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41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-845d967 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"845d967\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9999312 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9999312\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d5b9d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d5b9d7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd2c47f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd2c47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0674945 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0674945\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c333a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c333a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FOOD PROCESSING SKILLS CANADA (FPSC) IS UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE CANADIAN SEAFOOD PROCESSING SECTOR IN ATLANTIC CANADA (FPSC, 2017).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8f103f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8f103f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268f59e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"268f59e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The intent of the study is to gather information on the scope of the human resource (HR) challenges and determine the best human resource practices that will help employers meet their labour force needs. As a supplement to this larger report, FPSC requested that the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) prepare an analysis of the seafood processing sector in Europe and the United States, specifically the level of technology used and the labour market practices. The assessment included an extensive literature review, industry consultations, and site visits to selected fish processing facilities and research organizations in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. This report takes a closer look at the factors impacting the utilization of technology and automation in the Atlantic Canadian seafood processing industry and the associated HR challenges as compared to Europe and the United States.<\/p><p>Generally, non-Canadian fish and seafood processing companies appear to face similar issues as their Canadian peers \u2013 supply of raw material, cost of technology, and labour shortages. however, non-Canadian companies are much better at extracting more value from their fisheries resources than Canadian firms. European countries such as Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Germany are considered leaders not only in the use of automation and robotics in fish and seafood processing but also in the development of such technologies (especially Iceland and Norway). The United States, although not typically known for developing fish processing technologies, is considered among the top-leading countries with respect to the adoption of automation and robotics.<\/p><p>All European organizations visited report challenges with demographics and recruitment of young people into the industry. Some companies report employing seasonal workers for processing and others report investment in and reliance on international worker programs, as interim solutions to labour shortages. longer-term strategies include: diversification into other species, including aquaculture, to provide year-round employment opportunities; vertical integration to ensure year-round access to high quality raw materials; a focus on value maximization to promote full utilization of raw materials and the development of higher value products; and investment in innovation, science and technology to develop advanced processing and automation technologies.<\/p><p>In the United States, there is a heavy reliance on foreign workers, which in 2015 accounted for 62.8% of the workforce in the seafood processing industry. However, challenges with access to H-2B visas have caused some processors to look for alternatives to meet their labour challenges. Such alternatives include: (1) advocating for a dedicated \u201cseafood visa\u201d; and (2) turning to advanced processing technologies and the incorporation of robotics into their processing lines.<\/p><p>Globally, Canada is a relatively small player in the supply of groundfish, pelagics, farmed salmon, and shrimp. Other countries that are larger producers of these species (e.g. Iceland, Norway) have developed new processing technologies for them. Canada, however, is a big player in lobsters and crab. Therefore, if Canada needs better technology for processing these species, Canadian processors<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c0c979 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c0c979\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90c1736 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90c1736\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac17abc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac17abc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7186a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7186a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>are unlikely to find it elsewhere. Regardless of species, there is no concerted or sustained effort in Canada to develop the technologies needed for Canadian companies to be competitive with European or American processors.<\/p><p>The results of this assessment suggest that Canadian seafood processing companies are generally risk averse and reluctant to invest in technology research and development (R&amp;D) hence they want off-the-shelf solutions. however, technologies developed elsewhere are not necessarily applicable to Canada due to differences in processing volumes, diversity of species, availability of skilled labour, and the product forms produced. Development of new technologies must come from the technology sector or R&amp;D organizations. Canadian technology companies however do not see the fishery as an attractive market and government support for R&amp;D organizations has been unreliable and difficult to access (e.g. Atlantic Fisheries Fund). Ultimately, circumstances in Canada do not support investment in automation technologies, even if they were available.<\/p><p>The Atlantic Canadian seafood processing industry faces a great deal of uncertainty. There is uncertainty about the state of the resource, the ongoing impacts of climate change, the resource management regime (e.g. MPAs, the recent surf clam decision), and the supply of labour from both local and temporary foreign workers. This uncertainty reduces investment, returns are unclear and consequently it is difficult for industry to raise capital. Other factors complicating technology utilization and adoption in the Atlantic Canadian seafood processing industry arise due to the diversity of species, sizes, product forms and the number of producers. In contrast to the highly specialized European processing plants visited, most plants in Atlantic Canada are multi-species, offer seasonal employment, lack specialization and process a single or limited number of product forms. This has resulted in many species being processed to minimal requirements (e.g. whole frozen or H+G), a general lack of investment in state of the art processing technologies, and a short seasonal, yet labour-intensive industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5033860 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5033860\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a2119 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5a2119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ACRONYMS<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fc5b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8fc5b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table id=\"simple-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>CAD<\/td>\n<td>Canadian Dollar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CASD<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CCFI<\/td>\n<td>Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CNA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>College of the North Atlantic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DAL<\/td>\n<td>Dalhousie University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>DFO<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Fisheries and Oceans Canada<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DKK<\/td>\n<td>Danish Kroner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EEA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>European Economic Area<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EFTA<\/td>\n<td>European Free Trade Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>European Union<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FAS<\/td>\n<td>Frozen at Sea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>F&amp;S<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Fish and Seafood<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FFAW<\/td>\n<td>Fish, Food and Allied Workers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>FPSC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Food Processing Skills Canada<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>H + G<\/td>\n<td>Headed and Gutted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>HOG<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Head On Gutted<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HR<\/td>\n<td>Human Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ISK<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Icelandic Kroner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAP<\/td>\n<td>Modified Atmospheric Packaging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MI<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Fisheries and Marine Institute<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MPAs<\/td>\n<td>Marine Protected Areas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NOAA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NFI<\/td>\n<td>National Fisheries Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Newfoundland and Labrador<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NOK<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian Kroner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OCI<\/td>\n<td>Ocean Choice International<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RSW<\/td>\n<td>Recirculated Seawater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>R&amp;D<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Research and Development<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SVCRT<\/td>\n<td>Seafood Value Chain Roundtable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>US<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>United States of America<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VAP<\/td>\n<td>Value Added Products<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a6f75a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a6f75a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96d049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f96d049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01 INTRODUCTION<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbfddcd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbfddcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196797f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"196797f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ACCORDING TO THE FPSC, THE CANADIAN SEAFOOD SECTOR EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 17,000 INDIVIDUALS, WITH A GROSS OUTPUT OF $7.9 BILLION AND APPROXIMATE EXPORTS MORE THAN $5.9 BILLION (2015). BY REVENUE VALUE, APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE SECTOR IS BASED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, APPROXIMATELY 30% IN THE MARITIME PROVINCES AND THE REMAINDER IS LOCATED ELSEWHERE IN CANADA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47d5c25 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47d5c25\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86882b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86882b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Throughout Atlantic Canada, the processing sector generally consists of many independently owned and operated plants operating with a lesser number of vertically integrated companies. Most plants conduct primary processing on commercial fisheries or aquaculture products while a limited number of operations conduct secondary processing. Typically, the number of employees per plant is less than 500; however, for a large company with multiple plants, total employees may exceed 500. For many of the commercial capture fisheries, processing plants are seasonal employers whereas for the aquaculture sector the processing season may be extended or plants may even operate year-round.<\/p><p>Currently, the seafood sector is in a state of transition and there are several factors impacting the industry and its associated value chains. both the harvesting and processing sectors are experiencing a consolidation in the number of individuals or companies engaged in the industry. Fluctuations in quota and declining resources are increasing consolidation within the sector and decreasing quotas are negatively impacting the ability of organizations to invest in its operation or secure funding for technology investment. While consolidation can improve profitability, due to economies of scale, it is happening slowly. In the harvesting sector, fishers buy up licenses but there is a limit to how many they can buy, due to the Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW\u2019s) opposition in Nl for example, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada\u2019s (DFO\u2019s) renewed emphasis on the owner-operator policy. In the processing sector, consolidation is largely happening as participants find it difficult to continue based on the current industry management structure and access to resources more so than because one company takes over another. Processing companies generally don\u2019t need more plants or equipment. They need access to raw material and labour supply but a company wanting to exit the sector can\u2019t guarantee being able to transfer those things to a new owner.\u00a0<\/p><p>All the above factors are having an impact on the human resource (HR) dynamic of the Atlantic Canadian seafood processing industry. The industry is largely a seasonal employer and recruitment and retention is being challenged by both the demographics (aging workforce) and competition from other industries who are offering higher wages and longer term employment. Strategies such as recruiting foreign workers, engaging Aboriginal communities and transitioning to greater automation are being considered as possible solutions to the HR challenges.<\/p><p>In recognition of the transition and challenges, Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) is undertaking a comprehensive study of the Canadian seafood processing sector in Atlantic Canada. The study is intended to gather information on the<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9981858 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9981858\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5145d4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5145d4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15460fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15460fb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d41a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59d41a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>scope of the human resource challenges and determine the best human resource practices that will help employers meet their labour force needs.<\/p><p><strong>As part of this larger initiative, the study will investigate four major themes or components:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4158b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4158b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8551\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM.png 818w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM-768x261.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ab6a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98ab6a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>LABOUR SOURCE PROFILES<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e56790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e56790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8552\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM.png 818w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM-768x261.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b964a24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b964a24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>LABOUR SOURCE ANALYSIS (LOCAL SOURCES, ABORIGINAL PEOPLE, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR AND OTHER SOURCES)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdb27d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdb27d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8553\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM.png 818w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM-768x261.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70592ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70592ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS, WORKER COMPENSATION AND DEMAND PROJECTION<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105dbae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"105dbae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a supplement to this larger report, FPSC has requested that the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) prepare an analysis of the seafood processing sector, specifically the level of technology used and the labour market practices for representative European countries (e.g. Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands) and the United States. The following report summarizes this assessment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d159ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d159ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-335c24e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"335c24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02 METHODOLOGY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27e9f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e27e9f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE METHODOLOGY USED IN THIS STUDY CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIES FOR DATA AND INFORMATION COLLECTION.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b75a205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b75a205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Country Selection: <\/strong><\/p><p>Countries were selected for this comparative analysis based on the following criteria: level of adoption of advanced processing technologies; investment in innovation, research and development; labour market practices; specialization of species processed (i.e. Salmonids, groundfish, and pelagics).<\/p><p><strong>Literature Review: <\/strong><\/p><p>The literature review and document analysis were derived from government and\/ or industry information (websites and other publications), conferences, peer industry reports and other publications.<\/p><p><strong>Industry Consultations: <\/strong><\/p><p>consultations with industry took place through email exchanges, telephone calls and personal communication.<\/p><p><strong>Site Visits: <\/strong><\/p><p>a series of site visits were conducted as part of direct technology transfer missions or through conference meetings in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. During these missions, researchers visited several fish and seafood processing facilities and met with individuals in these countries working with key research organizations involved in the seafood sector.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930ea85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"930ea85\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6ed22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f6ed22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">03 COUNTRY ASSESSMENTS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7590baa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7590baa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a7ff68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a7ff68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SEAFOOD PROCESSING HAS EVOLVED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST DECADE IN RESPONSE TO INDUSTRY\u2019S NEED TO INCREASE OUTPUT VALUE, PROVIDE INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS, IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY, AND OFFSET DECREASES IN THE LABOUR FORCE.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a97d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09a97d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd6cf89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd6cf89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Process automation and advanced processing technologies have thus become increasingly important as seafood processors strive to remain competitive in global seafood markets. Other drivers of technology and innovation in the seafood industry stem from increasing consumer demands for sustainably harvested\/produced seafood and natural health products. In this section, three European countries (Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands) are profiled based on their use and development of advanced processing technologies. In addition, the United States is also profiled as it is considered a leader in its adoption of automation and robotics, and the US market accounts for more than 60% (by $ value) of Canadian seafood exports<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33246b1 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"33246b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/fisheries-oceans\/news\/2018\/03\/fisheries-and-oceans-canada-releases-2017-trade-figures-canadian-fish-and-seafood-exports-continue-to-grow.html<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1582829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1582829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.36.37\u202fAM-1024x622.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8554\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.36.37\u202fAM-1024x622.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.36.37\u202fAM-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.36.37\u202fAM-768x467.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.36.37\u202fAM-1536x933.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.36.37\u202fAM.png 1814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaaa59c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaaa59c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fe8b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8fe8b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1 OVERVIEW<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3a170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d3a170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DURING THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS CASD HAS BEEN ENGAGED AS THE ONLY NORTH AMERICAN PARTNER IN A EUROPEAN UNION (EU) HORIZON 2020 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INITIATIVE KNOWN AS PRIMEFISH.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e48af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e9e48af\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b09f60a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b09f60a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overall objective of the project is to develop an innovative market prediction toolbox to strengthen the economic sustainability and competitiveness of European seafood on local and global markets. Effectively the study is a comprehensive value chain analysis extracting data from all aspects of the seafood and aquaculture sectors (regulatory structure, harvesting, processing, marketing, etc.) related to the competitiveness and economic performance of key companies operating within the sector. Within the consortium there are 16 academic\/industry partners (including CASD) and an industry reference group comprising 38 prominent European, Canadian and Vietnamese seafood and aquaculture companies, several of which are actively engaged in processing fish from capture fisheries and aquaculture<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae41145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae41145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As part of this collaboration, information relevant to industry challenges, level of technology investment, HR, and economics was shared among the project teams and in many cases, comparisons were drawn between the different countries to assess the level of competitiveness. Some of this information was used in this report while additional information was gathered from site visits and technology transfer missions to Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. During these missions CASD representatives visited several fish and seafood processing facilities and assessed the level of technology utilized and overall challenges related to the processing sector (HR, supply volume, etc.).<\/p><p>For this report, the country assessments focused on countries with facilities that processed both aquaculture and wild caught species, namely: aquaculture Salmonids (salmon and steel head trout), commercial Whitefish species (cod and haddock) and commercial Pelagic species (herring, mackerel and capelin). In terms of general impressions, depending on the species, fish were predominantly processed into three main types of products fresh, frozen and salted. In general, most processing facilities focused on one main species and product form (e.g. salted cod) whereas others focused on a single species with multiple different product forms. This is a contrast to the plants of Atlantic Canada which are often multi-species and process a single or limited number of product forms. Our plants are not as specialized. It is partly due to our port market operations and partly due to our history of having a fish plant in every community. Competition for raw material means plants commit to buying everything a harvester catches. In Europe, port markets work differently. Specialization means being able to invest in specialized capabilities. Operating a multi-species plant inevitably means making compromises \u2013 you simply can\u2019t have state-of-the-art technology for every species. There is a similar problem in the harvesting sector, impacting on the quality of raw materials our plants receive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dabcf8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dabcf8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an example of the specialization observed in Europe, the Salmonid processing facility in the Faroe Islands, bakkafrost, only processes farmed salmon, but in different retail forms from fresh (fresh whole gutted) to frozen products (frozen retail packages), as well as by-products (frozen belly flaps, salmon skin). All plants visited focused on full utilization of raw materials and as such processed their by-products into value added products such as dried heads, silage, or fishmeal and fish oil, for niche markets.<\/p><p>The European aquaculture industry (including Norway, Faroe Islands and Iceland) consists primarily of large vertically integrated companies which can control the supply of production into the processing facilities. For the commercial capture fishery, there is some variability as the fishery consists of a combination of independently owned and operated enterprises as well as large vertically integrated companies with mixed strategies for accessing product for processing. For example, in Iceland most of the quota is controlled by large, vertically operated companies who own their own fishing vessels and supply their own processing plants. Should they have insufficient product to process to meet the supply demands of its customers, these companies can purchase product from the smaller independent operators (typically &lt;65-foot fleet) who sell product on the auction market. All companies reported challenges with demographics and recruitment of young people into the industry. Some companies reported seasonal employment for processing and some companies reported investment in and reliance on international worker programs.\u00a0<\/p><p>Technology utilized in the companies visited ranged from pick-and-place robots, automated heading and filleting machines, water jet cutters and flowlines. One thing that was apparent when visiting these facilities was that baader (www.baader. com\/en), Marel (www.marel.com), and Skaginn 3X (www.skaginn3x.com) are the dominant suppliers of processing technology in Europe. baader and Marel each host a significant annual trade show to showcase their existing and new technologies. These events attract a large global audience. A report published by KPMG llP in 2014 stated that in general, European countries such as Iceland, Norway, Germany and Denmark are considered leaders in the adoption and development of advanced processing technologies such as automation and robotics in the fish and seafood (F&amp;S) processing sector. The U.S., followed by japan and Korea, are also considered among top-leading countries with respect to their level of automation and robotics. by contrast, Norsworthy (2015) reported that there is a general lack of investment in state-of-the-art processing technologies in Newfoundland and labrador for a variety of reasons, such as the diversity of species processed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2192be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2192be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.42.31\u202fAM-1024x175.