Acronym SELAM
Category
Aquaculture
Title Large-scale piloting and market maturation of a novel process for sustainable European lobster aqua- and mariculture Programme H2020
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
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Action (COST)
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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 2015 End year 2018 Funding (€) € 1,673,284 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/698221 Summary The objective of SELAM is to commercialise and bring to market our exclusive and high-quality EU lobsters based on our disruptive and fully automated production process for lobster aqua and mariculture. The fully automated SELAM process is combining land-based aquaculture of hatched eggs through the larval (1-3) and juvenile (4-5) stages before released into sea-ranching ocean mariculture, where growth happens without human interference and at no cost. Combined with our novel business model for shellfish sea ranching this will allow us to bring a new product to the market – sustainable and high-quality farmed EU lobster with significant added value for the customer compared to existing wild-caught alternatives. The SELAM concept was developed during our Phase I-type Feasibility Study - the FP7 NEPHROPS project, GA286903 - where the outcome was a novel production process with optimal production parameters (feed, light, temperature & water quality) at TRL7. Now we seek to op develop our Commercialisation Plan and final Business Innovation Plan (BIP). We have assembled a highly competent team holding all required resources, skills, facilities and networks to advance SELAM into a successful commercial product. To successfully introduce SELAM to the market, we have created 5 sequential and quantifiable Commercialisation Objectives focusing on overcoming remaining barriers hampering successful commercialisation: 1. Technology maturation, elevating our SELAM process from TRL7 to TRL8 (WP1) 2. Large scale piloting bringing SELAM to TRL9 (WP2) 3. Supply chain development, up- and downstream (WP3) 4. Product exploitation strategy development, market research and post-project funding (WP4) 5. Innovation management and BIP development, IP management and stakeholder engagement (WP5) SELAM will significantly boost our growth - quantified as accumulated revenues exceeding €151m for the 10-years post project with accumulated gross profit €94.9m and employment growth of 52 FTEs.
Keywords
Shellfish;
Sea ranching;
Land-based aquaculture;
Larval rearing;
Lobster;
Market;
Aquaculture development;
Crustacean;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
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