Acronym MUMIHUS
Category
Aquaculture
Title Production of mussels: Mitigation and feed for husbandry 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 Jens Kjerulf Petersen Coordinator email jekjp@aqua.dtu.dk
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
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Start year 2010 End year 2013 Funding (€) € NA Website https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/projects/production-of-mussels-mitigation-and-feed-for-husbandry-mumihus-3 Summary The overall aim of MUMIHUS is to combine biological production with tools for mitigation of eutrophication in Danish coastal areas, through compensation culture of mussels. Increasing awareness for the need to change current production forms for food and non-food biological products due to their environmental impact, challenges our perception of how nature is utilized. The concept of MUMIHUS is to bridge the gap between the need for new marine products and the need for measures that can mitigate eutrophication, which is a major treat to Danish coastal waters.
1. to adapt known mussel farming techniques to production of maximal biomass at lowest possible costs. 2. to assess environmental impact of blue mussel extraction culture with special focus on benthic effects. 3. to integrate the results in an ecosystem based management model in order to make an overall assessment of environmental impact. 4. to assess effects of low salinity and cyanobacteria occurrence on growth of blue mussels through bioenergetic studies. 5. to develop management tools for and economic analysis of extraction cultures as a mitigation measure. 6. to assess bioaccumulation of contaminants in blue mussels as a prerequisite for future use of mussels as feed in husbandry.
1. to adapt known mussel farming techniques to production of maximal biomass at lowest possible costs. 2. to assess environmental impact of blue mussel extraction culture with special focus on benthic effects. 3. to integrate the results in an ecosystem based management model in order to make an overall assessment of environmental impact. 4. to assess effects of low salinity and cyanobacteria occurrence on growth of blue mussels through bioenergetic studies. 5. to develop management tools for and economic analysis of extraction cultures as a mitigation measure. 6. to assess bioaccumulation of contaminants in blue mussels as a prerequisite for future use of mussels as feed in husbandry.
Keywords
Bivalve;
Mussel;
Mollusc;
Environmental impact;
Aquaculture development;
Economy;
Shellfish;
Marine Region
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
2
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