| ValorMar -Integral Valorization of Marine Resources: Potential, Technological Innovation and New Applications |
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CESAM Responsible researcher -
Ricardo Calado & Ana Lillebø
Programme - Programas Mobilizadores Execution dates - 2017-06-01 - 2021-06-30 (49 Months) Funding Entity - Portugal2020 Funding for CESAM - 188506 € Total Funding - 9034500 € Proponent Institution - SONAE SA Participating Institutions Universidade de AveiroUniversidade do Minho A2O - Água, Ambiente e Organização Lda CERAMED - Cerâmicos para Aplicações Biomédicas SA Piscicultura do Vale da Lama Lda Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) CMP - Cimentos Maceira e Pataias SA Fábrica de Conservas "A Poveira" SA Castro Pinto & Costa Lda CVR - Centro de Valorização de Resíduos FoodIntech Lda Fourmag Lda Hidromod - Modelação e Engenharia Lda Necton - Companhia Portuguesa de Culturas Marinhas SA RiaSearch Lda SPAROS Lda Sorgal - Sociedade de Óleos e Rações SA Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (iBET) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA) Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (INEGI) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Fórum Oceano Universidade do Porto DocaPesca SA Bivalvia - Mariscos da Formosa Lda Project Description The ValorMar project, led by a reference institution, SONAE, integrates 18 companies and 13 research and development institutions, with a wide national geographical distribution. ValorMar will develop innovative technological solutions that will increase the valorisation and efficient use of marine resources through the integration of value chains, based on the circular economy concept, and combining: aquaculture, food industry, biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics. The main objective of ValorMar is the valorisation of marine resources through the research, development and demonstration of new products and the improvement of the productive processes, proposing innovative solutions that lead to the creation of new healthy food products using innovative, efficient and sustainable technologies. The project’s specific objectives are: 1) Research and development of innovative snacks and canned products, proposing news strategies to increase shelf life of fish products; 2) development and optimisation of new products, technologies and processes for aquaculture in Portugal and Europe; 3) marine biorefineries – isolation of bioactive marine compounds to be used in a range of applications, including in the formulation of functional foods and in the biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries; 4) research and development of a technological platform for supporting the traceability of information, making information available to companies and the end consumer in an integrated way, considering the entire value chain; 5) disseminate the scientific and technical knowledge achieved, and implement mechanisms for promoting the economic valorisation of results. The products, processes and services will be developed in the framework of a transversal mobilization of human resources with extensive knowledge and experience in the development and implementation of R&D projects in the thematic areas of ValorMar.
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