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8555\" alt=\"GENERALLY, NON-CANADIAN F&amp;S PROCESSING COMPANIES APPEARED TO FACE THE SAME ISSUES AS THEIR CANADIAN PEERS.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.42.31\u202fAM-1024x175.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.42.31\u202fAM-300x51.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.42.31\u202fAM-768x131.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.42.31\u202fAM.png 1474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5125cf2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5125cf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5434ebb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5434ebb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #ee2e30;\">3.1.1<\/span> THE FAROE ISLANDS\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5654a76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5654a76\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a25ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8a25ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d0c9dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d0c9dc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752e178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"752e178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/p><p>The population of the Faroe Islands in 2016 was 49,864 people. The nation has a strong history in fisheries and aquaculture and it is still today very important to the economy.<\/p><p>In 2015, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) ranked the Faroe Islands as 31st in wild capture production (FAO, 2017, p 9). A total of 751,000 tonnes were harvested in 2016 at a value of 867.8 million DKK (176.3 million CAD). Figure 1 shows the breakdown of landings by weight and Figure 2 value (Statistics Faroe Islands, 2017).<\/p><p>In 2016, the aquaculture industry harvested 68,271 tonnes (gutted weight) of salmon (Statistics Faroe Islands, 2017).<\/p><p>The total employment in 2016 for both capture fisheries and aquaculture was 3920 individuals. These numbers include people involved in both the primary and secondary sector. During that same year, the unemployment rate in the country was less than 3% (Statistics Faroe Islands, 2017).<\/p><p>The total number of immigrants into the country in 2016 was 1,622 of that 246 (15%) were from non-Nordic countries (Statistics Faroe Islands, 2017).<\/p><p>Citizens of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Greenland are free to work in the Faroe Islands. They do not need to apply for a work permit. EU-citizens from countries outside of Scandinavia must apply for a work permit to work in the Faroe Islands. Citizens from countries outside of the EU and Scandinavia must also apply for a work permit to work in the Faroe Islands (Taks, 2017).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce53fb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce53fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8551\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM.png 818w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.27.19\u202fAM-768x261.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b59d12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b59d12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>LABOUR SOURCE PROFILES<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fdf3f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fdf3f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8552\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM.png 818w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.28.37\u202fAM-768x261.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c715354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c715354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>LABOUR SOURCE ANALYSIS (LOCAL SOURCES, ABORIGINAL PEOPLE, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR AND OTHER SOURCES)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4832b78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4832b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8553\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM.png 818w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-11.29.55\u202fAM-768x261.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e14052d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e14052d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS, WORKER COMPENSATION AND DEMAND PROJECTION<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c25562d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c25562d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a supplement to this larger report, FPSC has requested that the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) prepare an analysis of the seafood processing sector, specifically the level of technology used and the labour market practices for representative European countries (e.g. Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands) and the United States. The following report summarizes this assessment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b44fe1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b44fe1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce9f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce9f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2016 FAROE ISLANDS CAPTURE FISH LANDINGS (1,000 TONNES)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b0834 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06b0834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.35.02\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8564\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.35.02\u202fPM.png 710w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.35.02\u202fPM-244x300.webp 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c45cb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c45cb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2016 FAROE ISLANDS CAPTURE FISH LANDINGS (MILLIONS DKK)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7675f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7675f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.35.53\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8565\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.35.53\u202fPM.png 710w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.35.53\u202fPM-244x300.webp 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21a44c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21a44c1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-274ebef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"274ebef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631d00c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"631d00c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a46f21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a46f21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>FACTORY VISIT: BAKKAFROST<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e548a elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c8e548a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">BAKKAFROST <br>https:\/\/www.bakkafrost.com\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daa4833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daa4833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Bakkafrost<\/strong> is the largest aquaculture salmon producer in the Faroe Islands. It is a large vertically integrated salmon farming company and has full control of the value chain (Figure 3) from feed to finished value added products. This ensures unrivalled traceability and consistent high quality.<\/p><p>In 2016, bakkafrost employed 1,000 + employees and had sales of 3,202.7 million DKK (651.0 million CAD).<\/p><p>In 2014 the company unveiled its capital investment plan for 2014-2020; committing millions (DKK) in new technology to enhance its processing facilities, wellboats, and smolt production. In 2016, bakkafrost replaced 7 factories with one purpose built 4,000m2 state of the art processing factory located in Glyvrar, and constructed a new live well boat with 450 tonne transport capacity for transporting fish to and from their farm sites.<\/p><p>The processing facility has a daily production capacity of about 100 tonnes of value added products (VAP) for both retail and food service. Most of the technology within their new VAP processing facility was supplied by either baader or Marel. At the end of the processing line they are using pick-and place robotics for palletizing the finished products. A new electrical stunning system, improved cooling chain, automated gutting machines (e.g. baader 144 salmon gutting machine), CIP cleaning, and the use of INNOVA traceability software by Marel, are among some of the new technologies that have been incorporated into the processing line.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c46baf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c46baf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cba5971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cba5971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2016 FAROE ISLANDS CAPTURE FISH LANDINGS (1,000 TONNES)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce0ded elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ce0ded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.39.20\u202fPM-568x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8567\" alt=\"Pelagic Fishery &gt;&gt; Fishmeal - Oil &amp; Feed &gt;&gt; Hatching &gt;&gt; Fresh Water Stage &gt;&gt; Sea Water Stage &gt;&gt; Harvest &gt;&gt; Primary Processing &gt;&gt; Value Added Products &gt;&gt; Logistics &gt;&gt;Sales &amp; Marketing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.39.20\u202fPM-568x1024.webp 568w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.39.20\u202fPM-166x300.webp 166w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.39.20\u202fPM-768x1385.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-12.39.20\u202fPM.png 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b14b648 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b14b648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 3. Bakkafrost\u2019s vertically integrated value chain<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f949787 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f949787\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4edea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b4edea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #ee2e30;\">3.1.2<\/span> ICELAND\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b12aec0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b12aec0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03fa57e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03fa57e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40af35e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40af35e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80906d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80906d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>OVERVIEW<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4454dd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4454dd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The population of Iceland in 2016 was 332,529 people (Statistics Iceland, 2016). The nation has a long history in fisheries and it is a very important part of their economy. The Icelandic fisheries industry has a very strong focus on quality, by-product utilization and maximizing value.<\/p><p>In 2015, FAO ranked Iceland 19th in wild capture fisheries (FAO, 2018). A total of 1,319,395 tonnes at a landed value of 151,301,060,000 ISK (1.8 billion CAD). Figure 4 shows the breakdown of landings by weight and Figure 5 value (Statistics Iceland, 2016).<\/p><p>The total employment in 2015 for both capture fisheries and aquaculture was approximately 7316 individuals (Statistics Iceland, 2016). During that same year, the unemployment rate was 4 % (Statistics Iceland, 2016). Nationality<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52bbaac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52bbaac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\"blue-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Nationality<\/th>\n<th>Numbers<\/th>\n<th>%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iceland<\/td>\n<td>304,806<\/td>\n<td>92.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nordic Countries<\/td>\n<td>1,578<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Other European Countries (EU)<\/td>\n<td>19,064<\/td>\n<td>5.08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>567<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Africa<\/td>\n<td>396<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Asia<\/td>\n<td>2,058<\/td>\n<td>0.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e3bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2e3bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Table 1. Citizenship in Iceland, by nationality (Statistics Iceland, 2016)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9467ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9467ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Table 1 shows the 2015 citizenship statistics for Iceland (Statistics Iceland, 2016). Citizens from the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states do not need a special residence permit to stay in Iceland, but must register with Registers Iceland (https:\/\/www. skra.is\/english\/individuals\/). Information regarding the permanent stay of EEA and\/or EFTA citizens can be found here. A foreigner from a country outside of the EEA and\/or EFTA, who plans to stay in Iceland for more than three months, must have a valid residence permit (The Directorate of Immigration, 2018).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8efee59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8efee59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe04ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abe04ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.03.37\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8568\" alt=\"BREAKDOWN OF CAPTURE FISHERIES IN ICELAND\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.03.37\u202fPM.png 740w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.03.37\u202fPM-300x99.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88daef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88daef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.04.22\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8569\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.04.22\u202fPM.png 750w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.04.22\u202fPM-300x215.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3c7f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3c7f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 04. 2015 Iceland Fisheries landings (Tonnes)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd719ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd719ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.05.02\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8570\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.05.02\u202fPM.png 750w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.05.02\u202fPM-300x234.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d847a53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d847a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 05. 2015 Iceland Fisheries landed Value (1,000 ISK)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8405a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8405a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e00b67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e00b67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>FACTORY VISITS<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd975b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd975b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Site visits were conducted September 11-15, 2017 in three regions: Reykjavik in the west, Grindavik in the south west and Vestmannaeyjar in the Westman Islands in the south (Figure 6).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bb932 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88bb932\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.07.48\u202fPM-1024x739.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8571\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.07.48\u202fPM-1024x739.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.07.48\u202fPM-300x216.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.07.48\u202fPM-768x554.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.07.48\u202fPM-1536x1108.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-1.07.48\u202fPM.png 1630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ddc7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48ddc7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 6. Map of Iceland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ef23b7 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5ef23b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">VIEW THIS MAP <br>http:\/\/africatwin.com.pl\/showthread.php?t=16182<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7e36e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7e36e4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f38f16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f38f16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>VISIR<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d65f3 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"57d65f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE <br>http:\/\/www.visirhf.is\/is\/um-visi\/english<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dfa138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dfa138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>V\u00edsir is an experienced yet innovative fishing company which operates exclusively 5 long-line vessels and runs a state-of-the-art processing facility in Grindavik with a daily production capacity of 100 tonnes of cod. The company processes 60 tonnes\/ day of fresh cod and 15 tonnes\/day of salted cod (from 35-40 tonnes wet weight). The fresh processing line (Figure 8) employs 60 people per shift and is equipped with automatic heading, filleting, skinning and portioning equipment (i.e. Marel Flexicut system), and robotic pick-and-place systems for offloading fish tubs and end of line palletizing. Their state of the art processing facility is based on Icelandic ingenuity and design. Visir has collaborated with many Icelandic high-tech companies and research organizations (i.e. MATIS) that are at the forefront in the development and production of fisheries equipment at a global level.<\/p><p>Visir operates under the fundamental principle of using all raw materials to the utmost with the goal of utilizing 100% of its catch. The company strives to extract the highest value out of the ocean\u2018s resources. heads and frames are collected and sold to haustak, a fish dyring facility located in Grindavik which Visir co-owns. Visir is also co-owner of Codland. Codland is building a collagen plant near the drying plant in Grindavik. Visir will supply fish skins to Codland for collagen extraction. The collagen extracts are currently being incorporated into a health beverage \u201cMarine Collagen lemonade\u201d (Figure 9) which was developed in collaboration with the Iceland Ocean Cluster house.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f4c467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f4c467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.50.14\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8575\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.50.14\u202fPM.png 602w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.50.14\u202fPM-300x284.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08037bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08037bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 9. Marine Collagen Lemonade<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c115a29 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c115a29\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7531457 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7531457\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0b9f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e0b9f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9708ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9708ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>THORFISH<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10180b1 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"10180b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE  <br>http:\/\/www.thorfish.is\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4bfd52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4bfd52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thorfish is a medium sized vertically integrated fish processing company located in Grindavik, a small fishing town on the Southern Peninsula of Iceland. Thorfish produces mainly groundfish and pelagic species.The company owns 4 longliners and 3 freezer trawlers.<\/p><p>Thorfish has also been actively involved in the creation of several affiliated companies including:<\/p><ul><li>EHF \u2013 a Fishing Supplies Service created by merging Thorfish fishing gear department with SH fishing gear<\/li><li>Haustak \u2013 Iceland\u2019s largest fish drying company<\/li><li>Salt Refinery \u2013 operated by Haustak which receives used salt from Thorfish Ltd\u2019s bacalao making process. The salt is refined and sold for reuse such as road salt<\/li><\/ul><p>Codland \u2013 R&amp;D company focused on improving fish processing and raw material utilization The production of wet saltfish is the focus of the organization but it also produces fresh and frozen groundfish as well as frozen pelagic species. Daily production averages 40 tonnes of salt cod (produced from 100 tonnes wet fish), and employs 45 people. The processing facility is highly automated and equipped with automated heading, filleting, brine injection, filling\/layering, and protein skimming machines. There is some manual labour such as cod tongue removal, inspection and trimming. All by- products are collected and sold. heads and frames are sold to haustak for drying, while swim bladders are packaged and frozen for Asian markets. Skins are collected and supplied to Codland for collagen extraction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4b2027 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4b2027\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b0a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42b0a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.53.25\u202fPM-517x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8576\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.53.25\u202fPM-517x1024.webp 517w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.53.25\u202fPM-151x300.webp 151w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.53.25\u202fPM-768x1522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.53.25\u202fPM-775x1536.webp 775w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-2.53.25\u202fPM.png 886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a9742a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a9742a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10090e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e10090e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>HAUSTAK<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a353e60 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a353e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE  <br>http:\/\/www.haustak.is\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa42e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fa42e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Haustak is a very unique processing facility (Figure 10). Located in Grindavik, this plant specializes in dried fish by-products. It is owned by 2 local fish processors, Visir and Thorfish, which supply raw heads and frames for drying. Visir and Thorfish created haustak specifically to take care of their fish by-products. The main product is dried heads and frames which is specific niche product for a large local tribe in Nigeria. The company operates year around and employs approximately 50 individuals. It produces 15,000 tonnes of dried fish by-products annually (~ 20% yield) from 75,000 tonnes of wet fish by-products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03942fe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03942fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e2913b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e2913b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae38f38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae38f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.00.58\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8578\" alt=\"Figure 10. haustak fish drying plant in Grindavik, Iceland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.00.58\u202fPM.png 438w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.00.58\u202fPM-142x300.webp 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0821f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0821f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 10. Haustak fish drying plant in Grindavik, Iceland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c23536b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c23536b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-282372f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"282372f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.01.11\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8579\" alt=\"Figure 11. Steam from geothermal plant in Grindavik that supplies power to the drying plant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.01.11\u202fPM.png 438w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.01.11\u202fPM-142x300.webp 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40040a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40040a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 11. Steam from geothermal plant in Grindavik that supplies power to the drying plant<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ff42df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ff42df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109f27d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"109f27d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.01.22\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8580\" alt=\"Figure 12. Weighing and bagging of dried fish products at haustak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.01.22\u202fPM.png 438w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.01.22\u202fPM-142x300.webp 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5d080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f5d080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 12. Weighing and bagging of dried fish products at haustak<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f58b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15f58b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Haustak takes advantage of the availability of steam power from a nearby geothermal plant (Figure 11) to operate its customized multi-stage drying technology. Heads and frames are manually sorted and placed on drying racks which are then loaded by pick-and-place robots onto a conveyor system which loads the racks into a pre-drying chamber where the heads and frames remain for 5-7 days. The racks of dried heads and frames are them moved to a post drying room for additional drying. At the end of the drying cycle the dried fish products are offloaded from the drying racks into large collection boxes (fish tubs) by pick-and-place robots which then stack the empty racks. The collection boxes are transported to the packaging\/bagging area by forklift and packed into eco-friendly hessian bags using an automated weighing\/bagging system (Figure 12). The filled bags are loaded into a hygienic shipping container using specially designed forklifts to stack the bags in rows of 6.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be85c7e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be85c7e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df8d17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5df8d17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>VSV<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c29bcf elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"9c29bcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE  <br>https:\/\/vsv.is\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87d3de8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87d3de8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VSV is a vertically integrated company which was established in 1946 on Vestmannaeyjar, a small island off the coast of Iceland. VSV is involved in the harvesting, processing and marketing of both ground fish and pelagic species. The company operates four groundfish vessels and three pelagic fishing vessels (Figure 14), as well as a state -ofthe-art processing facility (Figure 13) on the shores of the Vestmannaeyjar Islands.