Large bin overflowing with discarded salmon fish waste and scraps outdoors.
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FHF - Norwegian Seafood Research Fund will allocate 4 million Norwegian kroner (approximately 360,000 euros) to a project aimed at analyzing the use of marine residual raw materials from Norway's fisheries and aquaculture industry.
This project aims to improve knowledge of the flows of these materials and identify opportunities to increase the sector's profitability. According to the Norwegian organization, the utilization of marine residual resources has increased to 89% in 2024.
The main objectives include mapping the availability of raw materials, analyzing usage flows, identifying actors in Norway's by-products sector, and studying waste management, such as sludge, feces, and feed residues in aquaculture.
Finally, it will propose measures to increase the utilization and commercial value of these resources. The selected project will run over the period 2025, 2026, and 2027.
A study from the Portuguese center CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research advocates the use of proteins derived from food industry by-products to reduce the use of fishmeal in European seabass feed.
Furthermore, the Portuguese project 'AERO2cycl' aims to develop new technologies to valorize these residues, transforming them into advanced materials while also contributing to CO₂ reuse.
In Iceland, this type of initiative is also being promoted. For example, First Water, Laxey, Samherji Fiskeldi, and Thor Landeldi signed a declaration of intent to cooperate on the sustainable management of waste streams from fish farming.