The factory will be a near fully automated installation for the production of Arctic scallops, with a capacity for handling approximately 100 tonnes of harvested scallops per day.

PE Bjørdal in Ørsta, Norway, is to deliver a complete process factory for our sustainable seabed harvester Arctic Pearl.

PE Bjørdal to deliver factory to Arctic Pearl

"We can finally start one of the greatest unsolved tasks at sea - sustainable and gentle harvesting of a beautiful unused resource," CEO Øystein Tvedt shares with Norwegian financial newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.

Our seabed-friendly harvesting technology has been developed in close collaboration with the research community, and gives the world access to untapped seafood resources while safeguarding fragile surrounding marine ecosystems. Going forward, we will focus on equipping our, harvesting vessel, commercialization and further develop our technology.



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, Sverre Andreas (Andy) Farstad, Hans Martin Gravdal.

We're accelerating our mission towards enabling sustainable seabed-harvesting, and are thrilled to share the news that we're bringing onboard several new investors

Full speed ahead for TAU Tech

The funding is aimed at projects that have great opportunities for green conversion, digitalisation and streamlining of the marine industries and sustainable production of seafood.

For us, this means funding of our project “PresiSkjell” together with 

, where we aim to digitise and optimise the scallop industry.

This is one step towards our goal of a sustainable seabed harvesting industry.

Thank you for the trust, 

Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.

We are proud to announce that TAU Tech has been awarded 6 MNOK from the Norwegian Research Council as one of eleven projects in Norway.

Norwegian Research Council supports sustainable seabed harvesting

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Ava Ocean partners with Optimar to build onboard scallop factory

Carbon markets 2.0: How the Ocean Green project fills a need far beyond carbon capture

Ava Ocean i gang med ombygging av unikt skjellhøstefartøy ved Fiskerstrand Verft 

Rebuild project commences for Ava Ocean’s new non-invasive scallop harvesting vessel 

‘You’ve got to get inside the mind of an urchin’

UN Ocean Decade endorses Ava Ocean’s kelp restoration project

Meet the Ocean Green partners: Ava Ocean

Meet the Ocean Green partners: NIVA 

Meet the Ocean Green partners: NIBIO  

Meet the Ocean Green partners: Akvaplan-niva

Ava Ocean wins innovation award for unique seabed fishing technology

Ocean Green project kicks off below the surface in Tromsø

Ava Ocean receives 47 million to tackle urchin barrens and restore kelp forests in Northern Norway 

Ava Ocean in The Times: Mission to save oceans makes waves

Ava Ocean får med seg Ocean 14 Capital og satser internasjonalt med skånsom havbunnshøsting

Kystmagasinet: Banebrytende fartøy tjener endelig penger

The Economist highlights Ava Ocean as example fishery

Harvesting success for world’s first non-invasive seabed fishing gear

Intrafish article: Reopening the Norwegian scallop fishery

Historic day as new seabed seafood adventure kicks off in Norway

Stor interesse for Arctic Pearl på dåpsdagen

Historisk dag for norsk fiskerinæring

Forbes names Ava Ocean "one to watch" 

Ava Ocean pioneering precision scallop-harvesting technology

Forbes: Ava Ocean "one to watch" among green Norwegian companies

Geir Ingebrigtsen joins Ava Ocean as CFO

Geir Ingebrigtsen er ny CFO i Ava Ocean

TAU Tech becomes Ava Ocean ahead of historic reopening of fishery 

Tau Tech blir Ava Ocean

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