DNV, Ocean Sovereign advance Ocean Ark fish-farming “superyacht” concept
[...]DNV and Ocean Sovereign are advancing plans to launch the Ocean Ark, a vessel equipped with offshore aquaculture capabilities.
The Ocean Ark is able to travel up to 4 knots on its own and is also able to be towed by a tugboat. It is capable of farming up to 3,900 metric tons of salmon, trout, cobia, tuna, or seriola per cycle, according to a promotional video.
Oslo, Norway-based DNV is an independent assurance and risk management provider with operations in more than 100 countries.
London, U.K.-headquartered Ocean Sovereign is a developer of agri-food solutions focused on offshore fish farming and fruit, berry, and vegetable production. It is led by managing director Zeyd Fassi Fehri, the former director of the trading room for Safa Bourse Morocco CDG Group; Cristino Stange, who developed Nichiro’s coho salmon-farming operations in Chile in the 1970s and '80s; Héctor Ruiz, a retired captain in the Chilean Navy; and Rodrigo Sanchez, the former marketing and development manager for Salmones AquaChile and former CEO of EcoSea Farming.
Ocean Sovereign has developed the Ocean Ark concept in adherence with Marpol, Solas, and IMO regulations, it said. The vessel – measuring 550 feet (170 meters) by 197 feet (60 meters) – is specifically designed to operate offshore in waves up to seven meters in height, allowing for repositioning to optimize farming conditions. It can be operated fully autonomously for 20 to 25 days, with harvesting completed by wellboat or via docking near onshore processing facilities. It is capable of being equipped with eight cages of 115-foot width or four cages of 210-foot width, with each cage 115 feet long and 66 feet deep. Its anti-fouling copper-zinc alloy mesh cages allow for better structural resistance and predator protection, according to Ocean Sovereign.[...]
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