The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

More information on the BlueBio project and participating funding organizations is available on the BlueBio website: www.bluebioeconomy.eu

Last Update: 2024/06/19

CAPS
Aquaculture
Effects of antifouling copper coating in aquaculture– implications for fish health, performance and sustainability of production
National Programme
National
Ivar Rønnestad
ivar.ronnestad@uib.no
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway)
CAAS - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China),  NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway),  UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Norway), 
2021
2025
€ 1,200,000
https://caps21.webnode.page/
One of the challenges in fish farming operations is the formation of biofouling, i.e organisms and algae growing on fish pen nets. This may compromise water circulation, undermine disease management protocols and cause bacterial diseases to spread in fish pens. To prevent biofouling, the nets are frequently coated with antimicrobial copper alloys. While this is an effective approach in preventing biofouling it also results in the release of copper into the surrounding water. The copper released from fish net coating is in fact considered the largest source of environmental toxicants caused by the fish farming industry. CAPS will systematically determine the extent to which copper-coated fish pens impact copper concentrations in the surrounding aquatic environment, and the effects of this on the microbiota, farmed Atlantic salmon and cleaner fish. The study is the first of its kind and will form a knowledge basis to better understand the consequences of antifouling copper coating as an industry practice.
Fish; Biofouling; Environmental impact; Cage aquaculture; Open sea aquaculture; Salmon; Fish health;
Not associated to marine areas
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