Development of Fish Waste from Fishery Industry to Create a Fertilizer for Northern Berry Agriculture

在加拿大，加拿大环境部已采取措施，鼓励公司为所有废物找到可持续的处置方法，如填埋、回收和堆肥。北方社区，如哈林顿港，由于开发费用高昂，无法实际使用这些管理系统。出口材料的成本也使偏远社区的回收和堆肥具有挑战性。沿着社区还包括渔业产生的海洋废物。北巴斯海洋水果合作社（CCFMBCN）每年产生200吨以上的废物，该公司主要从事螃蟹生产，但也有大量的底鱼部门。由于没有其他可行的系统，根据加拿大环境部制定的监管标准，允许将加工副产品产生的废物倾倒在海上。虽然所有这些材料都是有机的，对海洋生态系统的威胁很小，但废物本身在营养和有机材料方面具有很大的价值，可以为各种行业带来好处，特别是农业。该公司位于哈林顿港，作为一个团结合作社经营，在旺季雇用约50人。该公司希望通过开发基于螃蟹残渣的新肥料配方来实现业务多元化和扩张，以更好地满足北方魁北克农业生产者不断增长的需求。在这方面，CCFMBCN希望北方森林实验和发展中心（CEDFOB）协助开发基于目前产生的废物的新肥料配方。

In Canada, Environment Canada has implemented measures to encourage companies to find sustainable disposal methods for all waste, such as landfills, recycling, and compost. Northern Communities such as Harrington Harbour to not have practical access to these management systems, due to the costly nature of development. The cost of exporting materials also makes recycling and composting challenging in remote communities. Along coastal communities marine waste from the fishing industry is also incorporated. Upwards of 200 tons of waste is produced annually at The Cooperative Communautaire de Fruits de Mer de la Basse Côte-Nord (CCFMBCN), a company that is primarily focused in crab but also has a large ground fish sector. This waste created from the processing by-product is permitted to be dumped offshore according to regulation standard set by Environment Canada, due to no other practical system being available. While all this material is organic and poses minimal threat to the ocean ecosystem, the waste itself holds a lot of value in nutrients and organic materials that could be beneficial for a variety of industries, particularly the agricultural industry. The company is located in Harrington Harbour and operates as a Solidarity Cooperative and employees approximately 50 people during its peak season. The company wishes to diversify its activities and expand, by developing new fertilizer formulations based on crab residues, to better meet the growing demand of agricultural producers in Northern Quebec. In this context, CCFMBCN, wishes that the Center for Experimentation and Development in the Boreal Forest (CEDFOB), assist in the development new fertilizer formulations based the waste they are currently producing.