<\/p><p>The company employs 300 permanent staff year round, and additional temporary workers are brought in for seasonal work. VSV employs 7% of the island\u2019s workforce.<\/p><p>The plant processes capelin from February to May, and mackerel from june to September. It has a processing capacity of 400 tonnes\/day.<\/p><p>The processing line for the pelagic species is highly automated for grading, packing, freezing and palletizing. The facility is equipped with an automated offloading system. Raw material is weighed into cartons lined with plastic, covers are placed on the cartons by an automatic case topper. Pallets are stacked and shrink wrapped by robotics, then loaded using forklifts into a blast freezer prior to shipping.\u00a0<\/p><p>VSV also produces fishmeal and fish oil from its pelagic processing by-products which are sold to fish feed producers in Norway, other European countries and Iceland. Female capelin are sold to japan, while male capelin traditionally went to Russia but are now shipped to the Caribbean. The company also processes 10 tonnes of langoustines per year, but have not yet found a use for the by-product.<\/p><p>A major advantage for VSV is the proximity of the processing facility to the fishing grounds and landing port allowing VSV to catch and process fish within a few hours versus days for many other companies. The company also prides itself on its contributions to the community which include using excess heat energy from its processing facilities to provide energy to the hot water utility to heat half of the island\u2019s residential housing, and reducing its GHG emissions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3e37e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ef3e37e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513bda7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"513bda7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4774f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4774f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.07.36\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8581\" alt=\"Figure 13. VSV Pelagics Processing Facility in Vestmannaeyjar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.07.36\u202fPM.png 542w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.07.36\u202fPM-300x167.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de1456f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de1456f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c9868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78c9868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.07.47\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8582\" alt=\"Figure 13. VSV Pelagics Processing Facility in Vestmannaeyjar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.07.47\u202fPM.png 542w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.07.47\u202fPM-300x167.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33966e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33966e2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9a7bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9a7bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.08.00\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8583\" alt=\"Figure 14. One of VSV\u2019s fishing vessels dockside - steps away from the processing plant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.08.00\u202fPM.png 542w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.08.00\u202fPM-300x167.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f265b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f265b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>KEY OBSERVATIONS<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Iceland has a sophisticated, high-tech seafood processing industry focused on cod;<\/li><li>Iceland is a leader in innovation with industry investing heavily in research and development<\/li><li>Market driven strategy based on economic efficiency and value maximization<ul><li>Everyone is focused on the target: quality, sustainability and 100% utilization to maximize output value<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Most of the industry is vertically integrated and operates year round<\/li><li>The Iceland Ocean Cluster has been instrumental in developing and diversifying the seafood industry beyond traditional products and promoting value maximization (e.g. fish leather, collagen extracts)<\/li><li>Significant government funding invested into R&amp;D and technology enhancement<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1057860 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1057860\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3de68a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3de68a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #ee2e30;\">3.1.3<\/span> NORWAY\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ebb3c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ebb3c9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b760de2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b760de2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a18c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07a18c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eac407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8eac407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>OVERVIEW<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2419a70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2419a70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The population of Norway in 2017 was 5,302,778 people (Statistics Norway, 2018). The nation has a strong history in fisheries and aquaculture and is still today very important to the economy. however, due to labour shortages, approximately 34% of those employed in Norway\u2019s seafood processing sector are foreign workers. In addition, only 19% of Norwegian fish is processed in Norway. large volumes of fish are exported to Poland and China for further processing (NOFIMA, Pers. Comm.). <\/p><p>In 2015, FAO ranked Norway 9th in wild capture production (FAO, 2018). A total of 2,065,507 tonnes were harvested in 2016 at a landed value of 18,651 million NOK (2.9 billion CAD). Figure 15 shows the breakdown of landing by weight and value (Statistics Norway, 2018). About 25% of wild caught fish are converted to aquaculture feed, particularly pelagics (Williams, 2017). In 2010, there were 16,510 people employed in fishing and fish processing activities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de1b9f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5de1b9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">FAO COUNTRY PROFILE NORWAY <br>http:\/\/www.fao.org\/fishery\/facp\/NOR\/en<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47cf640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47cf640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2016, the aquaculture sector harvested 1,326,156 tonnes of which 93.0% was salmon and 6.6% was rainbow trout (Statistics Norway, 2018). In 2016, there were 7273 people employed in salmon and rainbow trout production of which 5627 were working in production of fish for food and 1646 were employed in hatcheries and fingerling production (Statistics Norway, 2018).<\/p><p>Norway\u2019s aquaculture sector is more globally competitive than its capture fishery. In fact, the global position of Norway\u2019s fishing and fish products cluster is largely built on the production of farmed salmon. Salmon farming began in Norway in the 1970s as a means for coastal (agricultural) farmers to sup-<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4801bc9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4801bc9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e6a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30e6a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>plement their income. Since then, the aquaculture industry has evolved into an advanced modern industry, which has been significantly consolidated since 2000. Salmon output more than quadrupled since 1995 from a production volume of 277,600 tonnes to 1,326,156 tonnes in 2016. In terms of its competitors, Norway is much more advanced with respect to scale, sophistication (i.e. technology and innovation), and environmental sustainability. Norwegian companies (e.g. Marine harvest, Grieg, EWOS, Skretting) are driving the development of salmon farming in other jurisdictions (Williams, 2017).<\/p><p>Norway\u2019s capture production however, has been declining since 2003, with cod being an exception. Norway\u2019s cod stocks are among the most abundant in the world. Norway\u2019s fishing fleet consists of small coastal boats (i.e. &lt; 15 metres in length) and large industrial vessels which are typically trawlers operating offshore. While the coastal fleet has been shrinking for decades, the industrial fleet continued to grow until 2003. Challenges for Norway\u2019s capture fishery arise from several factors: (1) many other countries harvest the same species; (2) sector is volume driven and focused on cost minimization; (3) Norwegian salaries are high and workers are not interested in low paying jobs in seafood processing plants. To be competitive, Norway differentiates its capture fishery based on environmental stability, and quality due to effective distribution and\/processing. Processing plants have also invested in process automation to offset labour supply issues (Williams, 2017).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783b5cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"783b5cc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e222f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e222f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8326bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8326bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b374f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b374f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>FIGURE 15:  BREAKDOWN OF  CAPTURE FISHERIES  IN NORWAY<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a79e6a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a79e6a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.03\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8584\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.03\u202fPM.png 740w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.03\u202fPM-300x102.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5708e58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5708e58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.29\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8585\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.29\u202fPM.png 776w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.29\u202fPM-300x265.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.29\u202fPM-768x679.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43baa33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43baa33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2016 Norways Capture Fish Landings (Million NOK)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe3cce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe3cce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.50\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8586\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.50\u202fPM.png 764w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.19.50\u202fPM-300x218.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7d5e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b7d5e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>2016 Norways Capture Fish Landings (1,000 Tonnes)<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27777db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27777db\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b915245 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b915245\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ded465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ded465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FACTORY VISITS<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b8aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b8aec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Site visits in Norway took place September 4-8, 2017 and began in the west with visits to SMP Marine Products (Bovagen) and Firda Seafood GSGroup AS (Byrknes). Visits were completed in the north with visits to bB Karlsen (Husoy) and Nergard AS (Senjahopen).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10523b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10523b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>SMP MARINE PRODUCTS AS<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ff50f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"24ff50f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE <br>http:\/\/www.smpmarine.no\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d9f954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d9f954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SMP Marine Products (Figure 16)is a small salmon processing company located in bovagen, Norway which produces fresh farmed salmon fillets and portions. The daily processing capacity is 20 tonnes of head on gutted salmon. The company employees less than 50 employees in total, and operates with 15 employees per shift. SMP purchases fresh bled and gutted salmon from independent salmon farms. The factory is fairly automated using mainly baader equipment such as automatic headers, filleting machines, skinners, pin bone removal and multi-vac systems. however, they are not using any robotics. They operate on a zero-waste principle and as such all by-products are collected in sanitary fish tubs for BIOmega which uses the by-products to produce other food grade products such as salmon oil, salmon meal and peptides.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdf1b69 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"cdf1b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">BIOMEGA WEB SITE <br>http:\/\/www.biomega.no<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000063f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"000063f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712f6f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"712f6f7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f1d72 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4f1d72\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a5961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58a5961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>FIRDA SEAFOOD GROUP AS<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf578fa elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"bf578fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE <br>http:\/\/www.firdasea.no\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac27512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac27512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Firda Seafood Group AS (Figure 17) is a family owned, vertically integrated salmonid aquaculture company. They farm salmon and trout in seven locations and are Global GAP certified. Operations span the full value chain and include: roe collection, production of fry, smolt and edible fish production, slaughtering, packing and export.<\/p><p>Firda\u2019s philosophy is that employees are their most important asset and therefore, the company is continuously investing in enhancing skills, upgrading facilities and developing new production methods (e.g. during our site visit the company was testing a new feed treatment for sea lice mitigation).<\/p><p>The feed control system used for feeding fish is centrally located at the main processing facility. It is monitored using video cameras and feeds 50 sites a day. Processing occurs at Firda\u2019s modern processing facility located in Byrknesov. Their processing facility is new and highly automated including the use of robotics at the end of line for palletization. The processing facility is equipped with baader fish processing equipment and flow lines, a highly efficient automated bloodline removal system, and automatic weighing and monitoring systems.<\/p><p>The company also produces salmon from independent farmers. Products produced include fresh H+G salmon and well as fresh and frozen fillets and portions.<\/p><p>Firda Seafoods Group employs approximately 100 individuals. About 50 employees, work in the processing facility which operates year around.<\/p><p>By-products are collected daily and pumped directly into large silage tanks (Figure 18) for transport to bIOmega for further processing into salmon oil, fishmeal and peptides.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b88c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13b88c6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9387957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9387957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.28.43\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8587\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.28.43\u202fPM.png 800w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.28.43\u202fPM-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.28.43\u202fPM-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fffbbad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fffbbad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 17. Firda Seafood Group AS main processing facility in Byrknesov, Norway<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98c50c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98c50c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.29.11\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8588\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.29.11\u202fPM.png 800w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.29.11\u202fPM-294x300.webp 294w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.29.11\u202fPM-768x783.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4d3fd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4d3fd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 18. Silage tank located outside Firda\u2019s processing facility in Byrknesov, Norway<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-926ac64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"926ac64\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7edca3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7edca3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>BR. KARLSEN<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fcc9b elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"36fcc9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE  <br>http:\/\/www.brkarlsen.no\/om-gruppen<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e36f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5e36f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>B.R. Karlsen is a vertically integrated company specializing in red fish (i.e. farmed salmon) and white fish (i.e. groundfish from wild capture) processing. The organization owns a salmon hatchery, farms, vessels and a state- of-the-art processing facility with annual sales of 1 billion NOK (155.6 million CAD). The company also sources wild capture species from independent harvesters.<\/p><p>The organization is headquartered on the island of husoy in Senja, Norway (Figure 19). It is made up of 10 subsidiary companies, and operates year-round employing 80-120 people. BR Karlsen employs &gt;80% of the island\u2019s workforce. They produce a wide-ranging assortment of products including fresh h and G salmon, frozen salmon portions, saltfish, stockfish and many different by-products (Figure 20) for food and pharmaceutical use (e.g. salmon backs and belly flaps, dried cod heads, food and pharmaceutical grade cod liver oil).<\/p><p>Traditionally a cod and groundfish processor, established in 1932 producing salted and dried fish, B.R. Karlsen diversified into cod fillets in 1960, and farmed salmon in 1990. The move to salmon farming and processing as a diversification strategy was implemented due to the continuing decline in cod stocks which started in the late 1980s. The company decided to expand into salmon farming and processing to provide year-round employment to the community. They currently produce 9000 tonnes of salmon annually and own 6 farm site licenses.\u00a0<\/p><p>B.R. Karlsen was the first Norwegian company to produce organic salmon. The facility processes 20 tonnes of salmon a day employing 35 employees per shift. The salmon processing facility is highly automated. It is equipped with baader heading, filleting and skinning machines, Marel and Scanvaegt portioning systems, fileting and pin bone removal machines (Figure 21), and uses Abb robotics for offloading fish containers and end of line boxing and palletizing (Figure 22). About 80% of its fresh salmon is sold to the United States in the headed and gutted form. The remaining 20% is sold in Europe as MAP fillets and portions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8274c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8274c9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f599d71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f599d71\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb5f876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb5f876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.33.44\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8589\" alt=\"Figure 19. bR Karlsen headquarters and processing facility in husoy, Senja, Norway\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.33.44\u202fPM.png 828w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.33.44\u202fPM-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.33.44\u202fPM-768x375.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54551e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54551e9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac0acc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac0acc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.14\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8590\" alt=\"Figure 20. Collection of salmon frames for further processing at b.R. Karlsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.14\u202fPM.png 828w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.14\u202fPM-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.14\u202fPM-768x375.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0294ac5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0294ac5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f3103 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67f3103\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-126544e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"126544e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.26\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8591\" alt=\"Figure 21. Filleting line and automated pin bone removal system at b. R. Karlsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.26\u202fPM.png 828w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.26\u202fPM-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.26\u202fPM-768x375.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-855423e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"855423e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d78f028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d78f028\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.37\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.37\u202fPM.png 828w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.37\u202fPM-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.34.37\u202fPM-768x375.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd92b6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd92b6e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa2cfdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa2cfdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>NERGARD<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6630c47 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6630c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CORPORATE WEB SITE<br>http:\/\/nergard.no\/about-us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b9a3fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b9a3fb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3119350 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3119350\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c92db4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c92db4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nergard is a large vertically integrated organization with headquarters located in Senjahopen, Norway (Figure 23). The organization is comprised of 10 subsidiary companies which are involved in the harvesting, processing and marketing of pelagic and groundfish species. The organization employees 350 people, and owns 5 vessels (4 freezer trawlers and 1 wet fish trawler).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782179b elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"782179b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">WATCH VIDEO <br>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/231054078<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7d6bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7d6bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nergard operates 9 processing facilities throughout northern Norway. It is one of the largest pelagic producers in Norway and has two of Norway\u2019s most modern pelagic factories located strategically for fishing during the pelagic season. Most of the factories operate year around. They use state of the art processing technologies such as water jet cutting, and automatic filleting machines with a capacity of processing 5,000 fillets per minute using 10 machines. Abb robots are used for boxing and palletizing.<\/p><p>The organization produces a wide range of products including frozen H+G groundfish and pelegics, fresh and frozen groundfish fillets, salted groundfish, stockfish as well as various by-products (e.g. sugar salted or frozen cod roe, cod livers, (Nergard, 2018).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f95f44f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f95f44f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ff03e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ff03e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nergard\u2019s business strategy focuses on investment in new technology, community development, high quality products, and attracting and retaining young people in the seafood industry.<\/p><p><strong>KEY OBSERVATIONS<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Processors have a key focus on innovation, science &amp; technology, and well-being of employees<\/li><li>larger processing companies tend to be vertically integrated, year-round operations<ul><li>Some companies have evolved to process both farmed and wild fish, focusing on a \u201cred-white\u201d diversification strategy in response to declining wild fish stocks<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Most plants process both dried\/salted and fresh\/frozen fish<\/li><li>Brine injection is used in salt fish production<\/li><li>Approximately 34% of the workforce are foreigners<ul><li>Wages are too low for Norwegians<\/li><li>Reliance on young immigrants mainly from Poland<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Processing plants have high levels of automation and incorporate end-of-line robotics<\/li><li>Minimal processing is done in Norway with about 20% processed in Norway and 80% exported to China and Poland for further processing<\/li><li>Emphasis on full utilization of fish resources<ul><li>Processors take care of their by-products which are sold for feed, food and pharmaceutical applications mainly to one large by-product processor, BIOMega<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-740c1f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"740c1f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b2704 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28b2704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #ee2e30;\">3.1.4<\/span> UNITED STATES\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e9759e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e9759e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-080575e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"080575e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d448780 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d448780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The United States (US) has a population of ~ 327.1 million (Worldometers 2018) and is the world\u2019s largest importer of seafood (FAO, 2018), importing more than 80% of the seafood consumed in country (NOAA Fishwatch, 2018), valued at $20 billion US in 2018 (FAO, 2018). It also ranked 3rd by FAO in marine wild capture production in 2016 producing 4,897,322 tonnes (FAO, 2018).<\/p><p>In 2016, commercial landings of fish and shellfish in the US amounted to 3,395,000 tonnes for human food and an additional 947,000 tonnes went to industrial use (Statista, 2018). In 2016, landings accounted for 75% of fresh\/frozen production, 2.5% of canned and cured products, 19% went to fish meal and fish oil, while 3.2% was used as bait\/animal food (NOAA Fisheries Statistics, 2016).