Blue Bio Database - Database of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology Projects

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: 2024/05/17

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Category
	Aquaculture
	Marine Biotechnology
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Instrument (FP6) Contact Type (FP7) Strand (Interreg)
Theme (FP7) Activity Area (FP6) Regional Area (Interreg) Action (COST)
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Institutions involved
	Alltech Norway AS
	Produs Aqua AS
	University of Bergen
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Summary	The continued rapid expansion in aquaculture production and the limited availability of fishmeal has changed the feed formulation for Atlantic salmon dramatically over the last five years. Soybean protein is one of the most promising plant protein sources as fishmeal substitute because of high protein content and relatively well balanced amino acid profile. Soy bean meal (SBM) and soy protein concentrate (SPC) contains a wide variety of ANFs. Throughout this PhD-thesis, experiments will be carried out too investigated in which manner a specific exogenous enzyme complex especially designed for SBM and a commercial enzyme complex "Synergen" can hydrolyse different components in SBM and SPC, and increase the nutritional value of the ingredients when fed to Atlantic salmon. A specific enzyme complex able to hydrolyse ANFs and increase the nutritional value of SBM and SPC will be produced by solid state fermentation in collaboration with one of the world's leading biotechnology companies (Alltech, USA). The ingredients will be pre-hydrolysed under controlled incubation and the processing parameters for hydroxylation of ANFs in the ingredients will be optimized. Fish feed with either pre-hydrolysed ingredients or untreated ingredients where the enzyme complex is added during extrusion on a pilot extruder at the Nofima Feed Technology Centre will be produced. Potential effect on the extrusion process and change in pellet quality will be investigated. The effect of different processing condition of SBM and SPC on digestibility of crude protein, AA, carbohydrates, lipids and minerals will be investigated by using mink. The most promising treatments will also be evaluated in a feeding trial on Atlantic salmon. Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass composition, deposition of minerals and histology will be investigated. This project is a collaboration between Produs Aqua AS, Alltech, Nofima and UiB
Keywords
	Animal feed
	Bioprospecting
	Diets
	Feed composition
	Fish
	Fish meal replacement
	Growth rate
	Protein
	Salmon
Marine Region
	NOT ASSOCIATED TO MARINE AREAS; Not associated to marine areas; Not associated to marine areas

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