Marine by-products
upgrading: the French
biorefinery strategy
J.P. Bergé,
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The French context
Resource
• fresh
347.000 tons
• frozen
220.000 tons
• shellfish
192.000 tons
• aquaculture
50.000 tons
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The French context
FranceAgriMer 2010
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The French context
FranceAgriMer 2010
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The French context
Resource
2250.000 tons
4400.000 k€
• fresh
347.000 tons
• frozen
220.000 tons
• shellfish
192.000 tons
• aquaculture
• importations
50.000 tons
1118.000 tons
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The French context
Resource
60.000 employments
Wholesale fish merchant, transport, transformation,
distribution
Product
• fresh
333.000 tons
• other
1917.000 tons
• canned
28%
• frozen
23%
• smoked
18%
• grocery
31%
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The French context
Resource
Wastes
• In land
Product
215.000 tons
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The French context
Resource
Wastes
• In land
Product
215.000 tons
• Head
19%
• Skin
2%
• Trimmings
17%
• Backbones
15%
• viscera + liver
15%
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The French context
Derived products
Proportion
Meal / Oil
53%
Hydrolysates
21%
Petfood
OFIMER 200422%
Needs to be revised
Aromas
1%
Others
3%
(collagen, gelatin)
Total
100%
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The French context
Derived products
Proportion
Meal / Oil
53%
Hydrolysates
21%
Petfood
22%
Aromas
1%
Others
3%
96%
(collagen, gelatin)
Total
100%
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Evolutions
Resource
Wastes
• In land
Product
215.000 tons
• by-catch
60.000 tons
• on board
12.800 tons
Landed biomass may increase…
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the French network SEAPRO
Resource
Wastes
Product
14 « academic » partners
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the French network SEAPRO
Resource
Wastes
Products
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Application fields
Pharma
Nutraceutic
SELECTIVE
SORTING
Unitary profit
Functional food
Healthy food
Nutrition
Feed
Energy
Agriculture
Market
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100%
of the
biomass must
be used
Rational use and “new” process
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• Biochemistry
Ressource
Scientific and Technical help
• Sensory analysis
• Microbiology
• Normalization
• Molecular biology
• Regulation
• Biological activity
• Documentation
Wastes
Platform of analysis
Organization
Products
• Membranes
•Fermentation
• Reactive extrusion
• Enzymatic hydrolysis
Platform of Biorefinery
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Level of action: on board
Problematic
1. Lack of space
2. Sanitary aspects
3. High constraint for fishermen
Solution
1. Volumetric reduction
2. Storage in cold chamber
3. Product of direct interest for fishermen
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BE-FAIR project (Life, EU)
Cutting machine
Control panel
Press
Hydraulic
system
Conveyor
Membranes
Cake reception
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Level of action: in land
Problematic
1. Who are the actors ?
2. Which flux ?
3. What quality ?
4. How to take a decision ?
Principle
1. Database analysis + Surveys
2. Cartography of the flux
3. Analysis of biochemical variations (zone, season, nature…)
4. Development of decisional tools
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Gestion Durable project (PSDR-GO, France)
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Gestion Durable project (PSDR-GO, France)
Average cost by category of upgrading
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Level of action: in upgrading factories
Problematic
1. Improvement at economic and environmental levels
2. New applications (new markets)
3. Up scaling (lab pilot industrial)
Principle
1. Process simulation + LCA of the products
2. Improvement of existing process or development of new ones
2. Research of new application fields
3. Claims validation
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Some realizations
Global interest
1. Federate the Atlantic actors and contribute to a
better use and a diversification of activities
2. Cartography of the marine biomass flux in the west
3. Waste management on board
Particular interest
1. Research and validation of claims for industrial products
of nutraceutical interest
2. Aromatic upgrading of cooking juices
3. Oil refinery
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to consider waste as a resource solves the problem of waste and saves the resource
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