AG Fisk conference and workshop, October 11th, 2023 | Grand Hotel Reykjavík | Live stream
On October 11, 2023, a conference and workshop on aquaculture was held with an emphasis on the utilization of side streams and sustainable feed production.
The conference was organized by AG Fisk, but it is a forum for consultation on fisheries issues that operates across all the Nordic countries for the directive of the Nordic Council of Ministers, which Iceland led in 2023.
Below you can see the program of the event. If you click on the selected lectures, slide presentations will appear.
- 08:30 – 9:00 OPENING CEREMONY
- Opening words – Birgir Örn Smárason, Research group leader, Matís
- Welcome address From the Ministry of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture – Jón Thrándur Stefánsson
- 09:00 – 10:30 SESSION 1 – TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FEED INGREDIENTS
- Keynote Address: Environmental impact of aquaculture – Friederike Ziegler, RISE, (Se)
- Economics and policy regarding alternative proteins as fish feed – Sveinn Agnarsson, Sjókovin, (FO)
- Blue-Bio, Alternative proteins for fish feed – Rasa Slizyte, SINTEF (No)
- New Raw Materials for Salmon Feed: Realistic Expectations – Paul Morris, Mowi Feed (No)
- Single cell pekilo protein for aquafeed – Heikki Keskitalo, EniferBio (Fi)
- Oleaginous yeast making lipid in sustainable use of agriculture and forestry byproducts – Jana Pickova, SLU (Se)
- 10:35 – 11:10 Coffee break
- 11:10 – 13:00 SESSION 2 – DIVERSE PRODUCTS FROM SIDESTREAMS
- Keynote Address: Challenges for 100% use of sidestream – Pavle Estrajher, Arctic Protein (Is)
- Exploration of the environmental mitigation potential by farming blue mussels in connection to fish farms. Case study in a Faroese fjord – Gunnvør á Norði, Fiskaaling (Fo)
- Sidestreams use from land-based aquaculture to biochar factory – Rúnar Þórarinsson, Jarðlíf (IS)
- Salmon blood – a diamond in the rough – Runar Gjerp Solstad, Nofima (No)
- Bioretur – Fish Sludge & Circular Economy – Hermund Ramsøy, Bioretur (No)
- High value biochemicals – Sumesh Sukumara, Biosustain (Dk)
- Unbroken – A success story – what have we learned? – Danielle Neben, Unbroken (Is)
- 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
- 14:00 – 16:00 SESSION 3 – WORKSHOP
- Round table discussions
- Close-up
- 17:00 – 18:30 RECEPTION – LAX-INN
The cost was ISK 5000 and refreshments were included.
Lectures were also streamed.