Flume Tank North Sea and the North Sea Science Park have won the Initiative of the Year Award 2024 for their significant contributions to innovation and development within the fisheries sector.
The award, presented by Fiskeriets Servicefag, a club under the Danish Fishers PO, recognises efforts that help keep Danish fisheries at the forefront of the industry.
Flume Tank North Sea, Europe’s largest facility for testing and displaying fishing, aquaculture and underwater technology, plays a crucial part in advancing equipment development.
“Today, it’s not enough to just develop our gear - we also need to be able to show the world what we do,” said Alfred Fisker Hansen, board member of Fiskeriets Servicefag.
“The Flume Tank is an important part of the overall effort to constantly develop and improve fishing gear. We need innovation and development in fisheries, but more importantly, we need someone to act and show the way forward even in difficult times.”
The North Sea Science Park, located in Hirtshals, is a blue business park that fosters research, development and business within the blue economy. It assumed full control of Flume Tank North Sea in January.
“In the North Sea Science Park, we have recently ensured that the operation and further development of the Flume Tank is on solid ground, and we hope that the primary sector, equipment manufacturers and the research world will use the flume tank to an even greater extent,” said Mette Hyldgaard Roussis, business development manager at the North Sea Science Park.