\u00a0<\/p><p>Over 88% of commercial landings are finfish, however, shellfish account for more than 50% of the total value. More than 50% of US landings are caught by trawlers in the Pacific Ocean. Important commercial Pacific Ocean species include groundf ish (e.g. Pacific cod, flounders, hake, ocean perch, Alaska Pollock and rockfishes), Pacific salmon, halibut, Dungeness, King and Snow crab, tuna and squid. Some of the most economically important species are harvested from the Atlantic Ocean and include scallops, lobster, clams, blue crab, oysters and herring. Other important fisheries include shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic, and groundfish (butterfish, Atlantic cod, cusk, haddock, Atlantic Pollock) caught in the North Atlantic. The Menhaden fishery is an important fishery for bait and conversion and to fish oil and fish meal. As one of the largest importers of seafood products globally, the most important seafood products (by volume) imported to the US (Table 2) include shrimp, tuna and freshwater fish fillets. Other important imported products include salmon, groundfish species (e.g. cod, haddock, Pollock), crab and crab meat.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08c1b1 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e08c1b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">VIEW WEB SITE <br>https:\/\/www.seafoodhealthfacts.org\/printpdf\/seafood-choices\/overview-seafood-industry<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01a0fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01a0fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\"blue-table-2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Seafood Products<\/th>\n<th>Countries Imported From<\/th>\n<th>Volume (tonnes) (NOAA, 2016)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shrimp \u2013 fresh, frozen, canned<\/td>\n<td>Thailand, Ecuador, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Mexico<\/td>\n<td>585,826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuna \u2013 canned, fresh, froze<\/td>\n<td>Thailand, Phillipines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ecuador<\/td>\n<td>297,820<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Freshwater Fillets<\/td>\n<td>Vietnam<\/td>\n<td>311,689<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Salmon \u2013 whole, fillets, steaks<\/td>\n<td>Norway, Canada, Chile<\/td>\n<td>323,315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Groundfish species (cod, haddock, Pollock) \u2013 fresh, frozen, fillets<\/td>\n<td>Canada, Northern Europe<\/td>\n<td>122,158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crabs and crab meat<\/td>\n<td>Southeast Asia<\/td>\n<td>107,886<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c24e354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c24e354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Table 2. Important seafood products imported to the United States in 2015<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4c14c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad4c14c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64a3633 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64a3633\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e76d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23e76d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9819c79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9819c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1 OVERVIEW<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e097cf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e097cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The US seafood processing industry consists of about 600 companies with combined annual revenue of about $13 billion USD (~$17 billion CAD). Major companies include American Seafoods, bumble bee Foods, Red Chamber, Tri Marine International and Trident Seafoods. The US seafood processing industry is concentrated with the 50 largest processors accounting for 70-75% of the segment revenue. Profitability of individual companies vary and depend on operational efficiencies. Typically, large companies have advantages such as vertical integration and economies of scale in purchasing and marketing. To be competitive, smaller companies specialize in niche markets (business Wire, 2010; First Research, 2018).<\/p><p>Fresh and frozen seafood products account for 80% of processing revenue while canned and cured seafood make-up 12%. The remaining 8% comes from industrial products such as fish meal and fish oil, bait and animal feed (NOAA 2016). Frozen products such as cod and haddock are either battered or breaded, processed plain, cut into fillets or steaks, or formed into sticks (business Wire, 2010; First Research, 2018).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83eea58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83eea58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"918\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.58.28\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8593\" alt=\"600 COMPANIES $13.7 IN REVENUE BILLION\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.58.28\u202fPM.png 750w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.58.28\u202fPM-245x300.webp 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7580cd3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7580cd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d18254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d18254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ROLE OF FOREIGN WORKERS AND  AUTOMATION IN THE US FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f740254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f740254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The seafood industry employees over 200,000 American workers. however, many of the jobs are labour intensive and repetitive making them unattractive to US born workers. Additionally, many of these jobs are in remote areas, offer seasonal employment and require long shifts working in a cold wet environment. In 2015, foreign workers accounted for 62.8% of workers employed in the seafood processing industry. Many seafood processors have availed of the H-2B visa, a visa which allows employers to hire foreign workers to fill temporary, non-agricultural jobs (USCIS, 2018). In 2015, US employers received 2,822 H-2B visas for meat, poultry, and fish cutter\/trimmer position, but state that far more visas are needed. Other challenges with the H-2B visa is the cost and difficulty in obtaining such visas. In 2015, 126,000 visas were requested, however, there was a cap of 66,000 per year which suggests demand exceeds supply (New American Economy Research Fund, 2017). In 2017, this cap was increased and 83,600 H-2B visas were issued (Wikipedia, H-2B visa, 2018a). In recent years, the seafood processing industry has attempted to alleviate the situation by advocating for its own dedicated \u201cseafood visa\u201d to meet its demand for seasonal workers. Some facilities have turned to undocumented workers to fill vacant positions due to the lack of viable legal options (New American Economy Research Fund, 2017).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeab14e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eeab14e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.00.27\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8594\" alt=\"200,000 WORKERS 28 62.8%FOREIGN WORKERS IN 2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.00.27\u202fPM.png 742w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.00.27\u202fPM-300x166.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df5bb4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df5bb4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65de48e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65de48e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">04 TECHNOLOGY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7356439 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7356439\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa3497e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa3497e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IN THIS SECTION, WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE INNOVATIONS IN SEAFOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED BY VARIOUS SEAFOOD PRODUCING NATIONS.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2b6ebe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2b6ebe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f2e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9f2e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The country overviews presented in section 3 provide insight into how Iceland, Norway, the Faroes and the United States are utilizing technology and innovation to address key issues facing the seafood processing industry such as labour shortages, the need to improve product quality and production efficiencies, and cost reduction. Many European processors are investing in existing technologies available from technology providers such as baader and Marel (E.g. HB Grandi), while some European processors are partnering with technology companies and research centres (E.g. Visir, Iceland Ocean Cluster and MATIS) to develop new technologies that will improve processing efficiencies through automation and address labour shortages. HB Grandi, one of the largest fishing companies in Iceland, put great emphasis on using the latest advances in technology for fishing and processing, and as such has formed a collaborative partnership with Marel. Similarly, in the United States, fish processing companies in New bedford are collaborating with researchers at Northern University to incorporate robotics into their fish processing operations<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d844b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d844b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.04.18\u202fPM-1024x564.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8598\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.04.18\u202fPM-1024x564.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.04.18\u202fPM-300x165.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.04.18\u202fPM-768x423.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.04.18\u202fPM-1536x847.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.04.18\u202fPM.png 1818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98244fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98244fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f54a592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f54a592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.1 INNOVATIONS IN WHITEFISH  AND SALMONID PROCESSING<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e16046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e16046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IN RECENT YEARS, SOME TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN FORMING STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH OTHER SUPPLIERS OF TECHNOLOGY (E.G. THE BAADER GROUP AND JBT CORPORATION) AND IN OTHER SITUATIONS THERE IS A CONSOLIDATION IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aace26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6aace26\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067b643 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"067b643\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are several companies developing various types of processing technologies for the fish and seafood processing industries (). Some organizations are developing single processing pieces (e.g. Curio), full lines and\/or complete factories (e.g. baader, Marel). In other cases, a company may develop technologies for specific species (i.e., whitefish, herring, shrimp, crab, etc.) and\/or product type (i.e. salt fish, fresh or frozen fillets, cooked and peeled shrimp, etc.) (E.g. Martak, Valka).<\/p><p>In recent years, some technology providers have been forming strategic alliances with other suppliers of technology (e.g. The baader Group and JBT Corporation) and in other situations there is a consolidation in the technology sector. While both strategies are undertaken to offer processors a one stop solution to their processing needs, there is also incentive for companies such as baader and Marel to expand into other areas (e.g. poultry processing).<\/p><p>From the processing sector, the trend in Europe has been to invest in existing technologies and \/ or to partner with technology providers to develop new processing technologies that will improve efficiencies, automate processing steps, and offset labour shortages so that they can remain competitive in global markets.<\/p><p>Many of the suppliers of technology are investing in research and development to:<\/p><ul><li>Improve existing pieces to make them more efficient;<\/li><li>Expand their product line into new technology;<\/li><li>Expand their product line into new species.<\/li><\/ul><p>Existing technologies are being used to automate the following processes in seafood processing plants: Stunning; bleeding; Gutting; heading; Filleting; Skinning; X-ray; Waterjet cutting; Portioning; Weighing; Visioning; labeling; Data Management Software; Traceability Software; Palletizing.<\/p><p><strong>Table 3 lists the major suppliers of fish and seafood processing technology. Many of the organizations identified have video clips on their website showing the operation of their equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13cec3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f13cec3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf8b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcf8b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\"blue-table-2\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Company\/Website<\/th>\n<th>Species<\/th>\n<th>Technology<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baader.com\/en\/products\/fish_processing\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baader Food Processing Machinery<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Many Species<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging Complete Solutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/marel.com\/fish-processing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marel<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Whitefish, Salmon<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging Complete Solutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skaginn3x.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skaginn 3X Technology<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Many Species<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging Complete Solutions (Land and at Sea)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martak.ca\/products.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martak<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Shrimp, Fish<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging Material Handling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/km-fish.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KM Machinery<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Shrimp, Fish<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging (Land and at Sea)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinplant.com\/solutions\/fish-seafood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cabinplant<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Pelagics, Crustaceans<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging Complete Solutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/optimar.no\/products.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimar<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Many Species<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging Complete Solutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/curio.is\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curio Food Machinery Limited<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Whitefish<\/td>\n<td>Heading, Skinning, Filleting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/valka.is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valka<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Whitefish, Salmon<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging Complete Solutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisefish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisefish<\/a><\/td>\n<td>All Species<\/td>\n<td>Software<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laitrammachinery.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laitram Machinery<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Shrimp, Crab<\/td>\n<td>Shrimp Grading, Peeling, Cooking and Cooling (Cool Steam Cooking)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rycous.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryco<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Crab, Salmon, Whitefish<\/td>\n<td>Wide Ranging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be1b6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7be1b6a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d5329d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d5329d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00ffc51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00ffc51\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64eae46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64eae46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>4.1.1 BAADER<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b68c0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b68c0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 24 illustrates baader\u2019s newest salmon processing line which includes stunning, bleeding and chilling equipment, gutting and fish distribution systems, filleting line, and packing conveyor system. This equipment will be showcased at the upcoming baader Salmon processing workshop scheduled for September 27, 2018 at baader\u2019s demonstration facility in lubek, Germany (Figure 25).<\/p><p>In 2017, baader hosted a whitefish demonstration workshop in lubek to showcase its suite of onboard and in plant processing equipment (Figure 23). Key pieces of equipment included its onboard header and filleter the baader 192, and the baader 191 onboard gutting machine which replaces the baader 190. Plant processing equipment included new equipment for processing larger fish such as the baader 582 heading machine, the DSI 844 water-jet cutter, and the baader 144 robotic cleaning system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82dff2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a82dff2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d07a05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d07a05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>4.1.2 MAREL<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-971c2fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"971c2fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Immediately following the baader workshop, Marel will host a whitefish processing demonstration workshop September 28, 2018 at its demonstration facility in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2017, the Marel workshop provided demos of the following technologies: Flexicut water jet cutting technology; Full processing line equipped with Flexicut, pre-trimming, robotic arm for portioning fish into packages, and SensorX bone detection; I-Cut Portion cutters for value added products; Grading and batching equipment with multi-head weighers and smartline graders; bread and batter line (Roto Crumb, Value Spray); Packaging and labelling systems (Cryovac); Innova Virtual Software \u2013 for real-time monitoring and historical analysis of production data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d178ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d178ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.13.36\u202fPM-1024x726.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.13.36\u202fPM-1024x726.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.13.36\u202fPM-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.13.36\u202fPM-768x545.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.13.36\u202fPM-1536x1090.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.13.36\u202fPM.png 1542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7103b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7103b36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 24. Conceptual layout of Baader\u2019s Salmon processing line (Source: baader Canada)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e99ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39e99ea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd06d7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd06d7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.00\u202fPM-1024x582.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8601\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.00\u202fPM-1024x582.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.00\u202fPM-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.00\u202fPM-768x437.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.00\u202fPM-1536x873.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.00\u202fPM.png 1608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34afef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34afef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 25. Conceptual drawing of baader whitefish processing line at the baader demonstration facility in Lubek, Germany (Source: baader Canada)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab8314a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab8314a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.38\u202fPM-1024x582.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8602\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.38\u202fPM-1024x582.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.38\u202fPM-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.38\u202fPM-768x437.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.38\u202fPM-1536x873.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.15.38\u202fPM.png 1608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123cec7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"123cec7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-648ed63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"648ed63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2 INNOVATIONS IN CRAB AND  LOBSTER PROCESSING<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ee7e63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ee7e63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CANADA IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PLAYER IN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY OF GROUNDFISH, PELAGICS, FARMED SALMON, AND SHRIMP. OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE BIGGER THAN WE ARE IN THOSE SPECIES HAVE DEVELOPED NEW PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEM. CANADA, HOWEVER, IS A BIG PLAYER IN LOBSTERS AND CRAB.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ac044 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7ac044\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba4aa5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba4aa5a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdedcf0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fdedcf0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a2924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4a2924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.17.49\u202fPM-542x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8603\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.17.49\u202fPM-542x1024.webp 542w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.17.49\u202fPM-159x300.webp 159w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.17.49\u202fPM-768x1451.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.17.49\u202fPM.png 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541ccb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"541ccb1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ef553d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ef553d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If better technology for processing these species is needed, Canada will have to develop it. This could be challenging as there is no sustained effort in Canada to develop the technologies needed. Processing companies do not want to invest in technology R&amp;D or take the risks. They want off-the-shelf solutions, but Canadian technology companies do not see the fishery as an attractive market, and government support for R&amp;D organizations has been inconsistent and sporadic.<\/p><p>Several processing innovations have been developed to improve yield (i.e. meat extractability) and quality of crustacean products. This section first introduces examples of some of these technologies (e.g. ice slurry chilling technology, CoolSteam\u00ae cooking, and high pressure processing) which are briefly discussed. We then take a more detailed look at specific challenges facing the lobster and snow crab processing industries, and discuss possible opportunities for process automation solutions<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a7638b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a7638b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1228706 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1228706\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9638b03 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9638b03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01c5490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01c5490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.1 ICE SLURRY SYSTEMS<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86289e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86289e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For crustacean processing, chilling technologies are critical throughout the production process to ensure product quality and minimize deterioration. Traditionally, flake-ice and refrigerated sea water (RSW) systems have been employed for rapid chilling to decrease the final product temperature to just below 0o C. however, due to the highly perishable nature of crustaceans they must be rapidly chilled to subzero temperatures immediately after harvesting\/ butchering to prevent spoilage. Newer chilling systems have recently enabled the storage of seafood at subzero temperatures through the addition of salts or other compounds to ice-water mixtures which are usually referred to as \u201cice slurry systems\u201d. Such systems have been receiving increasing attention for the storage and preservation of aquatic foods due to their faster chilling rate in comparison with traditional flake-ice or RSW, and reduced physical damage to the product (Manuel 2017). The spherical ice particles of an ice slurry mixture do less damage to aquatic food tissue than traditional flake-ice particles (Pineira et al 2004).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-217edc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"217edc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.2 COOLSTEAM\u00ae COOKING<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b690a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b690a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The CoolSteam\u00ae Technology developed by laitram Machinery uses a forced convection method in which a low-temperature mixture of air and steam is constantly circulated inside the cooking chamber with uniform and efficient heat distribution. This provides a more consistent cook. Shrimp, crab and lobster processors in North America have been replacing older immersion cookers with the CoolSteam\u00ae cooking technology due to a number of advantages this technology provides over immersion cooking, namely: Improved quality, improved yield, cost and energy savings imparted by lower cooking temperatures and more efficient heat distribution (Manuel, 2017).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fa719 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74fa719\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5c2cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd5c2cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.3 HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d289553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d289553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>High pressure processing (HPP) of foods was first commercialized in Japan in 1992 as a means of microbial inactivation in jams and fruit juices. HPP involves the application of high hydrostatic pressure to packaged foods, or whole raw shellfish (i.e. in the shell). Unlike thermally processed foods, hPP treated foods retain the appearance, flavor, texture and nutritional qualities of the unprocessed product (Smelt et al 2001; Murchie et al 2005; hoover et al 1989). More recently, the technology has been applied commercially to bivalves (oysters) and crustaceans (lobster) to aid in raw meat removal from the shell (Manuel, 2017).