Lead institution:
IRTA – Spain
BLUEBOOST aims to demonstrate that co-culture of a wide range of low trophic species with established species can boost aquaculture of blue foods and feeds while reducing the environmental footprint and moving towards a carbon-neutral aquaculture blue economy.
Through co-creation/co-design, it will provide societal value:
- technical advances that provide new sustainable production methods and products;
- reduced environmental footprint of blue food;
- environmental restorative aquaculture practices;
- improved economics with increased volume and diversity of production;
- policy-making to provide conditions to drive desired change; and
- low carbon products and business investments to meet consumer demand.
This win-win scenario will deliver improved diversification of blue foods and, at the same time, increase production volumes and quality, to improve the competitiveness of European and Brazilian aquaculture while reducing the industries environmental footprint.
Start Date: 04/01/2024
End Date: 31/03/2027
Lead Contact: Neil Duncan (neil.duncan@irta.cat)
challenges:
3- Sustainable blue food
9- Capacity development
10- Behaviour change
ocean_basins:
Baltic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
type_of_action:
Project