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The slipway in Kilkeel Kilkeel Harbour

NEW CLOGHERHEAD “STAR” FROM MOONEY BOATS LTD

Mooney Boats Ltd have just completed their

third purpose built prawn freezer trawler for the Irish fishing fleet. The beautifully crafted 24-metre ‘Stella Nova’ DA 57 joins the Irish fleet and was built for the Supreme Fishing Company of Clogherhead.

Supreme Fishing Company Ltd which is operated by father Seamus Connolly along with his sons Niall Connolly and Seamus Connolly Jnr who are currently fishing the 22-metre ‘Margaret Mary’ DA 56 and the 24-metre ‘Patrick C’ DA 107.

The ‘Stella Nova’ is the second boat for the company to carry the same name with

the previous ‘Stella Nova’ sold to Union Hall last year and renamed ‘Emerald Isle II’. When choosing a boat design and builder, Supreme Fishing had no hesitation in renewing their acquaintance with Mooney Boats Ltd who had delivered the companies previous boat, the ‘Patrick C’ back in December 2014.

“We went back to Mooney Boats because they built our previous boat the Patrick C and we were very happy with the build and quality of work” says Niall Connolly speaking to the Skipper at Mooney’s boatyard in Killybegs. “The new Stella Nova is a sister-ship to the Patrick C and we were very happy with the design and layout. The Patrick C performed well and has proven to be very efficient, which was the main reason that we came back to this design with Mooney Boats Ltd.” This is the fourth boat designed for the company by Danish designer, Ove Christiansen of Vestværftet ApS. The hull was built in PTS Shipyard in Szczecin, Poland and towed to Killybegs for finishing. Previous boats designed by ‘Vestværftet ApS for the company included the old ‘Stella Nova’, a previous ‘Patrick C’. the current ‘Patrick C’ and the all new ‘Stella Nova’. There are a few little differences in the design to the ‘Patrick C’

but overall nothing noticeable to the naked eye. The style of the ‘Stella Nova’ is classic and looks well in the water.

“The accommodation layout is a little different” Niall tells us with the galley moved to port side and the crew accommodation moved aft “and we also included the addition of extra freezing capacity but apart from that the rest of the boat remains the same. “Our previous experience with Mooney Boats Ltd gave us the confidence to return here to get the ‘Stella Nova’ built. It’s great to have these facilities in Killybegs and here in Ireland to rival any other boat or shipyard in Europe.” One slight noticeable difference is that the wheelhouse on the ‘Stella Nova’ is one-metre forward of the position on the ‘Patrick C’ and this slight correction was made to improve

access to the wheelhouse from the deck below and also to gain more room on the stern area behind wheelhouse for net mending and repairs. The ‘Stella Nova’ will fish a twin-rig for prawns using quad-rig and twin-rig nets from Pepe Trawls of Howth and prawn hopper nets from Nordo Trawl. The boat will tow Thyboron doors but it won’t only be prawns that the ‘Stella Nova’ will be targeting. “It’s also hoped that we would diversify into cuttlefish and squid later this year” Niall says.

Prawn, cuttlefish and squid catches will be frozen on-board before being landed into the Clogherhead Co-op from where they will be exported to the Continent. The ‘Stella Nova’ will be skippered by Cornelius Schaap and Damien O’Brien who will

fish with a crew of five. In the wheelhouse, the electronics package was supplied & installed by Pat Maguire – Marine Electrician of Galway. The electronics package consists of the following: • Olex 3D Chart Plotter

• Koden MDC 2910ps• Koden MDC 2014• Hondex Sounder• Simrad Sounder• Furuno GP32 CPS• Intercom system• Simrad auto pilot• Furuno SSB radio• Furuno SC 60 Sat cCompass

Pepe Trawls, West Pier, Howth

Wishing every success to Supreme Fishing Co. with the STELLA NOVA from all at Pepe Trawls.

We are proud to have been chosen to supply your quad gear and double rig gear.

T: 086 2583414 E: pepetrawls@gmail.com

 

Wishing every success to Supreme Fishing Co on

your new vessel STELLA NOVA

Dublin Bay Prawn - Nephrops Norvegicus - Langoustine - Scampi - Cigalas - Cloicheáin Bhá Átha CliathClogherhead Fishermen’s Co-Op, Clogherhead, Co. Louth, Ireland.

