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

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Aquaculture
Norwegian-grown renewable pigment from microalgae for robust salmon
National Programme
National
Jørgen Lerfall
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2021
2023
€ 336,000
https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/321586?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=30&Prosjektleder=Tor+Wergeland
This project focuses on documenting the effect of a new natural and renewable source of the chemical compound astaxanthin which is a necessary ingredient in salmon feed to achieve pigmentation of the salmon meat. The new microalgae-based source differs from the current sources on the market in several ways and theerfre it is important to document that this new source achieves at least as good pigmentation results as the alternatives on the market today. The new product is expected to have a lower climate footprint that the current alternatives, as it is produced with electric lighting from hydropower and the algae consume CO2 as they grow. The tasks include feed trials on salmon with different pigment sources to understand the effect of the new pigment source on uptake and deposition of the pigment in muscle, on growth and health status hos the fish with special emphasis on the knowledge gaps the project has identified. Lately, it has been recognized that salmon exposed to stress (e.g. through frequent handling) also needs more astaxanthin in the feed to achieve sufficient pigmentation. This is one area of focus for this study, along with general growth and fish.
Feed composition; Salmon; Fish quality; Fish;
Not associated to marine areas
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