Been across it once and that was once too many. I take my hat off to the underpowered colliers that used to cross the bar routinely right up until the late 60’s. Even in the port the excitement was not over in a freshet praying that the anchor cable made fast to the special bollards on the wharf would stand the strain.
The NEW Canadian trawler ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE lll hanging out off St Anthony a few days ago.
Out on its very first fishing trip.
Photo: Brad Reardon
With the risk of upsetting somebody’s tender ego, here is another Norwegian Pelagic trawler/Seiner at work in calm conditions off Northern Norway:
M/V “RAV” Fishery Reg. TR-4-O
Photo: Jonny Sæterbø
https://www.karstensens.dk/newbuildings/pelagic-trawlers/newbuilding-443-rav.aspx
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From smp.no today (behind paywall):
The new fishing boat sets a new standard: - It’s quite a boat, this one!
With its new flagship Frøyanes, Ervik Havfiske is helping to set a completely new world standard for crab and prawn fishing. Here you can join on board the large boat which, within a few days, can be found on the fishing grounds in the far north of the Barents Sea.
Robert Ervik is proud of the new building that docked in Måløy on New Year’s Day. The boat represents the start of a new era for the world’s largest liner shipping company, Ervik Havfiske AS. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
It is a proud general manager of Ervik Havfiske AS, Robert Ervik, who can be found on the quay at the Måløy terminal on Tuesday morning. The family shipping company’s new large flagship looms large on the quay, and it is teeming with activity both on land and on board.
- It’s a bit of a mess, this one. And it’s good to finally see it dock here in Måløy, says Robert Ervik to Fjordenes Tidende.
The new Frøyanes has just arrived in Måløy directly from the Tersan shipyard in Turkey, and within just a couple of days the ultra-modern fishing boat is heading for the northern Barents Sea, near the ice edge, to start catching snow crab.
New “Frøyanes” looms large on the quay at the Måløy terminal. The combined crab and shrimp boat just arrived directly from the shipyard in Turkey, and will be fitted out in Måløy for a couple of days before it goes straight to crab fishing in the Barents Sea. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The unique combination vessel, which will operate both snow crab and prawn fishing, sets several new standards, not least with the fact that the crab stones will be pulled on board through a hole, a so-called moonpool, in the middle of the boat.
- This is the first boat in the world to do crab fishing from a moonpool. This has never been done before. In addition to the crew being able to stand on deck and work, we believe that the use of a moonpool will, among other things, lead to less of the crab having to be thrown out again. We hope to be able to document that this catching method will be much more sustainable than the methods that are mostly in use today, says Robert Ervik.
This is the moonpool. From here, the crab stones must be pulled out of the sea. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The USA is the largest market
Ervik Havfiske has a snow crab season behind them with the boat Lyngholm, where they have gained a lot of experience, but with the new Frøyanes, there will be a significantly greater investment in the in-demand crab, which has its largest market in the USA and in Asia.
- A large part of the snow crab we fish in the future will end up in the USA. The market in Europe is so far not that big, but it is something we want to help develop, says general manager of Ervik Seafood Stian Hjelle, who explains that the major producer nations are Canada and Russia.
- Canada alone has a quota of 103,000 tonnes, while the total Norwegian quota for 2024 is 9,700 tonnes. We have budgeted for 1,500 tonnes of snow crab this year.
The crab season lasts until around the beginning of May. Frøyanes then travels back to Selstad to change the rigging to a trawl to start shrimp fishing, also in the Barents Sea.
- It is crucial that this is a combined crab and prawn boat. Snow crab alone would not be enough to operate this large boat, adds Hjelle.
Ready-to-eat products
Frøyanes is equipped with its own factory where the snow crab is cooked, frozen and packaged.
- So what comes out of the boat are ready-to-eat products. This also applies to the prawns we will produce for both industry and consumption, says Stian Hjelle, who is looking forward to being able to seriously start marketing the products that will soon arrive fully unpacked from the new flagship.
