The MareLlife News | April 2013

Newsletter from Marelife • April • 2013 NASF PRE-CONFERENCE • March 6 • 2012

Paul van der Heyden, Jan Økern and Neil Robertson.

THE WINNERS!

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MARINE VIDEO EXTRA!

Theglobalkey players live.

http://bit.ly/156hlvH

NASFMarine Innovation Day2013: AllTimeHigh!

VIBRANT THINKING!

The Marine Innovation Day in Bergen March 5, 2013, attracted an all time high audience with 210 delegates.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

TheNASFMarineInnovationDayinBergenreleasedideas and directions forlongtermsolutions, andfeaturedactions for sustainableexpansionofglobalaquaculturebasedfoodsupply.

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MareLife, the independent science-based marine innovation network, has reinforced its staff and put in operation R&D projects initiated by experienced working groups covering key areas in marine innovation.

A strong and committed staff combined with highly experienced people on our Board and in core working groups, provides Marelife with a solid foundation for moving forward, says Marelife executive manager Øystein Lie.

Carl Seip Hanevold

The staff consists of Øystein Lie (Executive Manager), Carl Seip Hanevold (Cermaq) (Working Chairperson), Jon Aulie (The Norwegian Seafood Federation, Marine Ingredients), Paul J. Midtlyng (Aquamedic AS, Aquaculture disease control),Sytse Ybema (Sustainovate, Ocean Resources) and Erik Fedde Lopez, Fedde Consulting (Administrative matters)

Our four working groups.

Marelife has four working groups in the core areas fisheries, aquaculture, ingredients industry, commercialization. These working groups have been initiating our R&D projects and strategic efforts like the Havlandet Norge report and are chaired by the following people: Fisheries: Lars Olav Lie (Liegruppen AS), Aquaculture: Petter Arnesen (Marine Harvest ASA Ingredients Industry: Jon Aulie (MARING Forum, the Norwegian Seafood Federation, FHL) Commercialization: Knut Traaseth (Norwegian Venture capital Association)

NASF Marine Innovation Day Chair: Karl Almås, CEO SINTEF Fishery & Aquaculture Moderator: Jostein Refsnes, COB Norlaks Chair Vision Paper 2013 and Award Committee: Kjell Maroni, R&D Director FHF

Board of directors * Carl Seip Hanevold (Cermaq), Chairperon * Live Haukvik Aker (Considium Consulting), deputy chairperon * Kjetil Jakobsen, University of Oslo * Odd Magne Rødseth, AquaGen * Dag Knappskog, MSD Animal Health * Ørjan Olsvik, University of Tromsø * Torstein Steine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, UMB * Espen Rimstad, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, NVH * Kristine Naterstad, Nofima * Jon Aulie, The Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL) MARING

The Nomination Committee Sissel Rogne, CEO, The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board (Committee chairperson) Director General Arne Benjaminsen, Ministry of fisheries and coastal affairs (FKD) Geir Andreassen, CEO, The Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL)

Far-reaching network MareLife members represent trend setters from all the marine sectors and the organization har thousands of contacts worldwide. See the member list here:

http://www.marelife.org/our-network/our-members.html

Karl Almås

| Paul J. Midtlyng | Sytse Ybema | Lars Olav Lie | Petter Arnesen | Kjell Maroni | Live Haukvik Aker | Kjetil Jacobsen | Jostein Refsnes

Staff

Odd Magne Rødseth | Dag Knappskog | Ørjan Olsvik | Torstein Steine | Espen Rimstad | Kristine Naterstad | Arne Benjaminsen | Geir Andersen | Knut Traaseth | Sissel Rogne |

| Øystein Lie | Jon Aulie | Erik Fedde Lopez

KEY PEOPLE Doers intheMareLifenetwork!

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The Marine Innovation Award winners from left: Paul van der Heyden on behalf of Hortimare BV: Integrated Aquaculture of salmon and Kelp, Jan Økern CEO Oxysolutions AS: Radical new oxygenation technology, Neil Robertson European Commercial ManagerNovartis Animal Health: Nucleic Acid Vaccine.

THE AQUACULTURE EXPLORERS Theeventwherenewfrontiers arechallenged.

The NASF Marine Innovation Day gathered major stakeholders and key players. Manufacturers, solution providers, finance, public sector and authorities, networkers, consumer organizations, NGOs and the press arrived i Bergen to paint the scenarios and point at tracks to follow and innovations needed to sustainably expand global aquaculture many fold.

Leading ambassadors of the sector and serious engagement by all delegates made this again a vibrant and successful event in the spirit of shaping the future for the aquaculture sector. The participation was all time high, over 200 delegates from most corners of the planet made it by far the largest special session of NASF. The way the delegates involved and engaged was a golden gift to our common mission.

