Acronym SnowMAP
Category
Seafood Processing
Title Using innovation and science to put the Norwegian Snowcrab on the MAP as a sustainable and high quality product Programme National Programme
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 Coordinator Ragnhild Dragøy Coordinator email ragnhild.whitaker@nofima.no
Coordinator institution
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
MUN - Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) ,
NA - Norwegian Snow Crab Fishing Industry (Norway) ,
Start year 2017 End year 2020 Funding (€) € 1,826,182 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/267763?Kilde=FORISS&Kilde=EU&distribution=Soknad&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0<P.1=LTP2+Samfunnssikkerhet+og+samh%C3%B8righet&Soknad=Forskerprosjekt Summary "The SnowMap project is a collaboration between academia and industry to ensure that all parts of the snowcrab industry is working together towards an optimized, sustainable and value creating industry that is beneficial for the producers and the society. The industry saw an explosion-like increase in the catches from 2013 to 2016, with little catch in 2013 to over 10 000 tons in 2016. After this, the landings declined to a low point in terms of catch in 2018. Norwegian fishing vessels lost access to the Russian part of the Barents Sea loop hole in 2017, causing a decrease in the Norwegian landings. In 2017 a quota was established of 4000 tons, while the landing in 2017 was just under 3000 tons. The fisheries has since 2018 been closed in the summer to protect the crabs, and the 2018 the catch ended at 2800 tons. In 2019, the catch increased again and ended up at just over 4000 tons. In 2020 the quota was increased to 4500 tons. In a developing industry with varying catches it is important that the value is maximized and the resources fully exploited. It is classic for new fishing industries that the catch is very variable in the beginning before it stabilizes. It has been demonstrated in this project that there is a biomass present that can be harvested in a sustainable way, still the resources are less reliable than initially envisioned, and this just makes the sustainable handling of the stock even more important. By establishing sound methods and processes that show the best result and that ensures sustainability throughout the entire value chain, we can secure the value creation and longevity from this new industry in Norway.
Achieved results
From the grant application form, best practical guides or knowledge background for use for the industry for harvesting, live holding, processing, use of side streams, market, performance and management was indicated. All these points have been delivered through reports, implementation and interaction with the industry. The industry has grown and stabilized with a large number of new technologies and processes that can be used to ensure a profitable future. "
Keywords
Crustacean fisheries;
Crustacean;
Crab;
Fishing technology;
Value chain;
Fishing industry;
Market;
Shellfish;
Byproducts;
Storage;
Fisheries management;
Product development;
Marine Region
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
1
Marine Region Map
