Join workshop on algae in aquafeed

The Algae Biomass Organization will be hosting a virtual and in-person workshop on March 5, 2022 to explore how macroalgae and microalgae can improve sustainability and productivity in the world’s aquaculture industries.

The objective of the workshop is to convene leaders across the full value chain of algae production, feed formulation, and aquaculture to co-create a mutual understanding between industry, academics, and environmental NGOs on how macroalgae and microalgae can improve the sustainability of aquaculture production systems. The state of the algae industry from research to inclusion in aquaculture production, environmental life cycle, and economics will be presented by expert panels. A goal will be to define a post-workshop process to develop a logic model that defines the barriers and challenges to achieving algae meal/oil at nutritional and economic equivalence to fishmeal/oil so the opportunity that algae presents can be realized.

A summary report with recommendations for the next steps will be drafted after the workshop for review by the participants followed by public dissemination. The workshop will be recorded and made available after the event.

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Workshop Agenda

8:30 am PST- Welcome

Rebecca White - Algae Biomass Organization - Purpose of the meeting, goals and format

8:45 am PST Current State of the Algae Industry and Research

Jesse Traller - Global Algae Innovations - Moderator
Ana Morão – Corbion - AlgaPrime DHA, a sustainable alternative to fish oil produced by algae fermentationPallab Sarker - UC Santa Cruz - R&D on algae replacement of fishmeal and oil
John Benemann - MicroBio Eng.- Commercial Production of diatoms for aquafeed
Charles Yarish -U.Connecticut – NIST inter-laboratory proficiency of compositional analysis funded by WWF
Amha Belay -Algae4All - Algae nutrition and aquafeed requirements

9:45 am PST Techno-economic and Sustainability Targets

Greg Mitchell - Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego - Moderator
Ryan Davis - Current status of DOE Harmonization of LCA and TEA
Colin Beal - Lifecycle Analysis and key sustainability targets of algae biomass
Dave Hazlebeck: Global Algae Farm 160 commercial pilot and scale-up projections
Brandi McKuin - UC Santa Cruz - Decision support tool for sustainable aquafeed

10:15 am PST Feasibility of Further Inclusion of Algae in Aquafeeds

Dane Klinger - Conservation International - Moderator
Rod Fujita - Environmental Defense Fund - Quantifying sustainability metrics
Karim Kumaly - Veramaris - Progress in replacing fish oil in aquafeeds
Kevin Fitzsimmons – U. Arizona - Perspective of the F3 initiative
Lars Thoresen - Nofima – Review of current research on digestibility

11:00 am PST Q&A and Discussion Panel - Opportunities, Barriers, and Challenges

Anne Kapuscinski -- UC Santa Cruz - Moderator
Anne Kapuscinski - UC Santa Cruz - Sustainable Aquaculture Imperative - why algae?
Craig Browdy - Zeigler - Commercial aquafeed perspectives
Dave Hazlebeck - Global Algae Innovations - Goals and challenges for scale-up
Karim Kumaly - Veramaris - Scale-up: Reality of costs and timelines
Rod Fujita - Environmental Defense Fund - What sustainability metrics are essential?
TBD - Corbion

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