World Fishing June 2022

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WTO AGREES CRACKDOWN ON HARMFUL FISHERIES SUBSIDIES A landmark agreement that limits harmful fisheries subsidies has been agreed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva concluded on 17 June with members agreeing to a deal that includes a strong prohibition of subsidies contributing to illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing as well as an absolute prohibition of subsidies for fishing on the unregulated high seas.

According to the organisation, round-the-clock negotiations among delegations produced the “Geneva Package”, which contains a series of “unprecedented decisions on fisheries subsidies”, WTO’s response to emergencies, including a waiver of certain requirements concerning compulsory licensing for COVID-19 vaccines, food safety and agriculture, and WTO reform.

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told the meeting, “The package of agreements you have reached will make a difference to the lives of people around the world. The outcomes demonstrate that the WTO is, in fact, capable of responding to the emergencies of our time.”

Specific commitments to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies include: 5 WTO members cannot grant or maintain subsidies to ships and operators engaged in IUU fishing activities 5 WTO members cannot grant or maintain subsidies for fishing or fishing related activities regarding an overfished stock 5 WTO members shall not grant or maintain subsidies for fishing or fishing related activities in the high seas outside the competence

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8 WTO’s agreement to curb harmful fisheries subsidies comes after more than 20 years of negotiations

of a relevant Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, and take special care and due restraint when considering granting a subsidy concerning fish stocks whose status is unknown 5 WTO members shall strengthen and enhance transparency and notification of fisheries subsidies), and a WTO Committee on Fisheries will be created and meet at least twice a year to review and improve implementation of the agreement A voluntary WTO funding mechanism is also established to provide technical assistance and capacity-building to developing countries.

These requirements apply to all 164 WTO member governments, with the agreement requiring ratification of two thirds of WTO membership (at least 109 countries) for it to enter into force.

NEW HORIZONS

When data triumphs over fish mortality page 14

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ICELANDIC FISHERIES AWARDS CELEBRATE INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition unpacked page 16

AQUACULTURE

Thirteen awards were bestowed at the 8th Icelandic Fisheries Awards, including two that recognised the outstanding career contributions made to the sector. Hosted by the Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation and the City of

8 2022’s Icelandic Fisheries Awards winners

Kópavogur, the prize-giving took place on 8 June 2022, at the close of the first day of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2022.

Ukrainian producers uphold operations page 28

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JUST DON’T CALL IT WASTE

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Due to the complexity of the challenge, there’s no single silver bullet solution

It was the moment I sipped a delicious cool drink infused with collagen derived from Atlantic cod skin that I appreciated the ground the seafood economy has now covered with regards to its raw material and by-product utilisation. I was, as you’ve probably deduced from the focus of this month’s issue, in Iceland – for the 2022 edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, and I had just arrived at the opening session of the Fish Waste for Profit Icelandic Fisheries Conference.

With the scene set – at least 10 million tonnes of fisheries and aquaculture raw materials going to waste on an annual basis – the conference got down to discussing how best to optimise the application and value of the by-products available to us. Due to the complexity of the challenge, there’s no single silver bullet solution; and every delegate brought different experiences to the table – from Sicily to Singapore and Royal Greenland to Baader. But they were all united in the sentiment that there should be no waste in fish. Indeed, in this enthused space you call it waste at your peril.

While Iceland certainly isn’t alone in its endeavours, Matis’s Director of Value Creation Jonas Vidarsson pointed out that to-date the country has been at the forefront of the full fish use drive. That said, he conceded it still has a great deal to do in terms of its use of “rest raw materials (RRMs)” or side-stream products, especially with a fast-growing salmon farming industry, and it can go about it in much better, more sustainable and more profitable ways.

Encouragingly, the event heard how in near and far locations niche markets have been found, start-ups have been established and future opportunities identified. Details of these were gladly shared throughout the room with the hope that they could trigger a lightbulb moment somewhere else and edge seafood a bit closer to the overriding ambition of 100% utilisation.

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NEWS

BRIEFS Sustainable gear survey Nearly three quarters of French and English fishermen would consider using a biodegradable fishing nets, according to a recent survey conducted as part of the INdIGO project into the use of plastics in the fishing industry. Some 76.4% said biodegradable nets must be as efficient as traditional gear.

Salmon Evolution US ambitions

Salmon Evolution is expanding its farming operations into North America and is aiming to raise its production capacity target to 100,000 tonnes HOG by 2032. The company is currently identifying potential sites ahead of a proposed construction start in 2025.

One-by-one UK tuna ambitions The first ever British one-by-one caught tuna could reach shelves next year if plans to reopen a cannery on St Helena go ahead. The Green Fish Company, established this year on the British South Atlantic territory, is partnering with fishers from the St. Helena Commercial Fishermen’s Association to offer sustainably sourced, canned yellowfin tuna.

Post-Brexit Irish funding

A new €25 million government scheme has been launched to support Ireland’s coastal communities. Administered

by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Brexit Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme is officially open for applications for grants t o enable communities within 10km of the coastline to restructure, retrain and diversify.

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GLOBAL SEAFOOD TRADE VALUE RISES Seafood is the most globallytraded animal protein with a trade value of US$164 billion last year, according to the latest seafood trade map and report compiled by Rabobank.

Plotting the increased demand for fishery and aquaculture products, the 2021 World Seafood Map finds that close to half of last year’s trade flowed to the EU, the United States and China – with the markets’ combined imports exceeding $80 billion.

At the same time, Rabobank confirmed that the overall seafood trade was roughly 3.6 times the size of beef trade in 2021, five times the size of global pork trade, and eight times that of the poultry trade.

It also established that there were more than 55 trade flows each valued at over $400 million a year and an additional 19 trade flows were valued at between $200 and $400 million each.

“Developing countries play a major role in seafood exports, accounting for seven of the top 10 exporters, and developed countries are increasingly reliant on developing nations for imports of high-value species, especially shrimp from India and Ecuador

and salmonids from Chile,” Rabobank Seafood Analyst, Novel Sharma, said.

The EU-27+UK continues to be the world’s largest seafood buyer by value, importing products worth over $34 billion (last year, while US seafood imports totalled $28.1 billion, and China with $17.2 billion worth of imports.

Rabobank’s analysis also concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic further strengthened the already high demand for high-value species such as shrimp and salmonids.

“During the pandemic, we

8 Seafood was the most globally-traded animal protein in 2021, with a value of $164 billion

saw higher-value proteins such as beef, shrimp, and salmonids outperform other proteins, with year-on-year growth in trade value of 16%, 17%, and 20%, respectively,” Rabobank Senior Seafood Analyst, Gorjan Nikolik, said. “We are also seeing unprecedented high prices for many seafood species due to challenges in international trade such as rising freight and energy costs and continued lockdowns in China.”

EU LAMENTS IOTC’S ‘MISSED OPPORTUNITY’ The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s failure to reach agreements on reducing yellowfin and skipjack tuna catches and to adopt a new management measure for drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) has disappointed the EU’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG-MARE).

DG-MARE described the outcome of the IOTC’s latest annual session as a “missed opportunity for the sustainable management of the Indian Ocean fisheries”.

It said the EU went to the meeting engaged to discuss further catch reduction for yellowfin tuna, as explicitly advised by the IOTC scientific committee, but that unfortunately, its efforts and those of other IOTC members

were nullified by the decision of six IOTC members (India, Indonesia, Iran, Madagascar, Oman and Somalia) to object to the rebuilding plan.

Faced with this failure, IOTC agreed, on the basis of an EU proposal, to further engage with those objecting countries in order to try to reconcile positions, before calling a special session that should discuss future solutions at latest by the first-quarter of 2023.

DG- MARE said it was even more disappointed that IOTC could not adopt a new regulatory framework for FADs, with the EU having tabled a proposal that included reducing the number of deployed FADs to 240 and imposing the use of biodegradable FADs in 2025.

But at the end of the fiveday meeting, despite many concessions agreed by the EU, the other IOTC members “remained inflexible in their positions” and “failed to recognise the incredible step forward the proposal would have meant”, it said.

The EU has also tabled a proposal to counteract the increasing trend of skipjack tuna catch. But as last year, the IOTC did not manage to adopt the proposal to bring back catches within the agreed total allowable catch (TAC).

On a positive note, IOTC did adopt a far-reaching management procedure on bigeye tuna as well an EU proposal on observer coverage – creating the basis for the introduction of more electronic monitoring onboard vessels.

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NEWS

Ukraine War hits EU fishers The ongoing conflict in Ukraine could put a €300 million hole in the EU-27 fishing fleet’s profits this year, the European Commission has warned. Recent months have been very challenging for EU fisheries, with marine fuel prices nearly doubling.

