2023-04-22 13:01:14
The battle against anisakisthe parasite found in the guts of fish, you already live on the high seas. More than one initiative has tried to put an end to it from the moment the catch passes through the fishing park in order to cut the proliferation in the middle and prevent it from reaching the consumer. The last major project was launched more than two years ago by the EnergyLab technology center and the Vigo Shipowners Cooperative (ARVI), which was committed to creating a system that would reuse the heat from ship engines to end the parasite before to return the viscera to the sea. AND Intertimaras the project was named, has now reached the key moment: its promoters have achieved complete the development and construction of the machinewhich from next month will be installed on a coastal trawler to be tested on board.
As discovered by the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) through the project Parasite, more than 3,000 million viable larvae of this parasite are returned to the sea each year by evisceration practices.
Jorge Pan Martineza member of ARVI’s R&D department, explains that the idea of Inertimar is to achieve the inertization of anisakis with a new machine that uses the residual heat of the fishing boat engines, both propulsion and support. For the design and construction, we had the participation of the Basque company Enerbasquewhich is currently with the last touches for the official tests.
“We were looking to develop an energy-efficient piece of equipment, while being simple, robust and easy for the crew to use,” says Pan, who points to “two main axes” in the project: on the one hand, “the improvement of the energy efficiency of shipsto reduce the carbon footprint”, and on the other, “put a solution to the problem of parasitism”.
For this, an ARVI ship will load the developed system, recently arrived in Galicia. Its about New San Cibran, a 27 meter long coastal trawler based in Marín. “The idea is to see that it works well”, indicates the member of the shipowners’ R&D department, “and to be able to produce a marketable product”. To validate its use, in addition to EnergyLab or ARVI, members of the CSIC itself participate.
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“What is sought is cut this focus in the middle itself through an energy-efficient system”, summarizes Pan, who points out that the Cooperative also seeks to “increase market confidence by guaranteeing the future quality of the product and also of the environment”.
The initiative has a total investment of 79.000 euros and it is developed in collaboration with the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition through the Pleamar Program, co-financed by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (FEMP).
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