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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 818173. This presentation reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Union cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information it contains. Unlocking the potential for sustainable low trophic aquaculture in the Arctic and across the Atlantic To address: H2020-BG-08-2019 All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Flagship: Part [C]: New value chains for aquaculture production Philip James, Senior Scientist, Nofima
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 818173. This presentation reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Union cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information it contains.
Unlocking the potential for sustainable low trophic aquaculture in the Arctic and across the Atlantic
To address: H2020-BG-08-2019 All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Flagship: Part [C]: New value chains for aquaculture production
Philip James, Senior Scientist, Nofima
We invite submissions addressing the above mentioned issues, and in particular issues such as:• Climate-mediated impacts on food security, human nutrition, and ecosystem health• International and regional comparisons of sustainable harvest and policy approaches• Harvest and aquaculture safety and sustainability in the context of climate change• Nutrient composition and contaminant concentrations in Arctic food sources• Impacts of aquaculture on wild stocks and subsistence fisheries• Innovative product development, preservation, ecosystem and supply chain management involving
Arctic food systems and local and global efforts to improve human food security• Use of existing and new marine and terrestrial resources to ensure food security including potential
use of Arctic algal sources of omega-3 fatty acids as a replacement for fish meal in fish aquaculture• Potential of seaweed harvesting and seaweed aquaculture in the Arctic
Why Aquaculture of Low Trophic Species?‘‘by far the biggest potential for increasing
seafood production in the foreseeable future is through the farming of marine
species, especially those at lower levels in the ocean food chain’’
‘’Ocean-Based Climate Action Could Deliver a Fifth of Emissions Cuts Needed to Limit Temperature Rise to 1.5°C’’• Create incentives for shifting diets
towards low-carbon protein (e.g., fish) and other food (e.g., seaweed) diets �
• Create incentives for lower trophic-levelaquaculture e.g., seaweed
The main achievements, discoveries, technological breakthroughs AquaVitae will deliver?
• CS The main achievements, discoveries, technological breakthroughs
AquaVitae will deliver: 5 Value chains
11 Case Studies
Arctic circle
Impact generated by AquaVitae
New species products and processes from Case Studies
Introduce new biosensors and integrate with IoT platforms
Define product characteristics, consumer
attitudes and market potential
Sustainability, environmental monitoring and risk assessment
Analysis of value chains, profitability, & other
socioeconomic aspects Policy and Governance advice
Comprehensive training/communication/dissemination and exploitation plan
Case study 2: Offshore macroalgae cultivation
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• Geographically equivalent to Bergen• Hydrographically equivalent to Tromsø
(Winter 6oC, summer 11oC)
• Novel production techniques• Relevant to arctic environment• Testing in northern Norway
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Current summary (Case study 2)
• 40km sugar kelp long-line deployed in Faroe Islands• Seedling production in Tromsø, Norway
(on-growing at sea)• Quantification of ecosystem services benefits
Ecosystemservices
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Case Study 6: Sea urchin roe enhancement
Roe enhancement
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Fishing wild urchins
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Sea urchin roe enhancement (Norway sea-based trial)
Urchins from barren’s3.9% initial roe content
20.2% roe content after 10 weeks
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Current summary (Case study 6)
• Commercial scale trials underway USA/Spain and Norway/Canada• New/novel food product• Ecosystem services evaluation • Technology development to overcome arctic challenges
- harvesting techniques- land-based enhancement systems (tank design)
Impact of ‘AquaVitae’ in the Arctic
• Food security• Ecosystem services benefits
(eg climate change mitigation)• Increased productivity• Diversification of aquaculture• Case study focus on arctic species
and conditions • Unlocking the potential for sustainable
low trophic aquaculture in the Arctic and across the Atlantic
H2020-BG-08-2019 All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Flagship
