Acronym CryoPlancton2
Category
Aquaculture
Title Cryopreservation of marine planktonic crustacean nauplii for innovative and cost-effective live feed diet in fish juvenile aquaculture Programme H2020
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source European Coordinator NA Coordinator email NA
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Start year 2016 End year 2018 Funding (€) € 2,004,250 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/711906 Summary The SME Planktonic has succeeded in cryopreserving marine crustacean nauplii (hereafter called CryoProduct) in large user-friendly entities, and to revive them as live individuals after thawing. The ease-of-use CryoProduct meets the nutritional requirements of fish larvae. A doubling in growth rate and a 25-30% shortening of the live feed period compared to a diet of the suboptimal live feed diets commonly used at marine hatcheries have been demonstrated (large-scale industrial trial, TRL6). With a well-functioning feeding protocol to be developed in the project period, it is expected that performances of the fish larvae will be even better. It will be put effort on optimizing the cryopreservation protocols to achieve a CryoProduct with even better quality than today for improving the performances of fish juveniles. A bio-security evaluation will be performed, and a screening of microorganisms will be needed for the registration of the CryoProduct. To successfully launch the CryoProduct into the EU market, it will be of major importance to scale up the production, to establish efficient logistic systems, identify end-users needs and to provide a reliable commercialisation plan for the best possible market introduction.
Keywords
Fish;
Wrasse;
Zooplankton;
Protocol;
Seabass;
Tuna;
Engineering;
Amberjacks;
Larval rearing;
Feed quality;
Diets;
Feed composition;
Seabream;
Land-based aquaculture;
Marine Region
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