which is among the biggest fishing companies

of North America and are very proud to be the builder of such a fine vessel. We would like to thank all Tersan team who is dedicated to this project and makes this success achievable for us,” he said as Calvert left the yard for the delivery trip to Newfoundland.

The 74 metre LOA, 16 metre breadth Calvert is a Skipsteknisk designed factory freezer

8 Strict precautions were taken during Calvert’s delivery to owners Ocean Choice International

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Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Multi Cat 1908 Patricia Matheson to Inverlussa Marine Services. The company, based on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, will operate the vessel in the aquaculture industry.

Inverlussa Marine Service is one of Scotland’s leading workboat companies, supplying vessels to service contracts for both offshore wind and fish farming sectors, throughout the UK and Europe. Patricia Matheson will be the 12th vessel operating in the company’s fleet and their first Damen vessel.

Patricia Matheson will be deployed in the aquaculture industry to carry out a diverse range of tasks including grid inspections, anchor-handling and equipment towage.

“We enjoyed working with Damen on this project. Their Multicats are renowned around the world and when the right opportunity arose, we were delighted to partner with them. The Patricia Matheson will strengthen the breadth of services that we can now provide to our clients in Scotland and further afield,” said Ben Wilson, managing director of Inverlussa Marine Services.

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8 Patricia Matheson has been delivered by Damen Shipyards to Inverlussa Marine Services

The contract order for the vessel was signed in October last year. The fast delivery was facilitated by Damen’s practice of building hulls for stock.

Although based on the standard, proven Damen Multi Cat 1908 design, Inverlussa Marine Services have customised this new vessel. This has included the positioning of the capstan cranes and manouevring stands,

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Additionally, in alignment with the company’s keen focus on operating efficiency, Patricia Matheson features an additional crane and a larger main winch.

“It’s been a pleasure working with Inverlussa Marine Services on the development of their Multi Cat,” commented Damen sales manager Mike Besijn.

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GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH Product Group Separation

SEA SEAC AC FFPM-200 PM-200 nobb bing machine b bin machine nobbing with h increased incr creas e ed yield

Ice & Refrigeration

C/Parroquia de GuĂ­samo, B-13.

Pol. Industrial Bergondo 15165 Bergondo - La CoruĂąa (SPAIN) Tel: +34 981 795722 Fax: +34 981 795724 Email: tucal@tucal.es www.tucal.es Design, manufacture and installation of marine and industrial refrigeration equipment: â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Plate freezers: vertical, horizontal, compact horizontal and IQF type. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ice machines and ice storage silos â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Blast freezers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Turnkey refrigeration installations

Injectors and Protein-Tec ĚŁ ĚŁ ĚŁ ĚŁ ĚŁ ĚŁ ĚŁ ĚŁ ĚŁ

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

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210 Gardabaer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iceland Tel 00 354 587 1300 Email: freyr@kapp.is Contact: Freyr Fridriksson

Sales and service of liquid ice machines

Insulated Containers

Fish Processing

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

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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Over 30 years of experience producing quality Crate and Fish Tubs for the European market

BELITRONIC SWEDEN AB

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

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

Netting

BJ 5000Ex

Netting

NSM AB (North Sea Machinery) Vintergatan 25 S-561 32 Huskvarna, Sweden Phone: +46 36 144 653 Fax: +46 36 143 841 E-mail: info@nsm-fish.com www.nsm-fish.com/en

Longlining & Jigging

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

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

3rd Generation HDPE www.fisa.com.pe sales@fisanet.com.pe +51 998 128 737

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Unit 12-6-1210 Lanxing Building (B) No.98 Qingdao Middle Road Weihai, Shandong, China Tel: +86 631 5306208 Tel: +86 13806311778 Email: fishingnetchina@yeah.net

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Technology for Sustainable Fisheries

Use durable Sæplast containers to protect your catch

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Mustad Autoline – a better way to fish!

Tel: +47 70107580 Email: mail@mustadautoline.com Web: www.mustadautoline.com

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

YM Fishing Corporation

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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.

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.

