Mesopelagic species as Omega-3 fatty acid providers
Omega-3 (Docosahexaenoic acid -DHA- and eicosapentaenoic acid -EPA-) provides benefits on health for humans and animals in general. EPA and DHA are essential for proper fetal development and healthy aging. Global recommendation for these [...]
Twilight Zone Article in Nature
Photo credit: Adobe stock (standard license) In February 2020, an article about ongoing efforts to do research on the importance of the mesopelagic zone - or the Twilight Zone - was published [...]
THE COLOUR OF MESOPELAGIC SPECIES
MEESO will identify and develop products for the human food chain from on board and on shore processing. This includes evaluating the potential of the species for biotechnological applications. Food safety aspects and condition [...]
MESOPELAGIC SPECIES
The mesopelagic ecosystem will equip at depths of between 200 and 1000 meters, and the amount of mesopelagic fish species in this zone is estimated to be in the order of billions of tonnes. [...]
TWILIGHT ZONE
What is the mesopelagic zone you may wonder? In short, the mesopelagic zone is a region of the ocean with insufficient light for photosynthesis, but sufficient for vision (200-1000 m depth). It is part [...]
SUMMER involved in JETZON
JETZON (Joint Exploration of the Twilight Zone Ocean Network) is an international group set up to address the question: how can we as an international scientific community obtain the greatest insight into the Twilight [...]
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SUMMER H2020 Kick-off meeting
SUMMER is an EU H2020 research project with 22 partners from all over Europe and is coordinated by AZTI in Spain. The project had its kick-off meeting in Bilboa, Spain, from 24th to 26th [...]