Blue Food - Centre for future seafood

The purpose of Blue Food - Centre for future seafood, is to harness the enormous potential that exists in the production of nutritious food from Swedish waters and thus make Sweden a leading producer of sustainable seafood.

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Events Research 7 October 2024

Seminar for the public during the annual meeting of the Blue Mat in Visby

Seminar for the public during Blå Mat's annual meeting in Visby During Blå Mat's annual meeting in Visby, a seminar open to the public will be organized for the first time. On Saturday, October 19, anyone interested in the seafood of the future is welcome to the Almedalen Library and room E22. In addition to presentations and panel discussions, you will have the opportunity to meet Blå Mat's young researchers from...

News September 27, 2024

Blue Food receives funding until 2028

Blue Food Center receives funding until 2028 The Swedish Research Council Formas has granted continued funding to Blue Food - the center for the seafood of the future, for another four years. In total, Blå mat will receive SEK 40 million from Formas during the period. The decision also enables strong co-financing from the center's partners and other financiers. During the second phase, the center will have...

Events News September 16, 2024

Blue food exhibited during 'Fiskhamnens dag'

Blue food exhibited during Fiskhamnens dag Fiskhamnens dag in Gothenburg is an event with enormous appeal. Reliable sources claim that 20,000 visitors devoted the second Sunday in September to this year's edition of this seafood mecca. Among the oyster opening, fish auction and mussel feast, Blue Food met curious visitors. In the Blue Food exhibition, there were roller banners describing...

Events News September 16, 2024

Blue food exhibited at Frihamnsdagarna in Gothenburg

Blue Food exhibited at Frihamnsdagarna in Gothenburg For the fourth year in a row, Frihamnsdagarna was held in Gothenburg from August 29 to 31. This year, Blue Food was once again present, this time together with the National Center for Marine Aquaculture Research, Swemarc, and the Center for Sea and Society, both at the University of Gothenburg. Thousands of visitors made their way to Bananpiren and...

Sara Kurland, Uppsala University

"High-resolution temporal monitoring of marine biodiversity in Gotland"

Marica Andersson, GU

"Co-cultivation of fed and extractive species in Swedish land-based recirculating aquaculture systems"

Pontus Gunnarsson, SLU

"Effect of next generation feed sources on aquaculture manure in plant/microbial production, on gut biota and metabolic effect on the fish as food"

Elena Costa, RISE and University of Gothenburg

"Obstacles and fears - food neophobia in seafood consumption"

John Axelsson, Chalmers

"Valorization of whole/gutted small herring and sprat into protein-enriched ingredients"

Mar Vall-Llosera Juanola, Chalmers

"Stabilization and Ulva sp. biomass and it's effects on nutritional properties, microstructure, technofunctionality and development of volatile compounds"