KM Seafood Breeding fish in aquacultures Welcome to KM Seafood

The demand for sustainably produced fresh fish products available all year round is growing steadily. At the same time, the fish stock in our waters is declining. This is why Micarna founded KM Seafood. The company in Eastern is con- cerned with the breeding and fattening of fish in aquaculture systems – always with the aim of producing year-round, sustainably sourced fish without leaving behind a large ecological footprint. The pioneering project is in response to the lessening productivity of natural waters and the growing con- sumer demand for healthy and sustain­able fish products.

“ Year-round and sustainably produced fish from the region is our goal.” Rüdiger Buddruss, company director of KM Seafood

It is precisely in the seafood sector where the seasonal availability and the asso- ciated fluctuations in price and quality often provide a nuisance to consumers and for the institutions involved in sales and marketing. The primary rule of thumb Who are you? for the future must be to secure the raw materials without additional strain on nature. KM Seafood was founded in 2015 as a joint ven- ture between Kirschauer Aquakulturen and Micar- With KM Seafood, we want to ensure a seamless, traceable production, from the na. KM Seafood thus combines its expertise and breeding of stocking fish to the finished fillet. Thanks to our closed circuits we many years of experience in the field of aquaculture plant construction and operation with Micarna's are able to ensure the health of the fish and the quality of product throughout processing and marketing expertise. Since 2019, the year and thus continuously offer sustainably produced seafood specialities. the company has been under the sole management of the Swiss company and is managed by Rüdiger Buddruss. Rüdiger Buddruss (company director of KM Seafood) and Karl Dominick (company director of Kirschauer Aquakulturen) at the KM Seafood site in Kirschau in the district of . Partner: Specialist knowledge and experience

Pioneering project System engineering KM Seafood is a pioneering project which Being able to rely on existing systems for this aims to sustainably breed fish in aquaculture, joint venture, above all specialist knowledge, thus leaving behind a minimal ecological foot- plays an important role in the choice of location. print. This sustainable seafood production is With Kirschauer Aquakulturen and Micarna, a unique project and those in charge at KM two companies have come together in 2015 Seafood have in recent years acquired the nec- that are each among the best in their area of essary specialist knowledge and also built expertise. Kirschauer Aquakulturen not only the corresponding production facilities to do build their sophisticated cycle systems them- this. Closed circuits of this kind ensure con- selves, they also successfully operate them in tinuous traceability of the fish and monitoring their fisheries. This means that they not only of the entire value chain. demonstrate theoretical expertise but also many years of practical experience.

Processing competence Micarna meanwhile contributes the necessary competence in processing the numerous sea- food specialities. The size of the company and Who invented it? the long-term direction with regard to sus- tainably produced fish guarantees that the Swiss Aquaculture does not enjoy the same significance in every country. In Central Europe, fish caught in the company has the specialist knowledge and wild is preferred. In China, in contrast, aquaculture also the breeding and purchasing guarantees. is widespread with a tradition spanning thousands Together the two companies want to progress of years, starting with the domestication of the carp. Company film with research and development with regard Aquaculture has provided nutrition for the native populations of many Asian countries for a long time. The scene perfectly set for KM Seafood: to fish breeding in recirculation systems, and In Thailand or Vietnam it has been the tradition to www.kmseafood.de in this way breed year-round, sustainably breed fish in the mostly calf-deep flooded rice paddies. sourced fish. Specialist employees Oliver like Mechler, Simon Kaufmann and Nick Zimmer know the needs of all fish and their demands for water quality and feed. head of population each year. each ofhead population per eaten are fish of kilos 90 Around diet. the of component are an important products seafood where volcanic island polar south of the circle northern the Iceland, is leader clear The 19 kilos. under just of average global and European the both below are Switzerland and Germany respectively, 10 kilos and 14 year. kilos Ataround per products seafood of 25 kilos under just consume EU, each we the In Europe? about What

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All points along the value chain Residual products go back into agriculture These days, the majority of fish products come The aim is to fatten the fish in the place where from fish markets around the world. This is they will then be processed and consumed. The where fish is bought either fresh or frozen and maturing fish come from in-house fish breed- Fish market Processing Retail Consumption distributed throughout Europe. Because of the ing stocks in Kirschau and in future are to be length of the value chain and the distance from matured regionally, fattened and then pro- the catch area to the consumer country, it is cessed on site. In this way we can ensure healthy difficult to keep track of monitoring. In the case animals throughout the value chain, as well as of perch, for example, there are only a few MSC having a verifiable influence on our ecosystem. Micarna SA certified fisheries in north-eastern Europe and The residual filter substances therefore find Russia which makes transportation labo­rious. their way back into agriculture as a fertiliser As a result, and also depending on the season, and also in fish fattening as processed plant Slaughter we only receive frozen products. Alternatively, substances in feed. In addition to this, various KM Seafood GmbH Slaughter by-products we receive fresh fish onto the market, often water and heat recovery systems are used and processing Water and heat Water and heat of dubious origin. KM Seafood would like in breeding and fattening. 90 per cent of our recovery recovery to change this using its recirculation concept. water remains in the recirculation system.

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Filtering Preparation Plant fertiliser Plant constituent Preparation water of fertiliser for agriculture in fish feed of pet food KM Seafood GmbH Friesestrasse 31 02681 -Kirschau Germany T: +49 (0)3592 35596-51 [email protected] www.kmseafood.de

Geschäftsführer: Rüdiger Buddruss HRB 33444 AG Dresden V2, July 2019