IFFO event - open Passed
Tuesday March 3, 2026 17:45 - 19:00 CET Conference Area B
Lecturers: Pål Einar Skogrand (Chief Policy Officer), Veronique Jamin (Communications director ), Antony Jesu Prabhu Philip (Senior Reseaecher)Moderator: Petter Martin Johannessen (CEO)
Several lively debates are shaping the conversation around farmed fish health. They cut across ethics, genetics, sustainability, and the broader future of aquaculture:
- Disease resistance: Sea lice, skin wounds, dehydration are among threats posed to farmed fish, farmed salmon more specifically. Reducing these could dramatically reduce chemical treatments and fish mortality.
- Fish welfare: Farmed fish are often thought as facing high-density conditions that can increase stress, disease, and parasite loads.
- Fish health and human livelihoods: Does healthy farmed fish benefit everyone?
Those debates affect the reputation of aquaculture. Marine ingredients have a vital contribution to the growth and health of farmed fish, providing essential nutrients, minerals and vitamins, which improve the fish’s health and welfare. Innovation is happening at a technical level, with hidden value being explored. But it is also happening at a social and governance level, with new alliances being formed to protect local livelihoods and regulations being enhanced to protect the biomass. Presenting companies: Moderator: IFFO, Petter Martin Johannessen
Presenting companies:
Moderator: IFFO, Petter Martin Johannessen
Panel Debate:
1. Nofima, Antony J Prabhu Philip
Marine osmolytes and fish health: from physiology to feed strategy
2. Aker QRILL Company, Pål Skogrand
Krill at the core; unlocking value in sustainable fisheries
3. IFFO, Véronique Jamin
Innovative governance models in the marine ingredients sector
Speakers
Pål Einar Skogrand SpeakerPresenting company
Chief Policy Officer
Aker QRILL Company
Pål Skogrand is Chief Policy Officer at Aker QRILL Company, the world’s largest krill harvesting company. In his role he is responsible for the company’s license to operate in Antarctica and is the focal point the company’s relations with regulatory bodies, scientists and NGOs on issues related to Antarctic conservation and krill management under Commission for Conservation on Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR). He also holds the position as President in the Association of Responsible Krill Harvesting Companies (ARK).
Prior to his role at Aker he was at the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries where he was involved in international negotiations, communications, speech writing and advisory to the political leadership.
Pål holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and languages from University of Oslo.
Veronique Jamin Speaker
Communications director
IFFO
At IFFO, Véronique leads the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients and oversees stakeholder engagement. She is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and holds a bilingual French-German Master’s degree in Political Science.
Antony Jesu Prabhu Philip SpeakerPresenting company
Senior Reseaecher
Nofirma
Dr. Antony is a senior researcher at the Department of Nutrition and Feed Technology in the Aquaculture Division of Nofima, Norway. His expertise is in aquaculture nutrition, physiology and health. He specialises in research focusing on devising nutritional solutions and strategies to improve performance, resilience and health of key aquaculture species. He is a globally renowned expert in vitamin and mineral nutrition of fish, and is presently focusing on developing specialty feeds for ever challenging environmental conditions in aquaculture operations. He has 80+ scientific peer reviewed publications and is the editor-in-chief of the international journal Aquaculture Nutrition.
Petter Martin Johannessen Moderator
CEO
IFFO