EUROpean Research for the LATin-American SEAfood industry

EUROLATSEA project (contract No 2006-031766), aims at supporting access to Research and Development activities to new Technologies for organisations (companies, including SMEs, research centres…) of the seafood industry (from capture to aquaculture to processing and distribution) in Latin America for its importance in fishing exports to Europe.

One of the expected results of the EUROLATSEA project has been to provide organisations of the Latin American regions working with European companies and exporting to Europe with a wide set of scientific services so as to help them meeting their innovation and technological needs for the improvement of the overall seafood production chain.

One way to achieve this goal has been by developing this Mapping of Seafood Research Resources in the Latin American Region, a tool that is intended to offer a way to search, identify and contact the Research Organisations that offer the needed specific expertise and the best technological resources to the seafood companies and other research organisations.

The online database of Seafood Research Resources includes also the Research Organisations in the Europe and Mediterranean area that have been contacted within the ERMES project (FOOD-CT-2005-016107) and it is open to be completed in the future with the Research Organisations allocated in other geographical areas that offer greater scientific and technological interchange potential.