ABOUT MARELIFE NETWORK

Bio-marine member association

Mobilising trendsetters along the entire value chain; addressing branch-wide challenges and potentials and gathers all major bio-marine branches: Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine compounds.

Innovation approach

• Project enhancement
• Commercialization
• Optimized Public financial framework
• Communication

NORWAY MEETS HOLLAND

Building bridges

The Royal State visit of the Dutch Queen Beatrix to Norway, early June 2010, had a focus on collaboration between Norway and Holland.

MareLife was then invited to give input to an ongoing discussion on the development of a renewed fisheries innovation platform concept in the Netherlands.

A 'Diner Pensant' was organised by Doeke Faber, the President of the Product Board for Fish, a semi-governmental organization in which participate representatives of the whole fish chain, including fishermen, trade, processors, retail and also the labour organizations.

ABOUT MARELIFE.NL

Current focus

Closer involvement of Dutch solution providers and feed- and vaccine producers to the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF 2012).

The Dutch branch of MareLife is in the process of establishing a legal entity but has already started facilitatin fisheries innovation through Dutch MareLife members.

MareLife already has 6 members in the Netherlands.

Photo: Visit to Norway to learn about technical, commercial and organizational  innovation in fisheries (weblog)

WHAT THE DUTCH EMBASSY COULD PROVIDE THE DUTCH MARINE SECTOR

1. Updating on innovation focus areas in Norway
2. Listing bi-lateral R&D oportunities
3. Describing the Norwegian business culture
4. Providing quarterly sector profile and key figures
5. Describing trade barriers
6. Providing quarterly market trends
7. Listing trade fairs, branch organisations, industry driven seminars

FFisheries innovation

Where MareLife members see opportunities:
• Collaborate on exploiting living ocean resources with a lot more yield and yet more sustainable: harvest pressure on more fish species (horizontal pressure, lower the pressure on the few), harvest on more species throughout the food chain (algae, zooplankton, included)
• Collaborate on advancing fishery technologies with emphasis on cost efficient and low carbon foot print operations

• Blueports
• Fisheries Innovation Platform

• Early commercialization assistance
• Translate Norwegian marketing strategies on salmon and cod to Dutch situation on flatfish
• Explore new markets through e-Business
• Brand your company and strategy through a professional website
• Directed information exchange between Norwegian and Dutch stakeholders

• North Atlantic Seafood Forum
• Mini-seminars on urgent industry matters
• Collaboration with partner networks (e.g. Aquapreneur and Biomarine Business Convention)
• Business match making tool
• Making business from social media

• Multipurpose entrepreneurship
• Utilizing fishermens data and knowledge
• Bridge communication box
• Building a 'green' fishing vessel: 'Fremfart' NO versus 'Masterplan Duurzame Visserij' NL.
• Renting out vessels and expertise through a common platform
• Funding opportunities
• Facilitate 'From idea to project' process