Project description
Marine toxins - new monitoring and mitigation strategies
Global warming and anthropogenic activity are fuelling the growth of harmful algal blooms (HABs). A threat to the environment and human health, HABs are responsible for illnesses associated with contaminated seafood. Moreover, HABs affect economic activities such as aquaculture and fisheries as their occurrence leads to species contamination and mortality. The regulation of toxin levels in seafood and other measures prevent human intoxication. However, the impacts on the aquaculture industry create a strong need for mitigation measures. The EU-funded BlueShellfish project will develop efficient detection methods for HABs aiming to reduce the toxin load. The project aspires to increase understanding of regulated and emerging toxins, their global expansion as well as toxin occurrence and persistence in seafood.
Objective
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are considered a threat to the environment and to human health. Major concerns are addressed to the increasing occurrence of these natural events in certain regions of the world, driven by global warming and anthropogenic pressure. Human illnesses related to the intake of contaminated seafood have been attributed to these events. Furthermore, HABs have a significant impact in economic activities such as aquaculture and fisheries. The occurrence of HABs in natural areas utilized for aquaculture (or harvesting/fishing), can affect species growth and nutritional parameters, or even cause mass mortalities, causing huge losses in the industry. The regulation of toxin levels in seafood and other measures (e.g. forced closures to seafood harvest during the occurrence of HABs) have been contributing to protecting humans from serious intoxications. On the other hand, the impacts on the industry lack mitigation measures.
This project aims to contribute to the development of solutions for the aquaculture and fisheries sector, through the development of efficient methods for the detection of HABs (early warning), and the development of farming and depuration systems for shellfish to reduce the toxin load. The project also aims to advance in the understanding of regulated and emerging toxins (chemical and toxicological evaluation) and their global expansion, and toxin incidence and persistence in seafood (traditional and non-traditional vectors, species not yet investigated).
For the implementation of the project, an interdisciplinary consortium was built, which brings together specialists from different areas of knowledge and who will develop joint research and innovation activities which, collectively, will contribute to the technological innovation of the aquaculture and fisheries and sustainable growth of this sector and to environmental monitoring.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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4450 208 Matosinhos
Portugal
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