Huon Aquaculture Marine Farming Equipment Identification Register - Effective Date: January 2021
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Huon Aquaculture Marine Farming
Equipment Identification Register
Effective Date: January 2021
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Introduction
The marine farming equipment identification asset register has been developed by Huon Aquaculture in order to
meet the proposed variance to its current marine farming licence. The variance to the marine farming licence has
been proposed by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) Marine Farming
Branch. The two new conditions include:
1. The licence holder must ensure that all floating marine farming equipment is identifiable or uniquely
marked as the property of the licence holder.
2. The licence holder must ensure that all marine farming equipment used under this licence is recorded in
the approved marine farming equipment register form and submitted as required by the Secretary.
Huon Aquaculture has previously developed an equipment asset register to aid the Marine Farming Branch in
identifying the types of assets that Huon Aquaculture has on its marine leases. The asset register will be updated and
managed by Huon Aquaculture as required and will be used to track Huon’s equipment and assets that are present
on its marine leases. This information will be valuable to minimise risks associated with lost farming equipment and
to identify company specific farming materials.
Unbranded and/or Grandfathered Equipment Plan
This equipment plan is designed to address any equipment that is currently unbranded and located on Huon’s marine
farming leases. It will outline the type of equipment, the lease in which it is present, how the equipment will be
branded or easily identifiable, the timeline for branding and the estimated date of replacement. This register will be
updated as required.
Table 1. Unbranded Equipment Plan
Equipment Type MFDP area / Current or Interim Planned Branding Feature Estimated
lease(s) present Identifying and Timeline Completion
Feature
Grid cans Macquarie Black grid can HAC branding above 20 January
Harbour waterline 2021
Black venturation MF 281 (Yellow 125mm diameter HAC branding at welds 30 January
pipe Bluff) 2021
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Tracking of Farming Equipment and Devices
Huon currently utilises an asset management system to assist with asset maintenance, works scheduling and asset
location with the tracking of assets being a manual process. Satellite tracking tags and position tracking are used on
large pieces of its marine farming equipment such as crowd mambas and navigation marker buoys to improve work
health and safety for marine staff while also providing tracking for any assets which may move outside the leased
farming area. Examples of Huon’s current tracking devices are below:
Image A: Grid Can GPS Image B: Mamba Line GPS Image C: Corner Marker GPS
Table 2. Huon Aquaculture Tracking Devices
Equipment item MFDP Tracking Device (type) # items with % total on-water
area/lease(s) tracking device
present
Grid can/moorings Storm Bay Telematics/Tasmanet 29 mixed between 100%
grid can and pen
GPS (eg. Image A)
mooring
Grid can/moorings Yellow Bluff Telematics/Tasmanet 49 100%
GPS (eg. Image A) 48 x grid can
1 x pen mooring
Grid can/moorings Zuidpool Telematics/Tasmanet 2 x grid can 100%
GPS (eg. Image A)
Grid can/moorings Storm Bay (Kelp Telematics/Tasmanet 8 100%
Farm Trials)
GPS (eg. Image A)
Mamba Lines Flathead Bay Tracer Track 1 x 168m mamba 100%
GPS (eg. Image B) 1 x 240m mamba
Mamba Lines Zuidpool North Tracer Track 1 x 168m mamba 100%
GPS (eg. Image B) 1 x 240m mamba
Mamba Lines Zuidpool South Tracer Track 1 x 168m mamba 100%
GPS (eg. Image B) 1 x 240m mamba
Mamba Lines Storm Bay Tracer Track 1 x 168m mamba 100%
GPS (eg. Image B) 1 x 240m mamba
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Corner Markers Zuidpool Sth Star2M S 4 100%
SeaLite SL410, SL415 or
SL75 units
Corner Markers Zuidpool Nth Star2M 4 100%
SeaLite SL410, SL415 or
SL75 units
Corner Markers Flathead Nth Star2M 4 100%
SeaLite SL410, SL415 or
SL75 units
Corner Markers Storm Bay Star2M Storm Bay 1 x 4 100%
SeaLite SL410, SL415 or Storm Bay 2 x 4
SL75 units
Addendum
Equipment item MFDP Tracking Device (type) # items with % total on-water
area/lease(s) tracking device
present
Wave Buoys (used to Storm Bay EagleOI Yellow Bluff – 1 100%
monitor pen Storm Bay – 1
movement on grid) Cape Canella – 1
Pens (used to Storm Bay GPS - Remora 9 Adhoc (up to 48
monitor pen hrs - during storm
movement on grid) events only)
Hamster Wheel Channel GPS – Tracer Track 4 Adhoc (as needed
Towing for example, when
under tow)
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Huon Aquaculture Equipment List
Feed Systems
Equipment Description Image
Feed Bins Use: Feed bins are used to store and
distribute fish feed to the fish inside the pens.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Solder mark with HAC and build
date number (details tracked by Huon).
