Project description
Turning fisheries biomass into high commercial interest
Each year, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fisheries biomass land in Spain’s ports. It is a by-product that must be managed to avoid environmental pollution. Most of these by-products are used in the production of low-quality fish meals and, as such, the biomass undergoes a low valorisation level. There are alternatives. The EU-funded SUSTIMAR project will maximise the obtaining of compounds of high commercial interest. It will focus on the design, optimisation and integration of the biocompounds production processes with medium-high value added for the use as bioactive compounds of interest to the food, pharmaceutical or nutraceutical industries, by using more efficient as well as environmental and sustainable practices in a marine biorefinery concept.
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MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panelCoordinator
28006 Madrid
Spain
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