Eva Brod
Forsker
(+47) 902 77 760
eva.brod@nibio.no
Sted
Ås - Bygg O43
Besøksadresse
Oluf Thesens vei 43, 1433 Ås (Varelevering: Elizabeth Stephansens vei 21)
Vedlegg
CV 2026Biografi
Utdanning:
Doktorgrad (Dr. Scient.) i jordfag fra Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet i 2016
Kompetanseområder:
- Fiskeslam som gjødsel
- Plantetilgjengelig fosfor og nitrogen i biobasert gjødsel
- Karakterisering av uorganiske fosforforbindelser
- Jordanalyser (fosfor)
Forfattere
Eva BrodSammendrag
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Sammendrag
Smolt production in freshwater is an essential component of the salmonid aquaculture production chain. But it generates sludge (feed waste and fish feces) that must be managed to meet environmental regulations. While sludge can be reused as a resource, there are limited empirical results about cost structures, market conditions, and energy implications in industrial aquaculture. This study analyzes sludge collection, processing, and utilization based on a single-case study of a Norwegian smolt producer (Sisomar AS). The analysis combines company-level production data, accounting information, and process descriptions. In 2023, the company produced approximately 9.2 million smolt (1184 tons of biomass), generating 140 tons of dried sludge. Sisomar’s value creation from production of bio-based fertilizer from sludge is relatively close to that of comparable mineral fertilizers, but a direct comparison here is difficult because of large variations in the prices of mineral fertilizers. The energy consumption is significantly lower for organic fertilizer from Sisomar compared to standard technology for mineral fertilizer production. Bio-based fertilizers are looked at as an important contribution to dealing with environmental challenges, and this study discusses the characteristics of how market structures have importance for this.
Sammendrag
Fish sludge (faeces and fish residues from farmed fish) is currently not permitted as an ingredient in CE-marked fertilising products under the EU Fertilising Product Regulation No. 2019/2009 (FPR). This report provides the scientific basis for a potential proposal to include fish sludge in the FPR by 1) summarising existing knowledge on contaminant levels and the agronomic efficiency, and 2) identifying knowledge gaps. The legal status of fish sludge under the Animal by-products regulation (EU) No. 1069/2009 (ABP) has to be clarified first but is outside the scope of the report. Most available data on fish sludge originate from land-based Atlantic salmon production in Norway. A major knowledge gap is therefore the lack of data on contaminant levels and the agronomic efficiency of fish sludge from sea-based systems, as well as from other countries and aquaculture species. With respect to contaminant levels in fish sludge from land-based smolt systems in Norway, additional data are required for hexavalent chromium, inorganic arsenic, pharmaceuticals, and certain pesticides. The agronomic efficiency of fish sludge from land-based smolt systems in Norway is relatively well documented.