SalMar agrees NRS purchase SalMar ASA has entered into a deal that will see it buy and merge with fellow salmon farming company Norway Royal Salmon ASA. Subject to approval, it is expected the merger will be completed in the thirdquarter of this year.

Upturn for Vietnam seafood production The Southeast Asian country’s fisheries and aquaculture production in the first four months of this year is estimated at 2.6 million tonnes, representing an increase of 2.6% over the same period of 2021. Capture fisheries fell 1% to 1.23 million tonnes, while fish and shrimp farming harvests increased 5.3% to 1.37 million tonnes.

Barramundi outlines growth plans Barramundi Group Australia is looking to expand its barramundi operation off the West Kimberley Coast, with 13 marine sites identifies that will expand its capacity to 30,000 tonnes annually. The 10-year project is expected to have a capital spend of around AUD 350 million.

Aller Aqua acquires Danforel Headquartered in Denmark, Danforel is Europe’s largest producer of smoked trout fillets, with six fish farms. All of its produce is ASC certified.

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UNITED STATES COUNTS THE COST OF COVID US fishermen and fish catches were hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, two new fishery status updates released

by NOAA Fisheries have confirmed.

According to an update to the ‘Fisheries of the United States 2020’ report, “virtually every part of the fishing industry experienced impacts in some form”, with US fishermen reporting 8.4 billion pounds or 3.8 million tonnes of landings the year before last, down 10.4% from 2019. The value of those products was reported at US$ 4.8 billion, down 14.6% from the year before.

Finfish accounted for 87% of the total landings, but only 44% of the value. Meanwhile, the 2020 average ex-vessel price paid to fishermen was 56 cents per pound, three cents less than in 2019.

Other highlights from the report include landings of 3.2 billion pounds for the nation’s largest commercial fishery, walleye pollock, valued at $420 million. Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, were the top ports for volume and value, continuing a more than two-decade trend driven by landings of pollock for Alaska and value of sea scallops in Massachusetts.

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commercial species categories were crabs ($584 million), lobsters ($563 million), scallops ($488 million), salmon ($478 million), shrimp ($435 million), and Alaska (walleye) pollock ($420 million).

To meet a strong demand for seafood, the US imported 6.1 billion pounds of seafood products, valued at $21.4 billion. Top imported products were shrimp, salmon fillet, whole salmon, whole tuna, and canned tuna.

Shrimp remained the most overall valuable import, accounting for 27% of the value of total edible imports.

The United States also exported 2.4 billion pounds of seafood valued at $4.4 billion. The top valued exports included: whole or eviscerated salmon (primarily sockeye), whole groundfish, surimi,

8 All parts of the US fishing industry experienced impacts in some form

lobster, caviar and roe, and crab and crabmeat.

In 2020, the US per capita consumption of seafood products declined to 19 pounds from 19.3 pounds in 2019.

Although there was increased consumption of shrimp, canned tuna, and canned sardine, this was offset by declines in consumption of fresh and frozen finfish, and by the lower canned salmon production due to the biennial pink salmon run.

Meanwhile, NOAA’s ‘Status of the Stock’ report states that more than 90% of the stocks that the agency tracks were not subject to overfishing in 2021.

Twenty-six stocks remain on the overfishing list, while the overfished list grew by two to 51. Since 2000, 47 stocks have been rebuilt.

CANADA BANS RUSSIAN SEAFOOD Government has placed additional sanctions on Russian oligarchs in response to the continued aggression on Ukraine, alongside bans on imported goods, including fish and seafood, and on the export of luxury goods to Russia.

The new sanctions – imposed under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations – were announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly “in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing egregious and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine”.

“The Putin regime must, and will, answer for their unjustifiable acts. Canada, together with our allies, will be relentless in our efforts to maintain pressure on the Russian regime, until it is no longer able to wage war. We are unwavering in our support for Ukraine and its people,” Joly said.

The Government of Canada advised that the Russian import ban, which also includes alcoholic beverages and non-industrial diamonds, represented CAD 75.7 million

worth of goods in 2021.

“These bans will ensure that Canada is aligned with similar measures imposed by like-minded partners, including the United States and the European Union, and will help to mitigate the potential for Russian oligarchs to circumvent restrictions in other luxury goods markets.”

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 1,000 individuals and entities from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

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NEWS

ASC strengthens chain of custody The Aquaculture Stewardship Council has launched a Chain of Custody module that aims to strengthen its current assurance system and address emergent issues such as seafood fraud and mislabelling, food safety and use of antibiotics, and to increase opportunities for physical product checks.

Samherji new farm plan Samherji fiskeldi ehf has completed a share capital increase of $26 million. The funds will be used to build a pilot project for landbased salmon farming in Öxarfjördur, in Northeast Iceland, and to design and construct a 40,000-tonne salmon farm in the Resource Park next to the Reykjanes Power Plant in the Reykjanes Peninsula.

Backing for Mara Renewables Bangkok-based seafood giant Thai Union has made a CAD 10 million investment in Mara Renewables Corporation as part of the Nova Scotia, Canada-based company’s CAD 39.5 million growth funding round, joining other financial partners to accelerate the expansion of its micro-algal product portfolio.

Arnarlax plans processing plant Icelandic salmon farming company Arnarlax has signed a declaration of intent with Vesturbyggð officials to build a hightech processing facility in Patreksfjörður. It’s estimated that the new 10,000-square metre processing plant will have a capacity of 80,000 tonnes. Arnarlax has also agreed to purchase the remaining 50% of shares in the Eldisstöðin Ísþór smolt facility in Þorlákshöfn.

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REPORT: CHINA’S ILLEGAL FISHING IS ‘RAMPANT’ A lack of transparency in China’s distant water fleet is enabling extensive illegal fishing around the world, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

The NGO’s study maintains that better monitoring, regulation and transparency is urgently needed, along with global collaboration among nations which allow the fleet to fish in their waters and fly their flag and market states importing fish.

All these elements, it said, will be needed to bring the country’s distant water fisheries in line with international best practice, support sustainable fisheries management, and protect the ocean.

EJF Founder and CEO Steve Trent said the actions of China’s distant water fleet impact the sustainability of fisheries globally, but that while better regulation within China is “sorely needed”, actions are also required from other nations, coastal, flag and market states if the activities of the Chinese vessels are to be effectively addressed.

“As China’s fleet continues to expand, a corresponding increase in monitoring, control and surveillance is needed to ensure all Chinese distant water

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fishing vessels operate lawfully and sustainably – transparency in global fisheries is key to eradicating these abuses. We are running out of time to protect our ocean and we must work together to ensure illegal operators are not allowed to continue causing irreversible damage,” Trent said.

EJF highlights that China’s distant water fishing fleet – including vessels that fly a Chinese flag and those that are Chinese-owned but registered with other countries – has grown to become the largest in the world.

This expansion has been driven by the depletion of China’s own fish populations and its role as a key processing and exporting state, it said.

EJF reports that China’s policy framework governing the fleet is not fit for purpose, allowing a lack of transparency that enables

8 EJF maintains China’s policy framework governing the fleet is not fit for purpose and is enabling illegal operators to continue to decimate ocean ecosystems

illegal operators to continue to decimate ocean ecosystems.

Of the 148 cases of illegal fishing published by the Chinese government between 2018 and 2020, EJF found that 89% of the incidents were carried out by vessels belonging to fishing companies approved by the government, and 72% of them were operating under approved fishing projects. Moreover, 70% of these 148 cases were reported either by the country in who’s waters the vessels were fishing, a third country, or an international organisation.

This demonstrates the need for increased scrutiny of the fleet by the Chinese government and vigilance by the international community, it said.

$85M FARMED SALMON SETTLEMENT Six producers and sellers of Norwegian salmon, alongside some of their subsidiaries, have reached a US$ 85 million settlement in a class action in the United States over claims of anti-competitive behaviour.

The companies, including Mowi, SalMar, Lerøy and Grieg maintain there is no basis for the claim, which dates back three years, and consider the complaints to be entirely unsubstantiated. However, following a mandatory mediation procedure, they have accepted a settlement offer from the direct purchaser plaintiffs subject to approval by the court of Southern District of Florida.

In a statement filed with the

Oslo Stock Exchange, SalMar said, “All defendants expressly reject the allegations regarding anti-competitive behaviour and strongly believe that the antitrust claims lack merit.

“Given that the costs of litigation in the US are substantial, coupled with the timeline for any litigation and required engagement of extensive internal resources, SalMar ASA has nonetheless agreed to a settlement for pure commercial purposes.

