Acronym NT
Category
Aquaculture
Title Next Tuna: Creating a Sustainable Tuna Industry Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
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-European Coordinator Paul-Daniel Sindilariu / Andrew Eckhardt Coordinator email paul@nexttuna.com / andrew@nexttuna.com
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - AFRY AB (Sweden) ,
NA - Atali consultores SL (Spain) ,
NA - CFEED AS (Norway) ,
NA - CMAqua (Denmark) ,
NA - Seafarming Systmes AS (Norway) ,
IEO - Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain) ,
NA - VIELCA Ingenieros SA (Spain) ,
WUR - Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2021 End year 2023 Funding (€) € 1,000,000 Website https://www.nexttuna.com/index.html Summary NT will close the reproductive cycle of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABT) in a environment- friendly, land-based recirculating aqua system (RAS) facility and produce ABT juveniles. These will be soldto existing grow-outfacilities in the Mediterranean Sea - their production to date fully depends on wild catch from the Mediterranean Sea. Tuna is the most appreciated seafood item in the EU with 3.14kg consumed per capita and year. Global market volume is EUR 36 bn. The whole market is based on unsustainable wild catch, as reproduction in aquaculture has not yet been achievedat commercial scale. We have entered into a cooperation agreement with Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and other industry players to allow consumers an informed choice for our sustainable product. In this 2 year project, we will: Scale and adapt the existing technology for land-based ABT reproduction to industrial scale in cooperation with the Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO-CSIC) and Seafarming Systems AS. Develop a breeding program and a protocol for infertile fish with Wageningen Livestock Research and IEO-CSIC. Prepare marketing and sales of the product and achieve ASC certification for the product. Start construction of the world`s first industrial-scale ABT production facility to provide certified sustainably produced ABT juveniles to existing grow-outfarms in the Mediterranean Sea. Next Tuna: Creating a Sustainable Tuna Industry – will create the first sustainable European source of tuna by reproducing Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in a land-based, eco-friendly recirculating aquaculture system. The project will contribute to the preservation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and more widely, protect the wildlife of our oceans and seas.
Keywords
Fish;
Certification;
Market;
Land-based aquaculture;
Selective breeding;
Tuna;
Larval rearing;
Recirculating systems;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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