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New Biomarine Resources

New ways of using biomarine resources can play an important role in the green shift. At SINTEF, we develop enabling technologies for the industrial utilisation of new biomarine resources.

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By cultivating and harvesting marine species that are lower down the food chain, we can develop more sustainable resources and climate-friendly ways of producing feed and food, while also finding new sources of bioactive substances, materials, chemicals and energy.  

We distinguish between harvesting species from natural populations in the sea, such as Calanus finmarchicus, krill and mesopelagic fish, and species produced in facilities on land and at sea, such as macroalgae (seaweed and kelp) amphipods, bristle worms, and copepods. 

New biomarine resources play a key role in the development of sustainable feed resources and new seafood, and may also form important parts of integrated production systems in circular bioeconomy, and as nature-based climate measures in the low-carbon society of the future.  

We develop decision support for the sustainable harvesting of natural stocks, and biological and technological solutions for industrial cultivation of biomarine resources. We develop energy-efficient processing and storage that safeguards quality. Our models can calculate catch and production potential, carbon capture and environmental and climate effects that result from increased utilisation of biomarine resources in traditional and circular systems on land and at sea.  

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SeaWeave: Novel functional textiles from red and brown seaweed

SeaWeave: Novel functional textiles from red and brown seaweed

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SeaWeave aims to pioneer new knowledge and technologies for a blue biorefinery model, focusing on converting red and brown seaweed into innovative and sustainable fibers and dyes, contributing to increased valorization of underutilized renewable...

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Salmon benefits from Mueller's pearlside

Salmon benefits from Mueller's pearlside

When the goal is that Norwegian fish farming should increase fivefold by 2050 and use at least 25% Norwegian-produced feed ingredients by 2034, we must look at new ingredient sources.

Finding and catching Calanus

Finding and catching Calanus

How do you find and catch something that lives in open water and is so small, at 2-3 mm, that it almost goes "under the radar"? These are some of the challenges fishermen face, when catching the copepod Calanus finmarchicus.

What inhibits fishing for Calanus?

What inhibits fishing for Calanus?

Fishing for Calanus remains a contested topic among Norwegian fishers, despite the government releasing a yearly quota of 254 000 tonnes. Why is that and what are potential solutions?

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