Acronym Profius
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Preservation of underutilized fish biomasses for improved quality, stability and utilization Programme International Cooperation
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 Ann-Dorit Moltke Sorensen Coordinator email adms@food.dtu.dk
Coordinator institution
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)
Institutions involved
ABT Group - AquaBioTech Group Ltd (Malta) ,
NA - Marine Biotechnology Center BioPol ehd (Iceland) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
NA - Royal Greenland Seafood AS (Denmark) ,
UNAK - University of Akureyri (Iceland) ,
Start year 2021 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 1,550,000 Website https://profius-project.com/ Summary PROFIUS is a three-year Science and Technology ERA-NET Project unlocking the potential of aquatic bioresources. It is a cooperation between Denmark, Malta, Norway and Iceland working together to address challenges in the supply chain related to lumpfish (roe and carcass) and tuna side-streams by developing preservation solutions for maintaining quality and improving utilization of the entire biomass.
Improved preservation methods will be developed to enhance quality and shelf life of lumpfish roe and thereby reduce waste. A major bottleneck for success of further utilization of the side-stream from tuna is their short shelf life. PROFIUS will study the processes responsible for the chemical and microbial deterioration of these side-streams and develop strategies to prevent them. Furthermore, PROFIUS will look into new applications of lumpfish and tuna side-streams including logistics and development of gelatin extraction processes for lumpfish and development of fish feed based on tuna side-streams.
PROFIUS addresses supply system challenges for:
1) Wild caught lumpfish roe and the carcass remaining after the roe has been removed.
2) Lumpfish used as a cleaner fish in salmon farming
3) Side-streams obtained after filleting of farmed tuna.
The underutilized biomasses included in PROFIUS and supply chain addressed for further utilization includes the following phases:
Logistics: The first stage is to understand the logistics challenges in the supply related to lumpfish (roe and carcasses) and tuna side-streams.
Preservation: Develop the preservation solutions for maintaining quality and improving utilization of the entire biomass
Analysis: Study the processes responsible for the chemical and microbial deterioration of the side-streams and develop strategies to prevent them.
Innovation: Development of gelatin extraction processes for lumpfish; development of fish feed based on tuna side-streams.
Testing: testing the feed products through feeding trials and evaluate the capital gain of lumpfish oil and tuna fishmeal, their economic scale as well ad the environmental impact associated.
Keywords
Fish;
Bioprospecting;
Lump fish;
Byproducts;
Wastes;
Waste valorization;
Animal feed;
Storage;
Tuna;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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