Tag: fish farming

On September 30, a bulker transited through a fish farm off the coast of Turkey, hitting several pens and releasing more than one million fish into the sea. 

Norwegian class DNV GL announced it provided the first ever certification to a fishing aquaculture farm. Ocean Farm 1 is the first salmon farm designed and built for exposed operation, with a novel design that combines solutions from aquaculture and the offshore industry.

Tidal energy specialist Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd, the Scottish University of Dundee, the marine equipment supplier Gael Force Group; and the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) are exploring the development of a ‘groutless’ anchoring technology for the aquaculture industry.

Several marine incidents have taken place off Ningde or Kement Port of Fujian Province in the past 15 days.  Vessels voyaging to that region are recommended to share this information and exercise enhanced vigilance when transiting or choosing to drop anchor within these waters.

Climate change has resulted to the warming of India's coastal waters by more than a half a degree Celsius over the past 3 to 4 decades, fish populations are looking for cooler waters, making it difficult for fishermen to fish, according to Reuters.

Several marine incidents in China have been reported involving merchant vessels colliding with aquaculture farms, mostly off the coast of Lanshan and Rizhao areas where mussel and oyster cultivation form the bulk of aquaculture industry. Huatai Insurance Agency handled overall 71 fishery farm entry claims in China through 2017. 

Norwegian companies Nordlaks and NSK Ship Design have cooperated on a project that could be the beginning of a sustainable revolution in the fish farming industry. If the project is completed as it has been designed, it will result in the creation of the longest ship in the world. 

Nordlaks in Stokmarknes, Norway, is building a 385m long and 60m wide offshore salmon farm and has ordered a new hybrid/LNG live fish carrier (wellboat), with Rolls-Royce providing the equipment for both newbuilds. The ships have been designed by NSK Ship Design.

Several marine incidents in China are reported to involve merchant vessels inadvertently entering fish farms, off the coast of Lanshan in the Shandong Province. Huatai Insurance Agency handled overall 71 fishery farm entry claims in China through 2017.

The EU Commission Decision on Good Environmental Status of marine waters, adopted on 17 May 2017, contains criteria and methodological standards for determining good environmental status, in relation to the 11 descriptors laid down in Annex I of the Marine Directive. It also contains specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessing marine waters.