SFI Harvest - Technologies for sustainable biomarine value creation
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 1/1/2020
- End date
- 12/31/2028
- Budget
- 11,808,000 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFI - Center for research-driven innovation | Grant | - | - | 11,808,000 EUR |
Abstract
SFI Harvest is a centre for research-based innovation. Our ambition is to develop scientific and technological knowledge for the responsible harvesting and processing of underexploited species and allowing a sustainable growth of Norway’s biomarine industries. This will be achieved by developing new technologies to contribute to solving the global challenges that is providing food to a growing population, in a sustainable manner. The centre’s R&D activities will be anchored within six research areas: 1. Characterisation: To be able to count and find the low trophic organisms, we will develop survey technology for cost-efficient mapping and monitoring of marine species. 2. Ecosystem dynamics: Quality data from surveys will be used to develop a model for predicting good fishing grounds, and long-term prediction of ecosystem dynamics as input to fisheries management, 3. Fisheries planning: We will develop decision support systems allowing fishermen to save fuel and time, and predict catch potential, 4. Environmental-friendly harvesting: There is a need for selective and energy-efficient fishing gears and on-board technology to separate the catch by species, and preserve quality, 5. Processing and product development: New processes for land-based feed and food ingredient will be developed, allowing for total utilisation and value creation from the harvested biomass, 6. Sustainable fisheries management: We will provide quality-assured input to a governance regime for the new fisheries, and a sustainability assessment tool for the value chains based on the new marine resources. The long-term goal is to harvest more from the oceans without overexploiting the resources or adding to the pollution problem. The technologies developed will support cross-over applications for other marine challenges, for instance to detect and remove marine plastics. The SFI Harvest days will be an annual event. These days will be a useful arena for presenting and sharing research results within the centre and identifying possible innovations.