Marine
Challenge Leads:
The marine challenge focuses on the sustainable, circular harvesting of marine resources. It will create, test, upscale and bring to the market new products derived from aquaculture (such as macroalgae and shellfish), creating new, climate resilient value chains. Importantly, it will also take into account ecosystem services and circular design, as well as economic, environmental and social impact.
Active Tasks:
This task aims to create a zero-waste approach for aquaculture supply chains. This includes taking the waste by-products of seaweed production and fish processing and turning them into valuable resources such as fertiliser or biogas.
Team:
This task will build on existing work that has mapped and monitored the diversity of coastal species such as kelp and fish invertebrates. Using this data it will quantify the ecosystem services and biomass available in coastal systems, as well as identify biodiversity hot spots and new harvesting opportunities. It will also take into account the impacts of climate change and assess the role of wild seaweed in mitigating climate impacts.
Team:
Recent Challenge News and Outputs:
Ummat, V., et al. (2024). Sequential extraction of fucoidan, laminarin, mannitol, alginate and protein from brown macroalgae Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 256, 128195.
Healy, L. E., et al. (2023). Fermentation of brown seaweeds Alaria esculenta and Saccharina latissima for new product development using Lactiplantbacillus plantarum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and kombucha SCOBY. Algal Research, 76, 103322.
How to get involved with this challenge:
We welcome queries for the following:
- Partnership on research projects or funding bids
- Policy consultation
- Public engagement or education opportunities
- Media requests
Or any other activities that supports the goals of this challenge. Please get in touch via the email address below.
