Acronym ASTRAL
Category
Aquaculture
Title All Atlantic Ocean Sustainable, Profitable and Resilient Aquaculture Programme H2020
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source European Coordinator Elisa Ravagnan Coordinator email elra@norceresearch.no
Coordinator institution
NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre (Norway)
Institutions involved
AIRCentre - ASSOCIACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DO ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE (Portugal) ,
BIOceanOr - Bioceanor SAS (France) ,
CSIR - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) ,
NA - Crowdhelix Ltd (Ireland) ,
EGM - Easy Global Market SAS (France) ,
FURG - Federal University of Rio Grande (Brazil) ,
NA - Leitat Technological Center (Spain) ,
NA - M&O Partners Representacoes Ltda (Brazil) ,
MI - Marine Institute (Ireland) ,
COCINET - National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Argentina) ,
NIOMR - Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (Niger) ,
NA - Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique (France) ,
SAMS - Scottish Association for Marine Science (United Kingdom) ,
UCT - University of Cape Town (South Africa) ,
NA - Viking Aquaculture Ltd (South Africa) ,
Start year 2020 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 7,939,354 Website https://www.astral-project.eu/ Summary In integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA), multiple aquatic species from different trophic levels are farmed together. Thus, waste from one species can be used as input (fertiliser and food) for another species. The EU-funded ASTRAL project will develop IMTA production chains for the Atlantic markets. Focusing on a regional challenge-based perspective, it will bring together labs in Ireland and Scotland (open offshore labs), South Africa (flow-through inshore) and Brazil (recirculation inshore) as well as Argentina (prospective IMTA lab). The aim is to increase circularity by as much as 60 % compared to monoculture baseline aquaculture and to boost revenue diversification for aquaculture producers. ASTRAL will share, integrate, and co-generate knowledge, technology and best practices, fostering a collaborative ecosystem along the Atlantic.
Keywords
Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA);
Engineering;
Technology;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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