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2. NAFF-II Nanaimo 2012
The Sustainable Ecological
Aquaculture (SEAfood) System
Stephen F. Cross, Ph.D.
SEA Vision Group Inc.
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3. 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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4. Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture ?
Social SEA … an approach that
achieves the goal of
Sustainability by using the
principles of Ecology in its
Environmental design and operation.
Economic
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5. Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture ?
Integrated
Energy
Social Alternatives
Reduced Carbon Best
Best
Foot-Print Organic
Organic
Ecological
Practices
Practices
Integrated
Integrated No chemicals,
Design and
antibiotics, etc.
Environmental Operation Multi-Trophic
Multi-Trophic
Aquaculture
Aquaculture
Model
Model
Reduced Nutrient
(Waste) Load
Economic
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6. Our first SEAfarm
British Columbia
CANADA Located along the northern shore
of Surprise Island in Kyuquot
Farm Site 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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7. Our Multi-Species License
• Sablefish Fed Component
• Blue/Gallo Mussels
• Pacific Oyster Organic Extractive
• Japanese Scallop Component (filtration)
• Cockles
• Green/Red Urchins Organic Extractive
• Sea Cucumber Component (deposit)
• Kelp/Seaweed Inorganic Extractive
Component
High valued commercial species WITH
complementary ecological roles
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8. System Design
- Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture
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9. Infrastructure Innovation
- infrastructure life cycle
- component compatibility
- handling efficiencies
- increased productivity
- reduced COP
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10. $2.00 $2.00
$1.80 $1.80
Fuel Cost per Dozen Shellfish
Diesel Fuel Price/Litre (CDN)
$1.60 $1.60
Operational Innovation $1.40
$1.20
$1.40
$1.20
$1.00 $1.00
$0.80 $0.80
$0.60 $0.60
$0.40 $0.40
Solar/Wind $0.20
$0.00
$0.20
$0.00
Jan-93 Oct-95 Jul-98 Apr-01 Jan-04 Oct-06 Jul-09 Apr-12
Estimated operational fuel savings
over traditional shellfish raft culture
methods - for each SEAfarm facility:
> $76,000/year (2011)
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11. SEAVISION

12. 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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13. 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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14. A sneak preview …
the 2012 SEAfood System Deluxe
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15. … the next step in
SEAfood production
Questions ?
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