DTU AQUA National Institute of Aquatic Resources
Section for Coastal Ecology
Øroddevej 80
Building 3, room 22
7900 Nykøbing Mors
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State-of-the-art oyster hatchery offers new opportunities for education, research, and business collaboration.
Food Organic common mussels are easy to grow on ropes in Denmark. Nevertheless, few find their way to Danish consumers.
A longer harvest season, stable production and collaboration with the retail sector are to increase the Danes’ appetite for farmed mussels, which are being exported today.
Organic common mussels are easy to grow on ropes in Denmark. Nevertheless, few find their way to Danish consumers.
With an appropriation under the Danish Finance Act of EUR 4 million (DKK 30 million), the Danish Shellfish Centre will strengthen food production on Mors.
A new type of mussel farming may improve the aquatic environment in Danish coastal areas and at the same time deliver highly sought-after organic protein for livestock production. This potential is being examined and documented in a large-scale project headed up by DTU Aqua and funded by Innovation Fund Denmark.