<\/p><p>HPP technology provides clean separation of meat from the shell and facilitates a new approach to crab meat extraction (Figure 26). This offers potential to open up new markets and dramatically increase the value of crab products. Commercializing hPP technology involves developing new technology for crab meat extraction, and incorporating both the HPP and meat extraction technologies into a highly automated production system. Meat extraction is now done manually around the world, despite many efforts to find a better solution. It is for that reason it is done mostly in low-wage countries. The use of HPP enables easier meat extraction and potentially a greater degree of automation for the extraction process. Research is currently ongoing with respect to meat extraction automation for high pressure processed snow crab at Memorial University of Newfoundland through the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation and the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (Manuel, 2017).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fee5d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fee5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.22.25\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8604\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.22.25\u202fPM.png 800w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.22.25\u202fPM-300x166.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.22.25\u202fPM-768x424.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0069398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0069398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 26. NC hiperbaric Wave 6600 55l horizontal high Pressure Processing System installed at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276f010 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"276f010\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86bd179 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86bd179\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.4 LOBSTER PROCESSING<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-957fe04 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"957fe04\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff198b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eff198b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e959df3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e959df3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lobster is Canada\u2019s highest value fishery resource (Gardner Pinfold, 2017). Despite its value, lobster processing remains a largely manual and labor-intensive operation. heavy reliance on workers leaves the lobster industry particularly vulnerable to the shrinking labor supply, which is affecting all sectors of the Canadian fishing industry. There are two factors at work here. One is the substantial increase in lobster landings over the past 10 years that has made more raw material available for processing. The other is the aging and shrinking workforce in the Maritime Provinces. Temporary Foreign Workers helped fill the gap but they are no longer available in the numbers they once were (CbC, 2017).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eefa330 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eefa330\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.25.38\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8605\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.25.38\u202fPM.png 794w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.25.38\u202fPM-300x141.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.25.38\u202fPM-768x360.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93f2944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93f2944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A major challenge when applying automation to processing tasks on natural products is the large variability from one individual to the next. lobsters are a prime example, having an irregular shape, complex geometry, and appendages that shift position as they are handled. An automated system would need to handle these differences to be successful. Enginuity Inc. (2014) noted that trained workers can make rapid decisions using visual and tactile information and can make subtle adjustments to their grip and hand motions on the fly. Replicating this level of human skill and adaptability with technology is a daunting task. Automating complex processes also requires long development cycles, and designs must go<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddd94d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddd94d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c56b8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c56b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>through multiple iterations before they are ready for the production floor. This requires a significant financial investment and the risk of failure can be high. It can be difficult for a company to justify the risk based on potential benefits which may only be achieved years into the future.<\/p><p>Despite the challenges, several companies have developed technologies which provide some degree of automation in the meat extraction and inspection processes. Eastern Fabricators Inc. has developed an automated leg meat roller system, lMR 7200, for extracting the meat from cooked lobster legs. Charlottetown Metal Products Ltd. offers a claw scoring and extraction system (C3000), and a lobster knuckle and arm meat extraction system (KA3000). Lizotte Machine Vision has developed a cartilage finder to inspect lobster claw meat to reject those that contain cartilage, and a lobster grader for identifying the meat content and shell thickness of the lobsters. both lizotte machines use x-ray technology. These developments represent a small portion of the overall potential for automation in the lobster processing industry.<\/p><p>A list of technology and solution providers for the lobster industry is provided in Table 4.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c6021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19c6021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n  <thead>\n    <tr>\n      <th>Company<\/th>\n      <th>Website<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Atlantic Systems Man.<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/asmequipment.com\" target=\"_blank\">asmequipment.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Avure Technologies Inc<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/avure-hpp-foods.com\" target=\"_blank\">avure-hpp-foods.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>C&amp;W Industrial Marine Equipment<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/seafoodprocessingequipment.ca\" target=\"_blank\">seafoodprocessingequipment.ca<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Charlottetown Metal Products Ltd<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/cmpequipment.com\" target=\"_blank\">cmpequipment.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Cube Automation<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/cubefoodprocessing.com\" target=\"_blank\">cubefoodprocessing.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Eastern Fabricators Ltd<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/easternfabricators.com\" target=\"_blank\">easternfabricators.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Enginuity Inc.<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/enginuityinc.ca\" target=\"_blank\">enginuityinc.ca<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Hiperbaric USA<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/hiperbaric.com\" target=\"_blank\">hiperbaric.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Laitram Machinery<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/laitrammachinery.com\" target=\"_blank\">laitrammachinery.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>Lizotte Machine Vision<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/lizottemachinevision.com\" target=\"_blank\">lizottemachinevision.com<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>South East Welding Ltd<\/td>\n      <td><a href=\"https:\/\/southeastwelding.ca\" target=\"_blank\">southeastwelding.ca<\/a><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e90714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e90714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Table 4. Technology and solution providers for the lobster processing industry (Enginuity Inc., 2014)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14105a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14105a8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6270987 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6270987\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.5 SNOW CRAB PROCESSING<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae853ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae853ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of the snow crab landed in Canada is processed and packed manually. Specific to packing, in a typical plant, about twenty (20) people are required to pack snow crab sections at an industry normal rate of about 10,000 whole crab per hour (Pers. Comm. with various processing companies).<\/p><p>The workforce in the snow crab processing industry is aging and there are no young people entering the fishery. In the foreseeable future there will be a critical shortage of workers and plants will not have enough labor to remain viable. To maintain crab processing operations in Canada there is a need to automate those processing operations.<\/p><p>A review of existing technologies was undertaken by the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development to determine the current state of the art in crab processing. Traditionally crab processing was a 100% manual process. Crab was butchered, cleaned, sorted, graded and packed all by hand. Technology has automated parts of the process including butchering, cleaning, sorting and grading. however, packing is still done manually by workers. The following sections describe the latest advances for each stage in the process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5599ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a5599ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6925b95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6925b95\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53dbff3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53dbff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>BUTCHERING<\/strong><\/p><p>Crab butchering is a labour-intensive process that requires skilled workers who remove the mandibles and the carapace from the crab prior to separating it into two sections from which the gills and viscera are subsequently removed. Due to a decreasing labour supply, snow crab processors have been seeking more effective, automated mechanical processes to complete this step in their production process (Manuel, 2017).<\/p><p>Technology for automatic butchering of crab has been available to industry for over 20 years although some plants still employ workers to manually butcher the crab. Two examples of butchering machines currently available are the baader 2801 and the Ryco 260 (Figure 27) (baader, 2014). both of these technologies have been based on the principle patented in 1995 under US Patent 5401207, Crab butchering Machine and have been continually refined. Whole crabs are loaded into clamping saddles on the machine by workers. The saddles move through multiple work stations inside the machine there the carapace, gills and viscera are removed and the crab split in half to create 2 sections. The butchering process is automated however loading the machine is still done manually.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8bd294 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d8bd294\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1367570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1367570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.53.27\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8623\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.53.27\u202fAM.png 732w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.53.27\u202fAM-300x243.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a3b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89a3b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.53.35\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8624\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.53.35\u202fAM.png 732w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.53.35\u202fAM-300x211.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a513f46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a513f46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 27. baader Cb 2801 (top) and Ryco 260 (bottom)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2b76ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2b76ff\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289cf6b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"289cf6b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc89d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3dc89d1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0ce51e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0ce51e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>SECTION CLEANING \/ BARNACLE REMOVAL<\/strong><\/p><p>Automation also exists for cleaning the crab sections (Baader CS 602) and for removing barnacles (Baader CS 604) (Figure 28). This technology has also been available to industry for over 20 years. Crab sections are suspended individually from shackles and carried through a pair of rotating brushes. The CS 604 has a more aggressive brush with attachments for knocking off the barnacles. The cleaned sections are automatically ejected from the shackles at the exit end of the machines. here again the process of cleaning and removing barnacles is automated but loading the crab sections must still be done by workers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9614f2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9614f2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.55.53\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8625\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.55.53\u202fAM.png 602w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.55.53\u202fAM-300x195.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a03fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45a03fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 28. baader CS 602\/604<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d290b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d290b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ROBOTICS<\/strong><\/p><p>Recent work by a Newfoundland based research team which included CCFI (project lead), CASD (engineering design), CNA (engineering design) and OCI (industry partner) has introduced vision guided robotics to crab processing. Workers place whole crabs on a conveyor belt which carries them into the robotic work cell. A pick and place robot coupled with an imaging and lighting system identifies individual crabs on the belt and systematically picks up each one and places it on one of two clamping fixtures. Each fixture has its own camera and lighting system and its own 6-axis robot. An image is taken of the crab in the fixture and processed onboard the camera to generate a series of target points unique to each crab. These points are used to create a cutting path for the 6-axis robot to break the crab down according to one of two preselected recipes; traditional butchering into sections or leg removal. This technology represents the first time automatic picking and placing of whole crab has been demonstrated in industry and the first time robotics has been used to process crab, and to our knowledge, work directly on fish, other than packaging and palletizing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f89c805 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f89c805\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae3d83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ae3d83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>SORTING \/ GRADING<\/strong><\/p><p>Advances have also been made in automatic sorting and grading of crab sections. One recent development in automatic sorting and grading is the Skaginn 3X crab packing and grading line (Figure 29). Crab sections are placed on a belt that carries them through an optical scanner and automatic weighing unit. The sections are graded based on size, weight and quality. A series of moving mechanical arms divert each section to the appropriate packing station based on how it was graded. Workers then pack the crab in pans to be sent through a cooking process. The sizing, grading and sorting tasks have been automated but feeding the sections to the equipment and packing them at the end is still all done by hand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-924053a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"924053a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.57.36\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8626\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.57.36\u202fAM.png 810w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.57.36\u202fAM-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.57.36\u202fAM-768x404.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e66638b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e66638b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.58.40\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8627\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.58.40\u202fAM.png 820w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.58.40\u202fAM-300x221.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-8.58.40\u202fAM-768x566.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba5f75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ba5f75\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-826d2b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"826d2b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">05 RESEARCH<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d668c74 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d668c74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6944ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6944ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FOR EACH RESPECTIVE COUNTRY LISTED IN THIS REPORT, THERE ARE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND\/OR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3997c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f3997c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6171f94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6171f94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition, there are specific industry focused organizations (public\/private) with a mandate to conduct research and advance all aspects of the fisheries and aquaculture value chains. The scope of research varies among the different organizations, but collectively they play a role in advancing both fisheries and aquaculture development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e72b84 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e72b84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28b309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c28b309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.1 FAROE ISLANDS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f3723 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18f3723\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b719c1e elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b719c1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">VIEW WEB SITE <br>https:\/\/www.seafoodhealthfacts.org\/printpdf\/seafood-choices\/overview-seafood-industry<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f604ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f604ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The fund is intended to stimulate both scientific and industrial R&amp;D projects in order to develop the Faroese fishing industry, harvesting, processing and trade sectors. The Programme also supports three small Fisheries R&amp;D Centre for Fish harvesting Technology, Fish Processing Technology and Marine biotechnology. These Centres are supported by existing Faroese government infrastructure such as government agencies and public institutions and each centre is supported by a Programme Committee consisting of researchers and industry representatives. Within the Faroese government, seafood research falls under the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs whereas aquaculture falls under the Minister of Trade and Industry<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f79dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78f79dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.06.40\u202fAM-1024x697.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8629\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.06.40\u202fAM-1024x697.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.06.40\u202fAM-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.06.40\u202fAM-768x522.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.06.40\u202fAM-1536x1045.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.06.40\u202fAM.png 1814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dfd62c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0dfd62c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f27283 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f27283\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.2 ICELAND<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c57c8d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c57c8d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08e8fc0 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"08e8fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">FISHERIES RESEARCH FUND OF THE FAROE ISLANDS<br>http:\/\/www.wefta.org\/default.asp?ZNT=S0T1O264<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e33575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e33575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Matis<\/strong> is a government owned, independent research company that was founded in 2007 following the merger of three former public research institutes. The organization pursues research and development aligned to the food and biotech industries, as well as providing Iceland\u2019s leading analytical testing services for public and private authorities. Matis\u2019 vision is to increase the value of food processing and food production, through research, development, dissemination of knowledge and consultancy, as well as to ensure the safety and quality of food and feed products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0ddd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec0ddd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.05\u202fAM-1024x287.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8630\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.05\u202fAM-1024x287.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.05\u202fAM-300x84.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.05\u202fAM-768x215.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.05\u202fAM-1536x431.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.05\u202fAM.png 1818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78b48bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.37\u202fAM-1024x565.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8631\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.37\u202fAM-1024x565.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.37\u202fAM-300x166.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.37\u202fAM-768x424.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.37\u202fAM-1536x848.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.09.37\u202fAM.png 1826w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1687194 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1687194\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f45f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0f45f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.3 NORWAY<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d0c78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6d0c78\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e111740 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e111740\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1315d2a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1315d2a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-683186d elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"683186d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">MATIS<br>https:\/\/english.matis.is\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5193a74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5193a74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture<\/strong> (NOFIMA) is one of the largest institutes for applied research within the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and food research in Europe (Figure 30). The institute was established in 2008 through a merger of four institutes. It is owned by the Norwegian government under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (56.8%), Stiftelsen for landbrukets n\u00e6ringsmiddelforskning (33.2%), an Akvainvest M\u00f8re og Romsdal (10.0%).\u00a0<\/p><p>NOFIMA provides internationally renowned research and solutions that provide competitive advantages along the complete value chain. NOFIMA has several laboratories and pilot plants, which are used for specific research in the fields of food, fisheries and aquaculture. The facilities make it possible for industries to carry out experiments and test production methods.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e4f57 word-wrapping elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"78e4f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">MARINE BIOPROSPECTING, ARCTIC UNIVERSITY OF NORWAY <br>https:\/\/en.uit.no\/forskning\/forskningsgrupper\/gruppe?p_document_id=348358<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ebacbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ebacbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Marine Bioprospecting, Arctic University of Norway<\/strong> is focused on better understanding marine molecules, and specifically bioactive secondary metabolites that have potential commercial applications. The research team strives to identify novel marine bioactive compounds, study the properties of these compounds, and identify uses of biotechnology in marine research and industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a218c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a218c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e1c759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e1c759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.18.43\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8632\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.18.43\u202fAM.png 642w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.18.43\u202fAM-300x229.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7731c7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7731c7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 30. NOFIMA headquarters in Tromso, Norway<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea7290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea7290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>SAMPLE PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Salmon Feed \u2013 using the correct raw materials in the feed gives high quality, firm fillets, and a salmon fillet that is suitable for various types of processing.<\/li><li>Development of a scanner that uses spectroscopy and imaging technologies to automatically sort fish based on its quality properties.<\/li><li>Development of the \u201chow fresh is your fish?\u201d app for iPhones and android phones which helps users check the quality of various types of f ish. The app is free and has been translated into several languages.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ab1d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39ab1d8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-154a60c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"154a60c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81b7332 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81b7332\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b17c9 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"05b17c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (SINTEF)<br>https:\/\/www.sintef.no\/en\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53be1d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53be1d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF)<\/strong> was established at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1950 expanded rapidly in the following years. The organization\u2019s Fisheries and Aquaculture division has a broad expertise and knowledge in utilizing renewable marine resources. The institute works with industry to find solutions to problems that challenge all aspects of the value chain such as biological aspects of marine production through aquaculture and harvesting to processing and distribution.