Partners
– Sea2Land –
27 partners
SEA2LAND consortium is composed by 27 partners, representing research organisations from by-products, valorisation, technologies and agronomy; industry from fish/aquaculture sectors, fertiliser sector, technology sector, including also aquaculture, fisheries and environmental consulting; management and dissemination; and business plan development, farmer representing. Partners come from 9 EU Member States (Spain, Norway, Estonia, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, France, Malta and Croatia) and two non-EU countries (Switzerland and Chile).
Some of research organisations are also institutions whose mission is to provide advice to end- users, government and farmers associations as well as to fishery industry.

Neiker- instituto vasco de investigación y desarrollo agrario sa
NEIKER is a public R&D company that brings expertise in agricultural production systems (traditional, integrated and organic), its viability and sustainability, quantifying the possible environmental impacts caused by agricultural practices and proposing new agricultural practices. NEIKER also focuses on bio- economy and circular economy studying new technologies for wastes and by-products treatment and the reuse of organic wastes as a new resource for agricultural purposes.

BARNA SA
BARNA SA is a private company that brings expertise on hydrolysis from fish wastes. It is an SME that produces fishmeal and fish oil for animal feed using fish wastes currently working in diversification of products and the introduction of new technologies in order to produce high-value seafood products.

CAVIAR PIRINEA SL
CAVIAR is a private SME aquaculture producer and processer of rainbow trout and sturgeon (organic and conventional) interested in looking for new valorisation treatments for fish viscera, dead fish, sludge and processing water.

NUTRILOOP OU
NUTRI is a private SME working in to develop optimal nutrient circulation models by providing technological solutions and knowledge regarding innovative biowaste upcycling methods. NUTRI brings expertise in up scaling bokashi technology (anaerobic digestion) to obtain fertilisers from food fish wastes and fish sludge.

fundación AZTI –
azti fundazioa
AZTI is a scientific and technological centre that develops high-impact transformation projects with organisations aligned with the United Nations 2030 SDGs. Specialising in marine environment and food, it provides cutting-edge and value-added products and technologies grounded in sound science and research. AZTI will focus on recovery of nutrients from fish processing side-streams using membrane filtration and enzymatic hydrolysistechniques.

Centre régional d’innovation et de transfert de téchnologie agroressources
CATAR is a private center dedicated to biomass treatments and applications that provides expertise in the chemical valorization of products and co-products of food, agriculture and forestry. CATAR brings to SEA2LAND competences on innovative technologies to obtain biobased fertilisers especially UltraSounds assisted and ThermoMechanoChemical (TMC) extraction processes.

UNIVERSITà POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE
UNIVPM is a public university that bring expertise on R&D&I about advanced wastewater treatment, valorization and reuse, circular economy in the water cycle, water-energy.

AQUABIOTECH LIMITED
ABT is a private SME with expertise on aquaculture, fisheries and environmental testing / research, consulting, development, and training.

BETA Technological Centre (UVic-UCC)
BETA TC, at University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, brings expertise on Membrane technologies, Freeze concentration, Biodrying, Thermal treatment + P-ash recovery and Acid Scrubber, to recover nutrients from by-products of the aquaculture sector. BETA TC is FERTIMANURE project coordinator and clustering work will be mainly implemented through WP2, and WP9.

FERTINAGRO BIOTECH SL
FERTINAGRO is a private company belonging to the business group Tervalis Desarrollo, which is a leader supplier of fertilisers for agriculture in Spain, with 18 production plants located in Spain and France. It provides great experience in the development of processes to obtain new highly efficient fertilisers through the valorisation of different raw materials such as manure, by-products or biomass from other processes. It also has a strong background on the study of soil microbiome by NGS and other approaches.

GRONN GJODSEL AS
GRONN is a private SME Working in agriculture producing pelleted organic fertiliser form poultry. GRONN brings expertise on pelleting fish sludge as fertiliser, and in testing of fertilisers application systems and effect in field testing.

