Mobile Artemia Production Unit: Toward sustainable protein production

移动卤虫生产装置：实现可持续的蛋白质生产

• 批准号: 10076580
• 金额: $ 44.58万
• 依托单位: AQUANZO LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10076580
• 关键词: Mobile; Artemia; Production; Unit; Toward

Aquaculture is now the fastest-growing food sector and is as big as traditional fisheries in production volume. As such, aquaculture feed is following this trend, relying heavily on plant based ingredients complemented by essential marine ingredients (fishmeal), which represent 20% of the total fisheries volumes. However, this strategic ingredient is now a fully exploited resource and alternative ingredients cannot fully replace fishmeal. This marine protein crisis endangers the sustainable growth of aquaculture and human nutrition.Aquanzo is pioneering the transition of marine ingredients production from harvesting to farming. We are developing technologies (engineering, genetics and feedstock nutrition) to farm artemia, a marine zooplankton, on land and at scale using agricultural byproducts. We have demonstrated that artemia meal is nutritionally comparable to fishmeal. As a result, we are now moving forward with plans to scale up production operations.To achieve this, we have assembled a team of experts (9 staff and 5 advisors) from fish nutrition to engineering with the support of Innovate UK, SAIC and several industrial companies. We have produced several kilos of product and have several trials planned in both fish and poultry diets to validate and iterate the first farmed marine ingredients for animal feed available globally.This project will innovate the novel farming system by analysing the feasibility of a mobile unit in order to leverage underused industries' nutrient-rich wastewater and reduce environmental impact of operation. Our project is being carried out in collaboration with the University of Glasgow (CENSIS), who are partnering with us to develop the mobile unit's IoT monitoring.Through this project, we will develop and test a mobile unit approach that assesses the economic and environmental impact of farmed marine ingredients using nutrient-rich wastewater. This innovative approach will help accelerate the commercialisation of these technologies, benefitting industries such as malting, distilleries, and dairy industries that produce large volumes of wastewater.This fundamental shift in producing marine ingredients will enable supporting the growth of aquaculture and animal feed and human nutrition while reducing the environmental impact by producing locally. It will also cement the role of the UK as a leader in innovative solutions to global problems.

水产养殖现在是增长最快的食品部门，产量与传统渔业一样大。因此，水产养殖饲料也遵循这一趋势，主要依赖植物性成分，辅以基本的海洋成分（鱼粉），占渔业总量的20%。然而，这一战略性成分现在是一种充分开发的资源，替代成分不能完全取代鱼粉。海洋蛋白质危机危及水产养殖和人类营养的可持续发展。Aquanzo是海洋原料生产从收获到养殖的转变的先驱。我们正在开发技术（工程、遗传学和原料营养），利用农业副产品在陆地上大规模养殖卤虫（一种海洋浮游动物）。我们已经证明，卤虫粉在营养上与鱼粉相当。因此，我们现在正在推进扩大生产规模的计划。为了实现这一目标，我们组建了一个专家团队（9名员工和5名顾问），从鱼类营养到工程，并得到了Innovate UK，SAIC和几家工业公司的支持。我们已经生产了数公斤的产品，并计划在鱼类和家禽饲料中进行几次试验，以验证和验证全球第一批用于动物饲料的养殖海洋成分。该项目将通过分析移动的单元的可行性来创新新型养殖系统，以利用未充分利用的工业富含营养的废水，并减少运营对环境的影响。我们的项目正在与格拉斯哥大学（CENSIS）合作进行，他们与我们合作开发移动的单元的物联网监测。通过该项目，我们将开发和测试一种移动的单元方法，该方法使用富含营养的废水评估养殖海洋成分的经济和环境影响。这一创新方法将有助于加速这些技术的商业化，使产生大量废水的麦芽制造、酿酒厂和乳制品行业等受益。海洋原料生产的这一根本性转变将支持水产养殖、动物饲料和人类营养的增长，同时通过本地生产减少对环境的影响。它还将巩固英国作为全球问题创新解决方案领导者的作用。