Aquacultura

Aquaculture of marine animals for the extraction of compounds with therapeutic activity

Project 31-04-01-FEP-308
PROMAR – axis 4 –Sustainable Development of fisheries areas

barlavento do Algarve Coastal Action Group

 

Project Start: March 2015

Type of Action | Diversification and restructuring of economic and social activities

Typology | Promotion and improvment of professional skills, adaptability of workers and acces to employment, in particular for the benefit of women.

Nature of investment | Structural adaptation, acquisition of equipment/ reagents and humna resources.



Sea4Us is developing products of marine origin of high interest for biomedicine, from specific marine species from the Portuguese coast. For the development of the production of these drugs, there is a pressing need for significant quantities of these species, which is not compatible with sustainable management of the resource in nature. One of the strategies for the sustainable production of these therapeutic compounds is the aquaculture of marine species of interest. This project aims to cultivate these species while ensuring that their bioactive characteristics are maintained.