Tel +353 41 988 1403 Fax +353 41 988 1405 Email paulboyd@cloghercoop.com Web www.cloghercoop.com

Whitefish

Congratulations!to the Supreme Fishing Co.

on your new STELLA NOVA

IRISH FISH PRODUCERS’ ORGANISATION8 Anvil Court, Killybegs, Co Donegal. Tel:074 9741468/9 Email: ifpo@eircom.net

Refridgeration System

The new Stella Nova in Killybegs harbour

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• Data box for GPS• Sailor 6000 MF DSC• Sailor 6222 Class A VHF• Furuno GP 90 GPS• Koden AIS Class A• CCTV system• CMDSS alarm panel• Sailor CMDSS power supply• UPS for plotters• Monitor system]• Hand-held radio• Scanmar System including 4-symmetry sensors and 3-distance sensors.

Kilkeel based Sirm UK supplied and fitted the WIFI system for the ‘Stella Nova’. When it came to the design, manufacture and installation

of the winches and deck crane for the ‘Stella Nova’, Supreme Fishing had to look no further than Killybegs’ owned EK Marine. The ever-reliable company provided: • 3 x EKM Trawl Winches,

15 tonne line-pull with level wind and a drum capacity of 750 fathoms of (2 x fitted with 20mm wire and one with 22mm wire).

• 2 x EKM Double Split Net Drums 6mcubic capacity with 11.5 tonne pull

• 2 x EKM Gilson Winches 5tonne line pull each with drum capacity of 100m of 20mm wire

• 1 x EKM Landing Crane 8m fixed boom lifting capacity

of 1 ton @ 8m and capable of 360degree continuous slewing equipped with 1 ton 2 speed winch, radio remote and deck mounted local controls.

• A hydraulic system, including a wheelhouse control system, consisting of a two-speed directional control for the five winches and two net drums, plus the vessels bow thruster.

• And a Scantrol System which is an auto-shoot and auto-haul system, capable of constantly monitoring winch speeds and the length and tension of the trawl wires.

The system is also capable

of monitoring fuel bunkering and efficiencies, tank levels, heel, trim and temperature all controlled and displayed via a10.1” touch screen pc and accessible remotely via wireless internet connection. Mooney Boats Ltd who are sole agents in Ireland for Guerra Marine Cranes supplied a Guerra knuckle boom marine crane short post Model MC40.55A2, which is fitted with a winch and radio remote control. The yard also supplied a Thistle 24” W Power Block Head for the crane which is fitted on top of the gantry aft. Again, as with the ‘Patrick C’, a huge influence on the choice of the ‘Stella Nova’ design is fuel economy. Maximum power trawling for the least fuel burn. This will be achieved, as with her sister-ship by using an extra-large propeller in conjunction with a slower engine. Fuel efficiency is critical for these vessels because of the distance they have to travel to their fishing grounds whether it be on the Porcupine Bank of the South-West coast in the summer, working the Irish Sea in winter or fishing cuttlefish off the south English coast in autumn. The engine package was supplied by Padmos of Kilmore Quay and consists of: The main engine is a Mitsubishi S6R-TMPTK-3 Tier 2 rated 423kW@1350rpm. This is a modern high-standard and fuel-

efficient engine. The gearbox is a Reintjes WAF reverse reduction 7,476:1, which drives a 2.5 metre four-blade fixed-pitch propeller, controlled with a Kobelt electric controller delivering a top speed of 10 knots. The tail shaft and stern tube are machined and manufactured by the Padmos Shipyard in the Netherlands. The hydraulics engine is a Mitsubishi S6B3-T2MPPTK-3 delivering 335kW@1500rpm with a 120kva Stamford Generator on the front end on the front end and a Technodrive gearbox for three 90kW hydraulic pumps by a 14” air flex coupling. There is also a six-cylinder Mitsubishi 6D16-T 120kva Stamford Generator as a second auxiliary with a Mitsubishi S4S 30kva (air-cooled based), which will be used as the harbour set. The main engine and hydraulic set are both cooled by Blokland double

(LT-HT system) box coolers. Mooney Boats Ltd engineers supplied and installed the complete engine package and piping system on the vessel. KER Group were commissioned by Mooney Boats Limited to deliver a refrigeration package for the new build. This comprised of the “turnkey” design and installation of the following:

• Fish Hold Chilling System at 0°C with Stainless Steel Evaporators & Bitzer Condensing Unit

• Cold Store Refrigeration System Holding at -20°C with S/S Door and Bitzer Condensing Unit

• -25°C Blast Freezer Room with S/S Door, Heavy Duty Product Probe & Bitzer Condensing Unit

• SIMEX Temperature Logging System with Realtime Temperature Readout in Wheelhouse for Hold, Cold Room, Blast Room & Blast Room Product.