It was fairly hectic on the quay outside the Måløy terminal on Tuesday morning. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
Steward Lars Andre Johansen is very much looking forward to working in the state-of-the-art galley. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
This is the chief’s cabin, i.e. the chief engineer. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
Frøyanes has a reinforced hull construction to be able to cope with the ice conditions in northern parts of the Barents Sea. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
Mass on board can resemble a modern restaurant. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The boat can take equipment on board with the large cranes on deck. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
MHService AS supplies both diesel and lubricating oil to the boat during the short layover. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
Emphasis has been placed on the comfort of officers and crew. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
Bjørn from Danish Carsoe, which has delivered parts of the factory on board, congratulated Robert Ervik on the new boat in Måløy on Tuesday. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The moonpool can be closed with a separate hatch. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
This photo was taken in the corridor by the crew cabins. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
Unlike almost all other crab and shrimp boats, the crew on Frøyanes can work under cover on the large working deck. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
There is no small amount of equipment to be taken on board before Frøyanes sets course for the Barents Sea. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
These are the two skippers who will take care of each type of fishery. Knut-Ove Øyra (left) will be the skipper during the shrimp fishery, while Tor Helge Swensen (th) will be first in the fire, on crab fishing. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
All these levers and screens are about controlling the trawl and other equipment on the back deck. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
It is safe to say that the new Frøyanes has a lot of advanced technical equipment on board. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The boat has room for 10,000 crab stones. All delivered by AS Fiskevegn at Flatraket. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
Large quantities of rope are swallowed on board while Frøyanes is docked. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The boat is equipped with a separate lab with both a dry and wet zone. The employees of Ervik Marine Research (EMR) are satisfied with the facilities. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The brothers Robert (TV) and Severin Ervik have busy days before the boat is put into fishing. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The boat is decorated with both new and old photographs and other art. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
There are advanced lighting solutions, with options to change the color of the lighting.PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
This combined office and meeting room, which is in the process of being fully furnished, could just as easily be found in a modern office building on land. PHOTO: GJERT MYRESTRAND
The article was first published by Fjordenes Tidende .
Translated by Google Translsator. (Not always correct, or logical)
Krill fishing takes place in the Southern Sea, where Aker Biomarine has three trawlers and supply ships. PHOTO: ROLF JONSEN / AKER BIOMARINE
The Arctic Endurance will operate with a new tool:
The drone has been test run in Ålesund, before being shipped to Punta Arenas, Chile:
The coastal seiner “Geir Roger”(T 0104S) got more in her net then she could handle:
The picture was taken from a fish farm facility outside Hammerfest. According to the local newspaper, unfortunately the season is now over for the crew on board the fishing boat.
PHOTO: PAUL NILSEN
VL-167-AV Haraldson and Maniitsoq in Torangsvåg, Austevoll. Snow crab boats.
Photo: Marius Vassnes
The Haraldson is a former Seiner/Trawler, blt. 1989:
The Maniitsoq has longer history. Built as the seal catcher Harmoni in 1960:
Both now used as Crabbers in the Barents Sea during the Snow Crab season.
PS> Both Snow Crab and King Crab are becoming popular products from Norway:
The newbuilt factory trawler Arctic Fjord arriving in Dutch Harbor for Pollock A Season:
Photo: Brett Johnson
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A new pelagic trawler has been delivered to Swedish family company Gifico.
From naming ceremony 02.Dec. 2023:
Photo by the yard
FV NEWFOUNDLAND VICTOR, Labrador Coast, NL
January 29’ 2024Photo: Cory Ash
Vessel review and detailed specs (in Norwegian):
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Parlevliet & Van der Plas latest fleet addition is the above seen Tersan Turkey built JAN MARIA BX 792 during her maiden voyage from the builders to her homeport Bremerhaven.
Photo: Flying Focus Aerial Photography www.flyingfocus.nl ©
The brandnew Padmos Stellendam built “Z-53 VAN EYCK” left the builders for her homeport Zeebrugge
Photo: Cees Kloppenburg maritime photo ©
Z-53 VAN EYCK completed her last tests near the Grootebank offshore Belgium before heading for her first real fishing trip
Photo: Ronald Ribbe – http://www.rorifocus.nl ©
The newly built “Frøyanes” is fulfilling expectations.
But the moonpool is not the biggest competitive advantage of the new “Frøyanes”, which appears to be a catching machine in the snow crab field:
Deckforeman Nikolai Hjelland at the moonpool, which has a dimension of 2.5 meters and is adapted for snow crab pots. The usual dimension of a moonpool on liners is 1.5 metres.
On Thursday 15 February, “Frøyanes” arrived at Troms Fryseterminal with catch from the first trip to the Barents Sea. Exactly 191,558 kilograms were unloaded of ready-made, frozen claws - so-called “clusters”, sorted by size and quality. This corresponds to 308 tonnes of round crab:
“Frøyanes” unload her catch at Troms Fryseterminal.
Factory manager Benjamin Løtvedt shows around the “double factory” on the new “Frøyanes”, which is rigged for line fishing for snow crab and shrimp trawling.
The processing factory is fully automated, incl. for deviding the crabs:
Works in T-shirts:
- It is a completely different world. The people are inside. It can be twenty-five to thirty minus degrees plus wind. Then it’s just raining, then it’s called. Everything freezes down. And in any case, it is an advantage, because the people are safer. It is a security for me, who is responsible for this, that they are inside and not out on deck.
The deck manager on “Frøyanes” confirms what the skipper says. Nikolai Hjelland is delighted to let go of freezing wind and sea spray. He claims that it is now a comfortable working temperature on deck, and that he only wore woolen clothing for three shifts during the month of January.
- Otherwise, a t-shirt, jumper and rain jacket will do.