In her opening address, Christina Abildgaard Director RCN pointed at the immense untapped potentials of the blue resources, and announced that the blue is a key emerging priority for the world economy (quoting World Bank Group). She displayed convincing empiric data on how state of the art R&D has paved the way for new innovative breakthroughs for improved cost efficiency, productivity and sustainability in global aquaculture.

Photo: Thorvald Tande

Christina Abildgaard, The Research Council of Norway.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

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LOOKING TO THE NEW MARKETS GeorgeChamberlain's top tenlist

offutureexpansiongeographies

George Chamberlain, President GAA, stated in his opening key-note speach that rising global demand for seafood, driven mainly by a rapidly growing middle class in China and other Asian nations, is putting new pressure on the aquaculture industry to find sustainable ways to increase productivity.

George Chamerlain, Global Aquaculture Alliance.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

Hence, he also pointed at a clear trend: The global economy's shifting "centre of gravity”. By 2030 well above 60% of World middle class will live in Asia Pacific. The estimates of rising demand, which far exceed earlier projections based solely on population increases, indicate that seafood demand is likely to keep rising for several decades.

Chamberlain displayed challenging statistics on the ratio between projected seafood consumption growth versus projected growth in aquaculture supply to 2030 and with this knowledge of rapidly increasing seafood demand, aquaculture producers are seeking improved technologies to sustainably produce more seafood with fewer resources.

Mr Chamberlain listed in his opinion the major challenges constraining aquaculture growth as the following: disease management, feed supplies, environmental issues, investment capital, and market acceptance. His talk substantiated in more details the major components among these constraints and on the science and technology part he stated that genetics represented a major driver for enhanced productivity. He went through the main measures for contemporary

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aquaculture (genetic enhancements, optimized feeding regimes, disease control, managements and infrastructure) by major shrimp and tropical finfish species (tilapias, pangasius etc), reviewing also briefly the pioneering shrimp farming tech, disease research and commercialization carried out by Dr Fujinaga and Dr Liao.

George Chamberlain projected very interesting top 10 potential expansion geographies (Brazil, Russia, US, Australia, DR Congo, India, Sudan, Argentina, Bolivia and Mozambique), pointed at the still volatile market dynamics to be expected, the still low level consolidated sector, the versatile capital investments structures and last but not least the critical factors of market acceptance with the market as the main driver for certification needs.

His final highlights on aquaculture opportunities were: rising middle class Asia Pacific as demand driver, major constraints to overcome: environments, feed, disease, finance and market, and that increased common effort into innovation is needed to address and to tap. He welcomed the audience to GOAL XIII, October 7-10, Paris.

VIDEOS: Check out the Marine Innovation Day video channel, featuring key players in the global biomarine sector outlining the challenges and opportunities for global aquaculture!

https://vimeo.com/channels/487086

Hanne Benjaminsen, Cape Fish.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

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GREEN VISIONS FROM GREECE Aboutdevelopingmethods of

evaluatingandminimizingthe environmentalfootprint.

Dr Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos, CEO Kefalonia Fisheries, focused on the Mediterranean aquaculture sector, which has experienced dynamic growth over the past 30 years. Compared to global aquaculture production, it is still far from reaching its potential.

The same elements that contributed to the dynamic growth of this sub-sector of European aquaculture will continue to drive its growth in the next 20 years: The recognized health benefits of fish together with the positive image of the Mediterranean diet and the produce from the region, the oceanographic, climatic and geomorphological characteristics of the region.

In order to make the industry more competitive and viable, research into species diversification, genetics, disease prevention and management and improvement of feed quality, efficiency and sustainability must be encouraged. None of this, however, can happen if the industry does not pass into a more mature phase where professionalizing the industry with better management, better data and most importantly planning will help smooth out the volatility that has largely hampered its development so far.

Promoting long-term vision, planning and management skills required to compete in the more mature phase the industry is in now is

Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos, Kefalonia Fisheries and Pierre Erwes, BioMarine.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

MAGAZINE: Read the interview with Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos in Blue Frontier Magazine!

http://bit.ly/Zl27vx

essential. This means developing science-based methods of evaluating our environmental footprint, developing innovative means of minimizing it, and adapting in a competitive manner to the challenges of climate change.

Barazi addressed extensively major future challenges and featured fascinating out of the box future visions and self sustaining concepts to adapt to these major existential issues: water and energy supply, feed bottle necks, climate change. Indeed inspirational inputs to the Vision Paper.