The settlement does not involve any admission of liability or wrongdoing.”

Mowi, Lerøy and Grieg issued very similar statements.

Filed in April 2019, the original lawsuit alleged that

the companies exchanged competitively sensitive information among themselves, with the aim of artificially controlling the price of farm-raised salmon bought by seafood buyers in the US. This lawsuit was largely based on a European Commission investigation into suspected anti-competitive practices in Europe’s farmed Atlantic salmon sector that came to light in February that year.

The EU investigation, which is still ongoing, saw Scottish and Dutch offices of Mowi, Grieg, Lerøy and SalMar raided by Commission officials.

Some of the companies face similar allegations in Canada.

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‘NO TIME TO LOSE’ FOR ICELANDIC SEAFOOD

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Although Iceland is at the forefront of seafood innovation, much more is needed from the industry and its supporters in order to continue to thrive, according to the Icelandic Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir.

Speaking at the 8th Icelandic Fisheries Awards that took place on 8 June 2022 at the end of the first day of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, Svavarsdóttir said that while industry innovation has been backed through funding, including the government’s own increased investment in recent years, it must also be given the “right environment” where entrepreneurs can test out new ideas and where

companies have “the strength and courage” to trial and implement them.

“And us politicians must lay down the vision and legislation that moves us in the direction towards innovation and evolution,” she added.

The minister also said the Covid pandemic had “clearly shown” the importance of the seafood sector.

“When many integral parts of the economy suffered, the fishing industry was flexible and able to adjust to new and demanding circumstances.

“With the goal set for 100% exploitation of the catch, new streams of value have been generated – that goes both for processing and technologies like water quality and super-

cooling. These technologies enable the companies to export better quality products to foreign markets.”

She highlighted that the processing of fish skins into products for the medical field is a prime example of new technology that has generated new value.

“The key to success is, however, to aim for the sustainable management of this vital resource. Today,

8 In the COVID pandemic, Iceland’s fishing industry was flexible and adjusted to the new and demanding circumstances, said Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir

we celebrate World Oceans Day – to remind us that we need a new approach in our relationship with the marine environment. Therefore, all of our grand plans regarding the marine resource must be based on the fact that we have no time to lose,” she said.

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OPINION

ON THE HOOK: WHY WE’RE RUNNING AN EXTERNAL REVIEW INTO THE MSC Campaign Coordinator Amy Hammond explains The Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) eco-labelling scheme is often described as the “gold standard” for sustainable seafood, yet numerous controversial certifications – from Australian orange roughy to Antarctic krill to Atlantic bluefin tuna – have increasingly exposed that reputation to scrutiny.

MSC was established in 1997 to plug a gap in global ocean governance by harnessing market forces to drive rapid sustainability improvements from wild capture fisheries.

Twenty-five years later, the world is a very different place, and MSC does not appear to have kept pace. With its Standard simultaneously overcomplicated and under-ambitious, MSC is failing to deliver on stakeholder expectations or on its goal of ‘oceans teeming with life’.

Sacrificed standards?

While “sustainability” is an elusive term, questions have to be asked about any definition which enables the certification of fisheries dredging in Marine Protected Areas, where shark finning takes place, or which threaten the long-term recovery of fish stocks. Such instances make it difficult not to conclude that MSC has sacrificed high standards in the name of expansion.Furthermore, with increasing acceptance that sustainability needs to be holistic, how can MSC continue to justify its lack of consideration of the human, social and climate impacts of fisheries? Or the high costs of certification which make the programme largely inaccessible to smallscale developing world fisheries who then find themselves locked out of lucrative markets?

Consumers who want to support sustainable businesses must be able to trust that when they select an MSC-labelled product they are not unknowingly endorsing unsustainable practices

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Underlying many of these specific concerns are substantial procedural weaknesses. Stakeholders repeatedly come up against a system in which certifiers are granted excessive discretion leading to inconsistent outcomes, an inordinately expensive objections process where the objector has almost no chance of success, and a lack of meaningful engagement from MSC. While MSC’s current Fisheries Standard Review has made some progress in addressing key issues including shark finning and marine mammal harassment, its consultative process and proposed outcomes have ultimately left a wide range of respondents from the fishing and conservation communities alike dissatisfied.

Standard in order to secure the price premiums or market access conferred by certification. MSC could therefore be a major lever for increasing ambition across the sector, but it is currently failing to seize that opportunity.

Furthermore, consumers who want to support sustainable businesses must be able to trust that when they select an MSC-labelled product they are not unknowingly endorsing unsustainable practices. MSC must proactively address its weaknesses and loopholes before they undermine the entire scheme, risking reputational damage to all engaged.

In that context, the On The Hook campaign has repeatedly called on MSC to initiate an independent root-and-branch review of its standards and operations. In light of MSC inaction and in the face of an ocean crisis, we decided to launch our own external review in April. The first phase of this is an open online consultation seeking the views of all MSC stakeholders and we would urge all readers to World Fishing to consider responding to this and circulating it within your networks to ensure that industry perspectives are represented.

It is our firm belief that MSC could and should be a real force for good – but it is not currently delivering. With MSC rapidly losing both credibility and good will, we hope that our external review kickstarts long overdue action and puts this long-running debate to rest once and for all.

8 Around 15% of the global catch is from fisheries directly engaged with MSC

8 Amy Hammond

Missing the mark The standard set by the MSC matters. Around 15% of the global catch is from fisheries directly engaged with MSC and many more fisheries are motivated to try to reach the

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INSIGHT

The future of fishing

MANAGING MORTALITIES In July 2021, land-based salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire reported the death of 400 tonnes of salmon at its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in Denmark. The incident affected one of the saltwater grow-out systems and 17% of the facility’s fish were lost. This followed a loss in March, when around 500,000 salmon, averaging 1kg each, died at the company’s RAS in Florida.

Aquaculture may be continuously growing but assessing and benchmarking fish welfare is still challenging. Fish and other species are held in an environment that can be difficult to inspect, while their behavioural patterns are not as intuitive to understand as those of terrestrial animals. Large populations in tanks can further impair such assessments and benchmarking, but for every report of mortalities, there are increasing concerns among consumers and farmers for the health and welfare of farmed species.

Based in Singapore, Erika Chong is a technical manager at Blue Aqua, a shrimp aquaculture firm that is developing Singapore’s first RAS farm for the production of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). She says that biosecurity breaches and a system breakdown are among the main causes of mortality in closed containment systems.

“Biosecurity is a set of measures to maintain an animal’s health at the optimal level,” she said. “Disease can be introduced into a farm through infected sources of animal, contaminated water or human carriers. Meanwhile, a system breakdown can result in deteriorating water quality, which can kill cultured animals. Another cause of mortality is excess nitrogenous input due to poor feeding management, which creates stressful rearing conditions and compromises immune systems.”

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RAS design and technology must ensure a rearing environment that supports the fundamental biological requirements of fish Carlo C. Lazado, Nofima “Some fish do perish because they’re poor performers,” said Robert Walker, President of Gold River Aquafarms Ltd on Vancouver Island. “They don’t compete for food well, or perhaps have anatomical issues that prevent them from surviving but that’s nature.”

There are also equipment-related causes.

“A consistent, high level of water quality is essential to the well-being of fish stocks, and a lot of technology is deployed to ensure this. Water purification systems involve solids removal, dissolved gas control, nitrogenous waste control and pathogen control. However, if any of them fail, mortality can follow quickly.”

Upholding water quality RAS farms are among the most environmentally sustainable systems in which to rear fish, but problems in fish health and even mortalities can occur. Carlo C. Lazado, senior scientist at Nofima in Norway, said that every manipulation in a RAS system affects the fish in one way or another. An immature

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How can RAS farms avoid the worst-case scenario, asks Bonnie Waycott

biofilter, for example, will not be able to control ammonia levels produced as a by-product of fish metabolism.

He said, “RAS design and technology must ensure a rearing environment that supports the fundamental biological requirements of fish, and at the same time, safeguard the fish and the system from potential outbreaks through effective biosecurity.”

One of the best ways for a RAS farm to avoid mortalities is to maintain good water quality. The most important parameters to keep on top of are pH, oxidative reduction potential (ORP) and dissolved oxygen (DO), said Chong.

Changes in pH influence the toxicity of ammonia and affect aquatic life indirectly by altering other aspects of water chemistry.

ORP is one of the parameters that affects a system’s carrying capacity and is defined as the measure of cleanliness of the water and its ability to break down contaminants. It plays an important role in the nitrogen cycle and other oxidation processes.

