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: 2024/06/19

Acronym
Category
	Aquaculture
Title
Programme
Instrument (FP6) Contact Type (FP7) Strand (Interreg)
Theme (FP7) Activity Area (FP6) Regional Area (Interreg) Action (COST)
Specific Programme (FP7)
Funding source
Coordinator
Coordinator email
Coordinator institution
Institutions involved
	Acreo Swedish ICT AB
	Association for marine aquaculture Ltd
	BioMar
	Celoplas Plasticos para a Industria SA
	Data Respons Norge AS
	K314 Srl
	Norner A/S
	Viking Fish Farms Ltd, Ardtoe Marine Laboratory
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Funding (€)
Website
Summary	The consortium of SMEs in the AQUAFARMCONTROL project will pursue a large innovation and market opportunity through the development and demonstration of an innovative system to enable Precision Livestock Farming in marine aquaculture and to effectively eliminate the mounting and critical problem of escapes from fish pens. The system will be based on a multi-purpose capsule implanted in fish, in combination of both SONAR transmitter and GSM surveillance technologies. In order to achieve the project objectives, the SMEs that integrate the consortium will collaborate with renowned RTD performers to overcome several scientific and technical barriers. The project targets radical innovation related to sonar technology and real-time surveillance of screening of marine fish pens; micro-electronics and ID capsules - as well as integration and development of appropriate control strategies and systems. The developed and demonstrated system carries a host of benefits and unique selling points to the end-users in the marine aquaculture industry - notably mitigation of severe environmental problems related to escapes as well as large costs and efficiency advantages. The benefits will ensure the competitiveness and viability of European aquaculture - and at the same time allow the SME consortium to exploit a very large, global large market opportunity. The SME consortium has the capabilities to produce and market the system, but lacks the financial resources as well as the expertise in micro-electronics, materials and IT to enable the required technological development. Therefore, the group has identified the Research for SMEs programme as the suitable vehicle for overcoming the technological and financial barriers of the project.
Keywords
	Cage aquaculture
	Engineering
	Escapes
	Fish
	Open sea aquaculture
	Technology
Marine Region
	ATLANTIC NORTHEAST (FAO Area 27); North Sea; Central North Sea (27.IVb)
	ATLANTIC NORTHEAST (FAO Area 27); North Sea; Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
	ATLANTIC NORTHEAST (FAO Area 27); Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland; Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)

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