Acronym AQUAeD
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Aquaculture
Title On-site monitoring of aquaculture impact on the environment by open-source nanopore eDNA analysis
Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National
Coordinator Knut Rudi
Coordinator email knut.rudi@nmbu.no
Coordinator institution
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Institutions involved
Akvaplan-niva - Akvaplan-niva AS (Norway) ,
NA - Aqua Competence AS (Norway) ,
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
NA - STIM AS (Norway) ,
Start year 2021
End year 2025
Funding (€) € 2,068,000
Website https://www.nmbu.no/prosjekter/node/43308
Summary "In order to develop a sustainable aquaculture industry, better and more efficient tools are needed to monitor how the industry affects the environment. Today, this is done by counting benthic animals manually. However, the identification work requires expertise and takes a relatively long time to complete.
AQUAeD aims to replace the manual environmental monitoring analyzes with digital solutions based on bacterial DNA, as well as move the analyzes out onto the facilities to achieve fast and reliable results. The project will initially compare results from traditional analyzes with the new DNA-based methods. A database of DNA data will then be established that can be used to describe environmental conditions directly without performing the time-consuming and inaccurate traditional analyses. Since the DNA analyzes are so easy to perform, the entire analysis will be carried out outside the facilities using cloud based solutions for data analysis. In order to ensure that the technology and knowledge will benefit the entire industry, a new standard for DNA-based environmental monitoring will be applied for at the end of the project. "
Keywords
Genetic;
Environmental impact;
Cage aquaculture;
Monitoring;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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