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

PRONICARE
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Transnational cooperation for Protecting Niche areas from marine corrosion and biofouling by green coatings and new test technologies
International Cooperation
National-European
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SINTEF - SINTEF (Norway)
AWI - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany),  NA - Ankron Water Services GmbH (Germany),  ABT Group - AquaBioTech Group Ltd (Malta),  NA - Funzionano AS (Norway),  NA - Kelvion Machine Cooling Systems GmbH (Germany), 
2022
2025
€ 1,429,000
https://pronicare-project.com
Marine biofouling and corrosion are two substantial challenges for shipping, offshore infrastructures, aquaculture infrastructures, and maritime technologies exposed to sea water. ​​ Expensive corrosion resistant materials are often needed for vital functional equipment and surfaces. ProNiCare project will address the urgent need to develop environmentally friendly and more cost-effective solutions for new antifouling coatings, following the ban of environmentally damaging tributyltin. This will be advanced in ProNiCare through use of high-tech nanomaterial-based formulations, creating a thin coating with functional antifouling and anti-rust additives in a green and eco-friendly product that will be tested in a newly developed innovative testing unit. ​ ProNiCare project will also improve the understanding of biofouling propagation and protection of niche areas and offer best practices to address this maritime challenge.
Antifouling; Engineering; Biotechnology; Biofouling; Prototype;
Malta Island (GSA 15)
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