Acronym BIOFILET
Category
Aquaculture
Title FILETs BIOsourcés et compostables - FILETs-BIOsourced and compostable 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 Julie Maheut Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - Intermas (France) ,
CRCBS - South Brittany Regional Shellfish Farming Committee (France) ,
Start year 2019 End year 2020 Funding (€) € NA Website https://www.smidap.fr/images/pdf/CONCHILICULTURE/RT_BIOFILET.pdf Summary The current production of mussels requires the use of plastic nets, which, threaded on the piles, help to contain the growth of mussels and above all to prevent the fall of shells due to the climatic conditions. These so-called "catinage" nets are subject to losses in the marine environment and are not recovered at the end of their life. In the end, the problems for the activity are three: environmental, social, and economic. The BIOFILET project was launched to technically support the testing of prototypes of biobased mussel nets and compostable developed by European manufacturers so that these can be improved to suit best and as quickly as possible to the expectations of professionals. The Pays de la Loire Regional Shellfish Committee, the Regional Shellfish Committee of South Brittany as well as the company Intermas are technical partners of this project funded by the Pays de la Loire region, as part of the annual call for projects, Fisheries and Aquaculture. For the net construction, manufacturers are supplied with raw material, certified biodegradable bioplastics under industrial composting conditions. Testing in marine water there was no significant decrease in terms of resistance, however the nets turned out to be more fragile in manual transverse stretching of the stitches after a few months of immersion.
Keywords
Technology;
Mollusc;
Bivalve;
Prototype;
Mussel;
Shellfish;
Longline systems;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
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Bay of Biscay North (27.VIIIa)
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