Monitoring DO is particularly important in intensive culture and crucial to ensure enough oxygen in the water. Nitrogen compounds such as nitrate and total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) must also be monitored regularly as they indicate the efficiency of RAS performance. Total suspended solids should also be checked since particles can result in severe gill health issues.

“Testing water quality daily, looking at the colour of the water and observing the animal to check for any physical signs are key to avoiding mortality,” said Chong. “Farmers tend to check for signs of reduced feeding, or a presence of lesions on the body.”

8 Surveillance and monitoring should be performed routinely. Nofima’s facilities at Sunndalsøra, Norway

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INSIGHT “In addition to water quality, fish health can be monitored by visual inspection, such as checking for wounds or fin damage,” said Lazado. “Advanced technologies like AI-based monitoring cameras have recently become a hot topic, which is a positive development as we can follow the fish even under the water. There are also lab-based health and welfare indicators. Samples are taken from a representative fish and sent to a laboratory for analyses, for example routine histopathology and detection of pathogens. Hopefully, the next step is to develop on-farm health monitoring kits based on our better understanding of fish physiology and immunology.”

Site controls Proactive management and a set of biosecurity measures that prevent the entry, proliferation and release of pathogens are also key. Staff and visitors must be trained to be thoughtful about the impact of lax biosecurity, said Walker.

Clothing that is brought in from outside may carry all kinds of pathogens, so proper dress protocols must be followed.

Anyone who has visited other farms within a week must not enter a RAS farm. Proper use of foot baths and hand washing stations is essential. Entry points must be monitored for the potential of external pathogen entry. Insect and rodent control are also important, both of which are usually accomplished by well-designed entry systems, while the RAS farm must be completely sealed.

“RAS farms are built with very high levels of control over pathogens,” said Walker. “This starts with the introduction of disease-free ova. All entry points are monitored and staff or visitors must move through pathogen control systems prior to entering. Air quality is maintained with HVAC systems that filter out airborne pathogens. If a pathogen does find its way into the system, the impact can be devastating.

“Generally, after a serious mortality event involving a pathogen, the facility must be completely sanitised which

involves removal of all stock – obviously a serious incident worth avoiding through preventive measures.”

Knowledge sharing “The technology on RAS farms today, such as sensors, automatic feeders and harvest equipment make operations easier, there is minimal manpower required and everything can be automated,” said Chong. “But we mustn’t disregard the knowledge and experience that farmers have gained over the years by observing and handling their fish or shrimp every day.

“One important management practice is to strike a balance between both technology and the hands-on approach of farmers. Sharing data, tips and advice on successful ways to manage RAS farms is also a good way for farmers to develop their understanding.”

With many small farms experiencing very little mortality and others having serious incidents, it is difficult to say for certain just how serious mortality on RAS farms is.

Farming aquatic animals always has some level of mortality associated with it, said Walker, and typically between five and 10% of the inventory is lost each generation.

For the RAS sector, proper biosecurity measures are essential, as is sharing information.

“Obviously there are proprietary technologies, but farmers will talk and share their experiences with equipment so the sector will continue to grow. There have been a number of workshops over the years where experiences have been shared, and I’m sure that this will continue.” he said.

“Surveillance and monitoring should be performed routinely,” said Lazado. “Water quality, system performance and fish health and welfare are all interconnected.

Technological and biological early warning systems must be in place. But with the technological advancements we have now, we can promote an artificial environment in which fish can thrive optimally. There are still challenges, but we have advanced significantly compared to 10 or 15 years ago.”

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8 For the RAS sector, proper biosecurity measures and information sharing are essential

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Focusing on Fisheries Development

WHEN DATA TRIUMPHS OVER DEATH A digital platform is helping salmon farmers in Norway make quick decisions and reduce mortality rates, writes Bonnie Waycott Mortality on fish farms is of particular concern and can lead to significant economic loss for producers. It also raises questions about the ethics and sustainability of the farm in question and of aquaculture as a whole.

These events tend to occur as a result of adverse conditions like algal blooms or disease outbreaks, or interventions such as deteriorating water quality, pathogen entry or parasite treatment. A deeper understanding of these can play an important part in monitoring and surveillance to inform farmers in advance and help them act accordingly.

In Norway, although at the lower end of the spectrum compared to other salmon markets, mortality rates on salmon farms have been alarmingly high. In 2021, around 54 million salmon died in cages. This represents 15.5% of the total Norwegian stock.

Amidst this, salmon farmer Lingalaks AS decided to take action. It joined forces with Norwegian and US software and data analytics firm Manolin by investing in Manolin’s Essentials platform. As a result, the company can now quickly and easily monitor fish health trends on a daily basis.

Today it’s aiming to avoid the major costs that mortalities bring to farmers and the industry, and to tackle larger issues surrounding fish health and welfare.

“In terms of protein production systems, salmon mortality rates are orders of magnitude higher than what we see for chickens and cattle,” said Tony Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of Manolin.

“Salmon is at the forefront of aquaculture, but it’s still behind other production systems, and mortality is an issue that’s also growing. Fish mortality causes significant financial losses to producers, more environmental impact from waste and higher resource use. It could be the result of decreasing nutritional quality or sea lice, which has also been increasing, along with the amount of treatment that has been used on farms.”

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Driving down salmon mortalities by 41% is huge

Tony Chen, Manolin Informed decision making Manolin’s Essentials platform provides a strong example of how technology and data management can play key roles in helping farmers make quick decisions and take necessary steps. It brings all farm data into one place, providing risk forecasts and analytical tools so that farmers can make smarter decisions on how to respond to particular issues on their farm.

Its role is to identify patterns and trends on a farm and enable an entire team to access relevant information.

Hundreds of millions of data points are scanned every 15 minutes, alerting farmers when something’s not right and predicting such things as the early onset of disease.

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Through the platform, farmers can also view mortality, feed and growth trends over time, compare different sites and cages and learn what went right or wrong. Historic farm data timelines and a map of real-time fish health across Norway are also available along with disease outbreak notifications and nearby treatment alerts.

Farmers can use the platform as part of their day-to-day workflow to better understand changes that occur across their sites.

41% mortality reduction Lingalaks has seen significant results thanks to better data access. Performance analysis by Manolin shows that Lingalaks’ average sea lice values are the lowest in the last five years, and its two more recent generations’ mortality numbers were 41% lower than the previous average.

Lingalaks is now monitoring mortality rates every day, along with lice counts and feeding numbers and attributes the 41% to being able to take action more quickly than before, and having all farm information in one place. This helps staff to better understand the development of fish health over time.

“Driving down salmon mortalities by 41% is huge,” said Chen. “Companies like Lingalaks have been aggressively tackling sea lice over the last few years, and they are much better about how and when they deploy treatments.”

As far as the decrease in mortality is concerned, he explained that data access enables trends to be identified such as whether the fish can handle sea lice treatments, and they can make better decisions and act accordingly.

“Other decisions they’ve made have also had positive impacts, whether it’s feeding, vaccine or equipment choices.

We like to think that from our side, helping them to identify smarter treatments has made a big impact, particularly when it comes to mortalities.”

Chen continued, “When you’re losing fish, small decisions that can be made, changes in the environment or in the way you’re raising your fish can have big impacts. So being able to make a split-second decision or having additional data to make a smarter decision is extremely important.”

For Lingalaks, the focus has always been on making sure that the entire team has access to these insights and

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information, not just one or two people in the organisation.

They have been working to ensure that new technologies fit into the daily tasks of each employee.

“That has been key to enabling more collaborative decision-making,” he said.

Optimising data value Chen believes that being able to prove the return on investment for farms and making operations easier for farmers will be key to getting aquaculture on board with data sharing and investing in technology.

While it’s clear that all farmers would benefit from sharing and understanding data, work is underway to get more access to the information that farmers need, and process and store it properly before presenting it back to farmers.

One of the challenges he and his team are working on is to make sure that all data are in the right formats and that no information is lost.

Making the platform more and more useful across an entire team is also important, due to people’s different roles within a company, the amount of time they have dedicated to specific platforms and the different types of work that they do.

Being able to support all those different needs is another aspect that Manolin is addressing, along with continuing to ensure data security.

Going forward, more tasks lie ahead for Chen and his team.

“Something else about salmon farming that is interesting to us is the generational shift in farmers, which has been accelerating over the last few years,” said Chen. “The first generation who started the farms have begun to retire and move out, and younger farmers are coming in. For us, continuing to help them make smarter decisions and improve the way that they raise their fish is going to be extremely important.”

Another thing they are “very curious to explore” is how treatments on farms can be reduced.