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Odd Magne Rødseth, Aqua Gen.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

ALGAE FUTURE Aboutnewfattyacids sources

andimprovemets infishdiseases control

In response, scientists and industry have developed new technologies and improved management strategies based on better understanding of the genetic and physiological basis of immunity and disease resistance. In the post genomic era there will be a better understanding of the host-pathogens interactions that can be exploited to develop new tools to improve the way in which fish diseases can be controlled.

Odd Magne Rødseth, CEO Aqua Gen AS, stated the fact that aquaculture continues to be the fastest growing animal food production sector on the planet, with an average annual growth rate close to six percent the last decade, outpacing the global population growth.

In 2010 people consumed about 60 million tonnes fish, crustaceans and mussels from aquaculture with the Asia-Pacific as the major aquaculture region. Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout are the main fish species produced in cold water regions, and the production reached 2.5 million tonnes in 2010, representing around six percent of the global farmed fish production.

The farming of cold water carnivores, representing a high trophic level of marine organisms, is dependent upon capture fisheries for the supply of their major dietary source of protein and lipids. Farmed salmon and trout are among the largest consumer of fishmeal and fish oil in the world. There is still strong evidence that current production is sustainable, but it will be increasingly difficult for aquaculture to exploit a larger share of the total fish meal and fish oil supplies.

Intensive research programmes have therefore been initiated to find alternatives to fish oils. The most promising efforts include production of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids by yeast fermentation, extraction from algal sources or genetic modification of oilseed crops.

Production losses in general and infectious diseases in particular continue to constrain aquaculture sustainability.

Tanja Hoel, Fiskeriforum Vest.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

VIDEO: Bergen aims at becoming a seafood innovation innovation center.

https://vimeo.com/61175951

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LAND & WATER Themainchallenges seenfrom FAO

Doris Soto, FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Departement, gave a plenary keynote as an introductory prelude to the Think Tank.

She did sum up and outline her talk on the following major topics: FAO FI efforts to advance the global aquaculture agenda, the EAA and its relevance to open aquaculture horizons and the process to aquaculture zoning and site selection within the EAA. She listed the main challenges as the following:

*Land and water availability *Cost and energy efficient productivity *Ecosystem impacts

Rita Westvik, CEO Futurama, and Tjoen Kong Lim, COB Lim Shrimp Organization. Photo: Gorm K. Gaare

VIDEO: - I want to bring the Norwegian Cod to China, says Mr. Tjoen Kong Lim, Lim Shrimp Organization. Whatch the video!

https://vimeo.com/61214224 Karl Tore Mæland, Director Quality Managment, Ewos, attracts full attention from his Think Tank Group: "Science & Technology".

Gorm K. Gaare.

Concerning feeds, Doris Soto's list contained: Fishmeal, Fish Oil and other ingredients, Biosecurity and health, Conducive policy, Technology and knowledge, Finance and investment, Improve equity and social impact, Diversify the sector, External forcing factors (e.g. climate change). She also listed FAOs efforts to promote a global aquaculture agenda: - Promoting aquaculture governance and compliance with the CCRF, Assisting member countries into policy and planning of the sector, Producing certification guidelines and compliance assessment to promote the sector and consumer confidence, Production and dissemination of investment tools for small farmers, Better feeds and feeding, Better management practices, Biosecurity, Technological improvement, Genetic improvement, Promoting the ecosystem approach to aquaculture.

Furthermore she presented the aquaculture spatial planning within the EAA as the following: The spatial planning of aquaculture, be it the zoning, or the location of specific sites can use the EAA framework considering the social, economic/productive, environmental and governance elements.

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These factors are considered “elements” of the carrying capacity to sustain aquaculture in a specific area or water body, FAO has been developing tools and guidelines for aquaculture zoning and site selection.

Doris Soto finalized with FAO's future efforts on these topics: - We are developing a tool box for EAA implementation containing training for policy makers, managers and extensionists on the EAA steps and tools as well as testing and training on the guidelines for aquaculture zoning and site selection within the EAA. Full presentations of all keynotes can be downloaded here:

http://bit.ly/11ZfhCD

THINKING VISIONS Thenewmanualto shapethe future

Two main new components were introduced and exercised on the Marine Innovation Day with the think tanks and work on a vision paper.

Seven categories of specialized sessions were run in parallel, chaired by experienced experts in the field. Ahead of the conference the chairs produced one page memos for each field embracing main issues upon which to guide the workshop sessions.

Intense discussions took place during the brief and hectic parallel sessions and the chairs summarised and presented their synthesis during the subsequent plenary.

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From the Think Tank (TT) “race for space” one clear message was sent that we need major innovations to find and agree on the

utilization of optimal sites for long-term efficient aquaculture production, where are the “super-sites” and how can they be utilized in a sustainable manner.

