Mike Velings: The case for fish farming
Mike Velings: Verden trenger fiskeoppdrett
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people on the planet --
det høyeste folkeslaget på jorda --
people have been gaining height.
over hele verden.
10 centimeters taller.
of theories about why this is,
om grunnen til dette,
og kjøtt.
has more than quadrupled,
with milk and eggs.
har skjedd med melk og egg.
so has protein consumption.
øker proteinforbruk.
we are getting richer.
so is our global population,
vokser verdensbefolkningen, fra
to 9.7 billion by 2050,
til 9,7 milliarder i 2050,
70 percent more protein
puts that population number,
befolkning vil være
to need a lot more protein.
Global Sustainability Institute suggested
Institute nylig har ment at,
our global policies
in the next 30 years.
i de kommende 30 årene.
as the main source of animal protein.
til animalsk protein.
depend on it every single day.
mennesker.
are two-and-a-half times larger
can sustainably support,
og det betyr
far more fish from the ocean
showing that just in the last 40 years,
viser at bare i de siste 40 år
has been slashed in half.
that of our largest predatory species,
mer enn 90 prosent av store rovfisker,
since the 1950s.
fishing initiatives across the planet
fiskerinæringen over hele verden
and better-managed fisheries.
og rutiner for fiskeriene.
towards keeping current catch constant.
much more from the ocean
our oceans the way we have.
for more produce,
a growing global population.
ernære den voksende verdensbefolkningen.
in just 35 short years
sharing the same resources?
våre felles ressurser?
to mandate globally.
enten vi liker det eller ikke.
whether we like it or not.
recently reported
from malnutrition and food shortage,
growing, global population
like water, energy and land.
til å forestille seg
riots and further malnutrition.
on natural resources.
på naturlige ressurser.
food production systems.
vi produserer mat på.
shellfish and crustaceans.
og planter som tang og tare.
Jacques Cousteau once said,
Jacques Cousteau sa:
as farmers instead of hunters.
farming instead of hunting."
bruk istedenfor jakt."
vi jakter på.
hearing phrases like,
dumme floskler som:
virtually nothing about?
vi ikke vet noen ting om.
during its lifetime,
pollution it encounters.
of Fukushima yesterday.
Fukushima i går.
never goes beyond the hunter
går lengre tilbake enn til jegeren
is the best food choice.
er det beste matvalget.
any other type of meat.
alle andre typer kjøtt.
is pretty monotonous.
er svært monoton.
pretty much sums it up.
kylling, det er det hele.
being farmed currently.
i oppdrett allerede i dag.
reflect that on their shelves,
gjenspeiler det ikke,
in a very healthy manner
foregå på en sunn måte
and good for the fish.
og bra for fisken.
Amy Novograntz, and I got involved
Amy Novograntz, og jeg
in the Galapagos.
på Mission Blue i Galapagos.
and concerned citizen,
og en bekymret verdensborger,
endret livet vårt.
about ocean conservation --
for å bevare oseanene --
lead us to fish farming.
havne opp i fiskeoppdrett.
we got off the boat,
da vi gikk i land,
at Conservation International,
hos Conservation International,
was talking about aquaculture,
snakket om akvakultur
to stop turning from it,
om å ikke lenger snu ryggen til den,
and populations need.
og mennesker trenger.
about this industry already
om denne næringen.
to help get it right.
til å få endret ting.
consumed globally,
of the total amount of beef
som mengden biffkjøtt
of wild-caught seafood
than what we catch from the wild.
enn det som fanges i naturen.
