The Minister of Trade and Industry Torbjørn Røe Isaksen announced three new catapult centres at the Siva Conference in Trondheim Tuesday 5th of June. One of them was the Ocean Innovation Catapult (OIC) in Bergen. NCE Seafood Innovation Cluster, Bergen Technology Transfer Office and GCE Subsea has been instrumental in establishing the innovation center. OIC will be a national test, simulation and visualisation centre where world-class expertise and infrastructure is made available for seafood & ocean industries.