Project

In recent years, peripheral fishing communities of Finnmark in the Varangerfjord Bay Area [VBA] have been cast into central spotlight as a potential future economic hot zone. This was catalysed by the heightened oil and gas exploration activities following Norway and Russia's settlement of the maritime delineation agreement, as well as the expected increase of marine traffic along the Northeast Passage due to its extended ice-free periods.

As the sea was in the past and will in the future remain the key resource for the VBA, the project Liquid Natures is a sustainable bio-marine network centered on aquaculture and kelp farming. It establishes key maritime food, energy, waste and transport systems, with a transhipment hub serving as the anchor for development. It would utilise the oil/gas as a transition economy while diversifying its alternate economies, allowing local and traditional industries to gradually expand their operations independent of external actors. Thus, facilitating the region's transition from a carbon based into a more self sustainable, bio-oriented future.