Acronym POLYCHAETE
Category
Aquaculture
Title Cultivation of Polychaeta as raw material for feed 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 Arne Malzahn Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
DOU - Dalian Ocean University (China) ,
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
NA - Prochaete Innovations Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
NA - University of Rostock (Germany) ,
Start year 2018 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 1,005,197 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/280836?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=120&Fag.3=Akvakultur Summary In this project (POLYCHAETE), we will utilize these otherwise discarded resources by cultivating bristle worms (Polychaeta), which themselves are rich in fatty acids, proteins and minerals. The project will use a multidisciplinary approach to target 1) establishment of brood stocks and reproduction, 2) polychaete production biology and technology, 3) characterization and stabilization of polychaete biomass, 4) polychaete meal production, feed formulation, extrusion technology and feeding trials with salmon, and 5) economic and sustainability analysis. We will also build a test-unit for upscaling of industrial polychaete production. Fish feed trials will be performed with different levels of substituting fish meal and other protein sources by polychaete meals to find the optimal level of polychaete meal and to evaluate feed efficiency and the nutritional quality of polychaete meal for salmon culture. With POLYCHAETE, Norway can take key steps to develop circular economy through biological recycling of aquaculture waste and production of a new raw material for formulated feeds.
Keywords
Feed composition;
Salmon;
Animal feed;
Bioprospecting;
Waste valorization;
Wastes;
Fish meal replacement;
Fish;
Technology;
Land-based aquaculture;
Marine Region
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