ROSHINE ROAD, KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL TEL: (0) 74 97 31525 FAX: (0) 74 97 32111 WWW.KER.IE

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WISHING SUPREME FISHING CO. EVERY SUCCESS ON YOUR NEW VESSEL “STELLA NOVA”

Nordsotrawl AS, Nordsokaj 18, 7680 Thyboron, DenmarkTel: +45 9783 2090 Fax +45 9783 1280

www.nordsotrawl.dk thy@nordsotrawl.dk

Congratulations to the Supreme Fishing Co. with their new vessel DA 57 “ Stella Nova”

Art Kavanagh QFAMarine Finance Consultant

Glenlee, Killybegs, Co. Donegal, Ireland353-74-9732915 | 353-87-6774455

artokavanagh@gmail.com

Congratulations to Supreme Fishing Co, their families and crew on the

new vessel “Stella Nova”.

NEWBUILDINGS REPAIR CONSULTANCY

Nordhavnskaj 12, 6960 Hvide Sande, DenmarkTel: 0045 97 31 33 22 Fax: 0045 97 31 33 68

Email: info@vestvaerftet.dkwww.vestvaerftet.dk

Stella NovaCongratulations and every success to the Supreme Fishing Co.

with your new Stella Nova.

Refrigerated fish hold

Left to Right Seamus Connolly, Lee Mooney, Niall Connolly, Seamus (Nainy) Connolly & Darren (Tosh)O’Brien

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Roshine, Killybegs, Co Donegal - W: www.ekmarine.ie

T: 353 74 9741683 F: 353 74 9741686 E: info@ekmarine.ie

Designers, manufacturers and installers of the EKM range of deck equipment.

Best wishes to Supreme Fishing Co.

with their new vessel Stella Nova

Crossfarnogue, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford +353 870505917 info@padmos.nl www.padmos.nl

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Address: Crossfarnogue, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford +353 870505917 • info@padmos.nl www.padmos.nl

We keep you fishing

Best wishes to the Supreme Fishing Co.

with your New Stella Nova

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Jotun Paints Europe Ltd, Unit K7, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork, Ireland • Tel: +353 21 4965 955 • Web: www.jotun.com

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SUPREME FISHING CO. WITH THEIR NEW VESSEL “STELLA NOVA”.

PAT MAGUIREMARINE ELECTRICIAN

Best Wishes to Supreme Fishing Co on your

new vessel Stella NovaPat Maguire - Marine Electrician5 Caiseal Ur, Old Rahoon Road, Galway

Mobile; 087 2514324Email: maguireelectronics@gmail.com

• Gas Alarm System for All Rooms and Machinery Space

• “Man in Hold” Alarm in Cold Store.

All necessary pipework, insulation and cabling were installed. A new master refrigeration control panel was designed and built in house at KER’s Workshop and installed to control all the refrigeration systems. A new BUUS Flake Ice machine with Bitzer condensing unit was installed to deliver Flake Ice to the storage area in the Hold directly below. This was supplied with its own control panel and Gas alarm. With the use of KER’s new Plastic Welding Equipment a custom

Ice Chute was constructed. This has a clear vision panel to allow the operator to see the quality and quantity of Ice being delivered to the hold below. Fish room, blast freezer and coldstore were all fitted out by Mooney Boats Ltd and are finished in white fiberglass finish and insulated with High Density closed cell foam for maximum insulation. The lining of the fishroom, coldstore and blastfreezer was all completed by Mooney Boats Ltd and is finished to a very high standard with closed cell high density foam insulation used throughout and then finished in fiberglass with concrete floor. All the pumps fitted on the ‘Stella Nova’ are DESMI with Mooney Boats Ltd suppling and installing all water pumps and fuel oil system pumps which included the following: DESMI Water Pumps:• Fire Pump, S70-50-175N/

D02 (BRONZE) • Emergency Fire Pump, S70-

50-175N/DO2 (BRONZE) • Main Bilge Pump, S70-50-

175N/D11-02 (BRONZE) Super prime version

• Hydraulic Cooling Pump, S70-50-175N/D02 (BRONZE)

