Grieg Seafood : joins forces with 17 leading industry and research institutions in push to develop low-emission offshore aquaculture
September 02, 2021 at 09:02 am EDT
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Grieg Seafood joins forces with 17 leading industry and research institutions in push to develop low-emission offshore aquaculture
The consortium aims to reduce the environmental impact and improve fish welfare through innovations within offshore and closed technologies, biology, fish feed, electrification, digitalization and logistics. The project is granted 96 million NOK from the Norwegian Research Council.
'Offshore aquaculture has the potential to be a solution in a more sustainable global food system. However, there are many challenges to address before we get there. Industry and research institutions are now launching the largest ever effort to develop these solutions,' says Ragnar Tveterås, professor at the University of Stavanger, who coordinates the consortium.
The aim of the project Low-emission value chains for ocean-based aquaculture is to deliver new knowledge and innovations enabling offshore aquaculture to contribute to lower carbon emissions, reduce the environmental footprint to protect marine biodiversity and optimize fish welfare. Offshore aquaculture also entails new challenges that must be solved, such as farming in harsh weather conditions.
Specifically, the project aims to deliver innovations in the following areas:
Sustainable feed for underwater feeding offshore
Robust post-smolt in closed-containment facilities at sea
Electrification of offshore farming
Control systems for semi-autonomous offshore fish farms
Better fish welfare and increased survival
Improved logistics at sea
Improved competence, knowledge and technology to develop environmentally, economically and socially sustainable value chains for offshore aquaculture
Grieg Seafood provides its leading expertise within digital aquaculture to the project.
Ragna Heggebø, Global R&D Manager of Grieg Seafood ASA
Parties engaged also include companies like Skretting, SalMar Ocean, Moreld Aqua, FishGlobe, Hauge Aqua and Blue Planet, as well as research institutions such as The Norwegian Veterinary Institute, The Institute of Marine Research, NORCE, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Bergen, University of Stavanger, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Simula, University of Melbourne and University of Florida.
'To Grieg Seafood, it is evident that our industry must reduce our footprint and improve fish welfare if we are to realize the growth potential we have in Norway through new areas and production methods. A major push like this project, where research institutions and industry collaborate to find solutions, is exactly what we need. Grieg Seafood look forward to contributing with our leading expertise within digitization, but also to learning from other partners. Together, we will realize the potential inherent in offshore aquaculture,' says Ragna Heggebø, Global R&D Manager of Grieg Seafood ASA.
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Grieg Seafood ASA is a Norway-based salmon farming company, which specializes in fresh Atlantic salmon. The Company's facilities are located in Finnmark and Rogaland in Norway, and British Columbia and Newfoundland in Canada. Finnmark operates a hatchery in Lebesby, fish farms in Alta, Loppa, Nordkapp and Hammerfest, a slaughterhouse at Simanes in Alta, a post-smolt plant in Hasvik and a regional office in Kunnskapsparken in the center of Alta. Rogaland operates two hatcheries in Bokn, fish farms in Stavanger, Sandnes, Bokn, Hjelmeland and Kvitsoy, brood fish production in Suldal, a slaughterhouse on Sjernaroy and a regional office on Judaberg. British Columbia operates 22 farms off Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.