Acronym Seasoil
Category
Aquaculture
Title Value creation and ecosystem services of European Seaweed industry by reducing and handling potentially toxic elements from breeding to soil 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 Ingrid Olesen Coordinator email ingrid.olesen@nofima.no)
Coordinator institution
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
AU - Aarhus University (Denmark) ,
NA - Algea AS (Norway) ,
EMÜ - Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia) ,
FAZOS - Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek (Croatia) ,
NA - Feamainn an Chosta Thair Teoranta (Ireland) ,
MFRC - Marine and Freshwater Research Centre (Ireland) ,
NORSØK - Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture (Norway) ,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
NA - Nutrimar AS (Norway) ,
NA - Ocean Forest AS (Norway) ,
OGT - Oilean Glas Teoranta (Ireland) ,
Start year 2022 End year 2025 Funding (€) € NA Website https://nofima.com/projects/reduction-and-management-of-potentially-toxic-substances-in-seaweed/ Summary The overall project aim is to promote value creation, including ecosystem services, and further expansion of the seaweed industry in Europe. It will fill knowledge gaps on Potential Toxic Elements (PTE) in farmed sugar kelp and As in collected bladderwrack and fucus, in addition to impact of using seaweed material in soil on elemental uptake in crop plants and Carbon Sequestration and Storage (CSS). SeaSoil takes a holistic value chain approach according to the RRI framework, and will:
1) Estimate heritabilities and genetic correlations in contents of Cd, As and I in sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) from two areas in Norway, and evaluate potential selection response of their reduced contents. Estimate the phenotypic correlation between PTE concentrations, growth rate and biofouling in farmed sugar kelp (WP2)
2) Study the impact of seaweed application rate and water saturation on the As dynamics in soil to determine chemical reactivity and potential bioavailability of labile As using a grass field experiment (WP3)
3) Estimate the potential of seaweed amendments for CSS in agricultural soils (WP3)
4) Study the impact of seaweed production on the environment (primarily climate change) using LCA, and conducting a cost-benefit analysis of the seaweed industry, including ecosystem services (WP4)
5) Study the economic feasibility, and regulatory incentives, for production and use of (residual) biomass from farmed seaweed (WP4)
6) Ensure multi-actor approach and integrated cooperation, communication and human capacity building in line within Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) (All 5 WPs).
Keywords
Aquaculture development;
Environmental impact;
Toxic substances;
Aquaculture industry;
Economy;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
2
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