• Deck Wash Pump, S80-70-175N/D02 (BRONZE)

• Blast Freeze Pump, SA25-122/12 D-2-H (BRONZE)

• Coldstore Blast Pump, SA25-122/12 D-2-H (BRONZE)

• Fish Hold Refrigeration Pump, SA25-122/12 D-2-H (BRONZE)

• Ice Machine Pump, SA25-122/12 D-2-H (BRONZE)

Fuel System:• CJC TM Filter Separator

PTU2 27/27 P-E2W • Racor UL Marine Duplex

all metal Bowl Filters • Diesel Fuel Transfer Pump,

GP41EM 1U3B2 Fish Handling System The fish handling system was supplied and installed by DCI Stainless Steel and included the following: • St/steel picking bench at

conveyor 1.1m x 2.9m (316 grade).

• St/steel racking for blast (316 grade).

Stella Nova

Congratulations to Supreme Fishing Co and the crew of the ‘Stella Nova’

from all of us at AIB Drogheda

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Best wishes to Supreme Fishing Co on your new vessel Stella Nova.

Congratulations to the Supreme Fishing Co. with their new vessel “Stella Nova”.

The European Marine Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has provided a six-figure grant to make further improvements to the sustainability of six UK fisheries as part of Project UK Fisheries Improvements. These six fisheries have been selected by the UK supply chain due to their importance for the UK market.

The project is focussed on improving UK fisheries for North Sea plaice and lemon sole, South-West crab and lobster, Channel scallops and South-West monkfish.According to the MSC, the aim is to improve the data, impacts and understanding of these fisheries and to highlight best practice so that all six fisheries with that these fisheries could be entered into MSC assessment within five years.

The project is facilitated by the MSC and carried out by multi-stakeholder Steering Groups involving the fishing industry, fishery managers, scientists and supply-chain. The MSC is working in conjunction with the stakeholders to bring investment into the UK Fishing industry. The €250,000 grant will provide funding for, among other projects, a postdoctoral scientist to conduct research into the Channel scallop fishery. It will also provide funds for Cefas to carry out data assessments and research to understand more about the fisheries and fill in the gaps in their sustainability with work

starting shortly.

Project UK Fisheries Improvements is the latest large fisheries project to receive funding from EMFF. It is an innovative project working towards an environmentally sustainable future for UK fisheries by running Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) on six UK fisheries.

‘As the chief source of scientific fisheries advice to the UK Government, and expert advisers to regional and international bodies, Cefas has extensive experience in informing policy and management decisions,’ said CEFAS Lead Scientist for the project Dr Stephen Mangi.

‘For Project UK Fisheries Improvement (PUFKI), our team of fisheries scientists will provide analysis and advice to ensure that the MSC fishery improvement programmes or the six commercially important species are underpinned by rigorous and scientifically credible data and information. PUKFI has developed and is in the process of implementing action plans for each fishery and will track progress using the MSC’s bench-marking and tracking tools as they work towards MSC sustainability certification.’

‘The Fisheries & Conservation Science Group in the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University, working in collaboration with the University

of York, brings together the top scallop expertise in UK Universities,’ commented Professor Michel J. Kaiser, chair in Marine Conservation Ecology at Bangor University.

‘The team will bring together the current information of the distribution of fishing activity, the distribution of ETP species and will model its effect on the seabed, based on recent influential publications. One of the first tasks will be to consult with industry to ensure that the mapped layers of fishing activity we have relate their view of the distribution of the fishery. The science that comes out of this work will provide the industry with an assessment of those areas where changes will be needed in the amount, frequency or distribution of fishing activity to move it to a more sustainable footing,’ he said.

‘It’s great that PUKFI has secured this EMFF funding to invest in the British fishing industry and help plug data gaps and drive improvements in these fisheries,’ added the MSC’s Claire Pescod.

‘The MSC FIP tools have provided an extremely useful template to help the project develop Action Plans specific to each fishery, identify where improvements are needed and actually implement changes on the water.’

She added that as market demand grows for sustainable seafood, more and more fisheries around the world are making improvements to get MSC certified and gain better access to these markets. This has led to a huge growth in ‘Fishery Improvement Projects’ (FIPs). Each project is a structured process to guide fisheries to fill in any gaps in their environmental sustainability.

