SCRC: PhD: Processing of Sea cucumber viscera for bioactive compounds

Funding Activity

Website
https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2008-742

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Relevance to industry priorities and to Seafood CRC Milestones:

Relevance to Output 1.7 Smart processing technologies and practices.
Addresses the industry priority of New high-value products derived from Australian sea cucumber and New Australian Aquaculture industry for sea cucumber products.

Australian seafood processing co-products, such as SCV are currently discarded. To sustain the future growth of the seafood industry, it is essential to turn these wastes into resources for the development of value-added opportunities for the seafood industry. This area of research has been identified by both Australian seafood industry and the CRC program, through our engagement with seafood processors such as Tasmanian Seafoods Pty. Ltd.

The Flinders Centre for Marine Bioproducts and Bioprocessing has been set up to meet this R&D challenge for the Australian seafood industry. Our engagement with industry partners, particularly Tasmanian Seafoods Pty. Ltd., and extensive consultations with CRC Program Leaders, especially Dr John Carragher, has assisted us in developing this proposal.

The results of the project will make a significant contribution to the sustainable utilization of Australian sea cucumber resources by developing value-added bioproducts from sea cucumber processing wastes, such as the viscera of the sea cucumber. This in turn will significantly aid the growth of the industry, especially into export markets where demand for high-quality Australian seafood products has been increasing.

This project will contribute to the CRC Milestones 1.7.3 “Innovative technologies and approaches to recover under-utilized product (by-catch and processing by-products) trialled and evaluated from at least one sector per annum”.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2008

End Date: 30-06-2015

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Biotechnology | Biotoxin | Consumer Health | Contamination | Disease | Food technology | Health Benefits | Value Add | Waste

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