“Sea lice management is a huge issue when it comes to salmon farming in Norway and the overall trend is that treatments are increasing. We would love to see what the data say about how treatments could be reduced while improving the situation surrounding sea lice,” said Chen.

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Thousands of visitors – spanning the entire fisheries sector – were warmly welcomed to 13th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition in Kópavogur

Profit in waste Among this year’s exhibiting companies, Denmarkheadquartered Kroma A/S presented several improved and new generation solutions aimed at dealing with waste, minimising equipment maintenance and optimising profit, particularly from the processing of aquaculture-derived raw materials.

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There was no shortage of innovation at this year’s exhibition Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, Mercator Media CEO Ivan Kristensen explained, “When we design machinery for fish processing sites, we always put effort into making hygienic, technologically advanced equipment that is effortless in terms of use and cleaning. Yet it must also provide high yields, with solutions for by-products that in return get profit from both the primary product and the waste.”

One such new addition to Kroma’s portfolio is Silagemaster.

Designed to utilise by-products from the processing line or dead fish from aquaculture sites, it is an effective waste handling system that processes materials into an easily stored silage that can be later refined into additives for different purposes, including feed ingredients, fertilisers, biofuels and biogases.

Removing mortalities from aquaculture sites in such a way also reduces biosecurity risks.

Silagemaster has attracted a lot of interest since its launch, confirmed Kroma’s Jesper Svendsen.

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Successfully bringing exhibitors and the global fishing community together face-to-face after a long COVIDenforced break, IceFish 2022, held 8-10 June and organised

by Mercator Media, once again proved to be the mustattend event for all commercial fisheries organisations and associated businesses.

Historically, Icefish has always showcased the latest innovations and services coming to the commercial fisheries sector, covering everything from catching and locating fish to processing and packaging, and through to the marketing and distribution of final products. IceFish 2022 certainly didn’t disappoint, with hundreds of companies, products and brands featured from dozens of countries.

Having received “tremendous interest” in the run up to the show, Mercator Media’s Events Director Marianne RasmussenCoulling, expressed her delight at being able to once again stage the event.

“There was no shortage of innovation at this year’s exhibition, particularly after a five-year gap since the last IceFish due to the COVID-19 restrictions. IceFish was the first opportunity for commercial fishing industry experts to showcase their latest products, solutions and technologies in person,” she said.

“By-product handling plays a key role in the management of marine resources and reducing the environmental footprint. At the same time, silage processing is an efficient solution to stabilise by-products for storage and secure its value. What can be more satisfying than to have a no-waste policy at the fish processing plant, and on the top of that, get profit from both the primary product and its waste?” he asked.

8 Mercator Media’s Events Director Marianne Rasmussen Coulling welcomed IceFish visitors after a five-year, COVIDenforced hiatus

Eye on the prize Meanwhile, amongst the deals reached at IceFish 2022, seafood software provider Maritech signed a partnership agreement with Brim that will see the Icelandic seafood company test Maritech Eye for its whitefish processing and production.

Maritech Eye scans fish early in the production process, enabling a processor to achieve a more sustainable production due to reduced waste and improved resource productivity. It gives each fish a unique quality score and ID based on given criteria, documenting the objective quality assessment. This information is sent to the grader as well as to Maritech’s LINSiGHT IoT platform for storage and visualisation.

The solution for whitefish was launched in November 2020, in close cooperation with innovation partners Nofima, NEO/ HySpex, Lerøy Norway Seafoods and Lerøy Havfisk.

According to Maritech, quality scanning enables allocation premium quality for price premium products, while the rest of the fish can be used optimally in other product segments, improving production planning through fact-based decisions.

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And the winners are…

Also returning to the IceFish programme, the 8th Icelandic Fisheries Awards took place on 8 June, in Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur Art Museum. Hosted by the Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation and the City of Kópavogur, the ceremony bestowed some 13 awards, including two that recognised the outstanding career contributions made to the sector.

First introduced in 1999, the accolades distinguish excellence within Icelandic and international fisheries,

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Icelandic companies have developed the technologies and knowledge to enhance the competitiveness of the sector Benedikt Árnason, Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture highlighting the most innovative and ground-breaking products and outstanding service. This year’s event was sponsored by Vonin, Bureau Veritas and Morgunblaðið.

Attending the event, Icelandic Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir praised the winners for their innovation.

“The awards recipients here demonstrate how vibrant and innovative the seafood sector is – responsive to new challenges and continuously striving for better value creation.

“Awards like those given here should encourage companies and innovators to look for and test out new ideas,” she said.

Visiting the exhibition, the minister met with Javier Lopez de Lacalle, Managing Director of Foro Maritimo Vasco (the Basque Association of Maritime Industries) for an update on Iceland’s new 69.8-metre fishery and oceanographic 8 IceFish 2022 was officially opened

by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture Benedikt Árnason

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Double in a decade Opening this year’s exhibition, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture Benedikt Árnason underlined how vital the seafood industry is for Iceland, both in terms of its importance to many fishing communities and to broader society. He also insisted that Icelandic seafood can double its value in the next 10 years.

“Through the collaboration of fishing and processing, Icelandic companies have developed the technologies and knowledge to enhance the competitiveness of the sector – continuously striving for increasing value and improving the utilisation of the blue resources.”

Climate challenges in the sector are priorities that industry and government need to work on together to achieve Iceland’s emissions reduction target, Árnason said, adding that the IceFish exhibition “provides an important opportunity” to present and monitor the latest developments in energy issues in the seafood sector and how vessel manufacturers and designers, as well as equipment manufacturers are responding.

“The challenges in this sector are many and the government must also ensure that the interests of the Icelandic fisheries sector are protected at an international level.

“I believe the sustainable management of stocks to be a core interest of the Icelandic fisheries sector and that we must all act accordingly.

“By nurturing the strength of Icelandic fisheries, the utilisation of fish stocks, the fisheries management system and the strong cooperation of the seafood and technology sectors, the value of the sector and related industries can double in the next decade,” he said.

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The awards recipients here demonstrate how vibrant and innovative the seafood sector is

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during his long career at Hampiðjan. He’s known around the world as the godfather of the Gloria, having been at the centre of the development of the Gloria pelagic trawl that has since the 1990s been through a great many versions for a variety of fisheries.

Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture

Outstanding European Processor – Bakkafrost Bakkafrost is the largest vertically integrated salmon producer in the Faroe Islands and is also the relatively new owner of the Scottish Salmon Company. In 2021, Bakkafrost’s production increased to more than 2 million meals a day – serving business customers, including importers, food producers, large supermarkets, and restaurant chains, in more than 30 countries across the four key markets of Western Europe, North America, Asia and Eastern Europe.

research vessel, which is being built by the association’s member Astilleros Armón.

The new vessel has been designed by Skipasýn with the build contract awarded after a three-year design process.

The contract for the new vessel was signed at the end of March by Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson, Institute director Thorsteinn Sigurðsson and representatives of Astilleros Armón. Delivery is expected in the Autumn of 2024.

This year’s award winners were: Best New Product launched at show – Hampiðjan The fibre-optic cable developed by Hampiðjan promises to open up a new world for undersea electronics by taking gear-to-ship data transfer rates that have so far been unheard of. This development offers significant opportunities both for fisheries and numerous other undersea applications.

Outstanding Icelandic Skipper – Gísli V Jónsson Gísli V Jónsson has been at sea since he was 15 and has been skipper since his early twenties. Over a long career he has been successful across a variety of fisheries, and retired from fishing recently, having joined Grindavík company Vísir for what was expected to be a few months – although this turned into 25 years. He skippered both the original Páll Jónsson, and its replacement that was delivered in 2020, having been closely involved with the design and build of the first new longliner of its size to be built for Icelandic owners for many years.

Outstanding Achievement – Guðmundur Gunnarsson Guðmundur Gunnarsson has worked on the net loft floor, managed sales and been involved in fishing gear design

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8 Icelandic Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir meets with Javier Lopez de Lacalle, Managing Director of Foro Maritimo Vasc

Efficiency in fishing and aquaculture (large company >50 staff) – WiseFish Developed by Icelandic company Wise, WiseFish is ERP software that’s been designed and developed specifically for primary and value-added seafood processors, distributors, traders and fishing operations. It ensures that fishing and harvesting operations, processing and handling, and product sales and distribution are conducted in a fully-traceable manner.

