Marine Clusters Strengthening cooperation and best practices between clusters around the North Atlantic Ocean and how it can lead to new opportunities Vilhjálmur Jens Árnason Matis - A workshop on coastal fisheries in the North Atlantic
Established in 2011 The Iceland Ocean Cluster The aim of the Iceland Ocean Cluster is to increase value in the ocean cluster by connecting people and businesses. Members 50 The cluster house 40 companies
Fjöldi 9.000 People employed in fisheries and fish processing 8.100 2000-2025 2011 2023
Own export Own export Surveillance service Special service Own export Packaging Governance Food industry Fisheries Technology Machinery Power Fish gear Transportation R&D Own exports Own export
Own exports Technology Welding service Software Laser technology 65 Exporting technology firms Aluminum Plastic Printing Mechanical Engineering Innflutningsaðilar
Fjöldi 35.000+ 25.000+ Employed in the ocean cluster 9.000 8.100 Employed in fisheries and Fish processing 2000-2025 2011 2023
North Atlantic Marine Clusters Project
North Atlantic Marine Clusters Project Initiated by the Iceland Ocean Cluster Supported by Nordic Innovation and NORA Focus on ocean/marine related clusters in industries related to exploitation of resources in the ocean and beneath the seabed transport by sea, energy at sea.
Goal of project To map marine clusters in the North Atlantic Strengthen relationships among them Build arenas to communicate their activities, Benchmark Develop stronger networks in ocean/marine sector.
Why? Significant growth potentials in ocean related industries worldwide Opportunities in strengthening the image of the North Atlantic marine market Stronger cooperation may become a vehicle for improved performance better competitiveness
Who? Canada Greenland Norway Iceland Faroe Islands Scotland Ireland Sweden Denmark Finland
All these countries have access to a substantial coastline and the ocean has an important effect on the economy for the whole country or large regions in the country have in general small, open economies and are thus export-depending countries. rely on foreign trade which constitutes an important part of the economic activity There are strong cultural ties between these countries and collaboration among them has been stable and peaceful.
Examples of cooperation European Network of Maritime clusters Baltic Sea Region Programme Atlantic Area Programme North Atlantic Marine energy cluster
First phase Mapping and benchmarking Spring of 2012 - Report Report - Challenge How to define an ocean cluster Localised networks of specialized organisations, whose production processes are closely linked through the exchange of goods, service or knowledge. (Porter, 1998)
Challenge 2 Sectors Food Energy Transport Research Biotech Climate change
Shipping Services Transport Environment Biotech Research Ocean clusters North Food Fisheries Aquaculture Biotech Services Services Management Energy Renewable Oil and Gas Services
Clusters Marine Food NCE Aquaculture NCE Culinology Omegaland Technology akvarena Arena Ocean of Opportunities Fisheries Aquaculture Ocean observation and Science Fisheries/processing Aquaculture Ocean Tech. Marketing Aquaculture/Fish Environment Federation of Swedish Fish Industries and Trade Fiskeindustrien Öresund Food Excellence
Marine food
World Capture production Fish, crustaceans molluscs, etc. Source: FAO 2008
Atlantic Ocean Capture production Fish, crustaceans molluscs, etc. North 55 % Central 24 % South 21 %
North Atlantic Biggest fishing nations Rank Country Catch tonnes Popu-lation 1 USA 4349 309712 2 Russia 3384 141750 3 Norway 2430 4883 4 Iceland 1284 318 5 Canada 937 34174 6 Spain 917 46217 7 Denmark 690 5565 8 Faroe Island 494 49 9 France 457 64877 10 Netherlands 416 16623 11 Scotland 350 5220 12 Rest of UK 246 57027 13 Portugal 240 10642 14 Italy 236 60575 15 Greenland 234 56 16 Sweden 231 9394 17 Germany 229 81636 18 Ireland 205 4451 19 Finland 200 5363 FAO 2008 Total Pop. 69,5 mill. Total pop. 798 mill.
