Circular economy - perspectives from the salmon aquaculture industryAQUACULTURE TODAY AND TOMORROW, VERONA, MAY 16TH

Dr. Mari MorenResearch Director

The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and

Aquaculture Research

Applied Research and Innovation forSustainable Food Production

Revenue623 mNOK (US$ 73 m)

390 Employees220 Scientists

>150 Scientific publications> 350 Reports

>600 projects

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Circular economy

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Uncoupling of economic growthand increased use of raw materials

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Aquaculture provides 45% of all fish (55% captured)

4% of it is salmon

Source: FAO. 2018.

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018.Meeting the sustainable development goals. Rome. 212 pp.

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Understanding the Value Chain

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Sustainable (?) feed ingredients• Marine: pelagic fish, low trophic species

fish byproducts, blue mussels krill, calanids, copepods, tunicates

• Animal: poultry byproducts(land) domestic animal byproducts

• Insects: black soldier fly, meal worm

• Plant: soya, pea, maize etc.fruits and berriesalgae (hetero- and phototrophic)GMO

• Single cell: bacteriafungi Foto:©NIFES/Erik-Jan Lock

Future sources:Low CO2 footprint

Not for human consumptionLarge volumes

Low production cost

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Animals with the right traits- breeding programmes

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Growth:

1975 2013

40months

20months

Infectious pancreatic necrosis:

2009 2013

229registrations

59registrations

Less use of feed resources

Less loss due to disease

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Use of sludge

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1-5% dry matter~20% dry

matter

Fertiliserfor fields

Production of biogas

Composting

Challenges

- Dewatering onsite is difficult- Transport of water is costly- Variable contents in the sludge- Salt in sludge from sea farming

Opportunities

- Source of nitrogen and phosphorus- Increasing volumes- Aquaponics- IMTA

(Lerøy, Bellona; Ocean Forest)

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Trimmings and by-products

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20171.4 million tons

405 500 tons

91%

Biomega

Hofseth Biocare

ProteinsLipids

Minerals

Hydrolysis, separation, refining

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Processing challenges

raw materials differup-scaling of processes

Scale

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ProductsTime to marketYears

Cost of development

Resourceavailability

Need for documentation

Potential market value

Skills and competencies

Pharmaceuticals 10 – 15 + Very high Limited Very high Very highExtensive medical

and market

Cosmetics 3 – 5 + Low to high Fair Medium High Toxicology, effects

Nutraceuticals 3 – 5 + Medium to high Fair Medium to high HighNutrition and

medicine

Food 2 – 5 + Low to medium Good Medium Medium to HighNutrition, Food

science

Feed 2 – 5 + Low to medium Very good Medium Medium to highNutrition, animal

science

Bioenergy 2 – 5 + Low to medium Very good Low to medium Moderate Energy

Fertilizers 1 – 2 Low Very good Low to medium ModerateAgriculture,

agronomy etc

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Unlocking the potential

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