NIBIO – NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI
NIBIO is a public national R&D institute under the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food. It brings extensive experience on evaluation of organic residues for agricultural use, fish sludge from aquaculture. Fertiliser value of organic rest products was its main focus in the past, but recently NIBIO focus on environmental performance such as leachability and potential to induce emission of GHG.

INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE
ISQ is a private non-profit technological association with public utility status that brings expertise in development of decision support systems and LCA.

INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE
INPT is a French federation of 6 Higher Engineering Schools providing education and conducting research. INPT brings expertise on the field of bio refineries sector in France. LCA is specialized in chemical transformation of biomass and in environmental impact assessment.

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
UGENT is a public University that brings experience in trace metals and heavy metals studying the chemical and biological behaviour of nutrient and toxic elements in soil and sediment systems.

EESTI TAIMEKASVATUSE INSTITUUT
ECRI is a state research and development institute under the Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs. The Institute provides scientific expertise for advisory system, state officials. It collaborates closely with farmers and industry. Its R&D activities intend to increase of efficiency and competitiveness of agricultural production, mitigate negative impact of agricultural production on the environment.

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
UMIL is a public University that brings expertise on soil science, animal science waste management to recover products and fertilisers from organic matrices and green chemistry.

CHAMBRE D’AGRICULTURE DES PYRÉNéES ATLANTIQUES
CAPA is a Chamber of Agriculture that plays an essential service role for farmers and it is the spokesman for agriculture and the rural world to public authorities. Furthermore some of their partners are aquaculture farmers.

Forschungsintitut für biologischen landbau stiftung
FIBL-CH is an independent, non-profit research institute particularly in the field of organic farming. FIBL brings expertise on organic farming policies, sustainability assessment, efficiency of organic and conventional cropping systems in terms of nutrient and other resources, and recycled fertilisers.

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE
ULIEGE is a university that brings expertise on field experiments and Ecotron experiments that simulate any climatological and edaphological condition, to assure the adequacy of each bio-based fertiliser for an specific geographical area.

NORSK LANDBRUKSRADGIVING NORD NORGE
NLR-NN is member-owned organization offering extension and advisory services to North Norwegian farmers. NLR brings expertise on fertiliser and manure planning to farmers, based on local soil condition and crop requirements and field experiments.

INICIATIVAS INNOVADORAS SAL
INI is a private SME that brings expertise in the design and implementation of Dissemination and Exploitation Strategies for EU collaborative projects under different funding programmes. INI will also bring to the project its experience in EU project management.

INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS
INIA is a non-profit corporation belonged to the Agriculture Minister of Chile with has a narrow relationship with end-users (farmers and public technical advisors) and that provide information to policy makers in the fields of agriculture, water management, environmental and agroclimatic risks.

forschungsinstitut für biologischen landbau in europa
FIBL-EU is an independent, non-profit institute in the field of organic agriculture on Brussels level. FIBL EU brings expertise on disseminating scientific results to its own and external farm advisory organisations, farmers, and other stakeholders across Europe. FIBL is also active in transferring the results of the different research activities of FIBL into policy recommendations.

IPS konzalting doo za poslovne usluge
IPS is an SME consultancy company supporting the business development of companies in the agricultural, industrial, public, and SME sectors. IPS brings expertise in agricultural and RES (particularly biogas) counseling aiming at raising the competitiveness of private companies within a framework of sustainable production.

SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA PESCATORI MOLLUSCHICOLTORI
CO.PE.MO. is a private cooperative that was founded by fishermen and its main activity is the marketing of mollusks collected by its own members, in particular clams, mussels, and sea snails.

Université libre de Bruxelles
ULB is an active member of the Research Area and is involved in almost 130 projects financed by the 7th European Framework Programmes. In addition, the University’s Institute for European Studies is recognized as a “Jean Monnet European research centre” for its work on European integration.