Feed Spinner Use: This spinner is used to feed fish
from within the pen. The float is
attached to the frame with 16 bolts,
and will not detach unless removed
from in the workshop.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Spinners are numbered
Feed Pipe Use: Feed pipe to deliver feed to the pens.
Used across all of our lease sites (including
Macquarie Harbour).
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: All Huon feed pipe is Zezt branded
and has been marked with the date of
manufacture, the pipe size and Huon text.
The label is marked on every metre length of
the pipe and coloured white as of February
2020.
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Feed Pipe Use: 90mm Pipe couplings used to join
Couplings 90mm feed pipe. Huon now uses
electrofusion couplings.
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking – legacy equipment
Feed Pipe Use: Protecting Huon’s feed pipe
Backbones infrastructure from vessels mooring
alongside the barge at Zuidpool farming
lease. A 25m and 50m length is present.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Stanchions are marked with Huon
Aquaculture branding.
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Water Pipe Use: 50mm in diameter pipe to aid in feed
delivery to Huon’s feed spinners. Photo of
legacy black water pipe can be seen on the
old backbones that has been removed from
marine farming leases.
Huon Specific: Yes – white pipe. Black – no.
Marking: The white pipe has been marked
with the date of manufacture, the pipe size
and Huon text. The label is marked on every
meter-length of the pipe.
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Sea Pens and Framework Support
Equipment Description Image
Fortress Pens Use: Huon’s Fortress
Pens come in two sizes –
168m circumference
pens that have 68
stanchions (picture
above) and 240m
circumference pens that
have 96 stanchions
(picture below). These
are used to house both
Atlantic salmon and
Rainbow trout.
Huon Specific: Yes 168m circumference pen
Marking: Fortress Pens
are branded with Huon
Tasmania (as opposed to
Huon Aquaculture) on
each stanchion.
240m circumference pen
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Hamster Use: Constructed from
Wheels HDPE pipe. They are
used inside the Fortress
Pens to keep the bird net
out of the water and off
the feed spinner.
Huon Specific: Joiners
are Huon specific.
Marking: Marked with
white plate detailing the
unit number.
Stanchions Use: Provide structure
to Huon’s Fortress Pens.
Triple collar injection
moulded and made
from HDPE or nylon.
They also hold the nets,
sealpoles and handrail
T’s in place.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Stanchions are
marked with Huon
Aquaculture branding.
10Rotomolded Use: Provide structure
Stanchion to Huon’s pens and
backbones. This is
legacy equipment and
may be found on some
water liner pens but
have been phased out
from Fortress Pens and
backbones.
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
11HDPE Use: Stops the
Stanchion stanchion from sliding
Blocker along the collar.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: No marking
HDPE Handrail Use: Used to connect
Plug handrails on Huon’s
Fortress pens.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Handrail plugs
are marked with a ‘H’.
12HDPE Handrail Use: Used to connect
T-joiner handrails on Huon’s
Fortress pens.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: No marking
Walkway Plates Use: Walkway for Huon
staff to access the
Fortress Pens in a safe
manner.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Walkway
plates are marked with
‘Huon’ on the poly pipe
sleeve that runs
through the centre of
the walkway plate.
13Walkway Use: Walkway spacer
Spacer used to join the
walkways to Huon’s
fortress pens. Made
from HDPE. 909mm x
1.09mm x 15mm
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: No marking
Nylon Pin and Use: Pin lockers were
Locker used on all Fortress
Pens for securing snake
ropes and endless ropes
but they’ve been
removed and ropes are
tied up instead –
included here in case of
legacy find
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: No marking
14Door Pin Lock Use: Door pin used to
secure the Fortress Pen
access doors.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: No marking
HDPE Rings Use: HDPE rings are
250mm and are stitched
into waterlines on
predator nets so a
mooring bridle can pass
through them and not
rip the net.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: No marking
15Cotton Reels Use: Cotton Reels (used
to anchor inner
predator net).
Framework support
component.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Branded with
Huon Tasmania.
Fortress Pen Use: HDPE doorways
Doorways with mesh that are used
on the access ways of
our pens. Hinged and
pinned into place.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: No marking
16Fortress Pen Use: Plastic netting used
Mesh Doorway on access ways on the
Fortress pen doors
22/25mm black plastic
netting.
Huon Specific: No
Marking: Mesh doorway
is attached to the
Fortress Pen HDPE
doorway. This is
uniquely identifiable.
17Harvest and Mortality Retrieval Systems
Equipment Description Image
Harvest Bins Use: 1000 litre polyethylene bins
used to carry harvest fish,
Huon Specific: No
Marking: Huon logo badge
18Mamba Use: Mamba lines are used to crowd
Lines fish during harvest and bathing
operations.
Huon Specific: Orange mambas are
Huon specific
Marking: Mamba lines are marked
with Huon, its lease name acronym
i.e. FB = Flathead Bay and meter
length i.e. 240m.