World Aquaculture production V 8% Q 4% V 9% Q 4% V 2% Q 1% V 80% Q 91% Total World Fish/Plants Value: 105.873.991 Quantity: 68.327.364 V 1% Q 0% Value=USD 1 000 Quant.= t Source: FAO 2008
Aquaculture Europe and N. America Production relative to coastline length
Exporters - Importers 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 0 5000000 10000000 15000000 1. China 2. Norway 3. Thailand 4. Denmark 5. Vietnam 6. USA 7. Chile 8. Canada 9. Spain 10. Netherlands 11. Russia 12. Indonesia 13. Germany 14. Peru 15. UK 16. Iceland 17. France 18. Sweden 19. Equador 20. Japan 34. Faroe Isl. 41. Ireland 46. Greenland 1. USA 2. Japan 3. Spain 4. France 5. Italy 6. China 7. Germany 8. UK 9. Netherlands 10. Denmark 11. Korea Rep 12. Sweden 13.China 14. Canada 15. Russian Fed 16. Thailand 17. Belgium 18. Portugal 19. Poland 20. Norway 35. Finland 45. Ireland FAO 2009
Opportunities Increase utilization Boost image of seafood and industry Ecolabelling Health = Price? Management of stocks How to increase safety at sea Employee exchange program Research Aquaculture Environment
Marine energy
The NA-Marine Transport
Marine Biotech/Research
Shipping Services Benchmarking Transport Fisheries Environment Aquaculture Biotech Research Ocean clusters North Food Processing Services Services Management Energy Renewable Services Oil and Gas
Conclusion Huge opportunities Access to resources Oil, water, minerals, land Increased activity in region New shipping lanes Population Young Educated Worldwide population Over the next 40 years 40% increase
How can we grab them?
Second phase Linking clusters and building relationships Reykjavik, May, 2012 Ålesund, April, 2013 Copenhagen, November, 2012
Meeting in Reykjavik Main goal to enhance further the personal relationships between cluster managers from different countries. A draft report was introduced Mapping of all marine/ocean cluster activities in the North Atlantic evaluate strengths and possible weaknesses
Meeting in Copenhagen Foundation of the cluster alliance Mission to promote and enhance cooperation and collaboration between respective clusters and their members achieving a network of networks for the mutual benefit of all Parties. to support growth and development in ocean related fields by increasing international cooperation. the alliance will serve as a platform for distributing knowledge and identifying new business opportunities.
North Atlantic Ocean Cluster Alliance Members of the alliance
Business to business session 20 minutes each, country vs. country Session 1 09.00-09.20 Nofima Iceland Greenland Faroe Islands Canada Norway Denmark Biomarine Cluster Session 2 09.20-9.40 Nofima Greenland Iceland Denmark Faroe Islands Canada Norway Session 3 9.40-10.00 Nofima Faroe Islands Greenland Norway Denmark Canada Iceland Session 4 10.15-10.35 Nofima Denmark Canada Faroe Islands Iceland Norway Greenland Session 5 10.35-10.55 Nofima Canada Iceland Greenland Denmark Norway Faroe Islands Session 6 10.55-11.15 Nofima Norway Greenland Canada Faroe Islands Iceland Canada Session 7 11:15-11:35 Iceland Canada Denmark Norway Greenland Faroe Islands Nofima
Meeting in Ålesund The members identified fields that are showing business potential. These include areas such as: off-shore aquaculture ship building, shipping and transport, full utilization and more.
Concrete projects The collaboration has resulted in several concrete projects such as: Possible establishment of ocean cluster in Greenland Possible establishment of ocean cluster in the Faroe Islands Collaboration between Faroe Islands, Iceland and Denmark regarding an interactive web platform for project sharing between students and companies Turning waste into value meeting series Collaboration between Iceland and Norway regarding oil and gas exploration.
Ocean cluster in Greenland
Visit of Icelandic companies to Ålesund Nov. 2013 Technology companies within the Iceland Ocean Cluster working together on developing a holistic design of fishing vessels, visited the Vard shipyard in Norway and went on board Havfisk s new vessel
Poject sharing
Turning Waste Into Value
85% Iceland 76% 75% 65% 55% Faroe Islands 50% Average 54% 45% 35% Canada 45% Greenland 43% 14.5.2014
Iceland - Value and catch of Cod
Canned products made from cod liver: Smoked liver and liver paté Fish skin transformed to leather and medical device Natural fish stock for food processing Cosmetics made from enzymes from inner organs. Liver oil and intestine fish oil. Caviar from roe Hand- & foot creams with omega 3
Price Pharma Healthfood Cosmetics Functional food Food Animal feed Fish meal We need to move up the value chain Quantity This is what we have been good at
The European Cod! Filet USD 15 Liver High volume of discards
Canned products made from cod liver: Smoked liver and liver paté Fish skin transformed to leather and medical device Natural fish stock for food processing USD 80+ Cosmetics made from enzymes from inner organs. Liver oil and intestine fish oil. Caviar from roe Hand- & foot creams with omega 3
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