Processing wessel for on-site harvesting

NASF- Marelife
March 2010
On site harvesting
- Eliminates risk for spreading diseases by well boats

Today, farmed salmon is transported live in open well boat for harvesting,
representing a potential bio-security risk. The process boat solves this
problem by containing all processwater.

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 Tauranga Processing Wessel
- 4 times more fish

• Re-designed well boat

• 2 live fish tanks are converted into 6 RSW tanks, total 400 m3.
• Combining the newest technologies in pumping, stunning, bleeding,
chilling and hygiene.
• Full scale operation in 2009
• Now carrying 250 tons of salmon in each transport.
• Fuel consumption is reduced with 75 %
• Process and quality is well documentet by FHF/ Nofima.

Partners:
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Marine Harvest Norway AS, Napier AS and Innovation Norway.

 Fish welfare important process parameter
- pre rigor time 25 hours

• Gentle crowding and pumping

• Stunning and bleeding of the fish directly from the farm
cage
• Chilling in a completely closed RSW system
• Containing all processwater. Treated at the processing
plant.
• Sea lice is filtered and contained.
• Pre-rigor time 25 hours -> Available transport time 15
hours.

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 Potentials for the Farming sector
• Removes the risk of “transporting” fish pathogens to other farms
• No discharge of water containing fish pathogens from well boats.
• No waiting cages
• Fuel consumption 25% of the consumption in live fish transports.
• Fish density is 4 times higher than what can be tolerated in live fish
transports.
• Customers appreciates unique fish welfare
• Reduction in total harvest cost
• More fish
• Can improve logistics and capacity utilisation.
• No transport loss
• High and low temperatures
• Algaes
• Weak fish

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 Opportunity for entering the market for in-bound
transport of fish.

Growth Wellboat market – 400 MNOK*

potential Drivers for change:
- Fish health risk
- Total harvest cost
Technological limit
- Environment
- Welfare
Open transports

Processing wessel

Other alternatives i.e closed with oxygenation, disinfection etc

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Time
* Source Kontali March 2009 6
Further development
- a joint effort between farmers, boatowners and R&D

Increase capacity utilisation and automize the process

• Container Boat
• Higher speed
• Improve pumping and killing

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-Closed transport
-4 times more fish
-Unique fish welfare
-Cost saving potential
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 Crowding/ Pumping Grading

Stun and bleed Transport/ Chilling

The salmon is delivered to a packing station where it is processed and packed.

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