<\/p><p>SINTEF also acts as an incubator for new industrial companies. In 2013, they were involved in the commercialization of eighty different technologies, through licensing agreements and the establishment of new companies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d545951 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d545951\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c26dc82 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c26dc82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">WATCH VIDEO <br>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/231054078<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01eab49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01eab49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>KONTALI<\/strong> is an independent, internationally recognized provider of aquaculture and commercial fisheries analysis. Kontali currently has the world\u2019s most extensive private database which covers the value chain for aquaculture, commercial fish and crustaceans \u2013 a database which has been built up during many years of consultations with industry and collection of public and private data pertinent to the commercial species and sector. In addition to conducting comprehensive strategic positioning and value chain analyses the company also publishes a wide range of publications and special reports for the aquaculture and commercial fishery sector.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e109d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46e109d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.23.35\u202fAM-1024x258.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8633\" alt=\"\" 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e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c4ee956\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a361d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27a361d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.4 UNITED STATES<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eb7812 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9eb7812\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd6cfdf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd6cfdf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c92319d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c92319d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ac09e elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"84ac09e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (SINTEF)<br>https:\/\/www.sintef.no\/en\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66fa205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66fa205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>National Fisheries Institute (NFI)<\/strong> is a non-for profit industry trade organization representing the seafood industry in the US. Its members consist of organizations from all levels of business including vessels, processors and food service. NFI is dedicated to education about seafood safety, sustainability and nutrition. Sustainable oceans, responsible fisheries and ocean stewardship are core principles of NFI. Investment in oceans today, to ensure future generations have access to sustainable, healthy fisheries are a key objective of NFI and its members. The NFI also ensures that the public is informed of the recent facts or events that occur involving sustainability through the media.<\/p><p>NFI and its members support seafood and sustainability initiatives, such as studies of ocean bycatches by research scientists. It also endorses new initiatives such as certification of seafood importers and exporters, food safety and labelling regulations, and certification of labs for seafood testing that meet FDA guideline (Wikipedia, 2018B).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab80237 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ab80237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE (NFI) <br>https:\/\/www.aboutseafood.com<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd6d006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd6d006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oregon State University Seafood Lab is the only seafood experiment station on the West Coast of the United States. Its mission is to improve seafood through research and development, extension service to both the fishing and seafood processing industry, and graduate student research, training and instruction. The OSU Seafood lab offers facilities for research, product development and testing, and offers workshops related to seafood processing, seafood wastewater management, and surimi processing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8aebcb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8aebcb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5589ef1 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5589ef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">KONTALI ANALYSE AS <br>http:\/\/www.kontali.com\/?div_id=22&pag_ id=24<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-793ca92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"793ca92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>National Sea Grant College Program<\/strong> has three strategic focus areas: healthy coastal and marine ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and resilient coastal communities and economies. The program offers competitive state and federal research awards, fellowship opportunities for graduate students, and community extension and outreach programs. It is part of a national network of 33 university-based programs funded and coordinated by NOAA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b93972 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"2b93972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mobile-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 0H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h224c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zM160 480c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32 32 14.3 32 32-14.3 32-32 32zm112-108c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V60c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h200c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v312z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">THE VIRGINIA SEAFOOD AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION  CENTER (AREC) <br>https:\/\/www.arec.vaes.vt.edu\/arec\/virginia-seafood.html<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aed5f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5aed5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC)<\/strong> provides information to help the seafood industry thrive in an increasingly competitive global market. Its mission is to research and create the most vital and current technologies and techniques in the seafood industry and to share that knowledge with the industry to help it succeed. It has modern, up-to-date facilities and is a global leader in seafood research, aquaculture and food safety.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eab50c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eab50c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.29.08\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8635\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.29.08\u202fAM.png 868w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.29.08\u202fAM-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-at-9.29.08\u202fAM-768x518.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba35234 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba35234\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbdc858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbdc858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">06 CANADA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5196ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e5196ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c093538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c093538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CANADA\u2019S SEAFOOD VALUE CHAIN ROUNDTABLE (SVCRT) VISION IS A PROSPEROUS AND COMPETITIVE CANADIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY THAT IS A WORLD LEADER AND THE PREFERRED SUPPLIER O HIGH VALUE SEAFOOD, DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b92f27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b92f27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-071f082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"071f082\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Canada\u2019s Seafood Value Chain Roundtable (SVCRT) was established by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada to provide an opportunity for information sharing, discussion and strategizing on a national level about its key priorities: competitiveness, trade, human resources and market access issues. Its vision is a prosperous and competitive Canadian seafood industry that is a world leader and the preferred supplier of high value seafood, domestically and internationally. Its members include industry, provincial governments, and federal government representatives. The SVCRT has established several working groups and commissioned a few reports to help meet its objectives. Its most recent report \u201cExtracting Maximum Value from Canada\u2019s Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources\u201d was completed Gardner Pinfold Consultants Inc. in September 2017. This study evaluated how Canada could maximize the output of its fish and seafood, and sets a roadmap to show how industry can move forward to maximize value (Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, 2018).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511499e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"511499e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Several studies related to the competitiveness of Canada\u2019s seafood industry in comparison to other seafood producing countries have been conducted in recent years. This section provides a summary of key results from selected studies specifically related to Canada\u2019s level of technology readiness and maximizing the value of Canada\u2019s seafood industry. This section also explores the research and technology support services that are available for Canada\u2019s fisheries and aquaculture industries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07cc8ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07cc8ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CANADA.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8663\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CANADA.png 679w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CANADA-300x139.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d662f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89d662f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04620d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04620d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.1 TECHNOLOGY READINESS OF CANADIAN SEAFOOD PROCESSORS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c6bf14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c6bf14\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24cc69b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24cc69b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c85e7bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c85e7bc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68bf2bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68bf2bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The international competitiveness of our processing sector has been steadily eroding for years.<br \/>Part of the problem is that DFO does not consider the processing sector to be part of its constituency and makes resource management decisions without considering the needs and opportunities of the processing sector. This has been discussed at the SVCRT and will be discussed more at future<br \/>SVCRT meetings. Canada still has a labour-intensive industry that can\u2019t compete with labour-intensive processing in low-wage countries and Canada does not have circumstances that support investment in automation technologies, even if they were<br \/>available.<\/p><p>Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada commissioned KPMG Advisory Services to conduct a national assessment on the technology readiness of automation and robotics for the fish and seafood processing sector in Canada. The<br \/>KPMG report (2014) indicated that the processing sector is only partially automated with the level of<br \/>adoption and development of automation and robotic technologies varying across sub-sectors and firms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ecdc58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ecdc58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bloc_pen.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8664\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9f91c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a9f91c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31298e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31298e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The report which consulted with 20 Canadian processing companies reported the following drivers<br \/>and barriers to adopting automation and robotics in the Canadian F&amp;S processing sector:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bada45c elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"bada45c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Production related factors (including cost savings, increasing of margins, and improvement of efficiency of operations and of productivity) were most frequently considered as key drivers to the adoption of automation and robotics.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Employee-related and competition-related motivations (mainly regarding decreasing labour supply and competition with low-labourcost countries, respectively).<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Economic-related factors (costs of technologies).<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Several companies explained that the seasonality of operations was an important issue, as they have difficulties to justify more investment in automation or robotics whilst not operating all year round. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fcfb56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fcfb56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition, the report indicated, that in terms of investment in automation and robotics, F&amp;S processing companies:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33147fa elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"33147fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Invest approximately 2% of revenue each year, with occasionally important year-overyear variations.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">While most of the interviewed companies considered that the annual investments targeting automation and robotics allowed for all necessary projects to ensure that their company remains competitive, most of them further expressed interest for additional funding<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06fc9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e06fc9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e81eb8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e81eb8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Both the KPMG (2014) report and CCFI\u2019s Process Automation in Seafood\nProcessing Workshop summary report (2017) cited several factors which\nare impacting the F&S processing sectors ability to invest in technology\nand automation. These include: <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077e97b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"077e97b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>The business environment, the length of the operating season, fishing quotas, and policies limit the number of F&amp;S products that can be processed in a plant in each year and as such hinder investments in automation and robotics (through decreased return on investment).<\/li><li>High availability of low wage labour (as in some developing countries) or low skilled labour availabilities are also factors that were documented to negatively impact the adoption of automation of robotics.<\/li><li>A fragmented industry marked by uncertain access to the fish harvested, poor quality of raw materials, and a shrinking abundance of some species, and economies of scale increase risk and do not provide circumstances that allow companies to make automation<br \/>investments.<\/li><li>Industry is caught between low cost, low value products that are processed with minimal labour expense; and high value products that rely upon advanced, automated methods that required significant upfront investment.<\/li><li>Automation is not uniform among sectors; groundfish and pelagic processors could likely purchase equipment that has already been developed and proven elsewhere. For shellfish- the onus would be to work with producers to create automation solutions.<\/li><li>Current model is labour intensive with low wages.<\/li><li>Demographics are resulting in a decreasing labour supply<\/li><li>Temporary workers have filled some of the gap for low cost labour; but the program is becoming restrictive.<\/li><li>Without adequate supply of low cost labour, the Canadian fish processing industry is facing increasing difficulty as it produces labour intensive products and is interested in finding ways to automate processes so it can do more with fewer people.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc3c72 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fc3c72\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5318c93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5318c93\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b118e13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b118e13\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6104cd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6104cd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Financial support from government is also cited as an important factor for the adoption of automation<br \/>and robotics by F&amp;S processing companies. Support programs that have been developed in other countries can serve as examples for Canada (KPMG, 2014).<\/p><p>In terms of percent integration or usage of manual activity versus automation, the F&amp;S processing<br \/>companies interviewed by KPMG reported:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52561e9 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"52561e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">38% of all activities were mostly manual work done by hand labour<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">12% usage of mechanical machines operated by labour<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">23% usage of a combination of mechanical machines (either automatically or manually operated), integrated by conveyors and automated (or use of operator) control systems. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">12% reported mostly automated, with little labour involved (e.g. quality\/process control)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea0066e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea0066e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Further, the companies interviewed in the report, stated that:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cf43fa elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0cf43fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">59% of packing activity was considered mostly manual labour<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">42% of end-of-line activities were considered mostly manual labour<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">32% of initial processing (bleeding\/gutting\/ heading\/splitting) was mostly manual labour<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">29% of primary processing (filleting, portioning, mincing, packing, preserving) was mostly manual labour<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c2111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2c2111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For initial and primary processing activities, many stated the use of mechanical machines operated<br \/>by labour as well as a combination of mechanical machines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4efc88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4efc88\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c79ce9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c79ce9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The same companies when interviewed about the importance of adopting and developing automation and robotics, noted:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bef0a84 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"bef0a84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Processing (filleting, portioning, mincing, packing and preserving) would be the most important activities to automate, particularly for the groundfish sector as it is considered the most time-consuming activity<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Packaging materials and handling and sorting in general was listed as one of the most time-consuming activities for all species (groundfish, small pelagics, molluscs, crustaceans).<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Groundfish: While some technologies appear to be available, their level of adoption has remained relatively low. According to fact-finding discussions, processing activities were the most important to automate.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Small Pelagics: The level of adoption and development of automation and robotics was relatively low for small pelagics, particularly for packaging and other activities. Technology for these sectors are not as readily available as for groundfish therefore they require more innovation versus adoption of off the shelf technology. While there are technologies available for small pelagics, Canada cannot adopt it because we do not have the volumes needed. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d67fb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d67fb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INDUSTRY CHALLENGE AND STRUCTURE<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe1aab elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"9fe1aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The industry is fragmented (inconsistent supply, lack of vertical integration) and lacks consolidation among harvesters, processors and marketers which challenges processing companies from making the necessary investment in technology and automation.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Industry structure does not support fewer, larger, plants that operate year-round with a consistent supply of year-round product (which is the Icelandic model) as vertical co-operation is limited in comparison to other countries.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 480H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V80c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h352c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v352c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48zm-204.686-98.059l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L184 302.745l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.25 16.379 6.25 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Canada produces large volumes of fresh fish in short periods of time and often at a time of the year that does not yield the highest quality product.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a815b67 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a815b67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eb494f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6eb494f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.2 COMPARISON OF TECHNOLOGY READINESS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c5d27f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c5d27f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6abe719 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6abe719\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7abbbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7abbbe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9219f65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9219f65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In terms of the Newfoundland Seafood Value Chain, the Nl Seafood Value Chain Infrastructure benchmarking Assessment report by Pisces Consulting limited (2015) reported that due to the diversity of species, sizes, product forms and number of producers, adoption of technologies to be internationally competitive is challenging. This has resulted in many species being processed to minimal requirements, whole frozen or h+G, and a general lack of investment in state of the art processing technologies. This is an indication of our weak competitiveness and loss of potential value.<\/p><p>In contrast, European countries such as Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Germany are considered leaders not only in the use of automation and robotics in F&amp;S processing but also in the development of such technologies (especially Iceland and Norway). The US was also considered among top-leading countries regarding the adoption of automation and robotics. European countries do report having similar issues to Canadian processors, namely the cost of technology and the decreasing labour supply (Pisces Consulting limited, Nl Seafood Value Chain Infrastructure benchmarking Assessment 2015; KPMG, 2014).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98729db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98729db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-3.11.51\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8691\" alt=\"square logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-3.11.51\u202fPM.png 446w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-3.11.51\u202fPM-295x300.webp 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-589e90a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"589e90a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee5f2c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee5f2c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Access to government support and funding appears to be a major factor differentiating the Canadian and European processors. The Icelandic government provides the F&amp;S sector with the most financial support (0.17% of its GDP), followed by Norway (0.08% of total GDP). In comparison the Canadian government\u2019s share is 0.05% of total GDP (KPMG, 2014).<\/p><p>For countries such as Iceland and Norway the level of automation has increased significantly with fourth generation flow lines and water jet cutting machines being used. Specific to Iceland, trimming of the fillets are now minimal and is limited to cutting out defects that are on the fillets and removing parasites found in the filet. The pin bones are removed in the water cutter as well as belly flap and portioning of the fillets. This enables Iceland for example to pursue more advanced and complicated product mixes as well as more accurate cuts and sizes. In addition, robots are increasingly being used in packing and storing of the products. The increased level of automation in Icelandic processing facilities has resulted in the throughput per man hour increasing from 12kg\/hour in traditional filleting production to approximately 80 &#8211; 100 kg \/ hour in the most advanced production flow lines today. The drawback to increasing the use of technology and automated systems in fish processing in Iceland is investments in these systems require significant capital investment (Moret et. al., 2018).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-823d3ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"823d3ff\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae57b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ae57b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a0541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17a0541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The KPMG report also noted the following important factors when comparing Canada to non-Canadian countries:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ff4f00 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"9ff4f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Canadian and non-Canadian F&S processing companies revealed that generally, they have the same motivators for adopting automation and robotics namely production-related factors (improve margins and efficiency of operations, increase quality and consistency of products) and employee-related ones (decrease labour supply). <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Non-Canadian companies also face the same challenges regarding costs of technologies\/return on investment; technical issues and difficulties to find machines answering to their needs; decreasing labour supply.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Moreover, non-Canadian F&S processing companies explained that they typically do not invest in new automation and robotics, but rather in technologies already well tested and well known. According to them, this strategy helps to avoid major mistakes when investing in automation and robotics. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Norway F&S processing companies can avail of a development fund (paid by tax revenue) which funds R&D projects to foster the development and the adoption of automation and robotics. