Consortium: 35 partners (consisting of 19 research institutes, 12 SMEs, 4 interest association groups (IAGS) and 13 third-party affiliate organisations from across 19 European countries).

SEAFOODTOMORROW is an Horizont2020 Innovation Action that aims to strengthen the European seafood production and processing industry by providing validated, commercially viable, and eco-innovative solutions that will improve seafood quality and safety, minimise environmental impacts, and drive socioeconomic development within the seafood industry.

Meeting the growing market need for safe, sustainable seafood is a formidable challenge for the European seafood industry. With European seafood imports presently reaching almost 70%, and global food demands projected to increase by 80-100% by 2050, it is vital to source and validate environmentally friendly and innovative seafood production and processing methods that will reduce European dependency on imports. Such solutions need to underpin seafood security in-line with market demand, whilst maintaining quality and traceability throughout the value chain to support consumer confidence.

Expected Results:

1. Validation of nutritional and safety aspects of eco-innovative seafood solutions through certified methodologies carried out by independent partners.

2. Easily-accessible database with seafood innovative products validation data for the implementation of a digital traceability tool linked to quality labels.

3. Improved understanding of market acceptance of eco-innovative seafood solutions in different European regions and demographics.

4. Validation of sustainable solutions from economic and environmental perspectives.

5. Benchmark for certification schemes of seafood quality and traceability for industry to strengthen consumer confidence and trust in European seafood.

6. Reduction of public health risks and promotion seafood consumption through transparent and responsible communication, dissemination, knowledge transfer and exploitation of the outcomes to the different stakeholders.

Scientific Publications

Ferreira, M, BK, Larsen, K, Granby, SC, Cunha, C, Monteiro, JO, Fernandes, ML, Nunes, A, Marques, J, Dias, I, Cunha, LFC, Castro, LMP, Valente. 2020. Diets supplemented with Saccharina latissima influence the expression of genes related to lipid metabolism and oxidative stress modulating rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fillet composition. Food and Chemical Toxicology 140: 111332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2020.111332

Ferreira, M, Ribeiro, PC, Ribeiro, L, Barata, M, Domingues, VF, Sousa, S, Soares, C, Marques, A, Pousão-Ferreira, P, Dias, J, Castro, LFC, Marques, A, Nunes, ML, Valente LMP. 2022. Biofortified diets containing algae and selenised yeast: effects on growth performance, nutrient utilization, and tissue composition of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Frontiers in Physiology 12: 812884. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.812884

Granby, K, Amlund, H, Valente, LMP, Dias, J, Adoff, G, Sousa, V, Marques, A, Sloth, JJ, Larsen, Bk. 2020. Growth performance, bioavailability of toxic and essential elements and nutrients, and biofortification of iodine of rainbow trout (Onchorynchus mykiss) fed blends with sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima). Food and Chemical Toxicology 141: 111387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2020.111387