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

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Category
	Fisheries
	Marine Biotechnology
	Seafood Processing
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Instrument (FP6) Contact Type (FP7) Strand (Interreg)
Theme (FP7) Activity Area (FP6) Regional Area (Interreg) Action (COST)
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Institutions involved
	University of Dubrovnik
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Summary	Latest research results using nanotechnology-based methods and laser-based spectroscopy reveal amazing facets and properties of waste biomaterials from aquaculture sector and seafood industry and their potential for blue bioeconomy. Turning a threat into new opportunity is demonstrated by considering an invasive crab species, which is otherwise generating a significant negative impact on aquaculture and ecosystem sustainability. For a scientist working in advanced materials field, a crab shell is a tridimensional highly ordered natural nano-architecture which is yet challenging for replication in any nanotechnology-based fabrication protocol. Such nano-architectures are increasingly required in innovative research fields like nanobiophotonics, nanomedicine, regenerative medicine, bio-sensing and others. We further demonstrate how the translational research could turn biogenic wasted materials in added-value by-products such as smart materials for solutions loading and slow delivery, selective absorbents, smart bio-fertilizers or photonic materials.The project starts with residual materials of aquatic origin (blue crab Callinectes sapidus shells) and demonstrates that they can become new added-value by-products with proven properties and potential uses according to the concepts of circular economy. In conclusion, the pivotal role of scientific research results dissemination, education and communication along with the built synergies across sectors is demonstrated as an innovation speeder of Blue Growth.
Keywords
	Bioactive compounds
	Biomaterial
	Bioproduct
	Bioprospecting
	Byproducts
	Crab
	Crustacean
	Discard
	Drug discovery
	Human health
	Nutraceutical substances
	Seagrass
	Shellfish
	Waste valorization
	Wastes
Marine Region
	NOT ASSOCIATED TO MARINE AREAS; Not associated to marine areas; Not associated to marine areas

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