Acronym MACROSEA
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title A knowledge platform for industrial macroalgae cultivation 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 Aleksander Handå Coordinator email aleksander.handa@sintef.no
Coordinator institution
SINTEF - SINTEF (Norway)
Institutions involved
Akvaplan-niva - Akvaplan-niva AS (Norway) ,
NIVA - Norwegian Institute for Water Research (Norway) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
SINTEF-SFH - SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (Norway) ,
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Norway) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
UiO - University of Oslo (Norway) ,
Start year 2016 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 2,611,500 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/254883?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=60&TemaEmne.2=Havbruks-+og+foredlingsteknologi&source=FORISS&projectId=245494 Summary The MACROSEA project will target successful and predictable production of high quality biomass thereby making significant steps towards industrial macroalgae cultivation in Norway.
The primary objective is to establish an interdisciplinary knowledge platform on fundamental production biology and technology for macroalgae cultivation over a wide range of climatic, ecological and physical conditions. Secondary objectives are: (i) to increase the principal knowledge on biological performance and environmental requirements for optimized chemical composition and biomass production, and (ii) to obtain technological specifications and develop generic model and simulation tools for farm systems and biomass production. The brown kelps Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta (large volumes, low value), and the red alga Palmaria palmata (small volumes, high value) will be studied as promising species for industrial cultivation in Norway.
The project will deliver knowledge on seedling quality, sea cultivation, fouling and diseases and functional genetics of selected brown and red macroalgae species. Growth models for these species will be developed and coupled with 3D hydrodynamics-ecosystem models to estimate site-dependent biomass production, and methods for efficient seeding, deployment and harvest. Drag forces and deformation of different farm systems at different sea states will be determined in flume tank experiments. A numerical model for simulation and visualization of farm designs in dynamic marine systems will be developed.
Keywords
Genetic;
Aquaculture development;
Algae;
Open sea aquaculture;
Technology;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
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