Controversies over fish feed and resource use in the history of Norwegian salmon farming
During the interfacultary workshop Social Science and Humanities Perspectives on Fish Feed, there will be three keynotes that are public and open for all.
Main content
The first keynote, "Controversies over fish feed and resource use in the history of Norwegian salmon farming", is held by (NIVA)/ and is public and open for all.
See information below about the two other public keynotes.
No registration is needed - welcome to on Monday 9 December at 09.00!
Abstract
What should farmed salmon eat? Controversies over fish feed is nothing new in Norwegian fish farming. Since its early beginnings in the 1970s, feed has been a recurring topic of criticism, portraying salmon farming as inherently wasteful. Such a criticism has been met with a similar answer, then and now: Fish is the most efficient use of the feed resources available. Today, soybean is often identified as a problematic ingredient, while fishmeal has been at the core of the controversy all along.
While the arguments of a 鈥渇eed issue鈥� have remained surprisingly stable, the industry, the ingredients, feed and the politics around it have changed fundamentally. 聽This presentation builds on dissertation work at the University of Oslo and will follow the historical trajectory of fish feed as a difficult topic in fish farming, from a key point of justification initially raised in political arenas, to a task of research for efficiency and feed optimization, and a question of markets and consumer preferences.
Other public keynotes
In addition to this keynote, the following two keynotes are public and open to all:
- Fish trade as if food security mattered: the role of marine ingredients - Monday 9 December, 15.20-16.20, Ulrike Pihls Hus, seminar room 4A (4th floor)
- Feeding collaborations 鈥� a conversation - Tuesday 10 December, 09.00-10.00, Ulrike Pihls Hus, seminar room 4A (4th floor)
About the workshop
Aquaculture is one of the most important industries in Norway and fish feed is increasingly recognized as a central element in attempts to make aquaculture more sustainable.
Unsurprisingly, such an endeavour poses challenges on epistemic, technological, ecological, economic, political and normative levels.
There is a wealth of research in the field of the social sciences and humanities (SSH) interested in the various entanglements of aquaculture with organizational configurations, different ways of producing and circulating knowledge, modes of governance and innovation, as well as with certain (collectively held) ideas about Norwegian ocean futures.
The workshop brings together researchers from different fields to discuss their work and perspectives.
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The workshop is co-organized by the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), the Department of Social Anthropology and the Department of Geography at UiB, with economic support from UiB Ocean and support from the 大象传媒 programme (Shaping European Research Leaders for Marine Sustainability), funded under Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034309.
