About

The KIS-ORCA Project

The Kingfisher Information Service – Offshore Renewable & Cable Awareness project (KIS-ORCA) is a joint initiative between the European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA) and the Kingfisher Information Service of Seafish. ESCA membership represents much of the subsea telecommunications and offshore renewable energy industry and they work with industry bodies like Renewable UK who recognise the benefit and value of the KIS-ORCA project.

The aim of the KIS-ORCA project is to provide fishermen with accurate, up to date and free information relating to subsea cables and offshore renewable energy structures across Europe.

KIS-ORCA information is available to fishermen in the following formats:

Fishing Plotter Files

Supplied on USB stick, all the KIS-ORCA data is available to fishermen in the most popular fishing plotter system formats and is updated annually. These files are also available to download from here.

Awareness Charts

Awareness charts are produced for key KIS-ORCA data areas. There are six charts surrounding the UK and localised charts for each constructed wind farm. These are available to download from here.

www.KIS-ORCA.org

This interactive website allows fishermen to view subsea cable and renewable energy structures on an interactive map, download the latest data and ensure they are up-to-date with the very latest offshore activity news. The website has been produced primarily for Fishing Safety, although also gives fishermen an insight into the offshore industries they share the seabed with.