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Towards a strong and sustainable EU Algae sector

Maritime affairs and fisheries

Algae offer a largely untapped potential to be used for food, feed, pharmaceuticals, bioplastics, fertilizers or biofuels and for their limited carbon and environmental footprint. The initiative aims to increase the sustainable production, safe consumption and innovative use of algae and algae-based products in the EU, thereby contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the European Green Deal and the transition to a green, circular and carbon neutral EU as well as post-Covid recovery.

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ExxonMobil Seeks EU Support for Algae Biofuel Research

ExxonMobil Petroleum Chemical, 18 Jan 2021

ExxonMobil requests policy support for CO2 capture infrastructure to enable algae cultivation and science-based regulation of genetically engineered algae. They advocate for recognizing microalgae as a CO2-utilization technology for carbon accounting purposes.
This would create infrastructure enabling their decade-long algae biofuel research to reach commercial deployment.
Environmental groups lose stricter oversight of genetically modified organisms in open environments.

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Eni S.p.A., 18 Jan 2021

The use of microalgae is very promising, for both CO2 recovery and CO2 valorisation. Microalgae are unicellular microorganisms and microscopic plants that usually grow in aquatic, marine, brackish or freshwater environments, and are generally able to reproduce a lot rapidly, often doubling their…

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Seas At Risk, 14 Jan 2021

Algal farming in Europe should follow an eco-system-based approach and be in line with the natural carrying capacity of the areas designated for this economic activity, to allow its potential to unfold of being both environmentally beneficial and profitable. Input regarding option 2: 1. Only native…

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Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, 18 Jan 2021

Input regarding option 2, particularly Objective 1 (Improving regulatory and governance framework): An increased algal farming has good potential to be both environmentally beneficial and profitable, and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is in general positive to a sustainable growth of…

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European Regions Research and Innovation Network, 18 Jan 2021

The European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN), under the lead of its Bioeconomy and Blue Growth Working Groups, welcomes the development of an EU initiative that aims to strengthen the European algae sector. We strongly support policy options 2 and 3 as the way forward to increase…

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European Biostimulants Industry Council, 18 Jan 2021

Algae is an important component of a number of plant biostimulant products. As the European organisation representing a large proportion of biostimulant producers in Europe, the European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) would like to offer its insights on this Roadmap. Please find EBIC's…

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European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, 17 Jan 2021

ESPP (European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform) welcomes the proposal of coherent EU actions to develop algae production and use. However, we regret that the proposed Roadmap does not actively address the important potential for recycling of secondary nutrients and CO2 to feed algae (Circular…

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Stockholms universitet, 12 Jan 2021

Stockholms universitets Östersjöcentrum anser att man i diskussioner om algodling måste beakta följande: • I Östersjön innanför Öresund och de danska sunden, är förutsättningen för algodling tyvärr betydligt sämre än i många andra europeiska havsområden p g a den låga salthalten. På längre sikt…

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, 18 Jan 2021

Corbion is a Netherlands-based global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and algae-based ingredients. We thank the European Commission for providing us with the opportunity to comment on the Inception Impact Assessment for the “Blue bioeconomy - towards a strong and sustainable EU…

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European Fishmeal and Fish Oil Producers, 18 Jan 2021

European Fishmeal (EFFOP) welcomes the initiative towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector. However, we disagree with the setting of “Binding targets for substitution of fish-based fish feed” as suggested under “Option 3: Targeted activities to support the sustainable growth of the algae…

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Fédération des Spiruliniers de France, 15 Jan 2021

La Fédération des Spiruliniers de France accompagne depuis 2009 la filière spiruline paysanne française au travers de la sécurisation des pratiques de production pour atteindre une spiruline de qualité sanitaire optimale, de l’optimisation des procédés pour atteindre une spiruline de qualité…

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Πανελλήνιος Σύλλογος Τεχνολόγων Ιχθυολόγων, 23 Dec 2020

The Commission has to boost the European algae culture sector, by advising EU countries to reducing the administrative burdens, and to include algae culture on their multiannual plans to increase their production. Algae, including micro-algae and macro-algae, are one of the most important - and at…