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SEAVISION

The Sustainable Ecological

Aquaculture (SEAfood) System

Stephen F. Cross, Ph.D.

SEA Vision Group Inc.

NAFF-II Nanaimo 2012

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The Problem … Fish farming, as currently practiced, has a

number of real and/or perceived social and

environmental issues.

• Nutrient/Waste Effects

• Sea Lice Interaction

• Fish Escapes

• Effects of Antibiotics

• Feed Composition

• Fossil Fuel Usage

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Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture ?

SEA … an approach that

achieves the goal of

Sustainability by using the

principles of Ecology in its

design and operation. Environmental

Social

Economic

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Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture ?

Environmental

Social

Economic

Best

Organic

Practices

Integrated

Multi-Trophic

Aquaculture

Model

Integrated

Energy

Alternatives

Reduced Carbon

Foot-Print

Reduced Nutrient

(Waste) Load

No chemicals,

antibiotics, etc.

Best

Organic

Practices

Integrated

Multi-Trophic

Aquaculture

Model

Ecological

Design and

Operation

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Our first SEAfarm

Farm Site

British Columbia

CANADA Located along the northern shore

of Surprise Island in Kyuquot

Sound, this farm has served as the

pre-commercial R&D site for our

SEAfood System. It now holds

the first commercial

aquaculture

license of its

kind in Canada.

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Our Multi-Species License

• Sablefish

• Blue/Gallo Mussels

• Pacific Oyster

• Japanese Scallop

• Cockles

• Green/Red Urchins

• Sea Cucumber

• Kelp/Seaweed

Fed Component

Organic Extractive

Component (filtration)

Organic Extractive

Component (deposit)

Inorganic Extractive

Component

High valued commercial species WITH

complementary ecological roles

• Sablefish

• Blue/Gallo Mussels

• Pacific Oyster

• Japanese Scallop

• Cockles

• Green/Red Urchins

• Sea Cucumber

• Kelp/Seaweed

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System Design

- Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture

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Infrastructure Innovation

- infrastructure life cycle

- component compatibility

- handling efficiencies

- increased productivity

- reduced COP

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Solar/Wind

Estimated operational fuel savings

over traditional shellfish raft culture

methods - for each SEAfarm facility:

> $76,000/year (2011)

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Operational Innovation

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System

Benefits

• Product diversification

• Improved environmental

performance

• Reduced operating risk

with multiple species

• Reduced CoP with shared

labour pool, SEA- Power

and SEA-Hatchery

• Organic approach –

meets growing market

demand

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Market

Potential

• Increasing seafood demand

globally (>2.5% annually)

and growing per capita

consumption in North America

• Growing Eco-ethical consumer

base looking for fresh,

sustainable, wholesome food

choices – and willing to pay

(organic niche)

• Prices of high-valued species

projected to continually

increase (>20% by 2020)

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A sneak preview …

the 2012 SEAfood System Deluxe

Questions ?

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… the next step in

SEAfood production