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Contributing to the diversification of European aquaculture, currently saturated by species such as salmon, sea bream and sea bass, the HALIBOT project aims to create nutritional bases to leverage the production of three species of flatfish highly valued by the consumer: Atlantic halibut, nailed and Senegalese sole. Thus, the project aims to develop and launch innovative microdiet in the market for the first ages of these species, improving their production potential in a critical phase of cultivation, which is weaning. Thus, the HALIBOT project will contribute to increasing the production of quality juveniles of the three target species, playing an important role for the sustainability of the European aquaculture industry.
The HALIBOT project will be divided into six activities that will focus on the development, pilot-scale testing and industrial-scale validation of new innovative foods for the early ages of Atlantic halibut, turbot and Senegalese sole. Thus, it is intended that the developed products move on the innovation platform from TRL 6 to TRL 9, being launched on the market after the end of the project. The project will also contemplate activities of dissemination, protection of intellectual property and commercialization of the developed products, in order to increase its market penetration when launching in the European market.
The consortium gathers both R&D experience and commercial expertise - SPAROS offers the alliance of a strong scientific background in the area of fish nutrition, with a flexible pilot-scale feed technology platform, whilst ACUINOVA offers expertise in turbot and Senegalese sole aquaculture. As a result, SPAROS will have a portfolio of tailor made microdiets to commercialize, while ACUINOVA will benefit from increased predictability in production and improved biological performance of sole and turbot larvae and juveniles.