Dayton water conf 2011

AQUACULTURE - An Emerging Market for Water Treatment

The Fastest Growing Food Business in the World is Aquaculture.

Phillip L. Hayden, Ph.D., P.E.

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The Wild Fish in the Oceans are becoming Endangered Species:• Factory Ships are

harvesting fish to extinction;

• pH of the Oceans is decreasing;

• Dead zones due to Nutrification (N);

• Oil Spills;• Toxic Organics, Hg; and• Plastics.

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• Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing forms of food production in the world.

• Many worldwide fisheries have peaked and aquaculture is widely recognized as critical to increasing global seafood supplies.

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• Aquaculture produces almost half of the fish consumed by humans globally and that trend continues to increase.

• Global wild fish harvest is between 90 and 95 million tons per year.

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• Global aquaculture production is nearly 60 million tons, valued at $70 billion.

• U.S. freshwater and marine aquaculture combine to provide about 5% of the seafood consumed in the Unites States. Marine aquaculture represents only 20% of domestic aquaculture.

• The majority of U.S. commercial marine aquaculture is shellfish – oysters, clams, and mussels.

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• Global wild fish harvest is between 90 and 95 million tons per year.

• Global aquaculture production is nearly 60 million tons, valued at $70 billion.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia—The world's biggest source of tin and thermal coal now wants to dominate the global market for another vital commodity: fish.

Exporters plan to double the country's haul of tilapia, catfish, lobster and other seafood. WSJ 4/18/2011

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China, with one-fifth of the world's population, accounts for two-thirds of the worlds reported aquaculture production.

China's 2005 reported harvest was 32.4 million tonnes, more than 10 times that of the second-ranked nation, India, which reported 2.8 million tonnes.[2]

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The impacts of irresponsible expansion of shrimp aquaculture activities over the past 25 years have been many and varied:

• Coastal Habitat Degradation• Depletion of Wild Fish stocks• Misuse of chemicals and

antibiotics, and coastal pollution

• Spread of Diseases• Introduction of Exotic Species• Social impacts and Human

Rights Abuses Slide 10


Going Forward! What are the Drivers in the U.S.?

Farm ponds will no longer be able to

compete.

A new breed of technologists will be required to engineer,

build and operate advanced processing

(manufacturing) facilities.


Quality Must Improve!

• No Antibotics;• No Infectious Bacteria,

Viruses, Fungi or Parasites;• No Toxic Chemicals – Hg,

PCB’s, Cd, Pb, Pesticides, etc.;

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Highly Automated and Monitored!

• Environmental Conditions –Temperature, DO, pH, TDS, N, TOC/COD/BOD;

• Standby Power; and• Monitor Growth.

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• Fish Production Systems will cover acres, not feet;

• Multi species of fish will be raised;• Processing Facilities will be close

or on-site; and• A multi-disciplinary staff will be

required.

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• Recirculated System;• Remove BOD – Oxygen

Consuming Wastes;• Remove Suspended

Solids;• Remove Excess N & P; • Aeration – Maintain DO;

and• Ozone for Disinfection.

Water Quality Treatment

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BOD Removal• 10 lbs BOD5 generated per

30 lbs Fish;• Excess Food;• Remove BOD with:

• BioFilters;• Activated Sludge; or• Submerged Aquatic

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Submerged Aerobic BioFilter:• SAF utilizes attached bacteria to

high, surface-area media bed. • Air is introduced from below.

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Activated Sludge Process utilizes Suspended Bacteria to remove BOD.

Our plant in Bucharest

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• Submerged Aquatic Filter –Michrow, Poland

• 50 m x 100 m • 1 m deep• Discharged to

National Forest

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• Gravity Sand Filter will remove Suspended Solids and act as a BioFilter

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N & P Removed through Aquaponics

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Ozone is a highly Reactive and Oxidative Gas

• Disinfectant;• Oxidize

Organics; and• Remove Odors.

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How did I get interested in Aquaculture?

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We invested in Enviroflight, a start-up company which is developing bioconversion

technology to produce waste materials into valuable products.

Our Founding Mission - Enviroflight

• Develop a natural, animal based protein source to support the aquaculture industry.

• Produce locally sustainable proteins, natural oils, and fertilizers in a clean, odor free, and responsible way.

• Generate shareholder wealth and reduce the environmental and financial costs of our food chain.

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How Do We Do it?Insect based Bioconversion

• EnviroFlight raises and process the larvae of the Black Soldier Fly (HermetiaIllucens) on an industrial scale

• Distribution– Western Hemisphere– South East Asia– Australia.

• Damage– Do not bite– Not known to transmit any diseases.

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Market OpportunityReplace Marine Sourced Materials in Aquaculture Feeds

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The U.S. generates nearly 40 million tons of Dried

Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) annually

Aquaculture is constrained by the availability of cost-

effective feeds. Prices of fish meal and oil have grown by 400% over

the last 20 years.

EnviroFlight bioconversion technology creates a cost –effective, locally produced alternative to wild caught

aquaculture feeds

International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Association estimates that each ton of fishmeal travels an average of 5,000 kilometers to reach its end-user in the

aquaculture industry.

The EnviroFlight PromiseQuality Ingredients / Quality, Socially Responsible Products

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Fertilizer orFeed Supplement

Protein Meal Oils

EnviroFlight starts with safe, sanitary, and FDA and AAFCO approved feed ingredients in the development of its products.

Research Manufacturing Plant

• Bioconversion System– System Automation

(temperature, humidity)– Remote Monitoring– 500 ton/year DDGS

conversion capacity• 62 ton/year protein meal • 38 ton/year oil• 390 ton/year fertilizer

• Insect Rearing Facility– Greenhouse– Managed, predictable

breeding– Incubation Techniques

• Material Handling– Feed Mixtures– Oil extraction– Meal processing– Fertilizer Packaging

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After Studying Commercialization of Algae and Black Soldier Flies, the best approach to the market is BOOT (Build, Own, Operate & Transfer) using a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Scientific Team.

• ME, ChE, EE• Envir E• Fish Biologists• Fish Feed Spec• Fish Disease• QC Techs• BioSecurity

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C12 OilsCastings (N&P)

Live Fish

FreshVeggies

• BioFilter

• Gravity Filter• Ozone

Ethanol, Breweries, DistilleriesFood Wastes, Animal Wastes

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Sweet Water’s sustainable aquaculture system is based on Will Allen’s (MacArthur Genius Award Winner and Founder of Growing Power) three-tiered, bio-intensive, simulated wetland. In the re-circulating systems, the fish waste acts as natural fertilizer for plant growth and the plants act as a water filter. Our current vegetation includes various lettuce and basil, watercress, tomatoes, peppers, chard, and spinach. Our fish are tilapia and perch.

Milwaukee

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The mission of the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (OCARD) is to increase the productivity, innovation and profitability of Ohio and US aquaculture operations, while respecting sustainability and good stewardship, by implement of innovative research, outreach, extension and education programs in aquaculture.

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