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Denmark has collaboration between processing companies and technology suppliers whereby the two parties work together to facilitate the development of automation and robotics, through specific projects. In that context, the technology provider would bring its knowledge and the processing company would provide the raw material (to test the technologies) and the space (its plants). Indeed, the technology provider would come to work in the processor\u2019s plants, from a few months to several years. both parties would work together, and the technology provider would teach and train employees from the processing company to operate and maintain machines developed during the project.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Interviewed technology providers agreed on the high potential of the Canadian market for the development and adoption of automation and robotics for the F&S sector but feel the current structure of the sector (lack of vertical integration in the sector, lack of control\/access of resource by processor) can be a major barrier for more investments in automation and robotics.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The shift from manual work to skilled jobs influences the interest for the sector for investing in automation and robotics, as these opportunities represent higher salaries, but also less physical jobs.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d389bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d389bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f63d695 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f63d695\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e3cc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2e3cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.3. MAXIMIZING VALUE OF CANADIAN SEAFOOD<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c8e0d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27c8e0d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d015e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97d015e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc8d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc8d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The market for fish and seafood is expanding rapidly, due to global population growth and changes in lifestyles with people seeking more healthy protein options.<\/p><p>Verge (2017) noted, while automation is a challenge, if action is not taken to automate the processing sector then it could resemble countries such as Norway where Canada would only supply unprocessed products or semi-processed raw materials to other countries for processing whereby the value of product leaving Canada would be diminished. Verge also stated that the output value that Canada obtains from its fish resources depends on how much processing can be done to add value to fish after they are harvested (Verge, 2017).<\/p><p>Canadian fish products face stiff competition in both export and domestic markets from products that originate in low cost developing countries with labour-intensive industries (e.g. China) and\/or higher cost developed countries that focus on high value markets and use advanced technologies to produce high quality products and reduce labour costs (e.g. Iceland).<\/p><p>Verge (2017) noted that the Canadian fishery cannot compete in markets for low-priced commodity products, due to its cost structure; but Iceland\u2019s example could be followed by focusing on high-value markets, achieving full utilization of raw materials and adopting advanced technologies to enable these things to be accomplished with a diminishing labour supply.<\/p><p>In a 2018 report, Sackton noted in terms of value added &#8211; when a producing region is able to standardize a high-quality item, in the way that Norway has been able to standardize its farmed salmon and Iceland its fresh cod fillets, then the market prices reflects a recognition for its overall quality.<\/p><p>The report \u201cCanadian Cod Price Analysis in US and UK Markets\u201d (Sackton, 2018) suggested that in terms of Canadian seafood (cod specifically) being exported into the US for example, unless cod fresh f illets are of consistent supply and quality the value or price paid for the product can be quite variable. Consequently, given the fragmented of this f ishery in Canada, frozen products may be a better option until a more consistent supply\/quality can be provided. Frozen fillets and loins and portions represent the highest value cod products at both retail and food service in the US with frozen fillets showing the most consistent and rapid growth in terms of import volume and percent of households consuming the product. The food service is heavily reliant on frozen cod as opposed to supermarkets and retail which are reliant on fresh product.<\/p><p>Iceland for example, is leading the cod fresh fillet market, because of stability\/consistency of product and volume. Canada\u2019s inconsistent supply (often glut) and poorer quality is compromising the value. however, analysis of Canadian frozen cod loins and filets from a more modern processing facility noted that the products get the same competitive higher prices as Iceland (Sackton, 2018).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28576a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c28576a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b9387 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68b9387\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2100a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc2100a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>When looking specifically at the challenges in transitioning to an automated operation, the CCFI report, Process Automation in Seafood Processing Workshop (2017) notes the following:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-963bd60 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"963bd60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Processing sector participants noted that they often operate in circumstances that do not allow them to justify investment in advanced technologies for any of the main species groups because of shrinking abundance of some species, industry seasonality, uncertain access to fish harvested, raw materials that are often poor in quality, and inability to take advantage of economies of scale, due to fragmented industry structure<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Most industry participants want to buy off the shelf automation solutions; they are reluctant to invest in risky projects to develop such solutions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The shrinking supply of labour, combined with the inability to adopt advanced technologies, mean that industries within the Canadian fishery are doing less and less processing of fish harvests and are increasingly becoming suppliers of unprocessed or semi-processed raw materials for others to process elsewhere (which allows them to capture much of the value from Canadian resources)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Upscale, higher value products are almost always branded.  There is no mechanism to brand unprocessed or semi-processed products.  Similarly, many of the seafood industry benefits expected from the pending CETA agreement will not be realized by an industry focused on supplying raw material<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160006f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"160006f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c88d48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c88d48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>These factors have an impact on the value of Canadian fish and seafood.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4423d4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4423d4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A recent report by Gardner Pinfold (2017) found that \u201cCanada\u2019s seafood industry, including capture fisheries and aquaculture, fails to extract maximum value from the resource\u201d. The report stated several reasons for this, including the industry\u2019s lack of full utilization of raw material to produce marketable products. Opportunities for value maximization have not yet been adopted and implemented in Canada\u2019s seafood industry for a number of reasons which include, but are not limited to: unpredictable availability of raw material; quality of raw material; lack of capital to process by-products; weak economics; failure to develop industry-wide approaches.<\/p><p>The report proposes a 4-step strategy to maximize value from Canada\u2019s fishery and aquaculture resources:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d045d27 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d045d27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Full utilization of the resource<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Focus on higher value products<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Focus on obtaining maximum prices<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Access the highest value markets and focus on market timing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14fcd1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14fcd1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For full utilization of the resource (i.e. Step 1 of the proposed strategy), Gardner Pinfold suggest the following approach:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5049b1 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b5049b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Develop mandatory quality standards;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Research by-product opportunities;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Coordinate utilization by:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ec6ac5 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3ec6ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Identifying prospective partners;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Identifying logistical options;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Conducting site selection;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Implementing a pilot project.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3abd79a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3abd79a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fcf707 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fcf707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The second step of the proposed strategy is to focus on the highest value products... <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9b47e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9b47e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The second step of the proposed strategy is to focus on the highest value products by: (1) allowing vertical integration so that processors could have better control over the quality of the raw material and the rate\/timing of supply; (2) review\/modify seasons to improve raw material quality; (3) enhance value through universal rights-based terms of access to fisheries.<\/p><p>To obtain maximum prices (step 3), Gardner Pinfold (2017) recommend that the harvesting and processing sectors gain better control over the value chain. This could be in the form of vertical integration, but does not have to be. It could mean better coordination of harvesting and processing operations to effect sufficient control over the timing, volume and quality of raw material supplied to processing plants. Product differentiation also makes the list of proactive steps that could be taken to achieve better prices. This would involve industry cooperation to develop sector-wide approaches to differentiate Canadian products in the marketplace. The report also recommends that an industry funded organization with Canada brand development as its mandate to promote Canadian seafood could be beneficial and has worked in other jurisdictions such as Iceland, Norway and the UK.<\/p><p>Access to the highest value markets and a focus on market timing (step 4) could be improved by better accessibility to market intelligence, such as a standardized format for market reports issued by Canada\u2019s Trade Commissioner Service, for key export markets and up-to-date information on implementation of important trade agreements such as CETA. Other market access barriers (e.g. food safety issues) should also be flagged in such reports. Finally, the report recommends that issues impacting market responsiveness and timing availability of products to coincide with higher market demand\/prices be dealt with at the company level.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c36f237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c36f237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.07.20\u202fPM-1024x633.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8704\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.07.20\u202fPM-1024x633.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.07.20\u202fPM-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.07.20\u202fPM-768x475.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.07.20\u202fPM-1536x950.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.07.20\u202fPM-2048x1266.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f62764 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f62764\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d244d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4d244d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c28a27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c28a27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5015520 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5015520\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c06d8a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c06d8a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dedicated research and technology support services for Canada\u2019s fisheries and aquaculture industries are perhaps best exemplified by Memorial University\u2019s (MUN) Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) and the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation (CCFI). Other institutions such as Dalhousie University, Prince Edward Island\u2019s bioFoodTech Centre, New brunswick\u2019s Valor\u0113s (formerly Coastal Zone Research Institute), and MERINOV in Quebec also offer expertise in this area, however, MI of Memorial University has the most comprehensive f isheries, marine and seafood specific R&amp;D centres across Canada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d97aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d97aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4.1 FISHERIES AND MARINE INSTITUTE<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54901dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54901dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MI) is a world-class centre of advanced marine technology, education, and training. Initially conceived as the College of Fisheries, Navigation, Marine Engineering and Electronics in 1964, the Marine Institute has grown and developed to become Canada\u2019s leading fisheries and marine institute. Today, this progression can be seen in MI\u2019s superb facilities, strong education and training programs, and highly qualified and dedicated people.<\/p><p>Guided by its motto, \u201cAd Excellentiam Nitere &#8211; Strive for Excellence,\u201d the Marine Institute intends to continue moving forward. It has a substantial mandate which encompasses education and training, applied research, and technology transfer, that serves a client base drawn from St. john\u2019s, Newfoundland and labrador, Canada, and worldwide.<\/p><p>The Marine Institute specifically recognizes its integral role within the province. The mission of the Institute is to foster economic development in strategic sectors of the Newfoundland and labrador economy, particularly the fisheries and offshore (oil and gas), and to enable Newfoundlanders and labradorians to participate in the marine industry nationally and internationally. This mission provides for the development of the Institute as an industrially relevant institution. Through its wide range of technical education and training courses, including short industrial response courses, diploma of technology programs, bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degree programs, as well as its participation in research and development, technology transfer, and public policy advocacy initiatives, the Marine Institute is actively involved in contributing to the economic development of Newfoundland and labrador.<\/p><p>The Institute has three Schools \u2013 the School of Fisheries, the School of Maritime Studies and the School of Ocean Technology &#8211; and within these Schools a number of specialized centres and units, including: the Community based Educational Delivery (CbED) unit, the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD), the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources (CSAR), the Centre of Marine Simulation (CMS), the Offshore Safety and Survival Centre (OSSC), the Safety and Emergency Response (SERT) Centre, the Centre for Applied Ocean Technology (CTec), Centre for Fisheries and Ecosystems Research (CFER), and MI International. These centres and units lead the Institute, both nationally and internationally, in applied research and technology transfer and in the provision of training to a variety of industry clients.<\/p><p>With its vision for the future to be a world oceans institute, setting the standard in education, training, innovation, and research, the Marine Institute is continuously shaping its goals and activities, strengthening its expertise, and advancing its reputation for ocean excellence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a532a5c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a532a5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d8af5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d8af5a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f841b78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f841b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SCHOOL OF FISHERIES<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c520b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5c520b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The School of Fisheries delivers education and training programs to students interested in entering the fishing, marine environmental, aquaculture and food industries. Academic programs offered by the School range from industry certifications to diplomas of technology, advanced diplomas, Master\u2019s and PhD degrees and post-graduate certificates.<\/p><p>The School is also heavily engaged in applied research and technology transfer activities which span the seafood value chain, through its three applied research centres: Centre for Fisheries Ecosystem Research (CFER), Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources (CSAR), and the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1da13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1da13b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CENTRE FOR AQUACULTURE AND SEAFOOD DEVELOPMENT<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d95e68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d95e68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) is a comprehensive industrial response unit located within the School of Fisheries at the Fisheries and Marine Institute. The CASD\u2019s mandate is to enhance the competiveness and future growth of the aquaculture and seafood processing industries in Newfoundland and labrador. The Centre has three main areas of research: seafood processing; aquaculture; and marine bio-processing.<\/p><p>The Centre operates 2 pilot plant facilities, an engineering design lab, a land-based recirculating aquaculture research facility and an analytical research lab. CASD has the largest pilot plant facilities (15,000 ft2 = 1394 m2) in Canada dedicated to the advancement of the seafood sector and is equipped with more than $10 million in research technology. The CASD employs 15 research and technical personnel who undertake contract research and provide technical support services for the seafood and aquaculture sectors.<\/p><p>The CASD is internationally recognized for its applied scientific and technical expertise, comprehensive research facilities and commitment to its industry clients. In recent years the Centre has grown its expertise in the development of advanced seafood processing technologies and marine bioprocessing research. The Centre is home to an experienced mechanical engineering team whose focus is to identify, design and develop advanced seafood processing solutions using process automation and robotics. The Centre has also developed applied R&amp;D and graduate student programs in marine bioprocessing for the identification, extraction and production of novel marine bio-products from shrimp, crab, sea cucumber, salmon and cod.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cbf059 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8cbf059\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01f332 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e01f332\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567ce16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"567ce16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4.1 FISHERIES AND MARINE INSTITUTE<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03126ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03126ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CASD\u2019s technical experts, graduate students and post-docs work directly with industry, and other organizations, to solve industry problems. For example, the CASD has worked closely with CCFI to: develop oysters as a commercial aquaculture species in Nl; develop a patented sea cucumber eviscerating machine; develop a robotic system for butchering crab (currently being patented).<\/p><p>Other process automation\/optimization projects that have been undertake by CASD include: Design and development of an automated cod tongue cutting and cheek removal system; Design of an automatic feeding system for ranched cod; Development of a novel fish skinning method; Development of pilot scale chemo-enzymatic, and non-chemical extraction methods for chitin\/chitosan from crustaceans; Development of a pilot-scale process for the recovery of peptides from salmon by-products; Development of crustacean live transport and live holding technologies.<\/p><p>Other initiatives have included technical evaluations of advanced technologies for seafood processing such as: high Pressure Processing; DeepChill Ice Slurry Technology; CoolNova freezing and thawing technology; and laitram CoolSteam\u00ae cooking technology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3b33e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e3b33e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f35bddf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f35bddf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4.2 CANADIAN CENTRE FOR FISHERIES INNOVATION (CCFI)<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4379ef0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4379ef0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e7192 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36e7192\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f01ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18f01ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded in 1989, the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation (CCFI) is a not-for-profit corporation owned by Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) that operates as a partnership between industry and academia.<\/p><p>As a corporation, CCFI has its own governance structure and is led by a board predominantly drawn from industry, to ensure it maintains a focus on industry needs and priorities. Memorial and other academic organizations provide expertise and facilities to address those needs and priorities. Since its founding, CCFI has worked with 24 different academic institutions.<\/p><p>CCFI helps participants in aquaculture, fish harvesting, and fish processing improve their international competitiveness, viability, and sustainability. Its mandate is to facilitate innovation in the different sectors, mostly through short-term problem-solving and longer-term research and development projects undertaken by project-specific partnerships of industry participants, academic institutions, and government funding programs. CCFI helps create the partnerships and formulate, finance, and manage the projects but most of the work is carried out utilizing the human resources and facilities of academic institutions, along with people, materials, and facilities provided by industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b1677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92b1677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.28.47\u202fPM-1024x896.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8710\" alt=\"Illustration of 2 squids and 3 fishes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.28.47\u202fPM-1024x896.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.28.47\u202fPM-300x262.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.28.47\u202fPM-768x672.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.28.47\u202fPM.png 1036w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8445981 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8445981\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d112db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d112db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Projects can be initiated by industry or CCFI in response to clearly identified industry needs. CCFI helps clients by working with them to understand their opportunities and problems and then creating projects to address them. CCFI recruits people to do the projects and provides assistance in funding and managing them.<\/p><p>In short, CCFI provides a linking mechanism between industry participants who see the need and potential for innovation and academic institutions that can provide knowledge, facilities, and capacity those participants do not have. It also contributes and arranges financing to support the work and helps manage the risks involved in carrying it out. however, CCFI does not compete with the private sector.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1180625 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1180625\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.30.00\u202fPM-1024x881.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8711\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.30.00\u202fPM-1024x881.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.30.00\u202fPM-300x258.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.30.00\u202fPM-768x661.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-4.30.00\u202fPM.png 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd07ab4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd07ab4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-410b262 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"410b262\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22d3d35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22d3d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>PROJECT PROFILES<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901601b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"901601b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Through the projects undertaken, CCFI helps build and maintain industry-relevant research and development capabilities and capacities of the institutions it works with. And it encourages collaboration among local, national, and international businesses and academic institutions.<\/p><p>CCFI\u2019s main criteria for choosing projects are:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352b7aa elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"352b7aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">importance to industry;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">potential impact;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">innovation; and<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">likelihood of success.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e1a00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5e1a00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over time, CCFI\u2019s activities have evolved in response to changing industry opportunities and needs. When CCFI began operations, the fishery in Atlantic Canada was predominantly based on cod and other groundfish but stocks were in decline and quotas were being cut. Aquaculture was still a very young, struggling industry. Subsequently, moratoriums were imposed on fishing many groundfish stocks and CCFI helped the industry make a transition from groundfish to shellfish. It also helped aquaculture become more stable and expand.