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Why BONUS OPTIMUS?

Mussel farming has a high potential for contributing to a sustainable blue growth in the Baltic. To fulfill this potential, research and development is needed on several levels. The overall goal of BONUS OPTIMUS is to provide robust evidence-based ecological, social, and economic documentation on optimized use of farmed mussels as a mitigation tool for eutrophication that in turn can be a sustainable protein-rich feedstuff for fish.

Project field work in Germany

The 19-21 April 2017 the first field work of the BONUS OPTIMUS project was conducted. IOW (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research) set up a mitigation farm in Greifswald Bay in Germany assisted by a technician from DTU Aqua. On the photo the spat collectors are deployed.
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BONUS OPTIMUS kick off meeting

The BONUS OPTIMUS project kick off meeting was held at Danish Shellfish Centre, Nykøbing Mors, Denmark on 24-25 April 2017. Twenty participants from seven research institutions and two companies attended the meeting.

BONUS OPTIMUS NEWS

24-25 April 2017
Project kick off meeting
The BONUS OPTIMUS consortium meets for project kick off seminar at Danish Shellfish Centre 24-25 April. Twenty participants from seven research institutions and two companies will attend the meeting.

19-21 April 2017
Field work in Germany
IOW (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research) sets up a mitigation farm in Greifswald Bay in Germany assisted by a technician from DTU Aqua.

1 April 2017
OptiMus project starts
The three-year BONUS project OPTIMUS (Optimisation of mussel mitigation cultures for fish feed in the Baltic Sea) starts. The project includes partners from Denmark, Germany, Poland and Sweden and is coordinated by Danish Shellfish Centre, DTU Aqua.Total budget is 2,9m EUR.