Marine Drugs (Jul 2023)
Identification of Marine Biotechnology Value Chains with High Potential in the Northern Mediterranean Region
- Ana Rotter,
- Antonia Giannakourou,
- Jesús E. Argente García,
- Grazia Marina Quero,
- Charlène Auregan,
- George Triantaphyllidis,
- Amalia Venetsanopoulou,
- Roberta De Carolis,
- Chrysa Efstratiou,
- Marina Aboal,
- María Ángeles Esteban Abad,
- Ernesta Grigalionyte-Bembič,
- Yannis Kotzamanis,
- Mate Kovač,
- Maja Ljubić Čmelar,
- Gian Marco Luna,
- Cristóbal Aguilera,
- Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández,
- Juan Luis Gómez Pinchetti,
- Sonia Manzo,
- Iva Milašinčić,
- Antun Nadarmija,
- Luisa Parrella,
- Massimiliano Pinat,
- Efstratios Roussos,
- Colin Ruel,
- Elisabetta Salvatori,
- Francisco Javier Sánchez Vázquez,
- María Semitiel García,
- Antonio F. Skarmeta Gómez,
- Jan Ulčar,
- Cristian Chiavetta
Affiliations
- Ana Rotter
- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
- Antonia Giannakourou
- Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Avenue, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
- Jesús E. Argente García
- Department of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Murcia, Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 30003 Murcia, Spain
- Grazia Marina Quero
- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council—Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy
- Charlène Auregan
- Pôle Mer Méditerranée, Toulon Var Technologies, 93 Forum de la Méditerranée, 83190 Ollioules, France
- George Triantaphyllidis
- Laboratory of Fish Nutrition and Omics Technologies, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Iera Odos 86, 11855 Athens, Greece
- Amalia Venetsanopoulou
- Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Avenue, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
- Roberta De Carolis
- Department for Sustainability, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Via Anguillarese, 301, 00196 Rome, Italy
- Chrysa Efstratiou
- Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Avenue, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
- Marina Aboal
- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 30003 Murcia, Spain
- María Ángeles Esteban Abad
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 30003 Murcia, Spain
- Ernesta Grigalionyte-Bembič
- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
- Yannis Kotzamanis
- Laboratory of Fish Nutrition and Omics Technologies, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Iera Odos 86, 11855 Athens, Greece
- Mate Kovač
- Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments—HAMAG-BICRO, Ksaver 208, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Maja Ljubić Čmelar
- Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments—HAMAG-BICRO, Ksaver 208, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Gian Marco Luna
- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council—Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy
- Cristóbal Aguilera
- Institute of Agri Food Research and Technology, Crta. Poble Nou 5.5 km, 43540 La Ràpita, Spain
- Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Almeria CIESOL, Cañada San Urbano, 04120 Almeria, Spain
- Juan Luis Gómez Pinchetti
- Spanish Bank of Algae, Institute of Oceanography and Global Change, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Muelle de Taliarte, 35214 Telde, Spain
- Sonia Manzo
- Department for Sustainability, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Via Anguillarese, 301, 00196 Rome, Italy
- Iva Milašinčić
- Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments—HAMAG-BICRO, Ksaver 208, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Antun Nadarmija
- Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments—HAMAG-BICRO, Ksaver 208, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Luisa Parrella
- Department for Sustainability, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Via Anguillarese, 301, 00196 Rome, Italy
- Massimiliano Pinat
- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council—Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy
- Efstratios Roussos
- Laboratory of Fish Nutrition and Omics Technologies, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Iera Odos 86, 11855 Athens, Greece
- Colin Ruel
- Pôle Mer Méditerranée, Toulon Var Technologies, 93 Forum de la Méditerranée, 83190 Ollioules, France
- Elisabetta Salvatori
- Department for Sustainability, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Via Anguillarese, 301, 00196 Rome, Italy
- Francisco Javier Sánchez Vázquez
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 30003 Murcia, Spain
- María Semitiel García
- Department of Applied Economics, University of Murcia, Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 30003 Murcia, Spain
- Antonio F. Skarmeta Gómez
- Department of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Murcia, Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 30003 Murcia, Spain
- Jan Ulčar
- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
- Cristian Chiavetta
- Department for Sustainability, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Via Anguillarese, 301, 00196 Rome, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/md21070416
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 21,
no. 7
p. 416
Abstract
Marine (blue) biotechnology is an emerging field enabling the valorization of new products and processes with massive potential for innovation and economic growth. In the Mediterranean region, this innovation potential is not exploited as well as in other European regions due to a lack of a clear identification of the different value chains and the high fragmentation of business innovation initiatives. As a result, several opportunities to create an innovative society are being missed. To address this problem, eight Northern Mediterranean countries (Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) established five national blue biotechnology hubs to identify and address the bottlenecks that prevent the development of marine biotechnology in the region. Following a three-step approach (1. Analysis: setting the scene; 2. Transfer: identification of promising value chains; 3. Capitalization: community creation), we identified the three value chains that are most promising for the Northern Mediterranean region: algae production for added-value compounds, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) and valorization aquaculture/fisheries/processing by-products, unavoidable/unwanted catches and discards. The potential for the development and the technical and non-technical skills that are necessary to advance in this exciting field were identified through several stakeholder events which provided valuable insight and feedback that should be addressed for marine biotechnology in the Northern Mediterranean region to reach its full potential.
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