<\/p><p>More recently, CCFI helped develop oysters as a commercial aquaculture species in Nl, with the first crop soon ready for harvest. It helped develop a new fishery for sea cucumbers, by doing research on the stock, harvesting methods, and processing methods and developing a patented machine for processing them. And it has developed a robotic system for butchering crab as part of a larger initiative to produce high-value crab meat products. Patenting of that system is now in progress<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b3aeb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b3aeb1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892fca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"892fca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Current projects are generally consistent with the following themes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8c6e7d elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d8c6e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Aquaculture<ol><li type=\"a\">Cleaner fish<\/li><li type=\"a\"> Increased mussel production<\/li><li type=\"a\">Tools for monitoring environmental conditions<\/li><li type=\"a\">Cod ranching<\/li><\/ol><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Harvesting<ol type=\"a\">   <li>     Improved understanding of the marine ecosystem, to characterize fish     habitat, assess fish stocks, and focus fishing effort   <\/li>   <li>Species diversification<\/li>   <li>Gear improvements<\/li>   <li>Onboard handling systems<\/li>   <li>Improvements in fishing vessel de sign<\/li> <\/ol><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Value chain improvements<ol type=\"a\">   <li>Automation<\/li>   <li>Energy efficiency<\/li>   <li>By-product utilization<\/li>   <li> Packaging<\/li> <\/ol><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Processing<ol type=\"a\">   <li>Coordination of effort through the value chain<\/li>   <li>Improvements in transportation<\/li>   <li>Value maximization<\/li> <\/ol><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c327e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c327e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e662a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68e662a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4.3 DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6273eaa elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6273eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY  <br><a>http:\/\/www.dal.ca<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d13cf92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d13cf92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dalhousie University (DAl) located in Halifax, Nova Scotia was founded in 1818, and attracts over 18,800 students globally. Although DAl does not have a dedicated fisheries and seafood program, it does offer fisheries science and seafood processing research programs through its process engineering, environmental science and food science (minor) programs. DAl currently has a Tier II research chair in Integrated Ocean and Coastal Governance, as well as a Tier II research chair in Ocean Technology Systems. DAl offers academic programs covering a wide range of fisheries and marine science such as aquaculture, industrial engineering, environmental science, process engineering, food science, marine biology, and ocean sciences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d6ae59 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1d6ae59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d79c4ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d79c4ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4.4 FOODTECH CANADA - FISHERIES AND SEAFOOD INNOVATION CENTRES<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f163df6 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f163df6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">FOODTECH CANADA<br><a>http:\/\/www.foodtechcanada.ca<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e82ea1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e82ea1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a954e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13a954e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d259ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d259ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FoodTech Canada is a network of innovation and technology Centres from across Canada, committed to developing innovative products for the food and bio-industries. It has 12 member Centres, but only 1 Centre, Merinov, specializes in fisheries and aquaculture research, and the processing and development of aquatic products. Merinov offers technical assistance to industry in areas related to post-harvest quality and onboard handling techniques, as well as marine by-products valorization.<\/p><p>Established in 1979, CIFT is located at Dalhousie University as a specialized centre of advanced technology providing support to industry for research in food science and process engineering, with an emphasis on food fermentation and utilization of marine resources. Other seafood related research areas of CIFT include aquaculture development, fish\/food process engineering, marine oils, and seafood biochemistry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6df8b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6df8b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-139af37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"139af37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prince Edward Island\u2019s bioFoodTech Centre, also a member of FoodTech Canada, was established in 1987 and is located on the premises of the University of PEI. Funded by the provincial government, it operates as a confidential, contract research lab and offers processing and analytical services to industry in the food and bioprocessing sectors, including seafood. The Centre operates various labs and pilot-scale equipment providing services that bridge the gap from concept to market<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e1034 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11e1034\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-816af90 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"816af90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">MERINOV<br><a>http:\/\/www.merinov.ca\/en<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">PEI BIOFOODTECH CENTRE<br><a>http:\/\/www.biofoodtech.ca<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c405d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c405d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0456d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a0456d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4.5 VALOR\u0112S (FORMERLY COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE)<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e484f52 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e484f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">VALOR\u0112S<br><a>http:\/\/www.valores.ca\/<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5ac5c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5ac5c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Valor\u0113s located in Shippigan, NB is a private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the viable development of coastal zone resources. Valor\u0113s has four key areas of research which include; aquaculture, fishery and marine products, peat and peatlands, and the sustainable development of coastal zones.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c5a99 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"77c5a99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d840a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d840a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.4.6 ATLANTIC FISHERIES FUND<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29428aa elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"29428aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">ATLANTIC FISHERIES FUND <br><a>http:\/\/www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca\/fm-gp\/initiatives\/fish-fund-atlantic-fonds-peche\/index-eng.html<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598d4ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"598d4ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fac25a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fac25a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0eb9b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0eb9b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www. dfo-mpo.gc.ca\/fm-gp\/initiatives\/fish-fund-atlantic-fonds-peche\/index-eng.html\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">http:\/\/www. dfo-mpo.gc.ca\/fm-gp\/initiatives\/fish-fund-atlantic-fonds-peche\/index-eng.html<\/a>) was officially announced on August 31, 2017. This $400 million fund is intended to focus on growing opportunities and increasing market value for sustainably sourced, high quality fish and seafood from Atlantic Canada. This is a 70-30% federal-provincial fund shared between the federal government and the participating provinces.<\/p><p>The fund focuses on three key areas:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0681d13 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0681d13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Innovative processes and technologies;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Infrastructure to improve fish and seafood  product quality and sustainability; <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Science Partnerships to better understand  the North Atlantic marine environment and  the changing oceanic conditions. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f7c13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55f7c13\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6848882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6848882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.04.40\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8734\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.04.40\u202fPM.png 848w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.04.40\u202fPM-300x260.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.04.40\u202fPM-768x667.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a009a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a009a8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0761b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0761b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">07 COUNTRY COMPARISONS: TECHNOLOGY, VALUE AND LABOUR MARKET PRACTICES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3090176 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3090176\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af8dfc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af8dfc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A COMPARISON OF VARIABLES AFFECTING THE SEAFOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN ATLANTIC CANADA, ICELAND AND NORWAY IS PRESENTED IN TABLE 5 BELOW (KNUTSSON, 2018).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f2ee86 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f2ee86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e349bf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e349bf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A comparison of variables affecting the seafood processing industry in Atlantic Canada, Iceland and Norway is presented in Table 5 below (Knutsson, 2018). This table summarizes the similarities and differences between the three countries with respect to their national strategies for maximizing value from the seafood industry, use of technology, and labour market practices.<\/p><p>While the structure of the Atlantic Canadian, European and United States seafood industries are quite different, the Norwegian and Icelandic models offer examples of how value maximization of fisheries resources can be achieved, largely through cooperation and coordination throughout the entire value chain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5960cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5960cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.11.49\u202fPM-1024x600.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8735\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.11.49\u202fPM-1024x600.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.11.49\u202fPM-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.11.49\u202fPM-768x450.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.11.49\u202fPM-1536x901.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-3.11.49\u202fPM-2048x1201.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a7e38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46a7e38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e41f2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e41f2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Table 5. Country comparisons \u2013 technology, value maximization and labour market practices<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b86e246 table-blue-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b86e246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blue-table-3\"><table><thead><tr><th>Information<\/th><th>Canada<\/th><th>Iceland<\/th><th>Norway<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Value Maximizing Strategy &#8211; Legislation<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Conservation, community stability, stable resource access &amp;<br \/>allocation, sustainable resource use<\/li><li>Volume-driven model with independent processing &amp; harvesting<br \/>sectors, competitive quotas<\/li><li>Absence of &#8220;quality ethic&#8221; or standard &#8211; Same price paid<br \/>regardless of quality of the catch<\/li><li>No national marketing strategy<\/li><li>Legislation restricts ability for industry to change \u2013 MPRs,<br \/>restrictions on foreign company investment<\/li><li>Fleet separation policy, owner-operating policy<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Economic efficiency<\/li><li>Value maximization<\/li><li>Management structure to support market-driven decisions \u2013 focus on<br \/>quality, uniform system of ITQs, allow vertical integration,<br \/>establish fish auction, invest in Icelandic brand<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Resource sustainability, community stability, economic efficiency,<br \/>safe working conditions<\/li><li>Limited vertical integration<\/li><li>Minimum raw material prices<\/li><li>Invest in Norway brand; Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC)<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cod Landings 2016<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>19,107 t<\/li><li>16,217 t landed in NL (~85% of National total)<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>~220,000 t<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>~340,000 t<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Number of Landing Sites<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>NL: 400+ across the province<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>80 harbors around 50 active<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Approximately 400 landing sites<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Frequency and timing of landings<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Majority of landings are not coordinated; independent vessels land<br \/>at independent processing facilities<\/li><li>Small boats daily; weather affects when boats can fish<\/li><li>Season runs from approximately June-end of November with periods<br \/>of inactivity during the season<\/li><li>Plants often deal with a glut of fish due to lack of coordination<br \/>between vessels\/plants<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>For trawlers and bigger boats fishing trip is max 5 days<\/li><li>Small boats daily<\/li><li>Landing close to fishing ground and then transferred by trucks to<br \/>processing site<\/li><li>For vertically integrated firms, landings are decided based on<br \/>need of the markets and production<\/li><li>Coastal fishing landings are from Monday to Thursday<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Some degree of vertical integrated firms, but seldom utilized for<br \/>smooth processing operation<\/li><li>Main season from January to April (~80%), which affects the<br \/>processing activity<\/li><li>Klip fish processing, utilizing frozen fish, is to some degree<br \/>shielded from this effect<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Degree of predictability<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Low &#8211; Processing is linked to the opening\/closing of the season<br \/>which is determined annually; weather can impact participation;<br \/>processing is not linked to market conditions such as highest<br \/>demand or greatest commodity price; can create gluts at plant; too<br \/>many landing sites with small volumes spread over a wide area<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>High &#8211; TAC is clear for the year and companies can plan the year<br \/>ahead according to markets conditions<\/li><li>Less impacted by weather or other extrinsic factors<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Low, even though it is relatively known when the season appear<\/li><li>Weather and biology (abundancy) add uncertainty to this picture;<br \/>can create gluts in plants<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Number of Processing Facilities 2016<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>728 licensed plants<\/li><li>NL: 92 licensed processing plants of which 57 had a groundfish<br \/>license<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>In 2014, 200 licensed processing facilities<\/li><li>In 2016, Approximately 230 (primary and secondary)<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>~180 plants producing dried fish<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nature of Processing Facilities<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Mainly multi-species plants<\/li><li>Small number of dedicated cod processing facilities; only 1 large<br \/>state-of-the-art facility, others are smaller using old<br \/>technologies from 1980s-90s<\/li><li>Primarily independent operator; Minimal vertical integration<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Specialized in species and size of fish<\/li><li>Rather large plants high degree of automation<\/li><li>Small specialized plants in by-catch species low degree of<br \/>automation<\/li><li>Vertically integrated and independently operated<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Multi species (demersal) plants<\/li><li>heterogeneity \u2013 from small landing stations (transporting fish to<br \/>processors) to large filleting plants<\/li><li>Minimal vertical integrated, primarily independent<\/li><li>larger plants diversified to process both wild capture (whitefish,<br \/>pelagics) and farmed species (salmonids) and are more likely to be<br \/>vertically integrated<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Type of Processing<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Mainly primary processing<\/li><li>Minimal value add\/secondary<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Fresh fillets portions 5 kg box<\/li><li>bulk packing in most cases<\/li><li>Packing for further packing abroad<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Heterogeneity (from fresh fish packing in tubs to relatively<br \/>complex value added products; fresh fillet loins MAP-packed)<\/li><li>Small share of consumer ready, value added products<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Main product<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Crab is main business for wild capture<\/li><li>Cod<ul><li>Whole HOG<\/li><li>Fresh fillets<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Frozen fillets<\/li><li>Wet salted<\/li><li>Salmon is main business for aquaculture<ul><li>Fresh HOG<\/li><li>Fresh Fillets<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Fresh fillets &amp; portions<\/li><li>Frozen At Sea (FAS)<\/li><li>IQ frozen fillets &amp; portions<\/li><li>light salted fillets &amp; portions<\/li><li>Traditional salt fish<\/li><li>Frozen at sea (decreasing)<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>FAS H&amp;G<\/li><li>Whole fresh\/frozen fish (H&amp;G)<\/li><li>Wet salted fish (bine injection)<\/li><li>Dried fillets<\/li><li>Frozen fillets<\/li><li>Klip fish (dried, salted fish)<\/li><li>Stock fish<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Yield<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>~35% for cod<ul><li>Additional yield extracted for tongues, cheeks<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>~80% for salmon<ul><li>try to fully utilize all parts of the fish<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>~62% for crab<ul><li>sold as sections in shell<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Fillets 50-52%; approximately 77% of total<\/li><li>Additional yield from heads, frames, cheeks, tongues, gonads, livers, skin<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>35% for fillet yield; 54% from gutted and headed fish<\/li><li>Additional yield extracted from heads, cheeks, tongues, gonads<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Level of By-Product Utilization<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Low (cheeks, tongues, trimmings)<\/li><li>In NB, NS, PE most diverted to composting, fishmeal\/oil, silage<\/li><li>In NL, mostly disposed of as waste either at sea or in landfills<ul><li>One small company utilizing salmon silage and green crab for compost<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>High (livers, gonads, skin, heads, frames)<\/li><li>Increases overall yield to 75-80% of catch weight with significant increase in output value $<\/li><li>Specialized facilities for utilizing by-products (E.g. Ocean Cluster house, Codland, Haustak)<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Medium (cod) &#8211; some skin, bones, livers, intestines<\/li><li>~90% by coastal fleet; 6% by offshore fleet<\/li><li>Almost 100% in salmon plants \u2013 heads, frames, trimmings, belly flaps are used<\/li><li>Large processor BIOmega utilizes most of the salmon by-product for feed, food and pharmaceuticals<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Technology<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>Standard processing technology such as headers, skinners<\/li><li>Technology is comparative to technology used 20 years ago<\/li><li>low to no investment in new innovative technology as there is no security of access to raw material for processors<\/li><li>baader and Marel largest technology providers for groundfish; laitram Machinery largest technology provider for shrimp &amp; crab processing<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Mixed from low automation to high<\/li><li>high automation with water cutters, graders, robots in cutting &amp; end of line handling<\/li><li>Investment in new\/ innovative technology<\/li><li>Marel &amp; Skaginn 3X main technology providers<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>Mixed from standard technology (i.e. old) to relative complex water-jet filleting equipment<\/li><li>Investment in new\/ innovative technology<\/li><li>Larger plants significant use of automation and end of line robotics<\/li><li>Baader and Marel largest technology providers<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Labour market practices<\/strong><\/td><td><ul><li>A work permit or authorization to work without a permit is required for a foreign national to be allowed to work in Canada under either of the following programs:<ul><li>Temporary Foreign Worker Program<\/li><li>International Mobility Program (IMP)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>1374 TFWs were approved in 2016 to work in Canada\u2019s seafood processing industry: 0 in Nl; 444 in PE; 157 in NS; 773 in NB<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>~7.4% of total population are foreigners<\/li><li>Citizens from the EEA and the EFTA states do not need a special residence permit, but must register with Registers Iceland<\/li><li>A foreigner from a country outside of the EEA and\/or EFTA, who plans to stay for more than three months, must have a valid residence permit<\/li><li>Bring in temporary seasonal workers in some regions<\/li><li>Commitment to employee well-being<\/li><\/ul><\/td><td><ul><li>~34% of total seafood labour force are foreigners<\/li><li>Immigrants from Poland account for largest group making up 18% of Norway\u2019s foreign population (Norwegian Ministries, 2017)<\/li><li>Focus on community development<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0754a32 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0754a32\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6059e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f6059e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">08 CONCLUSIONS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15bc931 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15bc931\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28a03a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28a03a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE CANADIAN SEAFOOD PROCESSING SECTOR, SPECIFICALLY THE LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY USED AND THE LABOUR MARKET PRACTICES, IN COMPARISON TO REPRESENTATIVE FISHERIES IN EUROPE (E.G. ICELAND, NORWAY AND THE FAROE ISLANDS) AND THE UNITED STATES.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7859fbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7859fbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdbee9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdbee9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the capture fishery in Canada, availability of fish, its quality and prices are highly variable. This is largely due to the independent harvester model under which the capture fisheries are operated. In this model harvesters operate independently of processors. The processing sector is challenged due to uncertainty of supply, seasonal availability, and variability in quality of the raw materials available. historically, the harvesting and processing sectors have not agreed on objectives, and their efforts have not been coordinated. Consequently, the seafood value chain has not been optimized, and there has been little investment in science and technology, resulting in much of Canada\u2019s wild capture seafood being sold unprocessed or semi-processed (Verge 2018, Manuel 2018).<\/p><p>The international competiveness of the Canadian seafood processing sector has been steadily eroding for years, due to the following factors:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-467c800 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"467c800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">DFO does not consider the processing sector to be part of its constituency and makes resource management decisions without considering the needs and opportunities of the processing sector. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Canada has a labour-intensive industry, however, the labour supply (both local and foreign) is not reliable. Canada can\u2019t compete with labour-intensive processing in low-wage countries. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">To compete in global markets, advanced processing technologies and automation developed specifically for Canada, are needed. however, current circumstances do not support investment in the development of advanced processing\/automation technologies.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b539ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b539ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Norwegian and Icelandic models offer examples of how value maximization of fisheries resources can be achieved. This requires an industry-wide approach with significant cooperation and coordination throughout the entire value chain, between harvesters and processors, with all participants focused on the end goal \u2013 value maximization. A different fisheries management structure and a change in the national culture of the seafood industry are also key elements needed for success.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d1bd5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9d1bd5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d50ebf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d50ebf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">09 REFERENCES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996bcd8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"996bcd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab576fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab576fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE FOLLOWING SOURCES WERE USED IN THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS REPORT.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7524ee6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7524ee6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef890e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ef890e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2018) Seafood Value Chain Roundtable. 29 August 2018. 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(2017) Norway\u2019s Fish and Fish Products Cluster \u2013 Fight to stay at the cutting edge economically, environmentally and socially. Harvard Kennedy School of Government. August 31, 2018. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.isc.hbs.edu\/resources\/courses\/moc-course-at-harvard\/Documents\/pdf\/student-projects\/Norway_Fisheries_2017.pdf.<\/p><p>Worldometers (2018) U.S. Population \u2013 live. 31 August 2018. 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