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

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

Amerikanikou Erithrou Stavrou 209 GR 65201 Kavala, Greece Tel: +30 2510 232938/+30 2511 104134 Email: info@iordanis.com.gr Website: www.iordanis.com.gr Contact: Iordanis Kourtzidis - CEO

Wholesale Import & Export

Sales and Manufacture of fishing nets Multifilament nets & monofilament nets Silk nets & multi-mono nets, Trammel & Gill nets PVC fishing floats for fishing nets Twines, ropes, fishing lines for long lines Rainwear for professional fishermen, Nautical accessories Baskets for long lines in several sizes & hooks

KING CHOU MARINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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

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.

www.forevernetco.com

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Longline Equipment

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

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

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

Autolining is a passive and sustainable fishing method. The seabed is not damaged and the impact on the ecosystem is minimal.

Fortune Net Group of Companies

Exhibition

Smárinn Kópavogur Iceland

September 23-25 SEE YOU THERE!

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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N E T TING ROPES T WINES

Propulsion

Van Beelen

Propulsion

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

Trusted Tunnel Thrusters

Thrustmaster hydraulic and mechanical tunnel thrusters, THE ďĞŶĐŚŵĂƌŬ ĨŽƌ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ and reliable maneuvering ƵŶĚĞƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ŵĂƌŝŶĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘ Learn more at:

D12 ropes and D3/D16 nets with Dyneema®.

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

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

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Propulsion

We make what works for you.

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SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION

Smárinn Kópavogur Iceland

- LEONARDO DA VINCI

September 23-25

Specialists in the design and manufacture of gearboxes and controllable pitch propellers

SEE YOU THERE!

Full range of CP Propulsion systems: • Reduction Gearboxes: 150 - 12000kW • CP Propellers: 3-4 and 5 bladed, Ø1-6m dia.

• Electronic remote controls • Nozzles: NACA 19A - FINNØY High Speed • Gearboxes with PTO - PTI & 2-speed solutions

LEAN BRINGS YOU + SAFETY & RELIABILITY + VERY LONG LIFETIME + COST EFFICIENCY + STEALTH & HSE + MORE CARGO CAPACITY

All design, production and testing are done at our factory on the west coast of Norway.

+ LESS EMISSION AND FUEL

Service is available all over the world from Finnøy’s experienced service engineers.

Tel: +47 71 27 60 00 Email: post@finnoygear.no

BORN TO FISH. Her family’s fishing legacy.

Powered by John Deere.

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FISKENETT A/S

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

Netloft for mounting and repairs of purse-seines.

Leaders in Innovation, Design and Manufacturing of Propellers, Rudders and Shaftline Systems.

ISO 9001:2008

MEET CAPTAIN MICHELLE RITTENHOUSE >

Purse Seine Nets

RICH FISHING NETS CO., LTD. RICHAN NETTING MFG CO., LTD. Office: 9FI, Sealight BLVG, No.33 Shuixian Rd, Xiamen 361001, China Factory: Tangtou Industry Zone, Longhai, Zhangzhou 363105, China Tel: 0086-592-2106588 Fax: 0086-592-2106288 Email: sales@richan.cn xmnrich@china.com www.richan.cn Contact Michael Chen Professional netting manufacturer for Gill, Trammel, Purse Seine, Trawling by monofilament, multifilament, multi-mono, High Performance PE, Polyester, PE and PP, in knotted, knotless or braided. Our netting serves commercial fishing, fish farming, industry net, safety net and sports net. Our product range also include fishing line in copolymer, synthetic Rope & Twine, hardware, float and etc fishing accessories.

Icelandic Fisheries

2020

Netting

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

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ISO9001:2015 accreditation Foundry approvals: ABS, GL, DNV, RINA & LRS Advanced C-Foil propeller design

+44(0) 1626 333377 teignbridge.co.uk

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Ytterland, N-6050 Valderoy, Norway Tel: +47 7018 9494 Fax: +47 7018 9495 Email: sales@otsas.no www.otsas.no Contact: Olav Støylen or Einar Kjerstad Manufacturer of high quality ropes made with Dyneema, nylon, polyester, and many more

Specialist in New Builds, Repairs & Conversions

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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.

RUSSIA

ICELAND FAROE ISLANDS

MÅLØY

SHETLAND

SCOTLAND

SWEDEN DENMARK

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.

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

SERVICE POINT FOR THE NORTH SEA

Centrally located in the North Sea basin

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

PBP SERVICES

PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEMS

Trawl Doors

I-COATS N.V.

