Sustainable resource management under climate pressure: Blue-green pathways for water quality, food production, and climate adaptation
Research Theme Summary
This research theme aims to make seafood production more sustainable and resilient in a changing climate. We combine expertise in marine geology, fish nutrition, bio-based materials engineering, and fish health to develop circular “blue‑green” solutions for fjords and coastal areas in Chile and Sweden—reducing pollution from fish farms, turning aquaculture waste into valuable products, improving fish immunity and welfare along with considering environmental variables as context.
The research theme links Sweden’s advanced environmental monitoring and circular bio-based technologies with Chile’s major salmon industry and vulnerable fjords, generating science-based tools to reduce pollution, enhance fish health, and protect biodiversity while supporting coastal communities’ jobs, food security, and climate resilience in both countries.
PIs
Jurij Wacyk, Universidad de Chile
Helena Filipsson, Lund University
Participants
Antonio Capezza, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Felipe Reyes-Lopez, Universidad de Santiago
Lina Trincado, Universidad de Chile
Outcomes
Our workshop identified a concrete three‑step pathway from pilot projects to larger international collaboration. We first designed “Coastal Culturing in a Changing Climate” as a platform for two MSc‑level, publication‑oriented projects: bio‑based filtration for oil spills and bio‑active compound extraction targeting biomass from salmon farming. Building on these proof‑of‑concept studies, participants agreed to pursue local seed funding (private foundations, ANID FONDEF, Erasmus ICM) to consolidate Chile–Sweden exchanges and co‑supervision. Finally, we are going to outline an ACCESS 2027 agenda aiming at larger international funds, using results from the MSc projects and local grants as preliminary evidence for scalable blue‑green innovations in coastal aquaculture.