{"id":2060,"date":"2024-07-20T15:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T15:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2024-07-20T15:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T15:24:07","slug":"western-led-project-seeks-sustainable-entrepreneurial-solutions-in-fishing-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/?p=2060","title":{"rendered":"Western-led project seeks sustainable, entrepreneurial solutions in fishing industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New effort prioritizes economic development, benefit for Indigenous communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine finding a way to repurpose salmon heads in agricultural or cosmetic products or developing a health-care solution using protein found in eels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s the kind of innovation Western Research Chair and biology professor Raymond Thomas is targeting in a new effort between Indigenous communities, companies in the Canada\u2019s seafood industry and academics around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mbiproject.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Marine Biomass Innovation (MBI) project<\/a>, a $15.8-million initiative, reached a milestone on Friday as scholars and Mi\u2019kmaq Chiefs signed the first set of research agreements in this project. Their goal is to develop sustainable, entrepreneurial solutions to&nbsp;reduce waste and fully utilize all products&nbsp;in Canada\u2019s fishing industry. The team hopes its work will bring opportunities to communities facing economic challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.westernu.ca\/2024\/07\/marine-biomass-innovation\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.westernu.ca\/2024\/07\/marine-biomass-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New effort prioritizes economic development, benefit for Indigenous communities Imagine finding a way to repurpose salmon heads in agricultural or cosmetic products or developing a health-care solution using protein found in eels.&nbsp; That\u2019s the kind of innovation Western Research Chair and biology professor Raymond Thomas is targeting in a new effort between Indigenous communities, companies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2062,"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions\/2062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raymondthomaslipidlab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}