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

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

IRELAND

Breidvangur 30 IS-220 Hafnarfjordur, Iceland Tel.Iceland: +354 5651375 Tel. UK: 01525 851234 Email: sales@markusnet.com Contact: Petur Th. Petursson

Esperanca Building, 7th Floor, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Colaba,Mumbai – 400 001,India Tel: +91 22 66562724/25 Fax: +91 22 66562798/99 Email: Sophia@foraxiom.com inquiry@foraxiom.com Web: www.axiomcordages.com

Randers Reb International A/S

GREENLAND

MARKUS LIFENET LTD

Leading manufacturers & Suppliers of Synthetic ropes in NYLON, POLYPROPYLENE,HDPE, POLYESTER, MIXED NYLON-POLYESTER, POLYPROPYLENE – POLYESTER in 3,4,8 & 12 strands in various lengths.

Steel Wire Ropes & Trawl Wire

Ship Yards

OFFSHORE & TRAWL SUPPLY AS

Safety

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

Ropes & Net Coatings

REDES SALINAS S.A.

Ship Design

Ship Repair & Refit Works, Blast Cleaning & Protective Coat Services

• Specialist Facilities • Protective Coatings • Registered Technicians Internal Shiphall / Dry Docks up to 165m

T: +44 (0)1346 514056 www.pbpservices.co.uk

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

Reykjavík, Iceland

atlimarj@polardoors.com www.polardoors.com

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Fishing & Aquaculture Ropes Exporplas manufactures a wide range of ropes for intensive use in the fishing and aquaculture activities, providing innovative solutions worldwide.

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WWW. EXPORPLAS.PT EXPORPLÁS Indústria de Exportação de Plásticos, S.A. PO BOX 63 - 3886-908 Cortegaça OVR - Portugal

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The main elements of service at Slippurinn are renovation and repairs of ships, washing and painting, mechanical repairs, propeller repairs, steel repairs, and stainless steel construction as well as furniture work and any kind of maintenance of wooden ships.

Tel: +354 460 2900 info@slipp.is • www.slipp.is

2020

Ropes & Net Coatings

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

Exhibition

Smárinn Kópavogur Iceland

September 23-25 SEE YOU THERE! JUNE 2020 | 37

Thyborøn & Poly-Ice Trawldoors for all kinds of pelagic, semi-pelagic and demersal trawling with single, twin- and multipurpose rigging.

All doors are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Made in Denmarkâ&#x20AC;? according to customer demands and wishes.

8, Sydhalevej, DK-7680 Thyborøn, Denmark

mail@thyboron-trawldoor.dk www.trawldoor.dk

Ytawl Makers

-we make fishing more profitable

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

3rd Generation HDPE www.ďŹ sa.com.pe sales@ďŹ sanet.com.pe +51 998 128 737

VĂ&#x201C;NIN LTD

P.O. 19 FO-530 Fuglafjørþur 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.

VĂłnin 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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The EkkĂł trawl doors are good at shooting, hold good opening, good at turning and keep on fishing during turning and after, good at hauling. www.ekko.is smari@ekko.is t: +354 896 2300

Estrada de Fortons 23 36812 Redondela (Pontevedra) Spain Tel: +34 986 20 33 12 Fax: +34 986 20 60 05 E-mail: info@grupoeurored.com Website: www.grupoeurored.com Contact: Alvaro Villot Eurored Vigo represents high efficiency all around the world, in the commercialisation of pelagic trawls, semi-pelagic trawls, bottom trawls, twintrawls etc. Equipped with P.E., Redline, Moveline and nylon twines.

Excellent quality materials with a high resistance like trawl doors.

Naval hardware (steel and stainless steel), twines, ropes, longline and hardware in general.

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Trawl Doors

PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY

Exhibition

SmĂĄrinn KĂłpavogur Iceland

September 23-25 SEE YOU THERE!

HIGHLY RESISTANT AGAINST WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

In everything we do, we never lose sight of what is essential to you: working economically with reliable technology.

As the inventor of the elastomer-coated rotary lobe pump and fervent supporter of a sustainable circular economy, we see it as our mission at Vogelsang to help food producers and processors make the most of any natural foodstuffs. Keeping up the good reputation of the German mechanical engineering industry, we focus on supplying pumps and grinders whose functionality, quality and reliability are highly valued by our customers all over the world.

The Vogelsang range covers compact rotary lobe and progressive cavity pumps, as well as macerators and block systems, that are especially designed for heavy-duty applications and the processing of highly abrasive media. Our technology ensures disruption-free operations, when turning fish waste into high-quality oils or animal feed and stands for an unusually long service life as well as low maintenance efforts.

Benefit now from relentless operational readiness for your success!

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