Due to the increased global population, the world will face competition for limited and finite natural resources. On the other hand, the amount of biowaste is increasing and is estimated to be 138 million tons per year in the EU. Also, there are large amounts of underutilized animal species. Both aspects can give us opportunities for developing innovative products.

The  project aims to take underutilized species, by-catch and cleaner fish from the aquaculture industry to develop new marine ingredients and products, based on chitin and collagen in a sustainable way.