Work package 1
Project management and coordination
Leader:
SDU University of Southern Denmark
All administrative and financial project management tasks including planning and supervision of the overall workplan and budget.
Financial and contractual management
Project management
Data management plan
Work package 2
Driving mechanisms and predictions of jellyfish blooms
Leader:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
We will advance our analytical model(s) to predict blooms of important jellyfish species within large marine ecosystems (Mediterranean Sea, Norwegian Sea, North and Baltic Sea, Eastern Atlantic).
Synopsis and quantitative synthesis of driving mechanisms of jellyfish blooms
Tracking the origin of JF bloom formation
Enabling future model predictions of JF blooms
Work package 3
Sustainable harvesting and aquaculture
Leader:
ARDITI - Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação, Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
We will develop protocols for jellyfish biomass collection through both wild catch during JF blooms and aquaculture techniques when blooms are rare.
Coordination of wild catch
Aquaculture
Work package 4
Establishment of protocols for handling and processing JF and criteria for assessment of products
Leader:
NIB - National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
We will establish a set of 5 protocols for handling, preserving and processing harvested JF biomass into innovative commercial products.
Protocol for handling of live JF for mucus collection
Protocol for handling and processing of JF biomass for fertilizer production
Protocol for handling and processing of JF biomass for feed production
Protocol for handling and processing of JF biomass for cosmetics
Protocol for handling and processing of JF biomass for food production
Work package 5
Development and testing of jellyfish mucus filter to trap microplastics
Leader:
UH - University of Haifa, Israel
We will develop an innovative filter for trapping microplastics and nanoplastics particles and fibers in wastewater treatment plants.
Characterization and quantification of MP in wastewater effluent
Chemical composition of mucus produced by different JF species
Mucus adsorption (capture) of nano-micro plastics - laboratory-scale
Mucus adsorption (capture) of nano-micro plastics - pilot-scale
To develop methods for the extraction and isolation of MP and NP from JF mucus
Work package 6
Development of products from Jellyfish biomass
Leader:
CAU - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , Germany
We will develop actual products and for handle the harvested JF as described in WP3 and WP4 to for process the different JF species into commercial products.
Fertilizer
Animal Feed
Development of cosmetic and nutraceutical products from JF
Human food products
Work package 7
Socio-ecological system and games
Leader: SINTEF - SINTEF Ocean AS, Norway
We will explore is the perception of jellyfish as a pest or a resource within the framework of a trade-off analysis of different eco-system goods and services.
Microplastics in a global management perspective
Stakeholder perceptions
Systems thinking and conceptual model development
The socio-ecological game
Work package 8
Marketing and exploitation of jellyfish goods
Leader:
ESF - European Science Foundation, France
We will assess the socioeconomic impact of the JF products and byproducts of GoJelly project and the potential for their commercialization.
Cost-benefit analysis: JF-bloom control vs marine MPs prevention
Environmental and Ecological impact of JF-based products on MP pollution
Commercialization potential of JF-based products
Work package 9
Dissemination and stakeholder communication
Leader:
NIB - National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
We will effectively promote the activities in GoJelly within the consortium, to the stakeholder community and to the general public.
General public outreach
Targeted outreach
Monitoring of communication and dissemination activities
