Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Ressursregnskap og analyse av fôrråvarer 2012 - Resource utilisation and eco-efficiency of Norwegian salmon farming in 2012 Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Trine Ytrestoyl Coordinator email trine.ytrestoyl@nofima.no
Coordinator institution
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA - Asplan Viak - Energy and Environment (Norway) ,
RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden) ,
SIK - Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (Sweden) ,
Start year 2013 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 251,358 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/900912/ Summary The results from the project show a retention efficiency of 27% for energy, 24% for protein, 23 % for EPA/DHA and 12.3 for phosphourous (% of eaten retained in fillet)for the entire Norwegian salmon production i 2012. The total salmon production in Norway 2012 was 1.27 million tons which gives around 7 billion salmon meals. The total content of EPA/DHA in the edible portion of Norwegian salmon production in 2012 is sufficient to cover the recommended daily intake of 0.25 g of 123 million people for one year. Fish meal and fish oil made up around 20 and 11 % of the salmon diet in 2012, and more than 25% of the marine ingredients were produced from trimmings and byproducts. The Fish in-Fish out ratio is currently 0.73 and 1.25 for fish meal and oil respectively, and Norwegian salmon has now become a net producer of marine protein. The LCA-data from the 2010 salmon production show that the climate impact, energy use, land area and P use is lower for salmon compared to chicken and pork production. The LCA data analysis is still in progress for the 2012 production. The project is a follow up of the project "Resource use and eco-efficiency of Norwegian salmon farming in 2010".
The main goal is to evaluate how efficient the feed resources were for food production used in Norwegian salmon farming in 2012. This is done by calculating the retention of main nutrients (energy, protein, fat) and of the essential marine fatty acids EPA and DHA in whole salmon and in the edible product. The project will also address the use of phosphourous in Norwegian salmon farming. Furthermore, the project will estimate the environmental impact of the Norwegian salmon production in 2012 using Life cycle Assessment (LCA) to calculate the climate impact (CO2-footprint), cumulative energy use, use of P and fresh water.
Keywords
Process efficiency;
Sustainability;
Fish;
Salmon;
Value chain;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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