Sustainable seafood production provide food security in a changing world

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Research Theme Summary

The purpose of this workshop was the sustainable sea food production in a changing world. Key points were aquaculture production, technological innovations, circular economy, impacts of international markets and social impact in communal aquaculture initiatives. In the workshop, the Chilean and Sweden status of Aquaculture was revisited, exchanging information on several research topics in fish, shellfish, echinoderms, and algae, from physiological, molecular, social, and economical point of view. The objectives were to intensify bilateral work, continue existing collaborations, generate new partnerships, coordinate student and young researcher exchanges, develop joint research proposals, collaborative manuscripts and offer cross-national courses.

Sweden is an emerging aquaculture nation, with strong environmental regulations, sustainability practices and communal initiatives. Chile is one of the main aquaculture producers, with environmental and legislative challenges. However, common challenges on environmental changes, global markets and food security, made relevant to continuing research collaborations for the aquaculture industry in both countries.

PIs

 

Phillip James Dettleff Saundes, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Kristina Snuttan Sundell, University of Gothenburg

 

Participants

 

Juan Antonio Valdés Muñoz, Universidad Andrés Bello

Francisco Javier Morera Galleguillos, Universidad Católica

Sebastian Escobar, Universidad Católica

 
 

Verónica Barra Valdebenito, Universidad Católica

Javiera Solange Pérez Valenzuela, Universidad de Chile

Leonardo Esteban Salazar Vergara, Universidad de Concepción

 
 

Henrik Pavia, University of Gothenburg

Marica Andersson, University of Gothenburg

Nicklas Wallbom, University of Gothenburg

 
 

Henrik Sundh, University of Gothenburg

Per Knutsson, University of Gothenburg

Lisa Jönsson Bergman, University of Gothenburg

 
 

Fredrik Gröndahl, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Henrik Österblom, Stockholm University

 

Outcomes

The workshop strengthened existing collaborations between research groups and enabled the establishment of new partnerships. It facilitated the identification of shared research priorities between Swedish and Chilean teams, including sustainable production systems, resource efficiency, and societal impact, while broadening the scope toward international and community-oriented perspectives.

Concrete outcomes include the launch of joint training activities for early-career researchers, the initiation of collaborative research projects and internships, the planning of bilateral research exchanges, and the formation of working groups for joint scientific publications. In addition, the workshop advanced discussions on future joint funding applications and institutional collaboration.