Legacy mambas have been marked
with HAC as opposed to Huon.
Asset numbers are assigned to each
GPS unit and are tracked on the
TasmaNet Telematics portal.
LiftUp Mort Use: Cone is used on the bottom of
Retrieval the inner fish net to collect and suck
System fish to the surface. The blue lay flat
hosing is used to pump the dead fish
up to the surface of the pen. The
flexible pipe is the connection
between the pen and service vessel
to remove the dead fish from the
pen.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Mort Collector plates,
marking denote the manufactured
unit number and weight of plate.
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LiftUp Floats Use: Lift up floats keep the mort
cone facing upright in the water
column
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Lift Up floats are uniquely
identifiable and Huon specific.
21LiftUp Pipe Use: Lift up clamp floats to keep the
Floats mort pipe on the surface of the
water.
Huon Specific: Yes
Marking: Marked with ‘multi float’
branding.
22Floats and Buoys
Equipment Description Image
Grid Can Use: Grid can for mooring grid
Buoy
Huon Specific: No
Marking: Marked in an area visible
from the surface either as a white
poly plate (HAC), or using a branding
iron (Huon Aquaculture logo or with
the letter H)
23Mussel Use: Mooring floats for vessels
Floats
Huon Specific: No
Marking: Marked with mooring ID
information and Huon branding.
Internal mooring register kept.
Mooring Use: Mooring floats for grid. Asset
System numbers are assigned to each GPS
Floats unit are tracked on the TasmaNet
portal
Huon Specific: No
Marking: Marked in an area visible
from the surface either as a white
poly plate (HAC), or using a branding
iron (Huon Aquaculture logo or with
the letter H)
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Surface Use: Surface floats for mooring and
Floats grid ropes.
Huon Specific: No
Marking: Marked in an area visible
from the surface either as a white
poly plate (HAC), or using a
branding iron (Huon Aquaculture
logo or with the letter H)
Boundary Use: Marking the lease boundaries
Markers for Huon’s marine leases. Two
types – rigid poles and HDPE
moulded floats.
Huon Specific: No
Marking: HDPE yellow moulded
versions are marked with a White
Plate detailing HAC
MF167
26MF141
MF 093
27MF 281
28Ropes and Netting
Equipment Description Image
Mooring Use: Mooring rope for securing
Ropes – pens, anchors and vessels. Eight
Eight Strand strand (mm) superflex rope made
Superflex from polyprop. The eight stand
ropes have the same colour of fleck
in the to determine size. Comes in a
variety of sizes ranging from:
• 85, 95, 105, 110 and
120mm
• 44, 48, 55, 64 and 75mm
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
29Mooring Use: Three strand polyprop
Ropes – mooring ropes are also used. These
Three ropes are used for mooring lines
Strand and sinker tube retrieval lines.
Polyprop Comes in sizes:
• 32, 36 and 40mm
Three strand polyprop farm ropes
are also used. Used for farm nets
and cage set-ups. Comes in sizes:
• 12, 16, 20, 32 and 40mm
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
Mooring Use: Mooring rope for securing
Ropes - pens, anchors and vessels. Made
Dyneema from Dyneema. Comes in a variety
of sizes ranging from:
• 28 and 48mm
High strength Dyneema ropes for
mamba and tie up rope for barges:
• 17, 27, 22 and 28mm
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
30Farm Net Use: Predator nets and framing
Rope - ropes on the inner nets. The
Dyneema predator net Dyneema rope comes
in sizes:
• 8, 10, 14 and 22mm
Dyneema framing rope in the inner
nets are green in colour and come
in:
• 10 and 14mm
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
Farm and Use: Polyester three strand rope for
Feed Rope – cages and nets. Comes in sizes:
Nylon and
• 12, 20, 32 and 40mm
Polyester
Nylon feed bin rope - white colour
24mm.
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
31Polyester Use: Nets and cage rigging. The
Double fleck in the braided rope are the
Braided same as the polyprop ropes.
Rope Comes in a variety of sizes:
• 5, 7, 12, 14 and 18mm
Endless cage ropes used on the
farm. Recommendation from MFB
for Huon to move towards a pink
and black rope instead of yellow.
Comes in sizes:
• 17 and 22mm
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
32Fish Pen Use: Huon utilises both Dyneema
Netting and polyester mesh netting for its
inner fish netting, predator nets
and bird nets. The polyester netting
comes in:
• 15, 25 and 35mm
The Dyneema netting comes in:
• 10, 12, 19 and 40mm
The predator nets use black netting
(top right). The bird nets (bottom
left) comes in 60mm and 100mm
size. All nets are cleaned with net
washing at Huon’s net slab site
before being checked for holes and
sent back out to sea. Inner fish nets
and predator nets are washed in-
situ by net washing devices.
Huon Specific: No
Marking: No marking
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