Abstract
Blue biotechnology plays a major role in converting marine biomass into societal value; therefore, it is a key pillar for many marine economy developmental frameworks and sustainability strategies, such as the Blue Growth Strategy, diverse Sea Basin Strategies (e [...]
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Blue biotechnology plays a major role in converting marine biomass into societal value; it is a key pillar for many marine economy developmental frameworks and sustainability strategies, such as the Blue Growth Strategy, diverse Sea Basin Strategies (e.g., Atlantic Action Plan Priority 1 and 2 and COM (2017) 183), the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Limassol Declaration, or even the UN Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda
Despite the recognized biotechnological potential of marine biomass, the work is dispersed between multiple areas of applied biotechnology, resulting in few concrete examples of product development
Summary
Blue biotechnology plays a major role in converting marine biomass into societal value; it is a key pillar for many marine economy developmental frameworks and sustainability strategies, such as the Blue Growth Strategy, diverse Sea Basin Strategies (e.g., Atlantic Action Plan Priority 1 and 2 and COM (2017) 183), the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Limassol Declaration, or even the UN Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda. Despite the recognized biotechnological potential of marine biomass, the work is dispersed between multiple areas of applied biotechnology, resulting in few concrete examples of product development. High-revenue cosmeceutical, pharma, biomedical markets, and others, are increasingly becoming important for marine bio compounds, which hold a myriad of unexploited uses, because they have often been demonstrated to contain molecules with a plethora of bioactivities, ranging from antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, tissue-specific protection, antimicrobial, anti-tumoral, antifouling, to texturizing, among many others. Market-driven and industrially orientated research, which increases the efficiency of the marine biodiscovery pipeline and delivers realistic and measurable benefits to society, is paramount for sustained blue growth and contribution towards the successful market penetration of targeted biomolecules or enriched extracts for new product development, and contribute to a myriad of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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