Project description
From fish waste to value-added ingredients
The EU-funded EcoeFISHent project will develop innovative biomass pre-treatment and extraction technologies. Its aim is to enable sustainable and efficient exploitation of fish-processing side streams by obtaining bio-actives and galantine for high value-added food supplements and skin care products, as well as biodegradable and compostable barrier layers for food packaging. Moreover, other fishing industry side streams will be converted into soil fertilisers, oil for biodiesel and chitin for cosmetic applications. Even old fishing nets will find new life through their conversion into polymer-based automotive components and packaging for cosmetic products. The project’s overall aim is to demonstrate a replicable systemic and sustainable cluster for territorial deployment of a climate-neutral circular economy.
Objective
EcoeFISHent demonstrates a replicable systemic and sustainable cluster for territorial deployment of the climate-neutral circular economy by creating six multilevel and synergic circular value chains (CVC) interconnecting blue- and green-economies to reconcile human industrial and economic activities with marine ecosystems and marine protected areas.
The EcoeFISHent innovative bio-mass pre-treatment and extraction technologies will enable sustainable and efficient exploitation of fish processing side-streams (FPS) by obtaining bio-actives and galantine for high value-added food supplements and skin care products, biodegradable and compostable barrier layer for food packaging. Other fishing- and fish-industry side-streams (FFS) will undergo the Black Soldier Fly bioconversion to yield innovative soil fertilizer, oil for biodiesel and chitin for cosmetic applications. End of life fishing nets from aquaculture and fisheries will be recycled and converted into automotive polymer-based components and into packaging for cosmetic products. The multilevel interconnected cluster will be managed by a cloud-based platform communicating with physical IoT systems enabling safe and efficient operation of the logistic and transport infrastructure. The cluster busines model and the cluster digital twin will allow simulating critical and optimal scenarios for quantitative analysis of cluster performance measured by dedicated KPIs, also enabling the assessment of the cluster replicability in other geographic areas and fostering investments pipelines. Community and stakeholder?s involvement will be promoted also in the implementation of specific actions for marine ecosystem preservation by modeling, application of better practices and technologies for strongly reducing by-catch and for stopping ghost gears. Social and justice inclusion programs will be implemented by employing disadvantaged individuals, to increase overall cluster employment and to apply distributive justice criteria
Fields of science
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheries
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
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16122 Genova
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1150 Bruxelles / Brussel
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00184 Roma
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16038 Santa Margherita Ligure Ge
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16033 Lavagna
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40033 Casalecchio Di Reno
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07026 Olbia
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16143 Genova
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16153 Genova
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16121 GENOVA
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16121 GENOVA
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20123 Milano
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16126 Genova
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20122 Milano
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36310 Vigo
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9291 Tromso
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1151 LOZEN
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15122 Alessandria
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46980 PATERNA VALENCIA
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59100 Prato
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20122 Milano
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48017 Rosh Ha Ain
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20816 Ceriano Laghetto
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00198 Roma
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80108 Kilifi
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16121 Genova
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16121 Genova
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3433316 Haifa
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00149 ROMA
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52900 Ramat Gan
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16012 Busalla
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16034 Portofino
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57128 Livorno
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36350 NIGRAN
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75015 Paris
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16149 Genova
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20020 Lainate (Mi)
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10090 Buttigliera Alta To
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00184 Rome
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