Active biological monitoring and removal of toxins in aquaculture ecosystems and shellfish - including the development of a Solid-Phase In-situ Ecosystem Sampler and detoxification of shellfish

Project Information

SPIES-DETOX

Grant agreement ID: 30270

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2006

End date 30 September 2009

Funded under

• Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 2 965 575,00

EU contribution € 2 066 704,00

Coordinated by

ORKNEY FISHERIES ASSOCIATION
United Kingdom

Objective

a) To investigate new methods using solid phase adsorption for detection of algal toxins (amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP), paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins) in the water column, this may serve as early toxin contamination warning mechanisms for areas important to shellfish harvesting.
b) To develop new techniques to combine solid phase adsorption toxin detection methods and molecular probes in real-time remote samplers - leading to rapid methods of detection of specific species of toxic phytoplankton.
c) To develop cost effective equipment, that will combine the solid phase adsorption and probe technology into useable management and quality control tools for the industry.
d) To investigate the use of different protocols to wash ASP(and other algal) toxins from contaminated shellfish during processing.
e) To investigate the bacterial degradation of algal toxins and the use of microencapsulated bacteria to depurate these toxins from shellfish.
f) To set up new industry protocols designed to use latest Quality Control technology and set up a training regime, that can be used to bring the necessary skills to industrial users and to educate new researchers.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › fisheries
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › bacteriology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

You need to log in or register to use this function

Keywords

• Algal Toxins
• Biosensors
• Monitoring
• Shellfish
• detoxification

Programme(s)

• FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SME-2 - Collective Research (all areas of science and technology)

Call for proposal

FP6-2004-SME-COLL
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

Collective - SMEs-Collective research projects

Coordinator

ORKNEY FISHERIES ASSOCIATION

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 4, FERRY TERMINAL BUILDINGS, KIRKWALL PIER ; KIRKWALL, ORKNEY ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (17)

ASSOCIATION OF SCOTTISH SHELLFISH GROWERS LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Simmers & Co., Albany Chambers, Albany Street ; OBAN, ARGULL, SCOTLAND
• Total cost: No data

BIOMARIN VEKST

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Alexander Kiellandsgate 2 ; Postboks 327 STAVANGER
• Total cost: No data

ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE FABRICANTES DE CONSERVAS DE PESCADOS Y MARISCOS

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Crta Colegio Universitario de Vigo, 16 ; VIGO (PONTEVEDRA)
• Total cost: No data

CLEW BAY MARINE FORUM LTD

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Knockbreaga ; NEWPORT, CO. MAYO
• Total cost: No data

SYNDESMOS ELLINON MYDOKALLIERGITON OSTRAKOKALLIERGITON (GREEK FEDERATION OF SHELLFISH PRODUCERS)

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: NEA MALGARA THESSALONIKIS ; NEA MALGARA THESSALONIKIS
• Total cost: No data

HAVBRUKSKOMPANIET AS

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rettedal ; FORSAND
• Total cost: No data

HVALERSKJELL AS

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Norderhaugveien 8 ; PB 4 VESTERØY
• Total cost: No data

KILLARY FJORD SHELLFISH LTD

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bunowen ; LEENANE, CO. GALWAY
• Total cost: No data

APPLIED ENZYME TECHNOLOGY LTD.

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Monmouth house, Mamhilad park ; PONTYPOOL
• Total cost: No data

KVITSOY EDELSKJELL AS

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 0 ; KVITSØY
• Total cost: No data

BIOSENSE LABORATORIES AS

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Thormoelensgate 55 ; BERGEN
• Total cost: No data

THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS ACTING THROUGH MARINESCOTLAND

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 375 Victoria Road ; 101 ABERDEEN
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Road ; GALWAY
• Total cost: No data

ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS (ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI)

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Administration Building - University Campus ; THESSALONIKI
• Total cost: No data

SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory ; DUNBEG, OBAN
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA)

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Pazo de San Xerome-Plaza do Obradoiro s/n ; SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
• Total cost: No data

THE FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AGENCY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Sand Hutton ; YORK
• Total cost: No data