The World’s First Offshore Aquaculture Project

- Fish farming at exposed locations

Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

Workshop Equipment and Feed –South Africa – Norway Science Week 2016

Vidar Bjørkedal, Kongsberg Maritime AS,November 2nd 2016

• Motivation

• Going exposed : SalMar’s Ocean Farming Project

• Other exposed design & new ship designs

• Biocybernetics & Decision Support Systems

• Video

Outline

Food gap challenge

Population 2015 Extra population 2050

5 kg salmon = 1 barrel of oil

One third of the world is covered by land.

The rest is covered by Kongsberg Maritime.

2015 2020 2025 2030

Salmon

Time

47 bNOK

3x in 20305x in 2050

Norway’s growth ambitions for salmonproduction

Traditional, in-shore production models

New production models, e.g. Exposed

«Salmon ladder»

225 bNOK

Ocean Farming

New initiative planned for 2017

Diameter: 110 m

Height: 67 m

Volume: 245 000 m3

Salmon: >6000 tons

Food: 3,6 USD kg-1

21,6 mil USD

Go Exposed

Offshore technology + Fisheries technology =

Exposed fish farming solutions.

Bilde: SalMar ASA

Fish & Ships & Chips - FISC

Control room, - off shore & on land

Navigation &

Communication

Fish &

Environment

Automation &

Monitoring

Extensive subsea sensor suite

Sensor Observation

Echo sounders

Vertical and horizontal distribution of fish, biomass index, fish size, growth, forage spill, feeding control, behaviour, escape.

Cameras Appetite, forage spill, feeding control, behaviour, sea lice

amount and sickness. Damages to net, size distribution, growth, welfare

Oxygen Growth, welfare, feed indigestion, appetite, death rate

Temperature Appetite, fish welfare

ADCP Water current outside cage. Horizontal and vertical. Swimming

behavior, welfare, feeding control, forces on cage, vessel entering.

Vector Local water current inside cage, feeding control

Turbidity Particles in water, water quality, fish welfare

pH-sensor Water quality, fish welfare

CO2 sensor Water quality, fish welfare

Salinity Water quality, fish welfare

Fluorimeter Water quality, algae blooming, fish welfare

Hydrophone Behaviour and stress, fish welfare

MRU Behavior and stress, forces on cage

Remote control from shore office

• Marine broadband radio (MBR)

Fish farm control center marine operation:

• Navigation (Radar, AIS)

• Machinery Automation

• Ballast control

• Power management

• Alarm, monitoring & control

Advanced fish food control system

• Feed where the fish are located

• Feed to the right time

• Control ambient light

• Volume control of cargo

Fish welfare and decision support

• Upward looking echo sounders

• Camera

Fish farm control

• Control of net / movable bulkhead

• Loading / unloading of fish

• Fish distribution

• Fish activity

Environmental monitoring

• Sea surface and cage bottom

• Wild fish outside cage

The trend for fish farm in exposed locations will have

influence on the design of:

Live Fish Carrier, Forage Carrier and Support Vessel

Salmar / Ocean Farming project

Complete solution from KONGSBERG

Other exposed designs

Ship design to support fish farming

for exposed locations

Fish harvesting vessel

Service vessel

Live fish carrier

Forage carrier

Products to vessels supporting aquaculture

Bridge Solutions

Dynamic Positioning

Thruster Control

Alarm Monitoring & Control including PMS

Cargo Control (forage and fish)

Deck Handling Solutions

Electrical Power Solution

Switchboards

Hybrid solution with batteries

Drives

El-motors

Power Management System (PMS)

Load and stability calculation

Vessel Management

Remote Support

Thank you for the attention!

Smart Maritime Transport

Smart Marine

Operations

Clean Ocean Energy

Sustainable Seafood

Exploring the Deep

Kongsberg Maritime Ocean Space