WELCOME TO THE BRANDAL CONFERENCE 2012
A Sunnmøre ideas conference for the sealing industry
Ishavsmuseet Aarvak October 25th and 26th
The large populations of seals are an underutilized resource; of the quota of 25,000 adult animals, only 4 percent of the quota was caught this year.
The Brandal Conference will primarily focus on the potential for innovative thinking within the field of capture, product development and further processing based on seals as raw materials. At the same time, the increase in the seal population is a threat to other industries such as fisheries and aquaculture. The conference will therefore look at both opportunities and challenges related to sustainable and international management of seal populations.
The Arctic ships have been an important part of the maritime cluster in Sunnmøre, where up to 50 ships were equipped, all of which were native to our region. We have had reception facilities on land for many years, and we still have facilities for skin and oil production. The Brandal conference will therefore aim to and highlight the potential for sustainable taxation of the large populations of harp seals to once again be a small part of this cluster.
The conference is organized at the initiative of Ishavsmuseet Aarvak, the dissemination and documentation center in Brandal, and Polargodt AS in Tjørvåg. Ishavsmuseet in Brandal includes, among other things, the country's largest experience center for sealing. The association Ishavsmuseets Venner has over 600 members with unique interest and expertise in the sealing industry. Polargodt AS has been engaged in product development and production of seal products since 1998. They are best known for the brand Polarolje, and also have several other products within dietary supplements for humans and animals.
To register, contact Ishavsmuseet Aarvak before October 19th.
Tel: 700 92 004 or Email: post@ishavsmuseet.no
Participation fee NOK 950,- including lunch two days and dinner on Thursday. In addition, coffee and coffee snacks will be served.
Welcome to Brandal.
PROGRAM FOR THE BRANDAL CONFERENCE 2012
THURSDAY OCTOBER 25
10.00 Registration
11.00 Welcome speech by Willy Nesset
11.10 Opening of the conference, at the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (FKD)
11.30 The situation in today's sealing industry by Arnfinn Karlsen
12.00 Overview of the sealing industry over the last ten years by Atle Birkeland
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Possible consequences of a total cessation of seal and whaling by Arne Bjørge
14.30 Can seals and whales be defined as a threat to the pelagic sector by Tore Roaldnes
15.00 Break
15.30 Consequences for the current location of fish farms in the event of a possible new seal invasion by the Norwegian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Association
16.30 Break
16.45 Research on fat and protein from seals over the last ten years at Livar Frøyland
– What do the researchers say now?
17.15 Health benefits of consuming seal oil and meat by Arnold Berstad
18.00 Guided tour of the Ishavsmuseet by Harald Knudsen
19.30 Dinner with entertainment
approx. 00.00 Bus to the hotel
FRIDAY OCTOBER 26
09.00 Bus from the hotel to the Ishavsmuseet
09.30 Summary day 1
09.45 What is needed to increase profitability in the sealing industry by Arnfinn Karlsen
– Presentation of finished products
10.30 How does public opinion outside Norway perceive seal and whaling?
11.00 Break
11.20 What kind of support schemes may be relevant for initiatives and project development at Louis Nordstrand?
11.45 Panel debate
13.00 End with lunch
Conferences: Knut Arne Høyvik
