Austevoll's Don Ole was added to the Austral fleet in December 2015 to fish for anchovy, mackerel and jack mackerel in Peru.

Austral fished 100 percent of its quota in the 2015 second anchovy season, with a total fishmeal yield of 23.3 percent and total fish oil yield of 2.7 percent.

Its quota for the first season of 2016 is 382,000 metric tons compared to 375,000 metric tons in 2014.

In Depth:

NameDon Ole
ClassDNV+1A1
DesignerHeimli/ FMV
Year built2015
ShipyardFitjar Mek
Length60.5 meters
Breadth12.6 meters
Depth6.4 meters
Gross tonnage1427 tonnes
Speed16.3 knots
Main engineMAK 9M25C, 3000 Kw
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