Disruptive Technologies in the Arctic Seafood Sector

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

DisruptAqua aims to evaluate which specific ICT technologies (specifically blockchain, IoT, AI) are most suitable and applicable for Arctic seafood businesses by articulating the benefits and costs; and understanding the route to practical application. The project will develop the research already undertaken by partners to inform how new solutions could be used by businesses to add-value to their products and ensure sustainable production. The overarching objective is to identify and develop a model that ensures full blockchain traceability of high value seafood products through the supply chain from primary producer to consumer, ensuring value associated to provenance, environmental stewardship, quality and trust is maintained, particularly by SMEs in remote and sparsely populated areas.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Degree of collaborations between SMEs and R&D.

Expected Outputs (EN):

The ambition of the project is to sustainably increase value through the adoption of new technologies in the marine economy and the aquaculture industry specifically, it is the common opportunity shared between the partner organisations - Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Scotland; Norfima, Norway; and Iceland Ocean Cluster. Using existing research and recognised methodology, this project will test through engagement with businesses, in a collaborative and co-operative learning culture, investigate and define: - Technical and business model process innovation to adopt blockchain technologies including implementation costs and longer-term benefits; - The interface between current system and data; - Challenge related to missing or unconnected data and how that would limit the overall benefits to the seafood industry On completion of the project we expect to have positive examples of exemplar use of disruptive technologies that can be showcased across the partner territories to raise awareness and provide drivers of change in the seafood industry.

Thematic information

ICT and digital society

Specific Objective: Increased innovation and transfer of new technology to SMEs in remote sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Department: Innovation & Food and Drink

Address: Inverness Campus 10, IV2 5NA Inverness, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.hie.co.uk

Total budget: EUR 50 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 32 500.00

Nofima AS

Name: Nofima AS

Department: Industrial economics

Address: Muninbakken 9-13, 9291 Tromso, Norway

Legal status: private

Website: https://nofima.no/en/

Total budget: EUR 55 004.00

Iceland Ocean Cluster

Name: Iceland Ocean Cluster

Address: Ocean Cluster House 16, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.sjavarklasinn.is/en/

Total budget: EUR 50 000.00

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Nofima AS

Disruptive Technologies in the Arctic Seafood Sector

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Iceland Ocean Cluster

Disruptive Technologies in the Arctic Seafood Sector

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Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Disruptive Technologies in the Arctic Seafood Sector

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Summary

Project name (EN): Disruptive Technologies in the Arctic Seafood Sector

Project acronym: DisruptAqua

Project start date: 2020-05-01

Project end date: 2022-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 155 004.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 32 500.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 65.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 32 500.00.

Third-country contribution: Iceland: EUR 25 000.00 (ERDF equivalent only); Norway: EUR 27 502.00 (ERDF equivalent only)

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

An overview of terms and concepts related to the potential application of blockchain-based traceability systems as applied in seafood production

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://disruptaqua.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2022-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Food traceability in theory and in practice

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://disruptaqua.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2022-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Media releases / articles

Applications, limitations, costs, and benefits related to the use of blockchain technology in the food industry

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://disruptaqua.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2019-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-02

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

152 / 152 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

779 / 779 (100%)

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Disruptive Technologies in the Arctic Seafood Sector

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