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Polish seafood and aquaculture

Market opportunities for cooperation

Aleksandra Buczkowska

IN Warszawa

Mob. +48 601083279

E-mail: aleksandra.buczkowska@innovationnorway.no

Agenda:

•Poland – brief introduction

•Fish market development

•Aquaculture development in Poland

•Important strategic goals in the new EU financial perspective

2015-2020

•Sources of funding: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund,

EEA Grants

• Proposals for joint activities in 2017 www.innovasjonnorge.no

Poland - one of the fastest growing economies in EU

• Population 38,6 million

• One of the most attractive locations for FDI

• 20% GDP growth last 6 years

• Growing middle class purchasing power

and growth of private consumption

• Poland remains the biggest recipient of EU

Structural Funds

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• Dom est ic consum pt ion — ca. 4 8 0 0 0 0 tons a year ( live w eight equivalent )

• Processing indust ry in Poland – dem and for im ported raw m ater ia l approx. 8 0 0 0 0 0 tons

• Good im age of farm ed and freshw ater fish am ong Polish consum ers

• Significant grow th in sales of fresh fish

• Posit ion on the EU m arket

• No barr iers in t rade

The largest market for Norwegian Seafood in 2016

Export: 9,7 billion NOK, 210,7 thousand tons

Approx. 30 % consumed on domestic market

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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Total allocations for Poland, amounting to 734 million EUR until 2020.

One of the priority areas: support for sustainable, innovative and competitive aquaculture. Establishment of new aquaculture businesses and development of existing fish farming ( 269 million EUR )

InnoAquaTech project - Cross-border development and transfer of innovative and sustainable aquaculture technologies in the South Baltic area

The European Commisson’s Blue Growth agenda for the Baltic Sea Region identifies aquaculture as one of the most promising sectors of the region’s maritime economy in terms of growth and job potential. Special emphasis will be given to recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and innovative combinations of RAS systems with e.g. plant production (aquaponic systems) and/or renewable energy production.

Polish Aquaculture

Tradit ional - extensive

Tradit ional - intensive

I ntensive RAS

- 6 0 - 7 0 0 0 0 ha. - about 2 0 0 0 enterpr. - ca. 2 0 0 professional fish farm s

- 2 0 0 t rout farm s - 5 0 hatcheries - few sturgeon farm s

- m odern t rout farm s - afr ican cat fish farm s - t ilapia farm - salm on farm

The most important species :

Carp 17000 – 20000 tons

Trout 17000 -18000 tons

Other Cyprinids approx. 2000 tons

Sturgeon 2000 tons

African catfish 600 tons

Salmon 1000 tons

Tilapia 300 – 1000 tons

Total approx. 45 000 tons

Polish Aquaculture

Market

perspectives

Resources

Knowledge

and

technology

Growth potential

Strategy developped by the sector and adopted by Polish

administration National Aquaculture Strategy (OP 2014-2020)

New strategic am bit ion to increase the product ion by 5 0 % in 2 0 2 3

Strengths, opportunities

Sector with growing market potential

Qualified enthusiastic people

Active sector organizations

Openness to implementation of new technology and

innovation

EU funds for investments

Stable functioning conditions

Water Law

Disease risk

Administrative investment barriers

Access to capital

Low access to new qualified staff

Weaknesses

Barriers

Demand for innovation

Aquaculture investments

Consulting and services for sustainable development of aquaculture:

• Designing of freshwater RAS

• Support for the certification (ASC, GlobalGAP)

• Management and monitoring in fish farms

• Staff training (senior and middle management)

• Study tours to modern centers of aquaculture systems (RAS)

Innovativ projects

Jurassic Salmon: Photos (by Fish Industry Magazine)

First Polish Atlantic salmon farm

Investment co-financed by EU, with a value of

13 million Euro, realized by the Polish

company “Jurassic Salmon Ltd.”

Production target: 1000 tons of Atlantic

salmon. The use of innovative technology with

saline geothermal waters for rearing and

farming of salmon.

Fish health and welfare :

• Transfer of know-how in the field of specific and nonspecific immunoprophylaxis

• Prebiotics and probiotics in fish feeds

• Improvements in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases of

Salmonids : bacterial, viral, fungal (K.H.V Viral Infection, V.H.S. Virus) • Technology and pharmaceutics for fish stress reducing (welfare) • Slaughter techniques - mechanical, electrical

• Research on quality of fish raw material

Genetics and biotechnology :

• Roe / stocking material of selected lines of salmonids (rainbow trout, brown trout, alpine trout), whitefish, pike-perch

• Fish lines resistant to diseases of salmonid fish (VHS, ISA)

• Techniques of triploidization • EM (effective microorganisms) in water purifying

• EM in increasing digestibility of fish feed and in immunostimulation

• Reproductive biotechnology (AI, crioconservation )

Other sources of funding ?

• EEA GRANTS Total allocation for Poland € 809.3 M Priority sectors and programme areas 2014-2021: Innovation, Research, Education and

Competitiveness. The added value of the funding under this priority: strategic piloting

and testing of innovative approaches, international cooperation and the exchange of

knowledge and experiences.

Programme areas:

1. Business Development, Innovation and SMEs

2. Research

3. Education, Scholarships, Youth Entrepreneurship

• Commercial Banks DNB

• EksportKreditt

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2017 relevant events for joint activities:

• 4th Congress of Polish Fish and Aquaculture Industry in Sopot, 30-31 March

(Planning and dialog with partners)

• POLFISH 14. International Fair of Seafood Processing and Aquaculture Products

Gdansk, 7-9 June

(Opportunities: Norwegian – Polish Aquaculture Forum. New technologies for

sustainable aquaculture. Seminar and joint stand on the fairs. Company visits to the

Polish aquaculture “Jurassic Salmon” Ltd.)

• AqvaNor in Trondheim, 15-18 August

(Follow up, Polish – Norwegian company meetings in Trondheim)

• Polish Trout Breeders Association Annual Conferences and Technological Aquaculture

Fairs, October 2017 (Commercial meetings - workshop)

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