For the first time, a large delegation from Poland are meeting in Trondheim for this year’s Aqua Nor.
Among the 25 delegates are experts from the Ministry of Agriculture, administrative bodies for financial support, fish breeders, and private investors.
The main objective of the Polish visit to AquaNor is to learn about innovation, to get acquainted with the latest technologies, processes and services related to fish farming and to find partners for cooperation.
The following areas are of the greatest interest for Poland:
- Genetics and biotechnology
- Comprehensive installation for fish farming in closed water systems RAS
- Water treatment and reduction of environmental impact
- Fish health and fish welfare
Poland is one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. Despite external headwinds, Poland’s real GDP growth was a strong 3.4% in 2014 and is expected to increase by 3.5% in 2015.
Poland has also developed large scale fish processing and has been the largest export market for Norwegian Seafood. Seafood exports to Poland increased by 10% in 2014. Recently Poland has also started developing intensive land-based aquaculture and several investors have launched new businesses in the field of controlled breeding of marine or freshwater fish in indoor RAS technology (trout, sturgeon, salmon, tilapia, and barramundi).
The newly established European Fisheries Fund (EFF) for projects in Poland allocated an amount of €734m in the period until 2020. This fund launches new financial instruments for projects within aquaculture.
