North East tech centre secures £250k for sustainable fish food project

A North East technology innovation centre has announced that it has secured £250k as it launches a project to create sustainable fish feed.

The Centre for Process Innovation, in Redcar, has announced the launch of the SUSFEED 2 project, which it says will optimise scalable processes for the manufacture of sustainable fish feed for the aquaculture industry.

The project has received £250k of funding from the UK Seafood Innovation Fund, administered by Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science), to support the research and development of technology that reduces and reuses carbon dioxide in SCP fish feed production.

The centre has said that the outcomes of this project have the potential to help the UK’s aquaculture industry meet net zero targets.

Qiang Li, senior research engineer at CPI, commented: “After last year’s successful feasibility study, we are delighted to continue drawing upon our extensive experience in fermentation to work on overcoming major environmental issues of the UK’s aquaculture industry.

“At our state-of-art industrial biotechnology facility, our dedicated teams of in-house experts will make it possible to bring high-quality, carbon-efficient fish feed closer to commercialisation.”