- Technology on the salmon terms – Altaposten

SINTEF researcher Signe Annie Sønvis was one of the day’s retainers under oil fair in Stavanger last week, where she lit the opportunities havromsnæringene marine maritin and offshore have to develop and adopt the same kind of technological solutions across industries. Although the potential is present, warned Sønvis that barriers also are numerous.

– The cost of the oil industry is much higher than in aquaculture, sizing on technology and not least that it should relate to a living creature is important perspectives. Aquaculture is technology on the salmon’s premises, stressed professor in fisheries and aquaculture, originally from Tverrelvdalen Alta.

Order from Solberg

The three havromsnæringene marine , maritin and offshore are the three most productive and fastest growing industries in Norway.

– The word sea is mentioned on top six times Solberg government’s Long-Term Plan for Research and Higher Education 2015-2024, noting Sønvis, who along with colleague Even Ambros Holte and Ingunn Marie Holmen at the research institute in Tromso has prepared A report commissioned by Norges forksningsråd and Innovation Norway, which in turn has received the order from the government. The report called Ocean Technology and seeks to provide answers to what potential lies in the development of cross-cutting technologies and technological equipment for use in marine, maritime and offshore sector.

Efficient operation

the research group has found that overall a significant transfer potential from offshore towards other industries, and especially the aquaculture. Specific examples may be more optimal energy utilization, supply chain management and production technology in general. In return, the offshore industry learn a lot of aquaculture as regards efficient and inexpensive operation, cost control and quality assurance systems.

– Can you give a concrete example of what is transmissible from fishery to offshore?

– When it comes to development of the marine environment so I think that fisheries may have something to contribute ii relationship skills and technology. The fishing fleet has much long term experience in operations in the Arctic, such as shrimp fishing north of Svalbard, which can be useful especially when skipping and oil / gas going farther north.

– The fishing fleet also has competent people who have been and is attractive in oil / supply fleet. For example skippers, navigators, machinists. In addition, both ocean-going and coastal fleet contribute in relation to the oil spill, which they do already, explaining Sønvis, adding that fishermen generally good, “hands-on” experience, not to mention they are used to taking in one roof .

– My discipline in this context, expertise, and I think one has to take care of the competence of the fishermen.

– Many believe the traditional fishing being pushed away from the fjords because of the hatchery. How do you see the coexistence between these fisheries and oil / gas and farming?

– So far it has not been so great conflicts between fishing and farming. One must remember that those who started aquaculture were fishermen and for the time being were many farming activities governed by local actors. But it becomes more and more struggle over land and I think people are becoming more and more critical when it is not clear what one gets out of it. Some municipalities do not want to allocate land for farming. But whether we like it or not, are over 40 000 person directly or indirectly related to aquaculture, says Signe Annie Sønvis.