85 million tons to meet demand,
for å dekke behovet.
as much, almost,
out of our oceans.
going to come from the ocean.
vil aldri klare å gi oss så mye.
to grow and stay alive,
må spise for å vokse og overleve,
eight to nine pounds of feed
inhabitant on this planet.
alle beboerne på planeten.
rain forests for it.
mer regnskog for å få det.
has a very limited supply.
en meget begrenset mengde av det.
that with fish farming.
med fiskeoppdrett.
with just one pound of feed,
deg en kilo fisk,
first of all, float.
resisting gravity like we do.
og trosse tyngdekraften slik som vi.
men drikker lite av det.
animal protein available to humankind,
type animalsk protein vi har,
65 million tons that's annually caught
tonn med fisk som fanges årlig
caught for animal feed,
bare til dyrefôr,
for the aquaculture industry
til oppdrettsnæringen
globally, are badly managed.
styres på dårlig vis.
of our time are connected to it.
er knyttet til dette.
imaginable are connected to it.
slaveri finnes her.
of the world's aquaculture industry
hvis bare halvparten av
have far more problems --
mange flere problemer -
there's acidification,
of our fisheries,
våre fiskerier har,
interconnected everything is.
these choices come from,
som fører til disse valgene,
at the bottom of the ocean?
en kylling på havbunnen?
available to humankind.
har til rådighet.
transfered to wild populations,
smittet villaks-stammer,
with wild populations,
blandet seg med villaks
food that was on our plate,
vi hadde på tallerkenen,
system that we can trust,
som vi kan stole på,
technologies and knowledge
without any of these issues.
uten noen av disse problemene.
before the green revolution --
and the blue revolution.
that's perfectly natural,
seaweeds and micro-algae.
for high-grade fish meal --
for fiskemel -
it actually is to use it as fish feed.
to cut down rain forests for it.
net water producers.
er netto vannprodusenter.
species than ever before
creating happy fish.
more efficiently than insect farming,
healthy, happy, delicious fish
sunn, glad, deilig fisk
with a minimal footprint.
med minimalt fotavtrykk.
up to 10 species next to each other --
arter dyrkes ved siden av
off the effluent of fish, for example.
vokse på fiskenes utslipp.
popping up all over the globe.
nye, flotte teknologier.
and chemicals anymore,
uten antibiotika og kjemikalier,
when the fish are hungry,
som vet når fiskene er sultne,
and create less pollution.
og minske forurensing.
data across farms,
fra ulike oppdrettere,
happening all over the globe.
over hele verden.
all of these things are possible
alle disse tingene er mulige
to what a farmer spends today.
med det en bonde investerer idag.
for anyone to not do the right thing.
mer for ikke å gjøre ting på riktig vis.
a big kick in the butt.
stort spark fremover.
the last couple of years,
de siste årene,
to be working on together --
for å jobbe sammen --
across the value chain,
på alt i verdikjeden,
across the globe,
over hele kloden,
a collective vision.
en felles visjon.
change in this industry
en forandring i denne næringen
a sustainable direction.
bærekraftig retning.
as far-fetched as you might think.
fullt så vilt som du kunne tro.
it needs to be one
bør det ha hatt
in San Francisco or Northern Europe --
i San Francisco eller Nord-Europa --
and healthy that they can trust
og sunt, noe de kan stole på
that they know nothing about.
og som man ikke vet noe om.
farmed fish on their plate
oppdrettsfisk på sin tallerken
and that's farmed healthy --
comes from and how it was produced
og måten den er blitt til på
on the aquaculture industry
på oppdrettere, slik at
about what you eat
om hva du spiser
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mike Velings - Entrepreneur and conservationistMike Velings understands the potential for business to create durable solutions to complex world problems.
Why you should listen
Mike Velings is the co-founder and the driving force behind Aqua-Spark, a global investment fund for sustainable aquaculture, combining a healthy financial profit with environmental and social impact. A lifelong entrepreneur, Mike has spent decades jumpstarting a range of successful businesses. Among other ventures, he co-founded Connexie, which has helped catalyze a professional employment industry across the Netherlands.
Mike naturally combines his business background with environmental and social engagement. He understands the potential for business to create durable solutions to complex world problems. With this in mind, Mike founded Aqua-Spark, an investment company that assists entrepreneurs across the globe in realizing their visions of a startup with a world-changing element. Through Aqua-Spark he has invested in a broad range of ventures over the years — both in the developed and developing world.
Mike serves on several boards and is a member of the Conservation International’s Leadership Council as well as an Honorary Global Marine Fellow.
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