https://phosphorusplatform.eu/AquacultureFisheries
10-12 June 2025, Bergen (Norway) & online. ESPP workshop, with partners in Norway and with UNEP uPcycle, on nutrient management in aquaculture feed, seafood processing and fish sludge valorisation, Norway & online, covering nutrient flows, environmental best practice, phosphorus recycling, regulatory challenges. The workshop will contribute to the United Nations (UNEP) project uPcycle, leading to a UNEP white paper on phosphorus sustainability in aquaculture. Possible online connected meetings in Brussels, Chile. Site visits: state-of-the-art aquaculture, fish sludge processing installations.
If you would potentially contribute, please email indications of your organisation’s areas of interest, competence, possible content of presentation, to
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Outline programme
10 June 2025
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 14.00 – 14.15 | Opening and welcome by organisers (ESPP, NORCE, NCE Aquaculture, Ragn-Sells) |
| 14.15 – 15.45 | Session I.
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| 15.45 – 16.15 | Coffee break |
| 16.15 – 18.00 |
Parallel session IIA. LCA, circularity business models Parallel session IIB. Efficiency of use of nutrients in aquaculture feed – aquaculture feed and improved nutrient use efficiency, finding new sustainable feed protein sources as aquaculture grows and wild fish production (so processing by-products) recede, moving from fish-protein based to plant based feeds, possible use of facilitating products (phytase …) |
| 19.30 | Networking dinner |
11 June 2025
| 8.30 – 9.00 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 9.00 – 10.30 |
Parallel session IIIA. Aquaculture sludge recycling via algae, growing algae as fish feed Parallel session IIIB. Recycling of aquaculture sludge – technical aspect: aquaculture sludge collection (onshore, offshore) and processing (biogas, cement kiln incineration, transformation to organic fertilisers, extraction of mineral nutrients …): examples of technologies, presented by technology suppliers and/or by user aquaculture operators |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.0 – 12.45 | Session IV. Recycling of aquaculture sludge – regulatory challenges (Animal By-Products Regulation, EU Fertilising Products Regulation, Animal Feed regulations …) and policy opportunities; development of policy proposals – Europe, global |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Final remarks and following steps |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Light lunch |
| 14.00 – 14.45 | White paper discussion |
| 14.45 – 15.00 | Closing |
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Visit to Marineholmen RASlab where there is RAS facilities (research) with salmon connected with microalgae cultivation. |
| 17.30 - … | Optional tourist visit to city of Bergen |
| 20.00 - … | Dinner (free) |
12 June 2025
9.00 Optional site visit to Ragn-Sells sites/algae cultivation facilities
14.00 End of site visit