SBIR Phase II: A new sustainable crustacean bait.

SBIR 第二阶段：一种新的可持续甲壳类诱饵。

• 批准号: 1555752
• 负责人: Anthony Dellinger
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: Kepley Biosystems Incorporated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-03-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1555752&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; new; sustainable; SBIR; Phase; II; new; sustainable

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project promises to deliver a convenient, sustainable, cost effective, and environmentally friendly bait for crustacean fishermen, worldwide. The patent- pending innovation offers a formulated, synthetic product that mimics scent cues released from traditional fish bait, while offsetting unwarranted ecological impacts of current practices. Specifically, scent cues can be released at variable rates to provide optimal results in addressing fishing methods and preferences in different conditions and regions. Given rising costs of fish due to competition with omega-3 supplements producers, as well as labor and frozen storage costs of obtaining wild bait, and vessel space needed for such bait when fishing, the new bait will save fishermen time, money, and inconvenience. Commercially, cost advantages are likely to generate significant demand in addition to the overall practical advantages. From a societal perspective, a sustainable, synthetic product can dramatically reduce "net fishing" for baiting crustacean traps. Thus, fish could be conserved in the oceanic food chain, and indiscriminate killing of sea turtles, dolphins and other by- catch would be diminished through reduced net fishing practices now employed in the capture of small wild fish traditionally used for crustacean bait.The objectives of this Phase II research project are: to optimize solubility kinetics of the attractant-releasing matrix; further characterize naturally occurring molecules released by traditional bait fish; and validate product performance to catch indigenous crustacean species in the United States. Field research would focus on concentrations of chemo-attractants required to optimize manufacturing formulation and direct costs. The intellectual merit of the proposed activity will be the characterization of the chemical basis for cues emitted by piscine, avian and mammalian tissue that most intensely attract crustacean species while developing a range of matrix formulations for optimally releasing such attractants in various fishing conditions. In addition to globally urgent considerations of by-catch and wild stock depletion, the industry has been struggling with bait sustainability issues. These challenges have intensified with federal and state agencies seeking court orders to regulate catch limits, resulting in reduced supply and higher prices of bait fish. These circumstances frame an ecological and commercial opportunity for this synthetic bait alternative. Reducing the need to capture wild bait fish, as well as delivering cost and logistical advantages to commercial crustacean fisheries are expected to drive rapid market penetration upon completion of product research and development in this Phase II project.

这项小型企业创新研究阶段II项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力有望为全球的甲壳类渔民提供便捷，可持续性，成本效益和环保诱饵。 申请专利的创新提供了一种配制的合成产品，模仿了传统鱼类诱饵释放的气味线索，同时抵消了当前实践的无基因生态影响。具体而言，可以以可变速率发布气味线索，以在解决不同条件和地区的捕捞方法和偏好方面提供最佳结果。考虑到由于与Omega-3补充剂生产商的竞争，鱼类的成本不断上升，以及获得野生诱饵的劳动力和冻结的储存成本，以及这种诱饵所需的船只空间在钓鱼时，新诱饵将节省渔民时间，金钱和不便。在商业上，除了整体实际优势之外，成本优势可能会产生巨大的需求。从社会的角度来看，可持续的合成产品可以大大减少诱饵甲壳动物陷阱的“净捕鱼”。因此，鱼可以在海洋食物链中保守，并通过降低用于捕获用于甲壳类动物的小野生鱼类的净捕鱼实践来降低海龟，海豚和其他捕捞量的危害。进一步的特征是传统诱饵鱼释放的天然分子；并验证产品性能在美国捕获土著甲壳类动物。现场研究将重点关注优化制造配方和直接成本所需的化学吸引力浓度。拟议活动的智力优点将是Piscine，Avian和哺乳动物组织发出的提示的化学基础的表征，这些提示最强烈地吸引了甲壳类动物，同时开发了一系列基质配方，以最佳地在各种捕捞条件下释放此类吸引者。除了全球紧急考虑辅助和野生股票耗竭外，该行业还在诱饵可持续性问题上苦苦挣扎。这些挑战加剧了寻求法院命令以规范捕获限制的命令的联邦和州机构，从而降低了诱饵鱼的供应和更高的价格。这些情况为这种合成诱饵替代方案奠定了生态和商业机会。减少捕获野生诱饵鱼类的需求，并预计将在此II阶段项目中完成产品研究和开发后，为商业甲壳类动物渔业提供成本和后勤优势。