Efficiency in fishing and aquaculture (small company <50 staff) – Olen French-based fisheries innovation company Olen recognises that product quality is fundamental to the future of the fishing sector and that it’s important to offer its technologies to fishing companies and also processing operations. As such, its solutions are not only geared towards optimising freezing in brine or preserving in refrigerated sea water processes, they also transmit vital information to shorebased operations. Its team includes engineers that are specialised in fisheries, metrology, IT architecture, industrial IT, purchasing and international trade.

Processing sector value creation (large company >50 staff) – Sæplast Founded in Iceland 1984, Sæplast today manufactures more that 120,000 insulated containers annually with its production

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Processing sector value creation (small company <50 staff) – ALVAR ALVAR – formerly known as D-Tech ehf – has always been closely connected with Iceland’s fisheries and the sector’s pelagic, whitefish, seafood and salmon factories. ALVAR’s “flagship solution” is its Mist Core system, which deploys a high-density disinfectant mist in each of the processing rooms chosen within a factory. The mist density guarantees thorough disinfection, including the small gaps between equipment units. Furthermore, the automation of the disinfection process allows fish and seafood businesses to preserve resources and keep a tight rein on costs, including up to 90% less water and 70% less chemicals, while also dramatically decreasing the bacteria count.

Smart award for by-product innovation – Marine Collagen Applying circular economic thinking to fishery and aquaculture products offers the opportunity to mimic a more natural system to regenerate “waste” into new and valuable products and side streams. At the forefront of this movement in Iceland, Marine Collagen extracts collagen – a structural protein that is responsible for healthy joints and skin elasticity – from Atlantic cod skin.

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technologies including rotational moulding. Over the past five years, the company has been working on an innovative container with the four goals of reducing the space occupied by empty units, improving the quality of the raw materials being stored, improving hygiene, and making stacked units more secure. The result is its new Twin Containers solution.

8 IceFish 2022 again proved to be a mustattend event for all commercial fisheries organisations and associated businesses

Overall outstanding supplier – Vonin Vónin is a major developer and manufacturer of high-quality fishing gear and aquaculture equipment. Its expertise is based around specialised pelagic trawls, purse seine nets, semi-pelagic trawls, and robust trawl gear for groundfish and shrimp fisheries, as well as net cages, mooring systems, plastic cages, and net washing systems for the fish farming sector. The company is committed to maximising the efficiency of its products in order to help its customers keep a tight rein on costs and elevate their sustainability credentials. Its new Twister pelagic doors, for example, are designed for low drag and high efficiency. They also incorporate Vónin’s Smart system technology.

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Icelandic Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir praised this year’s Icelandic Fisheries Award winners for their innovation

Mercator Media’s Diane Lillo presented the award for Best National, Regional or Group Stand to the Pavilion of Denmark

Presented by Mercator Media’s Marianne RasmussenCoulling, the award for Best Individual Stand up to 50m2 was won by Kaeling & Micro

Sponsored by Vónin, the Outstanding Icelandic Skipper award this year went to the recently retired Gísli V Jónsson. Jónsson skippered the original Páll Jónsson and its 2020 replacement

Hampiðjan’s fibre-optic cable received the award for Best New Product launched at this year IceFish from World Fishing & Aquaculture contributor Quentin Bates

This year’s Best Individual Stand over 50m2 award went to fish processing solutions provider Baader

Olen collected an Efficiency in Fishing and Aquaculture award from World Fishing & Aquaculture Editor Jason Holland. The French-based fisheries innovation company supplies its technologies to fishing and processing companies

This year’s Outstanding Achievement award, sponsored

by Bureau Veritas, went to Guðmundur Gunnarsson.

Gunnarsson had a long and distinguished career at Hampiðjan, where amongst other things he was at the centre of the development of the Gloria pelagic trawl

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Bjarni Thór Jónsson handed a Processing Sector Value Creation award to ALVAR. Formerly known as D-Tech ehf, the company has developed a new Mist Core system that deploys a high-density disinfectant mist in processing rooms

Sæplast received an award for Processing Sector Value Creation from Mercator Media CEO Andrew Webster.

The company’s new Twin Containers solution achieves its four targeted goals of reducing the space occupied by empty units, improving the quality of the raw materials being stored, improving hygiene, and makes stacked units more secure

World Fishing & Aquaculture Media Sales Manager Arrate Landera presented WiseFish with an Efficiency in Fishing and Aquaculture award. Its ERP software ensures fishing and harvesting operations, processing and handling, and product sales and distribution are conducted in a fully-traceable manner

Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling presented Vónin with its award for Overall Outstanding Supplier. The company’s expertise is based around specialised pelagic trawls, purse seine nets, semi-pelagic trawls and trawl gear for groundfish and shrimp fisheries, as well as net cages, mooring systems, plastic cages and net washing systems for the aquaculture sector

Marine Collagen’s Managing Director Erla Ósk Pétursdóttir collected the Smart Award for By-product Innovation. Marine Collagen extracts collagen from Atlantic cod skin

The 2022 Icelandic Fisheries Awards winners

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ICELAND CHAMPIONS TOTAL FISH UTILISATION With million tonnes of fisheries and aquaculture raw materials going to waste, IceFish 2022’s Fish Waste for Profit Conference heard there’s significant scope to optimise the use and value of seafood Opening the conference’s fourth edition, held 9-10 June in Reykjavik, and setting the scene, Thor Sigfusson, Founder and Chairman of the Iceland Ocean Cluster, stated there’s now a lot of interest from the industry and beyond in the opportunities that fish by-products and side streams offer, and what’s key is to bringing the start-up community into the picture with its entrepreneurship and tech focus.

“It’s so important to get everybody in the seafood industry to realise that we have the opportunity to create economic, social and environmental value.

“We have huge work to do; we have 10 million tonnes of by-products (globally), and I would say that’s a very cautious estimate. So, there’s huge work ahead of us…we’re only just at the initial stages of these changes,” Sigfusson said.

Better equipped for RRMs Delivering the keynote address, Jonas Vidarsson, Director of Value Creation at Matis explained that through heavy investment in education and R&D a lot of young people with fresh ideas have joined and revolutionised Iceland’s seafood sector over the past few decades.

Vidarsson also acknowledged that at the same time, a great deal of money has been spent updating the country’s fishing fleet with fewer, more efficient vessels that are better equipped to handle the catch and the rest raw materials (RRMs – or side-stream products), and that the same transition has been seen on the processing side, with much stronger emphasis now placed on the RRMs and servicing.

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You can’t throw away 60% of the fish – that’s not sustainable and it’s not good business Jonas Vidarsson, Matis “There are fewer people in processing, but more are focusing on the rest raw materials,” he said.

“Everybody now realises that you can’t just focus on fillets; that’s just 40%, and you can’t throw away 60% of the fish – that’s not sustainable and it’s not good business.”

There are a vast number of products that can be made from these raw materials, with more opportunities opening up all the time, and there is a lot of money in it, Vidarsson said.

Focus on human food Iceland is leading the charge, the conference heard. In 2017, it was utilising 72% of its cod in conventional products.

According to the latest analysis, by 2021, 90% of the country’s cod catch was being used, including the production of side products.

“This, of course, is fantastic compared with everybody else. But there should still be more effort and attention to

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value,” Vidarsson said. He gave the example of redfish where only 35% is used for human consumption and the remainder is used for bait or fishmeal.

“It’s 100% utilisation but we can do better. We can make more food and we can make more value from this.”

Head of Research and Innovation at the Iceland Ocean Cluster Alexandra Leeper told the conference there’s also considerable scope for Iceland’s Atlantic salmon, with the country’s production now at 40,000 tonnes and set to double over the next few years.

“The time is now to maximise the value and move towards 100% utilisation.”

However, right now in Iceland, 42% of the Atlantic salmon resource is being “wasted”, she said, adding that the work with whitefish, particularly Atlantic cod, shows much more can be achieved and a number of new initiatives to capture value are underway.

With regards to the “bigger picture” food security challenge, Vidarsson reminded the conference that while 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, fish production only accounts for 158 million tonnes of the total 4 billion tonnes of food produced annually.

“We are not really using the oceans,” he said. “We cannot feed 10 billion people in 2050 without using all of the resources that we have been given…and using all of the resources 100%.”

8 A vast number of products can be made from by-product raw materials, the Fish Waste for Profit conference heard

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RECOGNITION OF A 50-YEAR CAREER Guðmundur Gunnarsson accepted the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition’s Outstanding Achievement award for his contributions to the development of fishing gear – and a few days later he was decorated by President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson with the Order of the Falcon, the highest honour the Icelandic state can confer on an individual Gunnarsson is someone who rarely needs an introduction among trawler skippers and his name is firmly linked to the development of the Gloria trawl in the late 1980s, which revolutionised pelagic trawling for the Icelandic fleet.

