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The northern German federal state Schleswig-Holstein is known as “land between the seas”. Already in 2004 its government launched the initiative “Sea Our Future” to pool and promote maritime issues. Schleswig-Holstein’s economy is closely linked to the North and the Baltic Sea. Marine Biotechnology as a future key technology is an integral part of it. Within the SUBMARINER project, Norgenta is responsible for the preparation of a regional development strategy for Marine Biotechnology in Schleswig-Holstein. The process included identification of the main industrial topics and markets (functional food, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and cosmetics) as well as academic topics (marine genomics, marine microbial diversity, biologically active substances, and biobanking). A SWOT analysis was carried out and series of activities were proposed.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Employment, Transport and Technology of the Land Schleswig Holstein together with Norgenta North German Life Science Agency will host the official launch of the Masterplan Marine Biotechnology Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel on 24 May 2013. For further information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Download the Masterplan and its annex as PDF Files (in German).

SUBMARINER has just published a magazine on mussel farming in its series of perspectives from Cooperation Events. This publication is a follow-up of the Åland Aquaculture Week which was held in Mariehamn, Åland in October 2012 in collaboration with the Aquabest project. The contributors discuss the use of mussel farming as an environmental measure for improving the water quality of the highly eutrophied Baltic Sea, other applications such as human consumption and feed production, technological solutions to be applied in Baltic Sea conditions, but also possible challenges to a wide-spread introduction of mussel farming in the Baltic Sea.
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The Lithuanian coastal areas have wide although still unused perspectives to implement aquaculture projects. The experience on the possible types of these projects, how scientists and business persons may contribute to the promotion of aquaculture sector was shared by the President of Aquaculture Association of Germany Prof. Dr. Bela H. Buck, representatives of Lithuanian science and business presented their visions. The session took place at Klaipėda Science and Technology Park (KMTP).
According to the participants of the project SUBMARINER it is necessary to look for new ways of efficient usage of marine resources aimed not only for the development of scientific and business potential, promotion of the economy but also focused on the improvement of the environment of the Baltic Sea.

MaCumBA is a new four-year research project that aims to uncover the untold diversity of marine microbes using cultivation-dependent strategies. This joint venture of 23 partner institutions from 11 EU countries is led by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), and has a budget of over €12 million, of which €9 million is funded by the EC Seventh Framework Programme.

The Danish Algae Innovation Centre has just published a new folder called "Innovative paths towards a future bio-based society" on potential uses of algae.
The Algae Innovation Center is researching the potential of different algae usesto contribute to local development and regeneration on Lolland-Falster, a peripheral region in the Southern part of Denmark.
Read more and download the folder here.