September 16, 2013 — Ten different commercial species common in almost all fisheries of the EU will be included, as well as others imported from Asia with the purpose of increasing ‘consumer confidence’, improve quality standards and implement food security policies.
The project is financed by the EU and brings together research centres both in Europe and China, Philippines and Vietnam, plus small companies involved in extraction and processing of fish.
The head of the bio-bank in Vigo, Angel Gonzalez said it had become necessary to research and thus mitigate the impact of parasites, which is the purpose of the bank that will not only store biological material, but also will share it with other institutions. All the data plus physical samples will be stored in ultra-freezing bio-security containers to ensure at all moments the traceability of the samples.