Six figure grant for UK fisheries improvements

The recent decision by the Isle of Man Government to lift the requirement for licenced vessels to report for a daily catch inspection has been met with differing reactions.

Under regulations brought into force on January 15th, non-Isle of Man boats had been ordered to report all king scallop catches from Manx waters to an Isle of Man port.

The measure was introduced following concerns about the accuracy of catch reports, and was also aimed at preserving declining stocks.

It is claimed that in December 2017, incidents of catch ’misreporting’ were spotted, which raised concerns that if it

was a frequent occurrence it could affect ’stock security’. That led to the daily reporting requirement.

The pressing issue led to Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon to meet with the Manx government who agreed the rule would be lifted but misreporting catches could lead to licences being suspended.

The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture has now officially published its agreed policy on licence suspension and confirms that it will actively pursue anyone who breaches fisheries legislation in Isle of Man waters.

The Department has written to the owners of every licensed vessel to remind them that they are at risk

of having their licence suspended if there are reasonable grounds to suspect there is cheating by under-declaring the catch or any other breaches of legislation.

A specialist team at DEFA has been established to closely monitor all vessels’ activity on a daily basis and a risk based system is being developed to ensure that any potentially serious discrepancies are swiftly identified.

Scottish Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing welcomed the new arrangements and said the decision will help protect the country’s £3m scallop industry.After the decision by the Manx government to stand down on the reporting requirements, Mr Ewing said the decision was “a relief”.

Geoffrey Boot MHK, Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture, said: “The Isle of Man Government has worked hard to develop this rigorous enforcement regime. Our valuable fisheries will continue to be carefully policed, as we are determined to protect our stocks.

“We have already contacted the owners of a number of vessels to advise them that we have spotted anomalies in their reporting and remind them they are at risk of licence suspension should this continue.”

Eighty-nine vessels are registered to fish for king scallops in Manx waters and the Isle of Man government said the industry is worth £12m to its economy each year.

Isle of Man Reversal on Scallop Reporting

• St/steel sorting bench for boxing 2.4m (316 grade).

• St/steel racking under boxing bench (316 grade).

• St/steel prawn washer (316 grade).

• St/steel dip tank (316 grade).• St/steel conveyor with chute

(316 grade).• St/steel rack for empty box’s

above boxing bench (316 grade).

Mooney Boats Ltd electrical engineering supplied and installed the complete wiring system on the vessel which included main distribution board, 220 volt board and 24 volt board.

The vessel was fitted with LED lighting throughout the vessel which was all supplied from the yards marine chandlery store.

All wiring was completed to BV standards and inspected on completion. The internal fitout on the vessel is exceptional and was all completed by Mooney Boats Ltd carpenters with everything made in house. The wheelhouse is finished with solid oak and

the console and control stations were finished to a bespoke design for the skipper. The accommodation for the crew is plush in the cabins areas and again finished in solid oak timberwork. The galley was fitted out in walnut finish with solid walnut doors and seating. The counter top and tables are in a cream resin moulded design which was again bespoke to the vessel and walnut colour leather seating. The flooring on the vessel is Karanden wood effect throughout. There is a large toilet and shower area to starboard side of the main deck and also washing machine and tumble drier located under the stairs to the wheelhouse. All space on the vessel was utilised to the maximum and the internal finish is really something to be desired. Mooney Boats Ltd chandlery store supplied all the safety equipment to the ‘Stella Nova’ along with Mooney Boats Ltd suppling and installing the custom built NorSap 1500 chair which is embossed with both the Connolly family crest and the Mooney Boats logo. Mooney’s also fitted the Sola-cure blinds in the wheelhouse

Swan Net-Gundry supplied the chandlery and hardware to the boat. Painting was completed by Corrosion Solutions for the deck and factory deck area with Glen Campbell Painting finishing the hull and superstructure and the paint scheme was designed by Jotun and the paint was supplied by Mooney Boats. Mooney Boats Ltd also supplied and installed Sonihull Ultrasonic duo units for the vessel.

Financing for the vessel was arranged by Art Kavanagh, Marine Finance Consultant and the vessel is financed through AIB. The Stella Nova is a vessel which really needs viewing to appreciate the quality of work and it show cases what can be built in Ireland by an Irish yard and Irish companies All at the Skipper wish Supreme Fishing Company Ltd, the Connolly family and crew safe and good fishing.

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