FORTIFISH | SPAROS I&D | NUTRITION IN AQUACULTURE

PROJECTS

Acronym
FORTIFISH
Title
Demonstration of a diet fortified in bioactive peptides on the reduction of stress response in fish
Code
MPr-2024-9-21286
Program
SIID – I&D Empresarial – Projetos Demonstradores em Copromoção
Main Objective
Demonstrate, under production‑like conditions, that diets fortified with functional peptides can reduce stress during the early life stages of fish.
Beneficiary Entities
Sparos Lda, Atlantik fish Lda, Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL), Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM), Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Portuguese Institute for Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA), S2AQUA collaborative laboratory, D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud and Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud Foundation, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S).
Leader Institution
Sparos Lda.
Approval Date
04/08/2025
Time period
01 july 2025 – 31 december 2026
Total Eligible Costs
1 668 758.30 EUR
EU Funding
1 147 825.05 EUR

Mitigating the effects of stress during the early life stages of fish is a critical challenge. In this context, the FORTIFISH project aims at bringing to market diets fortified with bioactive peptides for the early stages of fish targeted for aquaculture (e.g. seabass and gilthead seabream) and biomedical research (zebrafish). As a follow-up of project NOSTRESS (ALG-01-0247-FEDER-047122), the FORTIFISH project expects to demonstrate that functional diets play a key role in an increasing fish welfare during the most sensitive phases of the life cycle.

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This work is part of the E!4876 FORTIFISH project, No. 21286, Operation No. MPr-2024-9-21286 (COMPETE2030-FEDER-02232500, LISBOA2030-FEDER-02232500, ALGARVE-FEDER-02232500), co‑financed by the European Union through the Algarve 2030, Lisboa 2030 and COMPETE 2030 Operational Programs, in the framework of Portugal 2030.