Objective Off flavour is the presence of undesired sensory properties in food items. Most common in aquaculture products are earthy-musty off flavours caused by the presence of geosmin and 2-methyl-iso-borneol (MIB) in fish tissues. Off flavour is associated to land-based aquaculture production systems with high nutrient loadings such as pond systems and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).Off flavour causes economic damage to the aquaculture industry through consumer rejection and low consumer appreciation of aquaculture products and through the additional costs of off flavour removal from fish crops prior to market entrance. Off flavour in farmed fish is an extensively studied and well documented problem. Despite this, satisfactory solutions for the problem are still lacking today. The overall objective of this project is to established a reduction of the incidence of off flavour in farmed fish produced in RAS. The project adopts three strategies to reach this objective:1) Preventive strategy: reducing the microbial production of geosmin and MIB in aquaculture production systems;2) Curative strategy: removing geosmin and MIB from the fish culture water;3) Alternative strategy: optimizing the depuration process.The foreseen results of the project include:1) Measures to reduce off flavour in RAS2) Low off flavour RAS design3) A bioreactor for geosmin and MIB removal from RAS4) Measures to improve off flavour depuration processes5) Design of optimal off flavour depuration facility6) Trained sensory panelsThe consortium that will implement this project consists of four SMEs, one Other partner and three RTDs. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriesengineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactorsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2013-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH EU contribution € 21 254,16 Address DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 6708 PB Wageningen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Cees Klepper (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INTER AQUA ADVANCE AS Participation ended Denmark EU contribution € 29 112,85 Address SORTEVEJ 40 8543 HORNSLET See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jens Ole Oleson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ACUI-T SARL France EU contribution € 224 394,81 Address RUE DE L HERMITAGE 10 44100 NANTES See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Didier Leclercq (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data L'ESTURGEONNIERE France EU contribution € 213 145,67 Address ROUTE DE MIOS BALANOS 33470 LE TEICH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Emmanuel Bonpunt (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BLUEYOU CONSULTING AG Switzerland EU contribution € 225 210,03 Address ZENTRALSTRASSE 156 8003 ZURICH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact René Benguerel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TROPENHAUS FRUTIGEN AG Switzerland EU contribution € 52 779,00 Address TROPENHAUSWEG 1 3714 FRUTIGEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paul Daniel Sindilariu (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AALBORG UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 12 664,00 Address FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 7K 9220 Aalborg See on map Region Danmark Nordjylland Nordjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jeppe Lund Nielsen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel EU contribution € 7 738,56 Address EDMOND J SAFRA CAMPUS GIVAT RAM 91904 Jerusalem See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jane Turner (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data A.C.E AQUACULTURE CONSULTANCY & ENGINEERING BV Netherlands EU contribution € 198 006,80 Address MEULENVELDT 4 5451 HV MILL See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rene Remmerswaal (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data