fish farming boxes in a lake
Photo: Umlax

Program for the Blue Food Yearly Meeting 2023

The Blue Food Annual Meeting 2023 will take place from October 24 to 26 at Hotel Wilhelmina in Vilhelmina.

Tuesday 24 October

Moderator: Snuttan Sundell, University of Gothenburg, Chair of Blue Food.

11.30-12.30 Lunch

12.30-12.45 Registration

12.45-13.00 Welcome to Blå mat's annual meeting
Snuttan Sundell, University of Gothenburg, Chairman of Blue Food

13.00 Sustainability and Swedish seafood production
  • "Opportunities in Swedish sustainable seafood production and an international outlook"
    Anna Lindstedt, Swedish Ambassador for the Sea
  • "Overall sustainability perspective in Blue Food"
    Friederike Ziegler, RISE
  • Young researchers: "Taste-sea: Sea vegetables with enhanced flavor for future sustainable foods"
    Evangelia Zioga, KTH & DTU
  • Satellite project: "Solid-phase fermentation of side streams from seaweed production"
    Jenny Veide Vilg, RISE

14.00-14.10 Short break

14.10-15.00 Sustainability and Swedish seafood production, continued
  • "Circular marine feed ingredients for Nordic aquaculture"
    Niklas Warwas, University of Gothenburg
  • Satellite project: "Needs-based sustainability assessment of seafood from fisheries"
    Sara Hornborg, RISE
  • Discussion on sustainability in Swedish seafood production
    Anna Lindstedt, Kristina Bergman, Jenny Veide Vilg, Niklas Warwas, Markus Langeland

15.00-15.40 Fika & mingle

15.40-17.10 How can we increase the consumption of Swedish pelagic fish, opportunities and challenges?
  • "The way forward towards more food from herring and sprat"
    Lina Waara, Swedish Board of Agriculture
  • "Local product diversification from small pelagic fish: new high quality mince and mince products"
    Martin Kuhlin, Sweden Pelagic AB
  • "Fresh production from whole small pelagic fish - techniques to reduce oxidation, dioxins and PCBs"
    John Axelsson, Chalmers University of Technology
  • Satellite project: "From few to many: sensory and psychographic characteristics affecting diversity of seafood consumption"
    Elena Costa, RISE
  • "A Finnish perspective on increasing food production from small pelagic fish - quantities, ongoing efforts, & government perspectives"
    JariSetälä, LUKE, Finland
  • Discussion on how more food can be produced and consumed from current landings of small pelagic fish
    Martin Kuhlin, Malin Skog, John Axelsson, Elena Costa, Ingrid Undeland.

18.00 Mingle with seafood and bubbles

19.00 Dinner

Wednesday 25 October

Moderator: Fredrik Gröndahl, KTH, Blue Food

8.30-8.40 Summary of the first day, second day's program
Fredrik Gröndahl, KTH, Blue Food

8.40-10.00 Get to know the Blue Food Parties
  • Afry
    Lars Wikström
  • MSC
    Louise Valentin
  • County Administrative Board of Gotland
    Andreas Pettersson
  • Jämtland County Administrative Board
    Joakim Svensson
  • Simrishamn Marine Center
    Vesa Tschernij
  • Axfoundation
    Veronica Öhrvik
  • Discussion on the role of Blue Food Parties within the Center
    Lars Wikström, Louise Valentin, Andreas Pettersson, Joakim Svensson, Veronica Öhrvik & Snuttan Sundell

10.00-10.30 Fika & mingle

10.30-10.50 Sweden and seafood
Friederike Ziegler, RISE

10.50-11.30 Coexistence between seafood production and other activities
  • "Experiences of coexistence from the multi-frame project"
    Jean-Baptiste Thomas, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
  • "Interaction between wind power and aquaculture"
    Sophia Hallberg, Zephyr Renewable AB
  • Discussion on co-existence between seafood production and other activities
    Sophia Hallberg, Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Fredrik Gröndahl

11.30-12.30 Lunch

12.40-13.50 Blue Mat's young researchers
  • "Co-cultivation of fed and extractive species in Swedish land-based recirculating aquaculture systems"
    Marica Andersson, University of Gothenburg
  • "Effect of next generation feed sources on aquaculture manure in plant/microbial production, on gut biota and metabolic effect on the fish as food"
    Pontus Gunnarsson, SLU
  • "Obstacles and fear - food neophobia in seafood consumption"
    Elena Costa, RISE & University of Gothenburg
  • "Development of better methods for sustainability assessment of seafood"
    Kristina Bergman, KTH
  • "Stabilization of Ulva spp. biomass and its effects on eating quality"
    Mar Vall-Llosera Juanola, Chalmers.
  • "Temporal trends in coastal ecosystem dynamics"
    Sara Kurland, Uppsala University

13.50-14.00 Coffee & tea

14.00-16.30 Study visit to the Umlax seed fish plant and processing plant
  • Presentation of Umlax
    Josef Nygren, Umlax
  • Presentation of Matfiskodlarna and aquaculture in northern Sweden
    Wenche Hansen, Matfiskodlarna
  • Fish farming in the North
    Hanna Carlberg
  • "Processing everything from vendace roe to sea bream"
    Teija Aho, Guldhaven pelagics

14.45 The bus departs to study visit

16.30 Bus back at the hotel

17.00-18.30 Current issues for the seafood industry

In the final session, we discuss current issues for the seafood industry with State Secretary Dan Ericsson: Coexistence and symbiosis in food production; Opportunities in bioprocess technology and circular bioeconomy; and Food preparedness and security, self-sufficiency and the environmental benefits of food production and the price of seafood.
  • Opportunities in bioprocess technology and the circular bioeconomy
    Jean-Pascal Bergé, Upcyclink
  • Reflections on today's discussions and the government's view on Swedish seafood production
    Dan Ericsson, State Secretary, Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure
  • Conversation on key issues for the seafood industry

19.00 Drinks reception

20.00 Dinner

Thursday 26 October

9.00-10.00 Planning for 2024

10.15-13.00 Study visit to Umlax cassava farm in Lake Malgomaj

13.15-14.15 Lunch