The fish farm will comprise a slack anchored, semi-submersible structure, permanently moored in deep water. (Photo: Stock File)
Ocean Farming sets up 'world’s largest' fish farm
(NORWAY, 4/7/2017)
Ocean Farming, a subsidiary of the SalMar Group, is building a fish farm pilot facility near the island of Froya, offshore Norway, which is fully automated to eliminate heavy manual operations, deemed to be the largest fish farm worldwide.
The construction of the aquaculture facility, which will include fibre mooring ropes supplied by Lankhorst Euronete SA, has been commissioned to Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering.
The fish farm has been designed to comprises a slack anchored, semi-submersible structure, permanently moored at a water depth of 300m by eight 130m polyester mooring lines. Each mooring line is made up of an anchor and two lengths of rope, joined by a H-link.
Fibre rope is ideal for this kind of application where the mooring allows for some movement of the semi-submersible in line with offshore conditions and tidal changes. Tension on the mooring lines is monitored with load cells.
The facility is equipped with one moveable and two fixed bulkheads allowing it to be divided into three separate compartments, enabling different fish related operations to be performed.
The fish farm mooring lines are being manufactured at Lankhorst Ropes Offshore’s state-of-the-art, fibre rope facility at Viana de Castelo in Portugal.
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