Originally developed with the skippers of Sjóli and Haraldur Kristjánsson to fish for redfish deep off the southwest of Iceland, getting the Gloria trawl to function wasn’t a painless process to begin with. But once the bugs had been ironed out, this design, which at the time was a radical departure from some of the conventions of gear design, became a great success for the company.

Aside from the success of the Gloria design, which has since then been refined and developed over the years for many other fisheries around the world, during a 50-year career at Hampiðjan, he has seen some huge changes take place, not least the work done in the 1980s with the Marine Research Institute and Netagerð Vestfjarða that made it possible to refine demersal trawls. This made these trawl gears significantly more effective, while also reducing the rate of gear damage to a fraction of what it had been.

In 1983, he took over managing Hampiðjan’s sales, while at the same time being closely involved in working on fishing gear research, and in 2001 he stepped aside from sales to concentrate fully on his role as the company’s development manager.

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“When I joined Hampiðjan, we exported practically no netting. That began to change around 1974-75, when we started exporting netting to Denmark and the Faroes, and later to Canada. There was a significant advance in 1976 when we were able to heat-set netting. Up to then poor knot stability had been a problem, but heat-setting made Hampiðjan’s netting the best on the market and there was a big increase in sales when this came in,” he recalled.

The pivotal points of the last few decades include the arrival of stern trawlers after 1970 and the implementation of the quota system that began in 1983, he said.

“Then there were the fisheries for offshore shrimp in the

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1980s and offshore redfish from 1989 onwards, and the new generation of fishing vessels that began around 2000.”

Evolving business Hampiðjan has also been through some great changes – going from a set of buildings dating back to the 1930s and around 200 staff when he joined the company, to its present incarnation with its headquarters and purpose-built net loft on the Skarfabakki quayside in Reykjavík, while today the group as a whole has more than a thousand staff across 28 locations in 15 countries.

“Having the opportunity to work at Hampiðjan and to gain a knowledge of the technology and expertise behind fishing gears has been invaluable,” he said.

“Being able to travel abroad as a young man to become familiar with the fishing gear business around the world was highly memorable. At Hampiðjan, I had the opportunity to research, develop and design gears for demersal and pelagic fishing. I’ve also had the chance to spend time at sea to put these gears to work and to contribute to these being the outstanding fishing gears that Hampiðjan produces today.

He added, “Being able to take part in exhibitions and visits to flume tanks has also been a part of this process as whole, alongside the chance to get to know customers and colleagues, many of whom are my closest friends.”

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THREE MONTHS THAT BECAME 25 YEARS Gísli V Jónsson, this year’s Outstanding Icelandic Skipper, discusses his remarkable career The second-half of Gísli V Jónsson’s seagoing career was spent in the wheelhouse of Vísir’s longliner Páll Jónsson GK-7 – both the original vessel and the newbuild that replaced it in early 2020. In fact, he joined the Grindavík fishing company for what was expected to be just a few months, which turned into 25 years, until he retired last year after more than 50 years at sea – practically all of them as skipper.

“I’m from the countryside – east of Stokkseyri and went to sea when I was coming up to 16. That was the 1965-66 season, fishing from Stokkseyri,” he said.

Keen to broaden his horizons, he went from there to fishing from Eskifjörður and later Neskaupstaður in the east of Iceland. “This was all purse-seining for herring in the North Sea, and this took us to land fish in Fraserburgh and Peterhead in Scotland, sometimes in the Faroes, in Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven in Germany, Skagen and Hirtshals in Denmark, and in Bergen in Norway,” he said.

This was also when he took time out to spend a couple of winters in Reykjavík to study for his skipper’s ticket.

“At that time there was nothing unusual about doing this at a young age,” he said. “I was 19 and one of the crew of Barði when I went to Reykjavík to navigation college after the 1961 herring season and graduated in 1971.”

Back in the east of Iceland with his brand-new full skipper’s qualifications and by now one of the crew of purse seiner Birtingur, things changed when he saw an advert in a newspaper for a skipper on a boat fishing from Eyrarbakki, not far from where he had grown up.

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“I applied and hadn’t expected to get the job. But this was the time when the new stern trawlers were joining the fleet, and nobody wanted to work on the smaller boats. So, I started as skipper on 1 January 1973, and have only sailed as skipper after that.”

He stayed in Eyrarbakki until 1975, before skippering several other boats and in 1983 joining fishing company Glettingur.

“At that time this was the largest family-run company in Thorlákshöfn, with netting boats, and they also had the foresight to introduce seine netting. Up to 1990 I was skipper of Dala-Röst, seine netting for groundfish and trawling for prawns. We did very well and had the top landing spot a couple of times,” he said.

“Then I took the new Stafnes, which was seine netting, as well as purse seining for the autumn herring season, with the catch frozen on board.”

A few years on, Jónsson and engineer Steingrímur Matthíasson embarked on their own venture with Freyr, and the operation was expanded with a leased vessel for fishing redfish and in the Loophole. Although the fishing side of this went well, legal complications concerning this and other

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leased vessel brought the venture to an abrupt end, and Freyr was also sold in 1996.

Joining Vísir “Vísir bought Freyr in 1996, and they had difficulties with the boat in getting it fishing properly,” he recalled. “I went on board for what was supposed to be three months, which turned into 25 years.”

The 200gt Freyr was alternating seine netting and longlining when the regulatory regime provided some added advantages.

In 2001, Vísir bought Örfirisey, which became Páll Jónsson, named after one of the company’s founders, and Jónsson remained skipper of this vessel right up until steaming its replacement home from the Alkor Shipyard in Poland in 2020.

“We did well on the old Páll Jónsson, and always had a good crew,” he said, adding that throughout his career he had always been able to keep good crews with him.

“The old Páll Jónsson was a good ship, but it was tired. It had been built in 1967, and we did well. But it had been through a lot, and it was time to upgrade,” he said.

Vísir went to Navis to design the new Páll Jónsson, which was built in Poland, and resulted in expected retirement being postponed for a couple of years.

“I’ve known chief engineer Ingibergur Magnússon since were children, and we have sailed together for the last 20 years. We were both looking to retire, but also wanted to be involved with the new longliner,” he said.

Although the new vessel was built on largely classic lines, it still contains a wealth of new technology on the catch handling deck, the engine room and especially in the wheelhouse, where the usual control position on the starboard side, overlooking the hauling hatch, was done away with. Instead, there is a central control position and the skipper monitors activity at the hauler via CCTV. “This was the arrangement I wanted when the layout was being designed,” he said. “There were some big changes that

8 Gísli V Jónsson accepted the 2022 IceFish award for outstanding skipper, presented

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70,000 tonnes New Páll Jónsson has the latest Mustad systems on board, but the reality is that the rate of change in longlining technology over the years has been unbelievably slow, Jónsson said.

“The same baiting machines worked for years and years, and there are baiting machines in use today that date back to the 1980s. As long as they get proper maintenance, they last practically for ever,” he said, adding that changes came with the introduction of new technology in developing computercontrolled systems.

“The Mustad gear we have used just worked right from the start, so there wasn’t a great need for changes.”

There have been a few other changes, such as the switch to Pacific saury when this was seen as a bait that would be less likely to attract cod in the years when cod quotas were particularly tight, but now herring and squid are used as the main bait types.

Despite being retired and now living in the countryside an hour’s drive to the east in the area where he grew up near Stokkseyri, the links with Grindavík and Vísir remain strong.

“Vísir is a family company, and I know them all. These people are friends and I’m always welcome there. I don’t miss the work, but I can’t help missing the company. That’s where my friends are,” he said.

Jónsson retired after running the new Páll Jónsson for a year-and-a-half and calculated that over three vessels during his time with Vísir, he and his crew landed around 70,000 tonnes of fish – and it’s noticeable that in making this comment, he used the words “my crew and I”, highlighting the importance of a co-ordinated crew in fishing successfully, not least over such a long period of years.

“Páll Jónsson has already had its best year ever this year and they’ll have finished their quota by mid-June, so won’t be back fishing until the new quota year in September,” he said.

“Right now, longlining is better it has ever been.”

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Despite all the terrors of ongoing conflict, most Ukrainian fish producers have maintained their operations – not least because the population needs them to, learns World Fishing & Aquaculture

Russia’s shock invasion of Ukraine in late February has had an immense knock-on effect on the Ukrainian economy,with it set for an unprecedented 45% contraction in 2022. Furthermore, the brave Ukrainian resistance has come at great cost, and in addition to countless casualties, more than 8 million people have been displaced by the conflict, according to United Nations estimates.

