Focus Areas:
Aquaculture, Sustainability, Environmental Impact
Projects:
- Carbon footprint of Icelandic Food
- Sjálfbærari fiskveiðar og verndun vistkerfa í Atlantshafi og Norður-Íshafi
- How can nature-based solutions counteract the effects of climate change in Europe?
- GIANT LEAPS
- Bætt orkunýtni, lægra kolefnisspor, orkuskipti og stafrænar lausnir sem stuðla að aukinni sjálfbærni í sjávarútvegi á norðurlöndunum
- Algae produced in a sustainable way for protein- and Omega-3 rich salmon feed
- Protein enrichment by side currents using tribo-electrostatic separation technology
- NextGenProteins - Development of the next generation of proteins from underutilized resources for use in food and feed
- Development of unicellular protein from wood for use in feed for farmed salmon
Peer-reviewed Articles:
Guðrún Svana Hilmarsdóttir, Jónas R. Viðarsson, Birgir Örn Smárason, Sæmundur Elíasson, Friederike Ziegler, Ólafur Ögmundarson. Is renewing Icelandic demersal trawling vessels resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions? - (2024). Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 484, 144245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144245
A. Tzachor, SP van den Oever, HK Mayer, M. Asfur, A. Smidt‐Jensen, M. Geirsdóttir, S. Jensen, BO Smárason. Photonic management of Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) in scalable photobioreactors to achieve biologically active unopposed vitamin B12 - (2024). Discover Food, Volume 4, article no. 69. doi.org/10.1007/s44187-024-00152-1
Alexandra Leeper, Ricardo Ekmay, Stephen Knobloch, Sigurlaug Skírnisdóttir, Madhushri Varunjikar, Marianne Dubois, Birgir Örn Smárason, Jón Árnason, Wolfgang Koppe, David Benhaïm. Torula yeast in the diet of Atlantic salmon Salmo salarand the impact on growth performance and gut microbiome - (2022). Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 567.
A. Leeper, D. Benhaïm, B.Ö. Smárason, S. Knobloch, KL Ómarsson, T. Bonnafoux, M. Pipan, W. Koppe, R. Björnsdóttir, M. Øverland. Feeding black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on organic rest streams alters gut characteristics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) - (2022). Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 8 (11), 1355 - 1372. 10.3920/JIFF2021.0105
Smarason, BO, Ogmundarson, O., Arnason, J., Bjornsdottir, R., Davidsdottir, B .. Life Cycle Assessment of Icelandic Arctic Char Fed Three Different Feed Types - (2016). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 17, 79-90.
Smárason BO, Ogmundarson O., Arnason J., Björnsdóttir R., Davidsdottir B .. Life cycle assessment of Icelandic arctic char fed three different types - (2017). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 17(1), 79-90.
Smárason, B.Ö., Alriksson, B., Jóhannsson, R .. Safe and sustainable protein sources from the forestindustry - The case of fish feed - (2019). Trends in Food Science & Technology, 84(Feb), 12-14.
Reports:
The effects of the Icelandic demersal trawling fleet renewal on product carbon footprint
Increased sustainability in Aquaculture with focus on feed and sidestreams
Product development of ready-to-heat vegetarian meals containing Torula
Reports / Books
Nordic alternative protein potentials: mapping of regional bioeconomy opportunities (2016) JE Lindberg, G Lindberg, J Teräs, G Poulsen, SØ Solberg, K Tybirk,… Nordic Council of Ministers
Future Opportunities for Bioeconomy: Focus on the West Nordic Region (2015) SE Smáradóttir, L Magnúsdóttir, BÖ Smárason, G Þórðarson,… Nordic Council of Ministers