About Ava Ocean
Founded in Ålesund, Norway, in 2016, Ava Ocean is an ocean technology and seafood company pioneering new ways of harvesting the abundant seafood resources of the seabed, in a gentle, yet effective manner.
We aim to lead the way as the fishing industry heads in a new and more sustainable direction.
Our revolutionary technology for non-invasive, precision seabed harvesting not only preserves, but can also help to restore fragile and often overlooked ecosystems at the bottom of the sea.
Everything we do, we do using the best available knowledge, combining vast experience from fishing, offshore and marine science with a determination to make a positive difference.
The company’s first fishing vessel, the Arctic Pearl, is the world’s first with Ava's technology onboard. Thanks to the harvesters’ documented low impact, in December 2022 the Arctic Pearl was able to reopen the fishery of Arctic scallops in the Barents Sea after 30 years of closure.
Our land-based adventurers
Øystein Tvedt
Chief Executive Officer
Geir Ingebrigtsen
Chief Financial Officer
Anette Grøttland Zimowski
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Dagny-Elise Anastassiou
Chief Impact Officer
Bjørn Roppen
R&D Department Manager
Harald Bigset
Senior Project Engineer
Sverre Olav Farstad
Head of Offshore Operations
Stian Albertsen
Senior engineer
Our explorers at sea
Alexander Lovett
Chief engineer
Andreas Berge
1st Engineer
Arild Nesje
Fisher
Atle Grimestad
Ship electrician
Benjamin Erdal
Apprentice
Bjørn Fiske
Steward
Hallgeir Ramsvik
Harvest pilot
Jan Olav Hansen
Chief engineer
Joachim Emil Larsen
Factory foreman
Kjell Asbjørn Johnsen
Harvest pilot
Kristian Christiansen
1st Engineer
Preben Molnes
Captain
Robin Vestad
Captain
Rolf Lyche
Fisher
Sandra Bjerknes
Apprentice
Sigrid Rødal Moen
Fisher
Sondre Oskarson
Harvest pilot
Sunniva Sandø
Fisher
Trond Ove Kjellevold
Fisher
Ulf Berglund
Navigator
Board of directors
Our board of directors has extensive experience in offshore, fisheries, and marine industries and are passionate about the health of our oceans and their vital role in a more sustainable future.