Since many refugees are farmers who have fled the hostilities, leaving their businesses behind, the war in Ukraine has brought considerable concern relating to the war-torn country’s food security.

In the past few years, Ukrainian farmed fish production had stood at a level of around 20,000 tonnes per year, according to the most recent figures from the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. It’s also estimated that there were more than 4,000 registered fish farms in the country, the majority of which are small-scale systems with less than 30 tonnes of annual production.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s per capita fish consumption is estimated at 15 kg per capita, with the domestic demand historically met by imports and wild fish catches, and to a lesser extent by fish farming. However, with imports remaining largely disrupted and fishing in the Azov-Black Sea Basin being pretty much impossible, aquaculture has begun to play an increasingly important role in the Ukrainian food system.

The majority of aquaculture facilities in Ukraine are freshwater pond-based farms for common carp (Cyprinus carpio), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio). These species account for 90% of the total aquaculture production, the General Fisheries Commission reported.

Farming of other species – including European catfish and

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8 Most farms in Ukraine have small capacity

African catfish (Clarias gariepinus), pike, pike-perch (Sander lucioperca), trout, sturgeon and paddlefish – in pens, flowthrough systems and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) had also been on the rise in previous years.

Shrimp farm mothballed Despite the considerable need for Ukrainian aquaculture, the war is taking its toll on the sector. Merman’s, which is Europe’s largest land-based vannamei shrimp farmer, and probably the most high profile project in the Ukrainian seafood sector, was forced to shutter its production in March, owing primarily to a logistics crunch, said Lubomir Haidamaka, company owner of Vismar Aqua, which implemented the project.

It’s the small farmers that are producing a lot of the foodstuffs that stay in the country

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Mykola Pugachov, Ukrainian Institute of Agrarian Economics Based in the Mykolaiv region and comprising a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farm with a designed production capacity of 500 tonnes, along with a hatchery, grow-out facility, processing area and feed mill, the farm was launched in late 2021. Unfortunately, operations lasted just four months before the Russian invasion forced its suspension.

Its final shrimp harvest was in fact passed to a charity supporting the Ukrainian people.

But while the farm is located in the nearest vicinity to the front line, unlike many other industrial facilities in the Ukrainian south it remains largely intact.

“No physical damage to the farm [has been made]. The Russian army was the closest – like 60 km away from the

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AQUACULTURE All of us understand that we will have a huge deficit in the seafood market in Ukraine

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8 Lubomir Haidamaka believes the future of the Ukraine prawn industry is bright

Lubomir Haidamaka, Vismar Aqua farm,” Haidamaka said, adding that he believes the war will not reach the production facility.

“The farm is located at a real dead end, so it would be really difficult for them to get there,” he said.

Providing that no damage is sustained, it will be rather easy for the farm to resume operations, Haidamaka remarked.

“It’s going to take about six months to get back to normal once the war is over,” he said, explaining that what the farm will need is broodstock and other imported materials.

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Small-scale importance To date, the traditional small fish farms in Ukraine have proven to be more flexible and capable of adapting to the new conditions and circumstances brought by the war.

In 2021, Ukrainian farmed fish production stood at 16,900 tonnes, according to official statistical data. And, as the Ukraine Institute of Fish Farming pointed out, some 30-50% of the production before the war was in the small-scale segment.

These farmers in particular have seen their role in Ukraine’s food security increasing, confirmed Mykola Pugachov, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Institute of Agrarian Economics. As large industrial producers were driven out of business, it is these small farmers that have been left to fill the gap, he said.

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AQUACULTURE Pugachov is therefore calling on authorities to issue urgent support to the small-scale farming segment.

“Nobody really discusses who has stayed to farm. But who are the ones who are farming right now in Ukraine, and what are they farming, who is managing the food security of the country? It’s the small farmers that are producing a lot of the foodstuffs that stay in the country and who are actually feeding the country,” he said.

a thing that you cannot stop doing it. Like any livestock operations,” Haidamaka said. Instead, they face the potential challenge of a slump in demand on the domestic market.

The picture is different for those farms dependant on imported materials such as feed and broodstock through to packing materials.

“They have experienced problems. And as far as I know, many stopped their growing cycles and have temporary shutdown their operations.”

On a more positive note, Ukraine fish farmers have a low dependence on processing infrastructure. The vast majority of domestically farmed fish like carp and catfish are bought

by Ukrainian consumers unprocessed and whole. Indeed, according to industry estimates, between 80 and 90% of domestically farmed fish is sold live – in both urban and rural areas. This means that the problems currently experienced by fish processors are not hampering fish farmers.

Independence is key Meanwhile, in the territories free from Russian troops, fish farmers have managed to recover from the initial shock of the invasion. That said, they do face the considerable issue of sourcing feed, as import supplies have been largely disrupted by the sea blockade and the destruction of land-based transport infrastructure.

“Fortunately, there are no reports of the physical destruction of large feed factories yet. However, all feed factories, regardless of their size, have been affected by disrupted logistic chains,” commented Svitlana Litvin, an analyst of the Ukraine agribusiness club UCAB. The Russian invasion of Ukraine temporarily paralysed feed imports to the country, but the industry has managed to bounce back in the past month, according to Igor Silchenko, director of the Ukraine feed additive distributor Agrofeed Ukraine.

Haidamaka explained that all freshwater traditional farms operating in the region of Azov-Black Sea have managed to maintain their operations as they are not as dependent on imports.

“They have to continue to do their job. Aquaculture is such

Eyes on the horizon Despite the extreme current conditions, Ukraine fish farmers continue to plan ahead – mulling new development strategies – while maintaining cautious optimism that the war will end soon.

“Yesterday, we met with a group of people who are interested in the development of aquaculture in the southern region of Ukraine and we’re thinking to start growing mullet in the [Dnipro] estuary. Still, [there are] many things to take care of, but I hope we can get some traction. All of us understand that we will have a huge deficit in the seafood market in Ukraine – now even in imported products, so we have to take care somehow and try to tackle that problem,” Haidamaka said.

There is no doubt that the future of the Ukrainian fish farming industry will be tightly linked to the outcome of the war, which currently has no end in sight. Discussing new development plans in the current situation doesn’t seem irrational, as almost everybody in Ukraine is confident that their country will eventually prevail on the battlefield.

“Everything is going to be alright. Ukraine will certainly win,” Silchenko offered.

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Collateral damage Nevertheless, it has been reported that some fish farms have been destroyed. For example, two large water reservoirs in the Kharkiv region – Oskol and Pechenezhsky – suffered heavy damage due to the fighting.

About 50 tonnes of fish per year was officially produced in the Oskol reservoir alone, although unofficially this figure was believed to be closer to 200 tonnes, while the regional administration estimated that the collapse of the dam most likely resulted in the loss of at least two-thirds of its fish stock.

One of the key problems Ukrainian aquaculture now has to deal with is a lack of personnel, as thousands of men and women have joined the armed forces and territorial defenses.

Ukraine publication Zerkalo Nedely is among those to have reported that all fish farms in the Kyiv region have been experiencing staff shortages due to the war. And if the martial law drags on, it may affect fish production in the country, the newspaper said.

The Russian invasion has also largely disrupted fish farming in the Azov-Black Sea Basin. Most farmed fish production in Ukraine is concentrated in the Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions. Russian forces occupied Kherson in early March – one week after the invasion began. Prior to this, it had a population of 290,000, but according to its former mayor, some 40% of residents have since fled the city.

Dozens of fish farms in the territories occupied by Russian troops found themselves stripped from their partners and customers in the west. There is also a considerable lack of information regarding their current situation.

“As far as I know, some state fish farms in the Kherson region, which is occupied at the moment, continue their operations and recently managed to release some pike fingerlings into Dnipro River as part of the governmental programme,” Haidamaka said.

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

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

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

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

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

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IRAS is supplying the modern fishing and aquaculture industry with innovative solutions within: Pumping, Classification, Weighing, Ice handling, Storage, Transport and Distribution systems. IRAS offers single products or complete systems for raw material handling.

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

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

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

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

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

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PIONEER IN HIGH-QUALITY FISH CONTAINERS PROTECTING FRESHNESS AND QUALITY BORGARPLAST, industry leader since 1983.

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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.

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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.

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

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

Netloft for mounting and repairs of purse-seines.

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

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

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

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

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

MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Founded in Denmark in 1840, steel wire rope manufacturer.

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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.

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Hi tech design and production of pelagic and bottom fishing trawl systems. Nets and deck material for tuna purse seiners, inshore fishing and longliners. Everything necessary for fishing activities:

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

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