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In TT “science &technology” the question about species was debated, landing at 5 groups most probable to be the major contributors to growth (salmonids, cyprinids, catfish, bass/bream and shrimps). To really contribute to food production the group focused on production time, innovations are needed to cut the time from egg to market by 50 percent.

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TT “brains, money &dialogue” focused in on the need for the aquaculture industry to innovate to be the most attractive knowledge-based industry globally, the most talented young people in the world should prefer the aquaculture industry.

Related to this the TT “engineering & gear solutions” discussed innovations for intelligent technology – the need for technology which work perfect independent of human operating mistakes.

In “human health & seafood” the importance of seafood as healthy food was addresses, and the need for major innovations utilizing completely new feed raw material sources.

This was echoed in TT ”existing & new bio resources” addressing the need to innovate and develop fully integrated systems for balanced, ecosystem based harvesting and total utilization of all the catch.

From TT “market innovation” the concept of a Total Brand Management Approach together with a strengthened market orientation among the players came out as essential for further development and value creation.

VIDEO: The think tank experience

https://vimeo.com/61243373

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Professor Karin Pittman, University of Bergen, presenting her innovative case Mucus Metrics.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

VISIONS IN PARIS Focus ontheneedformajorinnovativesolutions

Based on a mandate formed in interaction with the Marine Innovation Day chair, Karl Almås, an international work group chaired by Kjell Maroni is in progress aiming at developing a vision paper focusing on major innovative solutions or breakthroughs needed to expand global aquaculture significantly.

The group collected substantial inspiration and inputs from the MID, starting with the keynotes and followed up by Think Tanks and Innovative cases.

The essence of the VP is not yet revealed, but it is obvious that important components of the carbon foot print of the sector will be addressed in a comprehensive way, including issues like sustainable feed supply (e.g: aquafeed 100% based on raw materials not used for human food and sustainable exploitation of marine resources), considerably enhanced predictability in the farming phase (e.g. new powerful disease control systems and accompanying regimes to manage environmental and wild stock impacts) in addition to necessary focus on recruitment of human capital, communication and market innovation.

The likely road map of the vision paper is expected that the report will be launched at GOAL XIII Conference, October 7-10, Paris.

NASF Marine Innovation Day Presentations, Photo collections and case portfolio can be viewed at:

http://www.marelife.org

The NASF Marine Innovation Day organizer prof. Øystein Lie (left),manager MareLife, acknowledging the conference moderator Jostein Refsnes (right), COB Norlaks, and Vision Paper leader Kjell Maroni, R&D Director FHF, for a great job at the conference. Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

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Check out more of Gorm K. Gaare's photos from NASF Marine Innovation Day 2013:

THE WINNERS Strongcompetitionbetween17 cases ofinnovation

Solutions: To highlight potential innovative and powerful solutions the MID launched an Innovation Award. 17 cases were submitted and evaluated by the jury (see box), ending up with 3 awards in the following categories:

BestInvention This category cover «longs shots», cases with significant commercial potential in the long run if success even if not yet “in business”. The award winner in this category is OxySolutions . OxySolutions has developed and patented a radical new method for oxygenation of water. The technology can increase the amount of oxygen in water up to 1000% in normal room conditions (temperature and pressure). This new totally bubble-free oxygenation solution makes it possible to oxygenate large tanks or RAS facilities to the desired level dependent on fish type. This enhances food uptake, fish health and growth.

BestSolution Covering smart solutions. The award winner here is Hortimare for their system to produce kelp is a valuable source of marine proteins, rich in essential amino acids to be used in fish feed. Kelps can be cultivated in the neighborhood of fish farms and use the valuable nutrients coming from them, bio-remediating the sea at the same time. This results in a more stable ecosystem and less pressure on worldwide fish catches for fish meal.

Jørgen J. Lund, CEO North Atlantic Seafood Conference (left) and Jon Hindar, CEO Cermaq.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare.

http://bit.ly/Y03AXk

BestInnovation This category is covering cases more related to total system innovation, i.e. the innovation is more about connecting different known innovations. The award winner was Novartis Animal Health for their work on nucleic acid vaccine (NAV) technology for fish. This is a novel biomedical technology offering distinct advantages over conventional immunization or chemotherapy.

Case portfolio can be viewed here:

http://bit.ly/WGWEnk

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MareLife is an independent, international marine innovation network organized on a membership basis. All three industrial marine fields are part of the network: aquaculture, fisheries and marine ingredients.

MareLife is a true cross sector network, embracing leading international players and trend setters from industry, finance, public and private investors, universities and a range of science and technology organizations.

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