The skipper points out that they only can do what is absolutely necessary during the 24 hours that the boat will hopefully use in port, before they leave the dock again and head back to the crabbing grounds in the Barents Sea.
When the snow crab season is over, “Frøyanes” will go on a shrimp trawl, so there is minimal time for downtime.
PHOTOS: MIA KANSTAD KULSENG
Source: Nybygget «Frøyanes» innfrir - smp.no
Vessel specs:
Pelagic Factory Trawler ROS785 HELEN MARY inbound for IJmuiden.
Photo: Machiel Kraaij www.machielkraaijfotografie.com ©
Another state-of-the art factory trawler has been delivered from VARD Brattvåg:
Well equipped bridge:
Even a “fireplace” in the rec. room:
Which comes with “Ocean view”:
All the comfort of home in the Master’s Stateroom:
Flowers on the table may not be so practical in nthe stormy Barent Sea.
At the other end of the spectrum of fishing boats is the small coastal boat, in Norway know as “Shark”.
Here is an example:
Real 1". A wooden boat of just under 10 metres. Built for shrimp trawling in the Oslo Fjord in 1988.
Presently rigged for Scottish seine - a type of trawl that can be operated by one man alone, and which is common on smaller fishing boats.
With this boat the Owner, Skipper and only crew member Hans-Isak Røsvik from Vigra will try to establish himself as a professional fisherman:
- If you are going to start with two empty hands, this is the way, he says.
- Wouldn’t it be easier to take a job on a bigger boat?
- I guess that’s what normal people in their right mind would prefer. And then I guess I’m either abnormal, or I don’t have my wits about me!
It started with shrimp trawling in the Vigrafjorden three years ago, sell the catch newly boiled to local and tourist at the wharf in Ålesund. Last year he switched to Scottish Sein fishing.
Then it is mainly cod that is involved. At least at this time of year.
There is still cod outside Sunnmøre, it seems. On the brand new echosounder in the wheelhouse on “Real 1”, the first spots appear not long after we have passed Erkna lighthouse:
These red spots mean cod - lots of cod.
Then he starts with the first throw. 660 meters of rope, a net, and another 660 meters of rope, must be laid out in a drop shape.
The chart plot shows how a Scottish Sein should be set.
When the net and lines are set the fisherman picks up the buoy that marks the starting point for the cast:
- The lines sinks to the bottom and when you tighten up, they will scare the fish into the net bag, explains the skipper.
- Now you have to cross everything you have and hope not to get stuck!, it comes from the wheelhouse.
- I think for some strange reason that there are fish here. At least I hope so, he insists.
- Is it just as exciting every time? - Yes, it is!!
But a fisherman operates with small margins. If the gear ends up on “hard bottom”, i.e. rock or corals, things can quickly go wrong. That is exactly what has happened this time.
- There must have been some current on the bottom it should not go this way!
Time to pull up the gear and see what happened:
Rope and seine have come on board. The first throw becomes the last.
The atmosphere on board “Real 1” has been turned upside down. The trawl bag comes up with a huge tear. We’ll see if we can fix it up enough so wel can make another throw, says Hans-Isak.
But it didn’t work. The trip is ruined. Heading home with an empty boat
If you miss this throw, you might hit the next one. A fisherman knows that there is always another changes.
- You can’t give up if you get one on nose, says Hans-Isak.
It took all day at the port to fix the gear and get ready for the next day of fishing.
A new day has dawned. Just as nice as the previous one. Now we are in the same place as yesterday.
- Think what you can get if you get it right!, says Hans-Isak after having studied some “spots” on the echo sounder. It is red color. It usually means cod.
The sein net goes out for another try:
It is an ingenious system with ropes, nets, hoists and winches. There is a lot that can go wrong, and he only has himself to thrust.
- I feel a little better today than yesterday - for now anyway!, reports the fisherman.
The net bag comes up and is maneuvered on the side of the boat. There are fish there, but not much to write about, says Hans-Isak, and lifts up the “bag” with the catch.
- But there are quite a few plaice here. And it is better paid than the cod!, he note.
At mid-day and after two more settings with mediocre catch it time to head for port.
As he approach the coast and next to Alnes lighthouse there is a deep groove. There are several red spots on the echosounder. Then it’s just to try again.
- Maybe we can turn the luck on a throw here, says the optimist.
And the luck has turned! The net sack comes up from the sea, crammed with live cod. So much so that it has to be taken on board in several rounds:
The empty boxes on deck are filling up:
After a final and smaller cast, Hans-Isak Røsvik can register 1,087 kilos of fish for the highest bidder.
But the still deck has to be cleaned as the autopilot steers towards land with a full load.
The young fisherman has shown what he is good at. ALL PHOTOS: SVEIN AAM
On the way to Ålesund, he can finally relax
- The cup of coffee you take when you go in to deliver, it’s always the best!, he says.
Source: Ein ekte fiskar gir aldri opp - smp.no (behind paywall)
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